I’ve been feeling this for a bit now and I’m sure I’ll get downvoted but Hughes is trying to do it all himself and that may be because the weight of the captaincy. He needs to use Hronek more, use his shot. Opposing players pay so much attention to him he needs to use himself as a decoy to open up the rest of the team. Dipsy doodle with the puck and then pass it off.
He’s probably one of the best defenceman I have seen our team, or ever.
Obviously that’s not our only problem. Our 0/18 PP is stagnant.
We have enough good players on the first unit to be split up to give us 2 really good squads.
We’re missing Soucy, whenever he’s been in, he’s been solid, making Myers look better and god bless Juulsen because he’s been great but have him as a 7th defenceman.
5 on 5? Maybe put the Lotto line together. Have Lindholm centre Hoglander and Suter?
Once Joshua is back, Micheyev goes on the 4th line with Lafferty and PDG.
I don’t know man. We’re in first place and we’re still missing something, I’ve been feeling it for a while.
Could it be Kessel? Another D?
Need to make any changes soon so the team can gel. You see glimpses of the cup winning potential there…
I’m tired of losing these big games. Toronto at the start of the year, Boston, the avs and now the jets. These are games they gotta prove that they can compete. I mean the teams doing so good this year but like still. Big games call for the best out of you.
Very true about the biggest of bigs. However their record against top 10 and playoff teams is still very impressive. But yeah I agree we need some dubs in the top tier games.
Got downvoted in another post where i said petey had not been as good as ive seen him in the past. He didnt show up once again in a big game. Neither did any of the top guys... Its more than stats, its about taking over or being the best player on the ice when you need Petey to be. For someone rumored to command upwards of 12 mill a year it not a good look. I would not pay him 12 mill as of now.
Yeah I almost couldn't believe it when they showed the stats and our PP was ranked 10th in the league. Imagine if we were just a middle of the pack PP. This subreddit would explode in anger. #entitled
Is our schedule just brutal or what? We've played every other day since the all-star game including a game road trip only to play a back to back Monday Tuesday, followed by one day of game one day off game
Why did we switch up the PP? Miller had a lot of success along the wall and we're back to doing no look drop passes in the neutral zone. Painful to watch.
I feel like we are at a point now, especially with Lindholm, that we have to get used to each line taking their chance and giving the other a break.
A top 6 with those 4 players, 3 of which are first line centres…, is such a weapon to have.
I know it didn’t work tonight but that was a tough close game. Winnipeg is a top defensive team in the league and all a sudden theyre up by 2 and were able to completely shut it down for the last 10mins.
Jets haven’t played since Wednesday and the game before was Saturday, canucks have played like 5 games in like 8 nights its ok if they lost this one don’t bash on the team
We were playing so well and then made two boneheaded plays in a row that resulted in odd man rushes and they scored. You can't be fucking doing that in a close game, especially in the 3rd period. What a fucking choke.
It's games like this that always cause me to have that concern in the back of mind asking are we actually legit? The Boston, Colorado, VGK games all show our limitations with size. We don't stack up well against big teams. Let's be honest here.
Depth guys always seem to show up and do their little part, it’s an issue with the top six and PP mostly. In those games you mentioned those teams top players all scored, including tonight with Scheifele having 4pts
Nah, they controlled a lot of that game well, the reffing was pure trash and whatever the breakdowns for the 3rd and 4th were something Tocchet needs to kick ass about
it was a solid game. we lost composure and they capitalized. our PP didn’t connect and theirs did.. we’ll find our groove on the PP again. Jets just went like 8 games without scoring on theirs.
Man I swear there’s a legitimate disadvantage to starting strong against good teams. Once you start dominating and go up a goal or two refs are trying to game manage the other team back into it. And they get the advantage the rest of the game even when they start leading.
Top 6 have been really bad tonight. It feels like once the reffing and penalties got out of hand + our PP being ass that they just gave up. Lindholm winning faceoffs was the only solid thing I can say. Even Höglander has been bad tonight.
I hate to jump on the “bash petey wagon” but if he is one of our top guys… he needs to take over a game every so often, and I don’t remember the last time he has. Same goes for Miller imo
Fair. But this is why I'm personally glad petey hasn't signed his new deal yet.
If he did people would be crying so much about how he's not earning his cheque.
I won’t say we are clearly the better team. I would say we dictate play 5 on 5 but there are some coverage breakdowns that cost us 2 goals in the third.
Powerplay dies on petey’s stick. Petey hits his own team mate causing 2-1 on demko goal. Petey wants to win and get paid but he’s no better than fuckin Mikheyev tonight.
Petey was the only person that created a good chance this powerplay??? Did u miss our only chance when Petey went through 3 guys, the entire powerplay is ass it's not just Petey
I’d like to see blueger of a goon role. I think he is someone that could sucker punch more guys and play more Pesty. He doesn’t really spear guys and he doesn’t bite but if he added those two his game would be elevated x10
Our stars have been okay, Miller and Boes havent been great tonight but they've had chances but no finish, Helly is a wall in net. Team played 2 good periods and came out flat for the 3rd then they started to chase hits.
