How about them Canucks!
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Geez, I hadn't thought of that aspect. Canucks had better "get the lead out".
P.S. I just checked, Montreal is still part of Canada. -
Geez, I hadn't thought of that aspect. Canucks had better "get the lead out".
P.S. I just checked, Montreal is still part of Canada. -
i forgot about them. lol they will definitely be in the playoffs.
phoenix won tonight, i was surprised, without smith, they defeated pittsburg, so they are
6 up on vancouver
dallas lost
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Maybe the Canucks can get a couple of wins at Minnesota and Colorado. I find it very irritating when they schedule games on my bowling night. -
Maybe the Canucks can get a couple of wins at Minnesota and Colorado. I find it very irritating when they schedule games on my bowling night. -
send them a memo - lol
sharks just defeated oilers, oilers worked hard, but they were up against a much stronger team.
i would like to see the sharks win the cup this season. over the past years they have been very
similar to canucks, a strong team, played a very good regular season, but could never quite get
it done in the playoffs.
they are getting older in some areas, and they are very very strong this season, so before they
get past that 'peak', i would like to see them win it all.
Wild continue drive toward playoffs vs. CanucksTuesday, 03.25.2014 / 9:42 PMDan Myers - NHL.com
PrintCANUCKS (33-30-10) at WILD (37-24-11)
TV: SNET-P, FS-N
Last 10: Vancouver 5-5-0; Minnesota 3-3-4
Season series: The Minnesota Wild are 2-0-0 against the Vancouver Canucks this season, winning each in a shootout. The Wild have won the past four games in the series dating to last season.
Big story: The Canucks have won back-to-back games and trail the Wild by nine points in the Western Conference wild-card race for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Minnesota holds the top wild-card spot with 85 points; the Canucks must catch and pass the Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes for the second spot.
Team Scope:
Canucks: Vancouver’s efforts to make a late run to the playoffs have been made more difficult in recent days. Despite winning their past two games and three of their past four, the Canucks have gained no ground because the teams in front of them are keeping pace. The Coyotes have taken nine of 12 possible points in their past six games, and the Stars won two in a row before losing 4-2 to the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.
“Everybody’s looking at the standings; we are too,” Canucks coach John Tortorella said. “All we can do is control what we have. We’re going to keep trying to battle away and find points.”
Wild: The game against the Canucks is one of two at home in a 10-game, 20-day span between March 16 and April 4. The Wild are 23-8-5 at home this season and 7-1-3 in their past 11 games at Xcel Energy Center. Coach Mike Yeo gave the players Monday off and followed with an optional practice Tuesday, so the Wild should be well-rested. Minnesota finished a stretch of five games in seven nights on Sunday and begins a four-in-six stretch Wednesday.
“It’s not just physical, it’s emotional and mental,” Yeo said. “Based on the schedule we’ve had and the schedule we have coming up, we deemed that this was our one opportunity to try to put a little extra back in the tank and get ready for this final push.”
Who’s hot: Canucks goaltender Eddie Lack has allowed two goals in his past two starts, including a 30-save shutout March 19 against the Nashville Predators. Lack has started one game against the Wild this season, stopping 22 of 23 shots in a seven-round shootout loss Feb. 28 at Rogers Arena. … After scoring one goal in 23 games, Wild forward Charlie Coyle has thrived since Yeo inserted him on the second line with Matt Moulson and Mikko Koivu on Saturday. Coyle scored the tying goal in the third period each of the past two games and assisted on another goal Sunday in a 4-3 come-from-behind win against the Detroit Red Wings.
Injury report: Canucks forward Henrik Sedin (leg) is not on the trip. Forward Alexandre Burrows (hand) is. Forward Mike Santorelli (season-ending shoulder surgery) and defenseman Andrew Alberts (concussion) are out. … Wild forward Jason Zucker (leg), goaltenders Josh Harding (illness) and Niklas Backstrom (abdominal), and defensemen Clayton Stoner (knee) and Keith Ballard (groin) are out.
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burrows is probably playing tonight, game time 4:30 pacific
PrintCANUCKS (33-30-10) at WILD (37-24-11)
TV: SNET-P, FS-N
Last 10: Vancouver 5-5-0; Minnesota 3-3-4
Season series: The Minnesota Wild are 2-0-0 against the Vancouver Canucks this season, winning each in a shootout. The Wild have won the past four games in the series dating to last season.
