We have the generational all time guy JT Miller. No worriesWheres Ryan Kesler when you need him
I can see Preds winning but what is this idea the Canucks are a soft team? The only soft player we have is Pettersson, and hopefully he figures it out in time but there's still a bunch of other very difficult guys to play against, notably our #1 C.Predators has Grit and Heart.. They are beating Vancouver
I can see Preds winning but what is this idea the Canucks are a soft team? The only soft player we have is Pettersson, and hopefully he figures it out in time but there's still a bunch of other very difficult guys to play against, notably our #1 C.
Predators has Grit and Heart.. They are beating Vancouver
Yeah I don't know where people get this idea. Find me a more physical defenseman than Zadorov, or a player with more heart and grit than Garland. Try winning a board battle against Hoglander/Joshua. And so on. I do think Nashville has a good team and tons of character and no Canucks fan is taking them lightly...but I think emphasizing their heart and grit might actually be just admitting that Canucks have more top end skill.Canucks aren't really soft, maybe a bit at forward, but the defense more than makes up for it, they're large and physical.
So any idea when game 1 is?
This whole “Canucks are soft” mentality has been around since foreverYeah I don't know where people get this idea. Find me a more physical defenseman than Zadorov, or a player with more heart and grit than Garland. Try winning a board battle against Hoglander/Joshua. And so on. I do think Nashville has a good team and tons of character and no Canucks fan is taking them lightly...but I think emphasizing their heart and grit might actually be just admitting that Canucks have more top end skill.
Pettersson doesn't play soft but he is just so flimsy still its hard not to see him as soft. But yeah he will turn it on here I think, we've seen him turn on beast mode before.WQhat is the definition of "soft"? Pettersson falls down easily but he doesn't get intimidated, he throws hits, and he plays a good defensive game. so it's not like he will disappear because he is supposedly soft. Our softest forward is probly Boeser the Kikheyev. Outside of that you have 5 foot 6 Garland, who is a major puck hound and is constantly stripping pucks off of guys, and he is hard to check, and he's feisty. Hoglander, Miller, Joshua - these are hard guys to play against. This team is the opposite of soft.
It's also the farthest travel of all matchups. Might be greater than the total distance between all 4 Eastern matchups.Canucks took the season series 3-0-0 and outscored the Preds 13-6.
Best round one match the Canucks could have hoped for as they had a rough time against both the Kings an Knights this year.
I have the Canucks in 5 but the Preds have been a lot better in 2024 so we will see.
Pettersson has 126 hits this season so he’s not exactly soft in that regard eitherI can see Preds winning but what is this idea the Canucks are a soft team? The only soft player we have is Pettersson, and hopefully he figures it out in time but there's still a bunch of other very difficult guys to play against, notably our #1 C.
Top 5 team in hits as wellWQhat is the definition of "soft"? Pettersson falls down easily but he doesn't get intimidated, he throws hits, and he plays a good defensive game. so it's not like he will disappear because he is supposedly soft. Our softest forward is probly Boeser the Kikheyev. Outside of that you have 5 foot 6 Garland, who is a major puck hound and is constantly stripping pucks off of guys, and he is hard to check, and he's feisty. Hoglander, Miller, Joshua - these are hard guys to play against. This team is the opposite of soft.
Shouldn’t you be saying Canucks in 5 than? Nashville doesn’t play a “tight checking game”Predators in 5. Canucks aren't ready for playoff hockey, don't see their core players responding well to tight checking games.
Yeah.Shouldn’t you be saying Canucks in 5 than? Nashville doesn’t play a “tight checking game”
I would actually say the opposite in that COL/WPG series... Not that Helleybuck is good enough, but that Georgiev is bad enough.That's what i voted too.....
Demko and Hellebuyck are good enough to ruin my predictions though.....Lol