Will the real Canucks please report to B.C. Place. It is now 5 - 2 and I have stopped watching. Even Luongo has looked not too good.
6-3 final. Horrible, horrible game.:roll:
If Vancouver doesn't pick it up, Chicago is going to do to them what they did to Calgary.
Luongo has to steal games. So far he has been mediocre.
What teams have figured out is on low shots he gives up juicy rebounds. Chicago is hungry for them.
I hope he does come up with a big game or two in Hawkland. The Canucks are capable of playing a good road game. Lets hope they make some adjustments to slow the Hawks down.
Good points all but I think we've all been thinking of Luongo as the team savior or something. There have been some games that Luongo has stolen a game almost by himself. Luongo made a few spectacular saves last night but unfortunately he also let in a few pretty ordinary goals. The Canucks have needed their goaltender to put up a wall and in a good number of games. he has done that, but I get the feeling that this goaltender is burning out a little. If the defense and the rest of the team is playing a solid game, Luongo is fine but he needs the defense to sweep away those rebounds and pick up their checks. The coach needs to yell at the defense about these things. I also think the coach should put in the backup goaltender for thr next game.
I can't believe some people are ready to throw Luongo, the one true superstar in the Vancouver line up, under the bus this fast. He was the Man against St Louis and throughout the regular season to get them to this point.OK he wasn't great last night but where were the rest of the Canucks? If the team in front of him takes the night off, there is only so much a goalie can do. The first 4 goals were nothing on Luongo, they were on the rest of the team.
The Canucks are supposed to be a team that plays a disciplined, system that emphasizes defensive commitments but that wasn't in evidence. After they almost blew it in Game 1, there were again, mistakes throughout the lineup. There were stupid penalties. The Canucks do not have the offense weapons to play "run and gun" and last night was a clear lesson in that regard. The real question is did they just hand over the series by giving home ice to the young, surging 'Hawks. I picked the Canucks in 7 in my pool but right now I'm not so sure.
I went away for the week end, and forgot my computer, or well, gave all you guysOne of the most telling signs of the way they are playing tonight is that Chicago only has 1 PP goal. The other 4 were by 3 even strength and one SHG. Ugh.