Big story: The Canucks have won back-to-back games and trail the Wild by nine points in the Western Conference wild-card race for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Minnesota holds the top wild-card spot with 85 points; the Canucks must catch and pass the Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes for the second spot.
Team Scope:
Canucks: Vancouver’s efforts to make a late run to the playoffs have been made more difficult in recent days. Despite winning their past two games and three of their past four, the Canucks have gained no ground because the teams in front of them are keeping pace. The Coyotes have taken nine of 12 possible points in their past six games, and the Stars won two in a row before losing 4-2 to the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.
“Everybody’s looking at the standings; we are too,” Canucks coach John Tortorella said. “All we can do is control what we have. We’re going to keep trying to battle away and find points.”
Wild: The game against the Canucks is one of two at home in a 10-game, 20-day span between March 16 and April 4. The Wild are 23-8-5 at home this season and 7-1-3 in their past 11 games at Xcel Energy Center. Coach Mike Yeo gave the players Monday off and followed with an optional practice Tuesday, so the Wild should be well-rested. Minnesota finished a stretch of five games in seven nights on Sunday and begins a four-in-six stretch Wednesday.
“It’s not just physical, it’s emotional and mental,” Yeo said. “Based on the schedule we’ve had and the schedule we have coming up, we deemed that this was our one opportunity to try to put a little extra back in the tank and get ready for this final push.”
Who’s hot: Canucks goaltender Eddie Lack has allowed two goals in his past two starts, including a 30-save shutout March 19 against the Nashville Predators. Lack has started one game against the Wild this season, stopping 22 of 23 shots in a seven-round shootout loss Feb. 28 at Rogers Arena. … After scoring one goal in 23 games, Wild forward Charlie Coyle has thrived since Yeo inserted him on the second line with Matt Moulson and Mikko Koivu on Saturday. Coyle scored the tying goal in the third period each of the past two games and assisted on another goal Sunday in a 4-3 come-from-behind win against the Detroit Red Wings.
Injury report: Canucks forward Henrik Sedin (leg) is not on the trip. Forward Alexandre Burrows (hand) is. Forward Mike Santorelli (season-ending shoulder surgery) and defenseman Andrew Alberts (concussion) are out. … Wild forward Jason Zucker (leg), goaltenders Josh Harding (illness) and Niklas Backstrom (abdominal), and defensemen Clayton Stoner (knee) and Keith Ballard (groin) are out.
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burrows is probably playing tonight, game time 4:30 pacific
good win for canucks tonight, but they didn't play that well, except for penalty killing. but stuff
happens in a game, both teams got a freeby goal.
minnesota's goalies played brutal, eddie lack played beautifully, with a bit of help from edler on
one play.
canucks were badly outshot, but minnesota couldn't capitalize on much of anything.
both of minnesota's starter and back up are injured, so number 3 played, not so good, then bryzgalof
came in and didn't do any better, so in goal they were not good at all.
canucks are a tad better than they were, going into this game percentage wise, to make playoffs,
just barely alive, but not dead.
happens in a game, both teams got a freeby goal.
minnesota's goalies played brutal, eddie lack played beautifully, with a bit of help from edler on
one play.
canucks were badly outshot, but minnesota couldn't capitalize on much of anything.
both of minnesota's starter and back up are injured, so number 3 played, not so good, then bryzgalof
came in and didn't do any better, so in goal they were not good at all.
canucks are a tad better than they were, going into this game percentage wise, to make playoffs,
just barely alive, but not dead.
I suppose there is a chance Vancouver will make the playoffs but they've dug themselves just too big a hole to get out of. If by some stroke of blind luck they make the playoffs, chances are they will be gone in the first round. The Canucks just have to be more consistant. Booth scored two goals tonight but where has he been? Daniel Sedin, one of the team stars, scored tonight, but it was his first goal in twenty odd games......Not the stuff champions are made of.in most leagues. But what the hell. I wish them well.
yeah, i know what you are say juan, one has to feel for them, as the season has been really upside down,
but i still wish they would miss the playoffs now, and get into that lottery. all the teams out of
the playoffs are eligible for the lottery, so they could pull a number that will give them a pretty
high draft pick, say good bye to this season, and look ahead.
i would rather see them do that, than scrape into the playoffs, get knocked out and have a much lower
draft pick.
