Vancouver led the league in points at Christmas, Can they continue this run into the New Year?

[jackjohnson]

Lots of players shooting >20% that certainly won't continue. You can say the others will fill in but we will see.

They have many players that can put the puck into the net. Now look at Garland and Kuzmenko and Mikheyev missing chances. If some of the high shooting percentage players regress by the same logic players like Garland, Mikheyev and Kuzmenko will also start putting the puck into the net. You can say all our players will regress and not look at some of our cold players that are shooting and not getting results. Again since canucks have lots of depth on offense plus adding Hughes and Hronek into the mix, they have the ability to keep rolling. You cant ignore the fact they are the highest goal scoring team since start of the season, consistently being on top. In fact they can become more lethal offensively if they add a Lindholm on that 2nd line and have the lotto line and 3rd line as permanent fixture

Pettersson-Miller-Boeser
Kuzmenko-Lindholm-Mikheyev
Garland-Blueger-Joshua
Hoglander-Suter-Lafferty/PDG

That would probably be the deepest forward group in the league

Hoglander - 12 goals
Suter - 8 goals
Lafferty - 9 goals

name a team with a better 4th line than that with those stats just halfway through the season.

 

[Jets 31]

Vancouver looks very, very good. Really looking forward to finally getting to see Vancouver and Winnipeg play against each other this season.

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

Mike Kelly - Rush Chance Shooting Percentage...

7%: 32nd ranked team--
11%: NHL Average--
13%: 2nd best team
14%:
15%:
16%:
17%:
18%:
19%:
20%:
21%:
22%: Canucks

Incredible.

Too many dangerous snipers

Don't you post enough about the nucks (far more unhinged and full of wrong info you won't get called out for there) in your out of town thread to keep you sated?
You oiler hens cluck cluck clucking away is almost as satisfying as watching my team beat you so hard it broke the will of players and fans alike.

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

Vancouver looks very, very good. Really looking forward to finally getting to see Vancouver and Winnipeg play against each other this season.

As a nuck fan born in Winnipeg I never imagined a game between us could have 1st overall ramifications.

And since according to some from Edmonton claim both teams are frauds based on anyltics, the game may cause a rift in time from all the theretical anomalies both teams create.

 

[The90]

They have many players that can put the puck into the net. Now look at Garland and Kuzmenko and Mikheyev missing chances. If some of the high shooting percentage players regress by the same logic players like Garland, Mikheyev and Kuzmenko will also start putting the puck into the net. You can say all our players will regress and not look at some of our cold players that are shooting and not getting results. Again since canucks have lots of depth on offense plus adding Hughes and Hronek into the mix, they have the ability to keep rolling. You cant ignore the fact they are the highest goal scoring team since start of the season, consistently being on top. In fact they can become more lethal offensively if they add a Lindholm on that 2nd line and have the lotto line and 3rd line as permanent fixture

Pettersson-Miller-Boeser
Kuzmenko-Lindholm-Mikheyev
Garland-Blueger-Joshua
Hoglander-Suter-Lafferty/PDG

That would probably be the deepest forward group in the league

Hoglander - 12 goals
Suter - 8 goals
Lafferty - 9 goals

name a team with a better 4th line than that with those stats just halfway through the season.

I can’t believe you’re still making this same terrible argument lol

 

[jackjohnson]

I can’t believe you’re still making this same terrible argument lol

Its facts buddy.

 

[The90]

It’s facts buddy.

Just so you know I actually laughed reading that. Give it some more time

 

[TheOrangeDesk]

They have many players that can put the puck into the net. Now look at Garland and Kuzmenko and Mikheyev missing chances. If some of the high shooting percentage players regress by the same logic players like Garland, Mikheyev and Kuzmenko will also start putting the puck into the net. You can say all our players will regress and not look at some of our cold players that are shooting and not getting results. Again since canucks have lots of depth on offense plus adding Hughes and Hronek into the mix, they have the ability to keep rolling. You cant ignore the fact they are the highest goal scoring team since start of the season, consistently being on top. In fact they can become more lethal offensively if they add a Lindholm on that 2nd line and have the lotto line and 3rd line as permanent fixture

Pettersson-Miller-Boeser
Kuzmenko-Lindholm-Mikheyev
Garland-Blueger-Joshua
Hoglander-Suter-Lafferty/PDG

That would probably be the deepest forward group in the league

Hoglander - 12 goals
Suter - 8 goals
Lafferty - 9 goals

name a team with a better 4th line than that with those stats just halfway through the season.

That might be the worst 2nd line in the league

blah blah - calm down with the spreadsheets.

Would it help you if I gave you the only stat that counts?

26-11-3

At the end of the day the rest means Jack Squat. When I say Jack Squat I mean JACK SQUAT.

Furthermore I find it rather rich that most of the PDO / Canucks pushers are Oilers fans. Imagine where the Oilers would be without the LUCK of the league slot machine in not only drafting 4 first overall picks but, by the grace of the SLOT MACHINE - one of the greatest players in a generation fell into their lap. Thats what i call PDO. But but the Canucks have a high shooting percentage.

