Post Game Thread: Vancouver Canucks at Seattle Kraken – 22 Feb 2024


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VAN loses, 2 – 5 .

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25 comments
  1. This Boston game is going to sting. The Bruins are now in first. Battle for best in the league Part 2 on Saturday.

  2. Yo the Canucks played absolutely fine against the Jets, Wild (the collapse aside), and Avs. Tonight was the first game where they actually played poorly 5 on 5. I’m still not that worried about them. The power play is a concern for sure, but you gotta think they’ll figure it out sooner than later.

  3. First NHL game that I’ve been to, I expected to see the best team in the national hockey league and a regular nhl team. Ended up seeing a bunch of donkeys and a regular nhl team.

    Still not giving up hope once they put their shit back together 

  4. A win over Boston securing first would make these last 3 feel a lot better. Rest up and play hard on Saturday

  5. The problem is people started to think we were the best team in the league, a wagon, a real top tier contender.

    We have a GREAT team. But we are not a team like that and that shouldn’t be a shock to anyone. We were barely thinking playoffs before the year. This is a massive jump already, let’s not go overboard with expectations.

  6. 5 games in 8 days on the road, sucks to lose but you could tell the boys are gassed. We’ll get them Saturday. 

  7. Is there a reason Petey doesn’t shoot more on the PP? Defensive setups be damned, the guy can easily beat goalies from above the dot with a shot like that. Why is Boeser taking more shots?

  8. Im confident the boys will show up vs Boston. Rest up, and keep your head up. We are too skilled not to.

  9. This was a really poor game played by the guys tonight, no compete and just sorta cruised, I think this is starting to look like a real slump and signs of the old canucks creeping in. Bad habits, poor powerplay and bad PK is not a recipe for success. I hope toch cracks the whip and takes the boys for a bag skate because these guys aren’t playing like they give a shit right now. Disgusting game.

  10. tocchet about the PP: “talent doesn’t do anything if you don’t work hard… and we’re not working hard”

  11. why is our game against boston on saturday at 4pm…can’t get a full 48 hours between games even when heading straight from seattle to a home game in van 🥲

  12. Issues right now:

    – Tocchet’s system requires 100% effort all the time. The boys can’t keep it up and we hardly look recognizable compared to the start of the year – not forechecking hard, not fast, not skating forward.

    – Lindholm was not a star acquisition. He’s fine as a depth player but he adds little to this team, and he doesn’t bring the speed and compete level that makes our identity. If we’re firing like early in the year, yeah he can join in. But he’s not gonna turn the tables in games like this.

    – Juulsen, while a great story, can’t keep up as a regular. Zadorov is not much beside him, Cole is tired, and Myers is Myers. Our top pair is gassed and the rest are 5-6D swimming out there.

    – Hoglander is not a consistent enough player to be in your top 6. When he’s firing, sure move him up. But he’s hyper streaky on whether he’s impacting the game positively or not. His best place is running the 4th line, where it’s okay if he’s quiet sometimes and a huge boon when things are clicking.

    – Pettersson just can’t impose his will on the game. Maybe he will in time. But he can’t seem to take these games over, which is what everyone is so desperate to see.

    – Saw the Boeser decline coming. No way this was going to be some 45 goal year. He is what he is, and he’s ice cold right now. Hopefully it comes back by the playoffs.

    – Miller is the heart of the team right now and there’s only so much he can do. Garland is great, but he never seems to work with top players.

    – Hughes hasn’t been good in a while. He’s still good cause he’s Hughes, but he hasn’t been special, especially defensively.

    – Soucy will forever be underrated. He’s the most stable D on our team besides Hughes.

    BUUUUUT

    – Losing streaks happen to everyone.

    – We’ve got lots of time for a change in momentum.

    – It’s gonna be okay.

  13. I don’t know anything statistical, but we are somehow managing to be a top tier team. Just enjoy it and hope we make it past the 1st round. Honestly, it seems as if this buffer in points is just a way for Tocchet to mess the lines around and see what works. — just my two cents

  14. Watch literally any other top player like McDavid or Mackinnon or even Bedard, they play like they’re worth it.

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