Nope, playoffs are a '"whole new ballgame", Quite often 8th place teams dump first place teams. Actually Canucks are starting to perform at the right time and just might just close the season with good momentum. At lot depends on when Hank gets back! Thanks to bowling and their stupid scheduling I didn't get to see much of the game tonight. -
Nope, playoffs are a '"whole new ballgame", Quite often 8th place teams dump first place teams. Actually Canucks are starting to perform at the right time and just might just close the season with good momentum. At lot depends on when Hank gets back! Thanks to bowling and their stupid scheduling I didn't get to see much of the game tonight. -
canucks are never going to beat either l.a.,san jose, or anaheim, possibly phoenix. the lower place teams
who have sometimes squeezed into the playoffs have had a lot more going for them than canucks do, as i said before its not
just any old team who squeaks into playoffs that can make a run, its a team that has 'everything'
coming together at the right time, momentum, health to state most important.
if canucks finish in 8th place, they will play st. louis, now unless they all get hoof and mouth desease
they will walk over canucks with no problem at all.
remember when canucks finished winning the presidents cup, then were beat out by l.a. in first round,
well, canucks did not go into playoffs with any momentum at all, they cruised along with not much
energy or fight in them, didn't have any competition in n.w. division and 'thats all she wrote'.
one must be realistic this year, not just have wishfull thinking, or bank on something that has
happened a few times.
have you actually studied how strong the pacific division is, have you followed each team all season
to know that a couple of teams who are going to lose out in the first round will be very good teams,
who could easily win as lose, canucks aren't in that group.
st. louis, san jose, colorado, anaheim, l.a.,chicago, canucks are not going to defeat any of those
teams in a playoff.
(canucks have actually beaten s.l. three times this season,
not recently.) so i'm sure they are shaking in their boots at the
thought of playing canucks in the playoffs. lol
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Draft picks can be a bit of a crap shoot too, I'm thinking! - Just like in life sometimes the "golden haired boys" turn out to be real duds, while "slow starters" make solid progress!
Just like in life sometimes the "golden haired boys" turn out to be real duds, while "slow starters" make solid progress!
Draft picks can be a bit of a crap shoot too, I'm thinking! -
i guess anything can turn out 'not' to be what one wants, but i wish for them to get as high a draft
pick as they can, don't forget those players are not just picked out of a hat, they are studied all
through the season, and rated by the scouts etc.
i would much rather see them get the higher draft pick than be booted out at the end of the first
round.
i like where the canucks are right now, right in the middle of the beginning of transission, and at
the training camp in the fall, they will have lots of good young players trying to earn a spot, i'd
like to see them build that number, as they don't have enough depth in the system now, they need more.
the draft pick isn't a crap shoot, its a studied list of talented young players who have earned their
spot in the draft, sometimes late picks show up and do well, but that is all part of the system,
they were noticed too.
its insulting to call them duds, even if they don't make the nhl, they play professional hockey at
some level, and some don't play at all, but all of them came a long way to be chosen for the draft.
from what i saw last night, minnesota better figure out how to win a game or two, or they will be
sitting right beside the canucks, looking in from the outside.
they looked like they had a playoff spot all wrapped up, but with both of their top goalies gone,
and the poor display of goalkeeping we saw last night, among other 'lackluster' play, they don't
have far to slide to be below phoenix and maybe dallas too, and maybe even the canucks.
that team is full of very good individual players, who aren't playing a game that reflects their
talents, and even though their goalies are injured, they should be scoring goals, BUT our goalie
shone like a bright star last night and shut the door.
they outshot us by a lot, and in the first period canucks were tragic, their game improved somewhat
as the game went on, but the goals that were scored by canucks were more because of their poor
goaltending, and we shouldn't all of a sudden think we are playing 'lights out', cause we didn't
last night, just happened the puck went in the net.
if canucks can defeat colorado tonight, then i will perk up and take notice.
sitting right beside the canucks, looking in from the outside.