Blah blah? I literally just gave you the info you asked for. It's not my fault you can't understand it and it triggers you

 

[Brookbank]

Nope. They will not.

Everyone just keeps post dating their salty takes. All the same people were saying it 10 games in, then 20 games in, and through to new years.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Hit an ice patch around new years and swerved a bit but nice to see them back on track. Pretty cool to see my two teams the Canucks and Jets among the best in the league. Hope it keeps up and I get to see a deep playoff series against the two

 

[Brookbank]

They are very skilled. Lots of hands on that team. Dangerous team but they will hit a cold streak at some point and we will see what they are really made of.

They did hit a cold streak. They won one and lost one for almost a whole month. Petey dropped off, the powerplay went from top 5 to bottom 15. Demko hasn't even been playing that good.

But that was before Zadorov was acquired and Saucy was injured. Now they have both.

 

[Coffey]

Everyone just keeps post dating their salty takes. All the same people were saying it 10 games in, then 20 games in, and through to new years.

I just answered the question, I wasn't even flinging unnecessary takes!
Please don't be so sensitive.

 

[Brookbank]

I can’t believe you’re still making this same terrible argument lol

Its actually hilarious and pathetic that you say that. Because that "terrible argument" is exactly what already happened.

Kuzmenko's shooting percentage was red hot last season and Brock Boesers was in the gutter. Now this year, Brocks percentage is hot and Kuzmenko's is in the gutter.

The argument that was being made: If some of the high shooting percentage players regress by the same logic players like Garland, Mikheyev and Kuzmenko will also start putting the puck into the net.

 

[The90]

Its actually hilarious and pathetic that you say that. Because that "terrible argument" is exactly what already happened.

Kuzmenko's shooting percentage was red hot last season and Brock Boesers was in the gutter. Now this year, Brocks percentage is hot and Kuzmenko's is in the gutter.

The argument that was being made: If some of the high shooting percentage players regress by the same logic players like Garland, Mikheyev and Kuzmenko will also start putting the puck into the net.

Good luck

 

[Czechboy]

Maybe Vancouver should be more like Edmonton. Have zero quality depth, completely shit the bed 5 on 5, shoot pucks from the halfwall and pretty much anywhere up the ice, dress a defensive group that’s AHL quality, get 2 AHL quality goaltenders that get lit up 5 goals a game, and basically be a 1 man team.

Maybe Nuck's should try it... it seems to be going okay for us? 15-3 in our last 18 I believe.

We also keep making the playoffs (this year is defnitely in question) and winning playoff rounds. Something, I believe, the Nuck's are not doing. at all in the last decade.

This is the Nucks

This is the Oil in same time period

Oilers are considerably more successful than the Nucks. I'll take this shit from Avs or Knight's fans who have made the playoffs, won and kicked our asses. No problem. Nuck's beat the shit out of us in October and have a beautiful run to start the season. All very true and happy for them but maybe calm down till you win a playoff round or two. B's demolished the leauge last year and were out in Round 1. Toroonto wins one round and starts chanting we want Florida.

And, ftr, I hope you guys do well in the playoffs and would be happy if you won the Cup. Big Hronek fan.

 

[strattonius]

Maybe Nuck's should try it... it seems to be going okay for us? 15-3 in our last 18 I believe.

We also keep making the playoffs (this year is defnitely in question) and winning playoff rounds. Something, I believe, the Nuck's are not doing. at all in the last decade.

This is the Nucks

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This is the Oil in same time period

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Oilers are considerably more successful than the Nucks. I'll take this shit from Avs or Knight's fans who have made the playoffs, won and kicked our asses. No problem. Nuck's beat the shit out of us in October and have a beautiful run to start the season. All very true and happy for them but maybe calm down till you win a playoff round or two. B's demolished the leauge last year and were out in Round 1. Toroonto wins one round and starts chanting we want Florida.

And, ftr, I hope you guys do well in the playoffs and would be happy if you won the Cup. Big Hronek fan.

There's a complex Canucks fans have. We basically have little brother syndrome and always want to be heard, talked about, recognized. We have no discernible accomplishments thus far and feel insecure about our place in the hockey world.

Oilers fans have a complex too. They are the classic peaked in high school kid. Always talking about the past, trying to knock others down and bully them. Now they are working at 7/11 still trying to talk about the glory years of 15 yrs old and how tough they used to be.

 

[snag]

Everyone just keeps post dating their salty takes. All the same people were saying it 10 games in, then 20 games in, and through to new years.

Just like people keep saying what they were saying about the Oilers...kinda goes with the territory.

 

[RobsonStreet]

Maybe Nuck's should try it... it seems to be going okay for us? 15-3 in our last 18 I believe.

We also keep making the playoffs (this year is defnitely in question) and winning playoff rounds. Something, I believe, the Nuck's are not doing. at all in the last decade.

