Post-Game Talk: Stars def. Canucks - 3-1 (Miller) | Not Clinched

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Damnit.

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[Canucks LB]

Lekkermaki, Sorry, you’re not gonna be playing for Abbotsford this year.

You’re gonna be playing for the Canucks, have fun savior!

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I thought we were in this game and it was tight checking and closely played.

Some crappy reffing at the end followed by a bonehead goalie pull cost us, IMO.

 

[Canucks LB]

Damnit.

We played a good game, but holy hell is this getting annoying

 

[TruKnyte]

Time to stop making excuses for this team. They need to start getting results against the better teams.

 

[wonton15]

Tocchet’s coaching decisions are just baffling sometimes.

Why did we call up Bains (at all) and immediately put him next to Miller, but also take off Boeser to put on Lafferty? It makes zero sense. Literally 0 logic to this.

And fix the PP or we’re losing in the first round.

 

[aquaweenie]

We need crow to take on the refs

“How do we not get a call!!!???”

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Pettersson no where in sight in this game.

Pettersson didn't score but was otherwise terrific tonight. Problem is when you have a second line of Bains/Miller/Lafferty, teams are just going to focus on your actual good line and make it hell for them.

Tocchet should scream at a mirror for how idiotic that lineup was.

 

[coastal_nuck]

Pettersson really needs to step up his game. There is no player on the Canucks that seems to be underperforming more than he is. Guy just doesn't skate. Constant gliding and lunging.

 

[Svencouver]

Yeah this seems sensible. I think we'll get there but it's not going to happen yet. They need to get stronger and more battle hardened so their skill can still be a factor in these kinds of games.

Compare us to a team like Boston who, while probably less talented on paper, is far better at organizing their team to build really solid lines that play well together. This team was at its best when it had lines like 6-40-9 and Garland-Blueger-Joshua rolling; nothing theyve put together since then has really been contender-level effective. They're running out of runway in the regular season to figure this out and lock in.

 

[TruKnyte]

Tocchet’s coaching decisions are just baffling sometimes.

Why did we call up Bains (at all) and immediately put him next to Miller, but also take off Boeser to put on Lafferty? It makes zero sense. Literally 0 logic to this.

And fix the PP or we’re losing in the first round.

He’s made some questionable decisions and doesn’t seem able to adjust on the fly

 

[Canucks LB]

Pettersson really needs to step up his game. There is no player on the Canucks that seems to be underperforming more than he is. Guy just doesn't skate. Constant gliding and lunging.

There’s no injury either, I have no idea what’s going on with him, I have seen enough games to know that when he’s on, he absolutely dominates.

He’s just not playing like that right now, I have no idea why

 

[EpochLink]

Fix the f***ing power play, it’s the drizzling shits

 

[bh53]

Funny how 10 minutes ago everyone was talking about how evenly matched we are with them and then they score a goal on a BS penalty and an empty netter and suddenly we are a tier below them and have no hopes of contending

What an overreaction in the game thread

 

[Ace of Hades]

Special teams cost us. Seems to be the same ol story these past few weeks. Lack of adjustments with these issues are frustrating as f***.

I am fine with our even strength play as we played well in that aspect.

 

[nowhereman]

Nothing stings like losing a game in the last 3 minutes of the 3rd.

 

[VanJack]

Both Bains and Podkiolzin look like they definitely belong.....I wouldn't take either guy out of the lineup the rest of the way.

And I might consider sitting Blueger in favor of Aman. He doesn't have a goal in close to 30 games and his careless penalty with three minutes left was the difference in the game.

 

[Jyrki21]

Some of it obviously due to Demko's absence – both not getting above-average saves and the team shifting the way it plays – but they haven't looked convincing in some time, and the dried up scoring is a big problem.

 

[SillyRabbit]

That was a high stick btw. Bullshit call.

 

[AzNightmare]

Without a strong PP, the team will be vulnerable in 5 on 5 too.
When Playoffs get rougher, opponents will take chances to play more on the edge and cross the line.
The only thing that keeps the opponents in check is not by getting penalized, but by getting scored on when they're on the PK.

If the Canucks can't score on the PP, then the opponents don't care if they're getting penalties.

 

[TruKnyte]

Funny how 10 minutes ago everyone was talking about how evenly matched we are with them and then they score a goal on a BS penalty and an empty netter and suddenly we are a tier below them and have no hopes of contending

What an overreaction in the game thread

I think the Stars drove play for most of the game aside from the beginning of the first period.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Not many games left. But still enough time to figure this out. I would like to start to see some consistency of the lines. Changing them every game isn't doing much to help.

 

[CanadianPirate]

I feel like I watched a different game with some of the takes about Petterson. I thought he was one of the best canucks on the ice. He created multiple chances and was great defensively (even saving a goal in the first).

 

[PG Canuck]

Powerplay will be the downfall or rise of the team. Figure it out.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Tocchet’s coaching decisions are just baffling sometimes.

Why did we call up Bains (at all) and immediately put him next to Miller, but also take off Boeser to put on Lafferty? It makes zero sense. Literally 0 logic to this.

And fix the PP or we’re losing in the first round.

The only rationale that makes some sense is to try and give Pettersson more offensive options without having to break up the third line. It's still stupid because now Miller is basically a third line grinder since he has nobody to work with.

Otherwise, Tocchet seems to have AV Glass-esque love affair with Lafferty in the top six. It fails every single time to tries it for longer than a shift or two but try it he must. Insanity and all that.