lowest moment of the season(discussion)
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Jimson Hogarth*
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My buddy getting tickets to the New York Rangers game, and even ignoring the first two goals and all the usual technical errors and sloppy play until this point, we get a mid-to-late third period powerplay, and our down 2-1.
Kassian, who had been on a bit of a tear lately, and definitely earned his PP time, then tries a drop pass after gaining the zone, ala last years powerplay, which we almost unanimously agree is an awful play and had to be stopped, and it gets picked off by Martin St Louis, who scores a a short handed goal against what I have to assume is an exhausted Eddie Lack.
Worse then the play itself, there seemed to be 0 urgency in the back check, like as soon as Marty got the puck, everyone just backed off and gave up.
We were already out of the playoff race in my eyes, seeing this live really drove the point home. That loss ensure we had 0 room for error, we have to win every game, and one team ahead of us must lose every game, not to mention two teams between us not winning every game.
Many other moments are definitely in contention, but for me, watching this play unfold is what accents this season perfectly. Normally good players making bad moves, our team, out of desperation, trying things they did under their previous, now fired, coach, key players missing and several more playing injured, and after all the goaltender controversy, game 17 of riding Lack into the ground (he's upto 18 now).
All I can say, is I hope everyone on this team has a great summer plan to get refocused and ready.
Kassian, who had been on a bit of a tear lately, and definitely earned his PP time, then tries a drop pass after gaining the zone, ala last years powerplay, which we almost unanimously agree is an awful play and had to be stopped, and it gets picked off by Martin St Louis, who scores a a short handed goal against what I have to assume is an exhausted Eddie Lack.
Worse then the play itself, there seemed to be 0 urgency in the back check, like as soon as Marty got the puck, everyone just backed off and gave up.
We were already out of the playoff race in my eyes, seeing this live really drove the point home. That loss ensure we had 0 room for error, we have to win every game, and one team ahead of us must lose every game, not to mention two teams between us not winning every game.
Many other moments are definitely in contention, but for me, watching this play unfold is what accents this season perfectly. Normally good players making bad moves, our team, out of desperation, trying things they did under their previous, now fired, coach, key players missing and several more playing injured, and after all the goaltender controversy, game 17 of riding Lack into the ground (he's upto 18 now).
All I can say, is I hope everyone on this team has a great summer plan to get refocused and ready.
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9-1 loss to Anaheim remains the biggest stickler, mostly because we had just come off what was our best game all season despite the loss. Instead of rallying over the effort put out against LA, we completely collapsed. It was then I knew this season was probably a lost cause.
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and Hanzal, Perry, Nolan.
And this team just couldnt make them pay for it (whether due to lack of toughness, finishing off chances, biased officiating). That was the moment I realized that we couldnt compete with those teams
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My problem with the LA game was that the "statement" being made was not appropriate for the team. It was a great game by the team but they were not built to play that style. I didn't believe that they could sustain that for any significant amount of time.
For me, it was the NYI game. It opened my eyes and told me that this season was convincingly over.
On other note, I bet torts thought he'd have the same effect as Patrick Roy in Colorado by raging in Calgary but then goes overboard by heading to their dressing room. /facepalm
On other note, I bet torts thought he'd have the same effect as Patrick Roy in Colorado by raging in Calgary but then goes overboard by heading to their dressing room. /facepalm
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Agreed, the TSN turning point of the season as another poster aptly put it in another thread.
And down the stretch run the Islanders game & the decision not to play Lu in the heritage classic. Too many blown leads late in games (ie; Pens), not nearly enough (any at all?) games in which they salvaged a point or two with a 3rd period comeback.
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heritge classic for me. ducks was too early to be a genuine disaster. islanders was too late to be anything but a comical representation of troubles. but the heritage classic was the big game that could have triggered a desperately needed change, and we dropped it.
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Ducks loss 9-1, that was the writing on the wall that this team is unable to compete with the best and especially not with the new divisional format, to reiterate something mentioned above, the three blown leads and eventual OT losses to California rivals also sucks a lot.