This is the Nucks

View attachment 799403

This is the Oil in same time period

View attachment 799404

Oilers are considerably more successful than the Nucks. I'll take this shit from Avs or Knight's fans who have made the playoffs, won and kicked our asses. No problem. Nuck's beat the shit out of us in October and have a beautiful run to start the season. All very true and happy for them but maybe calm down till you win a playoff round or two. B's demolished the leauge last year and were out in Round 1. Toroonto wins one round and starts chanting we want Florida.

And, ftr, I hope you guys do well in the playoffs and would be happy if you won the Cup. Big Hronek fan.

The Oilers current success comes on the back of being very bad for a decade. If any fanbase could relate to Vancouver in 2024 you’d think it would be Oilers fans old enough to remember way way back to 2020 when their team was in a similar place.

 

[Brookbank]

The Canucks had no powerplays vs the Rangers and have had one powerplay in each of their last 3 games. 3 pp's in their last 4 hockey games.

 

[mkatcherin00]

Don't you post enough about the nucks (far more unhinged and full of wrong info you won't get called out for there) in your out of town thread to keep you sated?
You oiler hens cluck cluck clucking away is almost as satisfying as watching my team beat you so hard it broke the will of players and fans alike.

I am sorry if hard facts and stats hurt.

Maybe Nuck's should try it... it seems to be going okay for us? 15-3 in our last 18 I believe.

We also keep making the playoffs (this year is defnitely in question) and winning playoff rounds. Something, I believe, the Nuck's are not doing. at all in the last decade.

This is the Nucks

View attachment 799403

This is the Oil in same time period

View attachment 799404

Oilers are considerably more successful than the Nucks. I'll take this shit from Avs or Knight's fans who have made the playoffs, won and kicked our asses. No problem. Nuck's beat the shit out of us in October and have a beautiful run to start the season. All very true and happy for them but maybe calm down till you win a playoff round or two. B's demolished the leauge last year and were out in Round 1. Toroonto wins one round and starts chanting we want Florida.

And, ftr, I hope you guys do well in the playoffs and would be happy if you won the Cup. Big Hronek fan.

I don't know what that poster is even talking about. lol

Edmonton is a much more dangerous team at Evens. They just don't have 20%+ horseshoe shooting %'s and top 10 goaltending.

Vancouver gives up MORE High danger chances at ES than they get. They don't even get a ton. They are down by the bottom in chances for and bad for how many they give up. They also give up a ton of shots and do not get many.

meanwhile, EDM is #1 in the league and generate a ton. They also give up the 2nd least after LA. Just watch Skinner the last while. He has had like 2 games where he had to make some big saves. He's had it easy. It's very popular to parrot around here. Edmontons bad start was brutal and they are still a top defensive metric team lol

People here get so angry. If some other team who has done nothing for 10 years all of a sudden was at the top, we would be talking about them too. It's a story line.

If Vancouver was top 10 for the last few years, we wouldn't talk about them so much. It's like the smart kid at school. We expect him/her to get good grades from their history. Canucks right now are that mediocre kid who all of a sudden is hitting 90% on their tests out of nowhere

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I am sorry if hard facts and stats hurt.

I don't know what that poster is even talking about. lol

Edmonton is a much more dangerous team at Evens. They just don't have 20%+ horseshoe shooting %'s and top 10 goaltending.

Vancouver gives up MORE High danger chances at ES than they get. They don't even get a ton. They are down by the bottom in chances for and bad for how many they give up. They also give up a ton of shots and do not get many.

meanwhile, EDM is #1 in the league and generate a ton. They also give up the 2nd least after LA. Just watch Skinner the last while. He has had like 2 games where he had to make some big saves. He's had it easy. It's very popular to parrot around here. Edmontons bad start was brutal and they are still a top defensive metric team lol

I’ll give you some stats.
3 wins and 0 losses against the Oilers while outscoring them 18-6. And 14 points ahead in the standings.

 

[mkatcherin00]

I’ll give you some stats. 3-0 vs Edmonton.

Yup. That is right. Congrats. You goalie'd us 2 games. I keep saying, don't get angry. enjoy this blip. Life is too short. It's just a game in the end. Stats and historical data are not looked at well by you guys.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Yup. That is right. Congrats. You goalie'd us 2 games. I keep saying, don't get angry. enjoy this blip. Life is too short. It's just a game in the end.

I’ll give you some stats.
3 wins and 0 losses against the Oilers while outscoring them 18-6. And 14 points ahead in the standings.
And out goalied? Wow! Who knew having one of the top goalies would be an advantage. Lol.
Best of luck on snagging a wildcard spot.

 

[mkatcherin00]

I’ll give you some stats.
3 wins and 0 losses against the Oilers while outscoring them 18-6. And 14 points ahead in the standings.
Best of luck on snagging a wildcard spot.

Congrats. we are used to making the playoffs. It will be a piece of cake. Like I said, enjoy this rare playoff season. It's a fun time making it.

 

[Breakers]

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