they looked like they had a playoff spot all wrapped up, but with both of their top goalies gone,
and the poor display of goalkeeping we saw last night, among other 'lackluster' play, they don't
have far to slide to be below phoenix and maybe dallas too, and maybe even the canucks.
that team is full of very good individual players, who aren't playing a game that reflects their
talents, and even though their goalies are injured, they should be scoring goals, BUT our goalie
shone like a bright star last night and shut the door.
they outshot us by a lot, and in the first period canucks were tragic, their game improved somewhat
as the game went on, but the goals that were scored by canucks were more because of their poor
goaltending, and we shouldn't all of a sudden think we are playing 'lights out', cause we didn't
last night, just happened the puck went in the net.
if canucks can defeat colorado tonight, then i will perk up and take notice.
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yep, thats how i really feel, hope it goes that way.
colorado's best defenceman has the flu, won't be in the lineup tonight, so i'm wondering how
many others might be feeling it too, and after the game how many cAnucks will leave there
with the flu bug.
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Canucks continue late push against AvalancheThursday, 03.27.2014 / 7:44 AMJohn Kreiser - NHL.com Columnist
PrintCANUCKS (34-30-10) at AVALANCHE (45-21-6)
TV: SNET-P; ALT
Last 10: Vancouver 6-4-0; Colorado 5-4-1
Season series: The Vancouver Canucks make their only trip of the season to Denver for the second of three games against the Colorado Avalanche. They won 3-1 at Rogers Arena and will host the Avalanche again on April 10.
Big story: One season after finishing with the fewest points in the Western Conference, the Avalanche can clinch a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs if they beat the Canucks in any fashion and the Phoenix Coyotes lose to the New Jersey Devils in any fashion.
The Canucks are making a late push for a playoff spot and head to Pepsi Center looking for their second win in as many nights. Vancouver won its third in a row by beating the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Wednesday.
Team Scope:
Canucks: All of a sudden, the puck has started going in for the Canucks; not surprisingly, they're starting to put some wins on the board. Vancouver has scored 26 non-shootout goals in its past eight games, including nine in back-to-back wins against the Buffalo Sabres and the Wild that moved the Canucks within four points of the Phoenix Coyotes for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
"The guys feel better about themselves. They're just going out and playing hockey," first-line left wing Daniel Sedin said after scoring his first goal of 2014 in the victory at Minnesota.
The Canucks fly back to Vancouver after the game against the Avalanche for a five-game homestand; in all, they play six of their final seven games at Rogers Arena.
Avalanche: Colorado hasn't lost four games in a row all season, but it came close on Tuesday. The Avalanche trailed 2-0 late in the first period and 4-3 late in the third, but rallied each time before winning the shootout to end a three-game slide.
Coach Patrick Roy singled out forwards Paul Stastny and Gabriel Landeskog for leading the comeback.
"[Tuesday] was a good example of leadership. We barely touched the puck in the first period," Roy said Wednesday. "The shots were something like 13-1, and the scoring chances were even worse. But these two guys, at the end of the first, made a big play -- Paul made a nice pass to Landy for the shot and it was 2-1. We were back in the game. That gave life to our team. In the second period, they scored another nice one to tie it. These guys work really well together.
Roy said Semyon Varlamov will play against the Canucks and against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday afternoon.
Who's hot: Canucks forward David Booth scored twice against the Wild and has three goals in two games after going scoreless in his previous 32. … Landeskog had two goals and an assist in Nashville; he has scored three goals in three games. Stastny had two assists against the Predators, giving him three in as many games.
Injury report: The Canucks are without center Henrik Sedin (leg), who didn't make the trip. Forward Mike Santorelli (season-ending shoulder surgery) and defenseman Andrew Alberts (concussion) are out. … Avalanche center John Mitchell (back) might be ready to return against Vancouver, though Roy said it's more likely he won't be back until Saturday. Forwards PA Parenteau (knee) and Alex Tanguay
Won't hurt my feelings. -
I would guess they would be pretty strongly advised to get flu shots! - Mind you those Yankee bugs may be pretty wimpy!
That game was a little disappointing. Thought the game was generally pretty scrambly, but I thought the Canucks were picking up momentum late in the game.