Post-Game Talk: Vancouver 2, Vanderhoff 1 (SO): You're worthy, you're worthy!

[M A K A V E L I*]

 

[luongo321]

too funny

Kane's kinda of a schmuck off of the ice, but when the canucks were up 3-0 in that series he gave our team credit while Toews just talked about exposing our team for what we really are.

Nice to hear that from Kane.

Oh yeah, this is also the reason we want nothing to do with Luongo going to Chicago. My goodness, we would get whooped in the playoffs. This is just luu playing well because he is designated the backup this season. Can you imagine how much he would thrive in a game against the goalie that took his starting job? Don't even get me started on how easily he would shutdown our offense.

 

[LightningBurrows]

The Sedins dominated offensive possession up until the middle of the second frame. They still need to execute on the powerplay.

I saw Edler break up many plays and take the body very often. I find it puzzling that you think Tanev and Ballar were our best pairing. I'm their biggest fan boy and have defendded Ballard to death on these boards, but they had their weakest game. I think my assessment is pretty accurate considering Edler had the 24minutes of icetime, and the most even strength ice time. Hamhuis has the extra 3 minutes because of his abilities to penalty kill.

They did have good offensive zone time in the 1st period,but one good period an "amazing" game does not make. I think it was an average night for them. Although I love the fact that H.Sedin had 4 hits.

I really don't see how you think that Tanev/Ballard had their weakest game, they were quite solid defensively in terms of man coverage and cutting off passing lanes to the net. They also were more involved in the rush more that other games. Now I'm not saying thiswas their best game, I think it's far from their worst. Edler however was scrambling around in the D zone and was had faurly weak boardplay.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Can Schneider transfer to a different department so we can keep both he and Luongo, please?



So that's why they say the shootout is a crapshoot...

Oh, Luongo.

 

[Scottrockztheworld*]

That Bolland play looked like nothing. People complain about us whining but that stick smash was LOUD.

 

[Zombotron]

That Bolland play looked like nothing. People complain about us whining but that stick smash was LOUD.

[✓] Perry
[✓] Clowe
[✓] McLeod
[✓] Bolland

 

[Tiranis]

I really don't see how you think that Tanev/Ballard had their weakest game, they were quite solid defensively in terms of man coverage and cutting off passing lanes to the net. They also were more involved in the rush more that other games. Now I'm not saying thiswas their best game, I think it's far from their worst. Edler however was scrambling around in the D zone and was had faurly weak boardplay.

They were involved in the rush because they couldn't move the puck to save their lives. They were horrible at it, just horrible. Slow, inefficient, couldn't get the timing right, made the forwards circle back multiple times, and largely contributed to the fact that zero actual offense was generated with them on the ice. It was most definitely one of their worst games of the year, only comparable to the first two. Major step back over what we saw in LA and Colorado.

Edler barely scrambled at all. Had a very good game defensively and offensively.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

All the post-game interviews plus AV's conference have been posted to YT:

I like the AV troll laugh at 18:10.

 

[Pump n Dump]

I believe Kane's goal was a direct result of Garrison's inability to clear the puck not once, but twice.

I seem to recall that Hansen also blew a chance to get it out on that sequence when he was near the blueline and had ample time.

Silver lining is they contained the second highest-flying team in the league and eked out 2 points. This should help team confidence after being manhandle by the Sharks. Again, all this is for a team that usually needs another 12 games to get going and is missing some major pieces. When this short season started I saw the potential for disaster. So far not so bad.

 

[shortshorts]

They were involved in the rush because they couldn't move the puck to save their lives. They were horrible at it, just horrible. Slow, inefficient, couldn't get the timing right, made the forwards circle back multiple times, and largely contributed to the fact that zero actual offense was generated with them on the ice. It was most definitely one of their worst games of the year, only comparable to the first two. Major step back over what we saw in LA and Colorado.

Edler barely scrambled at all. Had a very good game defensively and offensively.

Although, for the most part I agree with your opinions. However, you have a tendency to use very strong hyperbole.

Ballard and Tanev were adequate. It was just obvious they were having a weaker game due to the strong forecheck. Their ice time was cut a bit, but they were still solid at relieving pressure. Definitely a weak game, but they weren't terrible.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

They were involved in the rush because they couldn't move the puck to save their lives. They were horrible at it, just horrible. Slow, inefficient, couldn't get the timing right, made the forwards circle back multiple times, and largely contributed to the fact that zero actual offense was generated with them on the ice. It was most definitely one of their worst games of the year, only comparable to the first two. Major step back over what we saw in LA and Colorado.

