Vancouver certainly had a hard time last night. They were being out skated and out hussled.
Schneider looked really ordinary. I might have been tempted to change the goaltender after the
third goal but I don't think it would have helped A few players worked hard; Ryan Kesler was
putting in a good effort along with Kevin Bieksa and a couple others, but this was not the team that
didn't give LA even one shot on goal during the third period the other night. This team did not look
like cup contenders.
I think if it wasn't for schneider it would have been about 7 or 8 to 1, and I don't like how kesler
played at all, he started out hogging the puck, thinking he was going to stick handle thru the whole
team, and repeated that over and over, then played very physical, which is fine.
Schneider did let in that one easy goal.
If luongo had been playing, he might have stolen the game for his team, but I'm kind of glad it
didn't happen that way, as they had a good lesson taught them last night, just before playoffs, and
it will be interesting to see how they rebound on tuesday in edmonton.
Canucks, in my opinion started out having everything their own way, too easy, then got very sloppy,
thought they could do whatever they wanted, including the sedins, only burrows didn't play that way,
or raymond, and a few others were OK too oreskovitch played well, and they couldn't get out of their
sloppiness, and although edmonton are the doormats of the league, one has to notice how fast and young
they are, and nothing to lose and got very excited when they began stripping canucks of the puck over
and over, their confidence grew, they had lots of fun playing 'with' a team who couldn't seem to take
them seriously, and couldn't believe that they were losing to such a team. (I know these are not
concious thoughts, but they are thoughts), and I felt sorry for tanner glass who gave it his all in
that fight, trying to snap his team out of it, as he is just back after a long lay off, stomach injury,
and he didn't do very well in the fight, but tried nonetheless.
Edmonton is a very young team, who make lots of mistakes, but have loads of potential, and next year and years to come they will make their mark, and before
too long they will be fighting the the championship. They also have lots of
injuries, and their best player, Taylor Hall, is one of them, if he had been
playing last night, he probably would have hade a hat trick, he is that good.
They have lots of pride, just like every team, and if you give them an opening they
will burn you, 'lots of openings last night'.
Canucks know that, mention that fact all the time, as 'how' any team can win if
you don't play your best, and that is 'so' true, good example last night.
