I Can’t Believe This Is Happening Again

I Can’t Believe This Is Happening Again

I can’t believe this is happening again. In this video, I’m going to break down the Vancouver Conucks last four games, including yesterday’s clash with Archer Sheiloffs and the Pittsburgh Penguins. But first, let’s talk about game four against the Dallas Stars. The Stars have made it all the way to the Western Conference final for the past three years in a row. So, in other words, they’re one of the best teams in the NHL, and that was pretty obvious to start this one. Dallas came out swinging, but Thatcher, the puck snatcher, Demco, stood tall and stopped everything they threw his way until Elias Person deflected the puck into his own net. Man, PD just can’t seem to catch a break. One- nothing Stars. Randy scores. Two nothing Stars. The second period was a different story though, and it all started with two great plays by Evander Kane. First, he lobbed a perfect, albeit a little lucky, breakaway pass to Philip Heedle, and Heededle buried it, cutting the Stars lead to one. Then, less than 30 seconds later, Kane was back on the ice, pressuring Harden on the for check, ended up drawing a penalty. And on the ensuing power play, Brock Besser scored 2-2. But the Canucks weren’t done there. Less than 90 seconds after tying the game, they took the lead thanks to the speedster Max Sasson, who was playing in his first game of the season after being called up from Abbottzford to replace Braden Coups. And don’t worry, nothing is wrong with Coots. Management just felt that another year in junior would be best for his development. And I agree. After all, he is literally just a kid. Anyway, 3-2 Conucks. Speaking of new faces in the lineup, Lenus Carlson was making his season debut in this one, taking the spot of Jonathan Leaki, who was a healthy scratch, which means the line of arch deep veins, Max Sasson, and Lenus Carlson was reunited for the first time since winning the Calder Cup in Abbottzford last June. And they looked incredible. AHL, NHL, it doesn’t seem to matter. The chemistry between these three is undeniable. And even though on an individual level, none of them have yet to prove themselves as a bonafide NHL regular, this line combination might just ensure that all three of them stay with the big club for quite a while. But believe it or not, the Calder Cup line wasn’t the reason I had Drool on my chin while watching this tilt. That was Connor the Gargoyle Garland’s fault. He was moved up to play on the first line with Elias Person, and man, did he make the best of that opportunity. He was running around like a mini McDavid out there. And look at the goal he scored. It was absolutely beautiful. 4-2 Canucks. Dallas tried to mount a comeback in the third, but 20% of their remaining time was wiped out by two penalties drawn by Evander Kane. They did manage to get one back, but it didn’t matter because thanks to some fearless blocks from Alias the Alien Person, they couldn’t get another. Captain Quinn sealed the deal with an empty netter and the Canucks left Texas with a 5-3 win over the Stars. The second half of Vancouver’s first back-to-back of the season was game five against Connor Baddard and the Chicago Blackhawks. But just like the night before, the Canucks found themselves down two nothing after the first 20 minutes. It wasn’t Kevin Lankin’s fault, though. He was locked in all night. We are seriously so lucky to have two great goalies to watch on a regular basis. Demco and Lankin are going to save this team a ton of headaches this year and will probably be the reason I still have hair by game 82. In fact, length the tank was so good that two goals were all the Blackhawks could muster up in this one. And just like the game against Dallas the night before, the Canucks woke up and took control in the second period. But this time it started with the Persons. First it was Marcus MP3 Person hitting the crossbar. Then Elias EP40 Person hit the crossbar. Then Elias DPD25 Person drew a penalty. And on that ensuing power play, the birthday boy Jake de Bruss scored 2-1 Chicago. Then the Calder Cup connection came in clutch to tie the Tilted Twos just in time for the turd. I mean third two- two. Garland was an offensive chemist. Heronic was a defensive presence. Sherwood is soon to be an expensive menace. Sassone has a relentless engine. Teddy Bluger was back in the lineup. So that’s good. The game stayed tied through the third period and overtime. So for the first time this season, the Canucks went to a shootout. Unfortunately for the Blackhawks, Lankenin had already decided that he wasn’t going to let any more pucks get by him. So, it was really just a question of which player was going to win the game for Vancouver. It was Besser. The Conucks won 3-2. Also, I’d be an absolute Jason Dickinson if I didn’t mention how well Elias Patterson played in this game. He was doing everything everywhere all at once, but somehow didn’t score. But you just knew something was coming. Which brings us to game six against the Washington Capitals. Scores. Less than a minute into the game, thanks to a heads up pass from Connor Garland, Pety scored his first of the season to put the Knucks up one- nothing. Then, while the Capitals crease was covered in chaos, Tyler Meyers in his natural habitat plucked the puck out of the muck and tucked home his first of the season to double the Knucks lead. Two nothing Whale team. And like the little snitches they are, the Capitals challenged this goal for goalender interference. But obviously, it didn’t work. Instead, they were given a delay of game penalty for delaying the game. And on the ensuing power play, Vancouver scored again. This time, it was Kefir the beef for