Edler barely scrambled at all. Had a very good game defensively and offensively.

Ballard was solid IMO, he made alot of nice plays, broke up scoring chances and made some blocks.

Tanev made a few risky plays and had a few bad turnovers but other than that he was fine & was doing much of the same, being calm and making solid plays defensively.

That pair was fine IMO, especially Ballard, if you could critique anything it would be Tanev's few turnovers but Ballard didn't do anything bad tonight.

 

[Callhee]

Other than being walked by Saad, I thought Edler used his size and strength well in the D zone and a couple of times in the O zone. He's quietly picked up 7 points in 8 games, 3 of which are goals.

 

[gongshowmonkey]

Edler Leads the Canucks in Giveaways and had 2 tonight I think

 

[Pseudonymous*]

ballard had a few great blocks too

 

[Tiranis]

Edler Leads the Canucks in Giveaways and had 2 tonight I think

Most registered giveaways happen in the neutral and offensive zones. If you look at D leaders for giveaways it's usually the same guys that drive the play the most. It's not really that surprising.

Ballard was solid IMO, he made alot of nice plays, broke up scoring chances and made some blocks.

Tanev made a few risky plays and had a few bad turnovers but other than that he was fine & was doing much of the same, being calm and making solid plays defensively.

That pair was fine IMO, especially Ballard, if you could critique anything it would be Tanev's few turnovers but Ballard didn't do anything bad tonight.

They were average to below average at defending. I stand by calling them 'horrible' at breaking out today.

 

[PG Canuck]

Can Schneider transfer to a different department so we can keep both he and Luongo, please?

Convert Schneider into a top six winger, just like how we've converted Burrows into a center?

 

[gongshowmonkey]

Most registered giveaways happen in the neutral and offensive zones. If you look at D leaders for giveaways it's usually the same guys that drive the play the most. It's not really that surprising.



They were average to below average at defending. I stand by calling them 'horrible' at breaking out today.

True but I'm pretty sure half of those are in the D zone

 

[Orca Smash]

Were the sedins that terrible tonight, listening to team 1040 callers i should be panicing at how bad they have been playing?

Maybe i am to biased toward them.

 

[HankieDankie]

Convert Schneider into a top six winger, just like how we've converted Burrows into a center?

This

 

[PG Canuck]

Were the sedins that terrible tonight, listening to team 1040 callers i should be panicing at how bad they have been playing?

Maybe i am to biased toward them.

It's not like this game was wide open at all, it was really a tight defensive game. Sharp, Bolland, Toews and some others were pretty invisible on the other side of things. I thought the Sedins sustained decent pressure at times, goals just aren't there yet. They're not in mid-season form yet, plus without Kesler, and Booth, the second line is no threat so teams can just load up on the Sedins.

 

[Callhee]

True but I'm pretty sure half of those are in the D zone

Pretty sure? It's not easy playing on your off side, he's bringing what we expected out of him; offense. He's ranked 7th among defensemen in scoring, and 3rd among defensemen in goals. Not to mention he is leading our team in ice time and scoring period.

 

[Tiranis]

It's not like this game was wide open at all, it was really a tight defensive game. Sharp, Bolland, Toews and some others were pretty invisible on the other side of things.

They did about as well as Saad and Hossa on the other end. It was a tight game, not a lot of room to generate offense. Besides, through first 30-40 minutes they were excellent.

 

[NoShowWilly]

earmuffs kid is becoming a little troll. Wearing opposing teams jerseys. Sitting in a fantastic seat every night. Picking his nose because he don't give a ****.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Most registered giveaways happen in the neutral and offensive zones. If you look at D leaders for giveaways it's usually the same guys that drive the play the most. It's not really that surprising.



They were average to below average at defending. I stand by calling them 'horrible' at breaking out today.

Disagree.

I would say average to above average as our defense were solid tonight, Luongo was great but our defense as a group had there best game by far tonight, not everyone was perfect but there wasn't that one guy who was terrible where everyone else was good.

As for Ballard and Tanev, Ballard actually had a few nice rushes and both nice passes on the breakout, and were great getting the puck out.

We could just agree to disagree though.

 

[Orca Smash]

They did about as well as Saad and Hossa on the other end. It was a tight game, not a lot of room to generate offense. Besides, through first 30-40 minutes they were excellent.

Yea toews was invisible as well.