WCQF: Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators (VAN Leads 3-2)

[ManbeastMARK]

I dont see a situation where there isnt a riot in Vancouver at the end of the Canucks playoffs

Any situation in which the Canucks don't lose in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final probably wouldn't induce a riot.

 

[ziploc]

The strategy was to funnel the puck towards the net and create chaos as evidenced by putting Zadorov in front of Saros. This isn't figuring Nashville out, its just a breakdown and poor execution by a Nashville team that probably got a little ahead of themselves. The game plan worked and Vancouver deserves props but you can clearly see this is abnormal defense by Nashville.

This was a strategic response to what Nashville was doing, however, because what the Canucks were doing previous to this wasn't working. I don't think it was just 4 mins of abnormal panic from Nashville. I mean, maybe, but it strikes me that this was an intentional shift in play from the Canucks as a result of how Nashville had been shutting them down.

 

[Rowlet]

I dont see a situation where there isnt a riot in Vancouver at the end of the Canucks playoffs

Kids these days, thinking that losing causes people to riot

 

[D Wakaluk]

Just watched the highlights ... damn!

Thats a chokejob for the ages

 

[Phrasing]

Just watched the highlights ... damn!

Thats a chokejob for the ages

I just saw Nyquist’s ankles in the lost-and-found

 

[BWJM]

Canucks strategy for game 5:

Must win game. Poor Hughes might need 2 shots of the insta-heal for game 6, or whatever drug they've developed in Vegas.

As much as I'd love to give the diehard Nashville fans another home game to watch. This Canucks team is hurting, and it's not for a squirting.

 

[604]

I dont see a situation where there isnt a riot in Vancouver at the end of the Canucks playoffs

Worth it for the good times.

Same as every time before.

 

[archangel2]

How the hell the canucks are up 3 to 1 is beyond me

 

[ijuka]

How the hell the canucks are up 3 to 1 is beyond me

missing an open net from 5 feet does that

 

[Three On Zero]

How the hell the canucks are up 3 to 1 is beyond me

When you out score your opponent in 3 out of 4 games, thats usually the result

 

[archangel2]

When you out score your opponent in 3 out of 4 games, thats usually the result

Using 3 different starters?

 

[forsbergavs32]

Welcome back

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Nashville needs 2 wins. Will the Oreo crumble, or will the Preds get double stuffed?

 

[Canucks LB]

When a third string goalie does so much for you, you absolutely need to deliver.

No excuses honestly

 

[Three On Zero]

Welcome back

 

[forsbergavs32]

I think its past bedtime for you deranged oreo dolphins

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

averaging less the 20 shots a game caught up to them tonight

 

[Three On Zero]

I think its past bedtime for you deranged oreo dolphins

You’re not wrong, work is only 4 hours away

 

[Osprey]

When a third string goalie does so much for you, you absolutely need to deliver.

No excuses honestly

It's maybe not an excuse, but it's an inexperienced group with its first chance to close out the series, and on home ice. It's not surprising to me that they fumbled it. A lot of teams do. Even the 2012 Kings fumbled their first chances to eliminate in 3 of 4 series.

 

[Three On Zero]

When a third string goalie does so much for you, you absolutely need to deliver.

No excuses honestly

Saros did what you’d expect from a Vezina level goaltender tonight and shut the door. He saved multiple grade A chances

Vancouver needs to be better but this isn’t a Lindgren level goaltender they are struggling against

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Frustrating game 5, punctuated by a bad non-challenge by coaching on the Josi pp "goal" where he speared Silovs into the net. Back to Nashville.

 

[Three On Zero]

Frustrating game 5, punctuated by a bad non-challenge by coaching on the Josi pp "goal" where he speared Silovs into the net. Back to Nashville.

That’s a 50/50 call, you get scored on again and the games usually over. It was smart to not go for the challenge. 1-1 game is more manageable than going to a potential 2-1 game, especially in a game you don’t “need” to win

 

[OilerTyler]

 

[Despote]

If it was 50/50 I'm almost certain it would've been better for the likelihood of winning the game to take your chances with the challenge.

 

[thekernel]

We were riding too high after that last win and needed to be humbled a bit. I'm sure both sides will talk about having "their looks", but at the end of the day Nashville "scored" more "goals" than us so we gotta figure something better out