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Hiring of Torts
Turning 2 elite (Schneider/Luongo) goalies in to 2 mediocre ones (Lack/markstrom)
Turning 2 elite (Schneider/Luongo) goalies in to 2 mediocre ones (Lack/markstrom)
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the complete and utter identity crisis that this team has experienced all season long (but mostly, the next few games after the LA "moral victory")
Was that still a moral victory?
Was that still a moral victory?
Yeah, lots to choose from. ButiI think losing to the Leafs, as the capper to a seven game regulation losing streak heading into the Olympics, has to be as low as it goes.
I want to say the nyi game is lower, but that was more comical by that point.
I want to say the nyi game is lower, but that was more comical by that point.
There are specific games that I could point to, all of which have been mentioned multiple times in this thread so far, but instead I will say:
1. A seven game losing streak in regular time, the longest losing streak for the team for the previous 15 years.
2. That the Canucks would only score more than 2 goals in games twice from the end of January to the middle of March. Unbelievable. And I watched every single one of those games.
3. What should have been a highlight of the season, the Outdoor classic, became a ******* gongshow with the loss of a Sedin at a very key moment in our quest to make the playoffs, and worse than that: that Lu was not put in the game or respected by the coaching staff -- something that directly put in motion his exit from this team.
1. A seven game losing streak in regular time, the longest losing streak for the team for the previous 15 years.
2. That the Canucks would only score more than 2 goals in games twice from the end of January to the middle of March. Unbelievable. And I watched every single one of those games.
3. What should have been a highlight of the season, the Outdoor classic, became a ******* gongshow with the loss of a Sedin at a very key moment in our quest to make the playoffs, and worse than that: that Lu was not put in the game or respected by the coaching staff -- something that directly put in motion his exit from this team.
Another moment directly tied to our lack of scoring that irked me so much, and will always remain memorable concerning this season:
Dan Hamhuis tipping in three goals in 2 games. Sounds great, right? The problem was they were into his own net. The three goals he tipped into his own net were more than HIS WHOLE TEAM had scored in the previous 4 games combined. Eddie Lack was absolutely stellar at this point in the season and should have had incredible stats for his rookie campaign, and yet 5 of his games that month were shutouts by the other team. The Canucks simply could not score goals. They did not give Eddie a chance to win.
Also, things people may have forgotten about the 9-1 loss to the Ducks. Like the Auger incident with Burrows a couple of seasons prior, this was the game where the Canucks ran up against Paul Devorski, who reffed two games in a row, when Vancouver played the Kings, and then the Ducks. In the first game he gave the Canucks a 7 minute penalty, and incredibly, a 7 minute 5 on 3 in the next game – something never before seen in the NHL. The offending crime? A scrum after the whistle where Sestito and Hansen dropped their gloves, but the two kings players they wrestled with did not. The ducks scored twice on the gifts they got from Devorski, and went on to win 9-1 in Canuck goalie Joakim Erikssons' first NHL game. He'd let in 3 NHL goals on his first 8 shots.
Dan Hamhuis tipping in three goals in 2 games. Sounds great, right? The problem was they were into his own net. The three goals he tipped into his own net were more than HIS WHOLE TEAM had scored in the previous 4 games combined. Eddie Lack was absolutely stellar at this point in the season and should have had incredible stats for his rookie campaign, and yet 5 of his games that month were shutouts by the other team. The Canucks simply could not score goals. They did not give Eddie a chance to win.
Also, things people may have forgotten about the 9-1 loss to the Ducks. Like the Auger incident with Burrows a couple of seasons prior, this was the game where the Canucks ran up against Paul Devorski, who reffed two games in a row, when Vancouver played the Kings, and then the Ducks. In the first game he gave the Canucks a 7 minute penalty, and incredibly, a 7 minute 5 on 3 in the next game – something never before seen in the NHL. The offending crime? A scrum after the whistle where Sestito and Hansen dropped their gloves, but the two kings players they wrestled with did not. The ducks scored twice on the gifts they got from Devorski, and went on to win 9-1 in Canuck goalie Joakim Erikssons' first NHL game. He'd let in 3 NHL goals on his first 8 shots.
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