Sherwood. Nice. Three nothing Canucks. Tom Wilson with a full diaper tried to take his little baby anger out on Connor Garland but missed him completely. Unfortunately, that only made his temper tantrum more powerful. So Wilson, being the big, strong, tough guy he thinks he is, set his sights on an unsuspecting Philip Heedle, who wasn’t even looking in Wilson’s direction and hit him square in the body and Heedle left the game injured. Unfortunately, I agree with the side of the hockey world that thinks this was a clean hit. Only by a hair, though. However, Tom Wilson in mid October down 3 nothing against a team outside of the Eastern Conference with plenty of time left to mount a comeback hitting a guy who didn’t even have the puck on his stick is whatever. Obviously, I’m incredibly biased here, but I’m pissed. I just hope heals okay. Jonathan Lcramaki was back in the lineup after sitting the last two games out as a healthy scratch. He was taking the spot of Brock Besser, who was out for personal reasons, and he looked good until he got injured. Teddy Bluger looked solid in this one. Here he is taking advantage of a great play by Evander Kane to score his first goal of the year. But then he got injured. Four nothing Canucks. MP3 was a defensive juggernaut all game. I love this guy. Arch Deep Baines had a good showing. He was causing chaos in the Cap’s crease all morning. Victor Mancini dropped the gloves for the first time in his career, which led to Demco saying he had big boy balls. A phrase I’m surprised I didn’t already have in my vocabulary, but I do now. Thanks, Demer. What’ you think of Mancini dropping the glove? Yeah, I mean, it’s a I just talked to him in the room there. It’s uh it’s a tough customer that he decided to drop him with. So, took some big boy balls there. And speaking of Demco, guess what? He’s still a top five goalie in the NHL. And if that sounds wrong to you, fine. He’s top three. He made enough big saves to keep the Caps from tying the game. And then thanks to a string of clutch blocks by Elias Patterson in the final seconds, the Canucks hung on to defeat the defending President’s Trophy winners by a score of four to three. Now on to game seven against the former Canuck and Vancouver fan favorite Arur Sheiloffs and his new team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. For the second game in a row, Elias Person and Connor Garland teamed up to open the scoring early, except this time it was Garland finishing off the play with a scrumptious little slap shot he blasted past the pads of Sheiloffs. And look at the pass Petey made on this play. Disgusting. One- nothing Canucks. Playing against his former team for the first time was Marcus MP3 Patterson, and I thought he had a great game, especially on the penalty kill. Him and Tyler Myers are turning into quite the defensive duo. I love what I’m seeing from them. Myers played great in this one, too. Vancouver’s fourth round pick from 2011, Joseph Lebat, was in the Canucks lineup for the first time in 3,130 days, and it was just nice to see him doing what they drafted him to do 14 years ago. The Calder Cup line was good again, but not quite good enough to score, which would normally be fine, but because Brock Besser, Teddy Bluger, Jonathan Leeraki, Neils Hoglender, and Philip Heedle were all unable to play in this game, the Canucks really could have used some depth scoring. Vancouver’s forward group is so depleted right now. Besser’s out for personal reasons, but he should be back soon. Bluber’s out with a leg injury of some sort. It’s unclear when he’ll return. Lacromaki is out with a shoulder injury, and it’s unclear when he’ll return. Big Hog’s still recovering from his surgery and won’t be available until mid December. And then there’s Heedle, who we’re all just hoping doesn’t have another concussion. He’s out indefinitely until further notice. So yeah, the Conucks are looking pretty thin up front right now. However, the silver lining when stuff like this happens is that you really get to see what your depth players have to offer. Guys like Max Sassone, Arch Deep Baines, Atu Ratu, and Lenus Carlson are all going to be given way more ice time. and hopefully one or some of them are able to make the best of this opportunity and start turning some heads in the process. Unfortunately, that’ll have to happen next game because Garland’s opening minute slapper was the only one the Canucks managed to put behind their former goalender. Meanwhile, on the other end of the ice, the Penguins were able to capitalize on virtually every scoring chance they had. The Canucks lost this one by a score of 5 to1. Shout out to these geniuses for guessing the scores correctly. If you want a chance to be featured in a video, leave your score predictions for the next four Canucks games in the comments below, and if you get any right, I’ll shout you out. Thank you to the nuckheads who chose to support what I do by clicking the join button. Their names are scrolling by on the screen right now. Look how cool they look. 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In this video, I break down the Vancouver Canucks’ last four games, including yesterday’s matchup against Artūrs Šilovs and the Pittsburgh Penguins. From Thatcher Demko’s continued stellar play and Conor Garland’s breakout to a growing list of injuries that’s testing Vancouver’s depth, there’s a lot to unpack this week. Can the Canucks stay hot with half their forwards hurt?

– Nuckhead

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00:00 — Intro
00:11 — Game 4 vs. Dallas Stars
02:36 — Game 5 vs. Chicago Blackhawks
04:16 — Game 6 vs. Washington Capitals
06:51 — Game X
08:56 — Outro

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