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

[Mobiandi]

Rick Tocchet is coaching this series like someone who is trying emulate Darryl Sutter but only watched youtube highlights of the Kings

 

[Zerotonine]

Win or lose, this has been one of the better round 1 series

Lolol yeah been a real barn burner

 

[beardawg]

Every game decided by 1 goal except for Game 2. Both teams blowing leads in the 3rd period. Pretty tight series, all things considered

 

[Three On Zero]

Lolol yeah been a real barn burner

Tight defensively sound games are better than constant blowouts or games where one team is getting beat handedly.

This series and the Winnipeg/Colorado series have been the best

 

[Summer Rose]

Tight defensively sound games are better than constant blowouts or games where one team is getting beat handedly.

This series and the Winnipeg/Colorado series have been the best

These two series you mentioned are the ones of which I've watched the fewest games... I'm sensing a pattern here.

 

[BonMorrison]

Preds have lost their last like 4 straight series clinchers at Bridgestone so they have a big demon to overcome if they're gonna push this to 7.

 

[Three On Zero]

These two series you mentioned are the ones of which I've watched the fewest games... I'm sensing a pattern here.

Too late for you to stay up

 

[Summer Rose]

Too late for you to stay up

I'm old and need my sleep, but at least I know how to park.

 

[Three On Zero]

I'm old and need my sleep, but at least I know how to park.

Aren’t you only 37?

 

[Summer Rose]

Aren’t you only 37?

Yes.

 

[Three On Zero]

Yes.

Still a youngin

 

[Zerotonine]

I think the Canucks just missed there opportunity to close this one out. It's going 7 for sure now.....

 

[wetcoast]

Every game decided by 1 goal except for Game 2. Both teams blowing leads in the 3rd period. Pretty tight series, all things considered

I took the Canucks in 6 and I still hope it happens but the Canucks need to get more shots through somehow.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I took the Canucks in 6 and I still hope it happens but the Canucks need to get more shots through somehow.

Same 6

Agreed they need to find a way to break in. Nashville is playing an extremely stifling game to the point they even struggle on offense.

1st goal was a push the goalie in but it kinda looks like a dominoes effect so why Vancouver didn't challenge because they may have said the Canucks player initiated contact and the second goal was weak but weak goals happen.

Nashville is barely scoring In the same game.

 

[HanSolo]

Tight defensively sound games are better than constant blowouts or games where one team is getting beat handedly.

This series and the Winnipeg/Colorado series have been the best

 

[Mez]

Lol take off the rose coloured glasses. You really think this Canucks team with that offense that can't even average 20 shots a game can hang with the Colorado/Edmonton/Dallas powerhouses? Really? It won't be a contest.

I think the Canucks struggle with suffocating teams. They will do better vs the Oilers assuming both advance.

 

[Three On Zero]

Lol take off the rose coloured glasses. You really think this Canucks team with that offense that can't even average 20 shots a game can hang with the Colorado/Edmonton/Dallas powerhouses? Really? It won't be a contest.

 

[clay]

Dumb thing to say by Toch. If it's a 50/50 call you make that challenge every time and trust your PK who is running at 90% in the series to kill it off. I also personally think it was more like 70/30 in favour of the challenge being successful on that one. It was clearly Nyquist's bump that pushed Silvos and propelled the puck into the net.

 

[snag]

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Replace stich for game....

The vast majority of Kings shots were permitter shots. Oilers had the higher danger advantage at 7-4. While the Kings did outwork the Oilers in this one, the Oilers were effective too in keeping them to the outside. Looks like the Oilers beat he Kings at their own game. Overall, not indiciative of much.

 

[BB79]

Good job Preds, win game 6 now

 

[Warh1ppy]

All the talk from Vancouver about Pettersson wanting out if the team was not competitive. Kind of never want to hear him say anything of the sort again. He's been an absolute ghost.

Even Marner in Toronto looks more engaged and noticeable on the ice, and Leafs camps are ready to jettison him in to the sun for a 2nd round pick

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Lol take off the rose coloured glasses. You really think this Canucks team with that offense that can't even average 20 shots a game can hang with the Colorado/Edmonton/Dallas powerhouses? Really? It won't be a contest.

W have before. Vancouver this season has notoriously been outscore yet scored anyway. That's literally the PDO meme. Our whole system is counterattacking offense which actually plays better against more offensive teams. The issue is Tocchet not making the necessary adjustments against a less rush oriented team in Nashville (or LA, for example sake). Hence why we have so few shots. We're trying to force them into plays they don't often make.

Now any one of those teams will likely make adjustments of their own and that's what worries me about Tocchet right now but I wouldn't read too much into this series quite yet in the same way I doubt even Av fans think they'll be popping 5+ goals a game every game going forward.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Can Canucks score some goals? Please and thank you.

 

[Pure West]

I know its a tough call within one minute to make a call late in the 3rd of a tight game, but not challenging that tying goal was definitely a mistake. Tocchet seems to be a little too careful on those and you would think with the quality of the PK that it would be worth it even with a <30% or so chance you can get that overturned.

 

[Team_Spirit]