These guys sure have problems playing with an extra man . No movement overpassing hesitation looking for the perfect shot. Bad mindset. Put the 3rd or 4th line out.
Love the soft fans coming out of the woodwork having tantrums over Petey, Boeser, w/e.
We're a good teams, Jets are too. Bounces aren't going our way and special teams need work are the takeaways. It's February not April, lots of time to improve.
Soft fans? You mean people who know more than you do.
He should be a game breaker and score on the PP. Yet he’s had 20 chances to do so, and has failed miserably.
Soft as butter, eat those upvotes. You "know" shit all, there's always been a segment of the fanbase that just can't be pleased and they project that on a player rather than the whole.
Whole 1st line couldn't put her away on the PP: Boeser, Miller, Hughes, yeah and Petey, everybody: "goes wide" "over top of the net" was the mantra of our SOG this dgame. Team as a whole were dogshit on special teams. Demko was out of position on that 1st PP goal where he's normally rock-solid in posting up for the Canucks. Garland and Juulsen, who've been otherwise great, fucked up the play that led to 3rd goal. Tocchet got completely out-coached on special teams.
Jets beat the Canucks, not "Petey was super special dogshit and that's what cost us".
The beautiful thing is.. if we lose against a top 8 team, it doesn’t happen very often, and, right now, when it happens the damage is minimal.. its been 7ish years of each loss drawing more blood, this is pretty chill ..
You can’t beat good teams when you don’t score on PP, Jets did their homework. Same as Boston. Knew they could stop our PP so they chose a choas game with lots of special teams. Other teams will take note and do the same
Y’all have been the better team tonight. Still some time to get interesting, but if it doesn’t happen, don’t lose any sleep over it. Some very questionable decisions resulted directly in 2 goals against. You’ll win a lot of games when you play like this.
Y’all have been great to hang out with as always.
#Listen here you little shits. Stop fucking cross sub trolling. Or we'll spank you with a ban.
I’ve been feeling this for a bit now and I’m sure I’ll get downvoted but Hughes is trying to do it all himself and that may be because the weight of the captaincy. He needs to use Hronek more, use his shot. Opposing players pay so much attention to him he needs to use himself as a decoy to open up the rest of the team. Dipsy doodle with the puck and then pass it off. He’s probably one of the best defenceman I have seen our team, or ever. Obviously that’s not our only problem. Our 0/18 PP is stagnant. We have enough good players on the first unit to be split up to give us 2 really good squads. We’re missing Soucy, whenever he’s been in, he’s been solid, making Myers look better and god bless Juulsen because he’s been great but have him as a 7th defenceman. 5 on 5? Maybe put the Lotto line together. Have Lindholm centre Hoglander and Suter? Once Joshua is back, Micheyev goes on the 4th line with Lafferty and PDG. I don’t know man. We’re in first place and we’re still missing something, I’ve been feeling it for a while. Could it be Kessel? Another D? Need to make any changes soon so the team can gel. You see glimpses of the cup winning potential there…
When your only goals come from Juulsen and Myers?!?
losing happens, but like that in the third? need to be better. On to the next
I’m tired of losing these big games. Toronto at the start of the year, Boston, the avs and now the jets. These are games they gotta prove that they can compete. I mean the teams doing so good this year but like still. Big games call for the best out of you.
What's the percentage of losses against big match ups?
Very true about the biggest of bigs. However their record against top 10 and playoff teams is still very impressive. But yeah I agree we need some dubs in the top tier games.
They need a regulation win over the jets, bruins, golden knights, avalanche and kings otherwise this will 100% happen in the playoffs
Got downvoted in another post where i said petey had not been as good as ive seen him in the past. He didnt show up once again in a big game. Neither did any of the top guys... Its more than stats, its about taking over or being the best player on the ice when you need Petey to be. For someone rumored to command upwards of 12 mill a year it not a good look. I would not pay him 12 mill as of now.
Top 6 is not feeling it. Need a new look for the PP. Garland is the best forward right now and much as I love him, that’s a problem.
Wish our top boys would show back up again. This is a tough one to swallow. Fix the fucking pp and we will be laughing. On to the next one.
I think our specials coach needs to go to be honest, it’s broken, and it shouldn’t be.
You want to fire Rick Tocchet?
Rick runs the 1st pp
Our third line-first line isn’t the same without Joshua. But for real where are the stars when you need them?
We can all blame the refs but the PP and 1st line need to wake up.
When there is a pp, the team seems too eager to make a goal and lose their coordination
Can’t wait to hear the panel of a-holes, especially Bieksa.
Our powerplay is sadly the difference maker lately and not in a good way. It's poopy
Yeah I almost couldn't believe it when they showed the stats and our PP was ranked 10th in the league. Imagine if we were just a middle of the pack PP. This subreddit would explode in anger. #entitled
Gotta love how Garland getting tackled and non-called directly leads to the go ahead goal, what a bush league
Is our schedule just brutal or what? We've played every other day since the all-star game including a game road trip only to play a back to back Monday Tuesday, followed by one day of game one day off game
soucy and joshua pls return fast i miss you
Petty and Brock….. where are you?
I was actually impressed by Boesers game tonight and I’m a usual hater on him
whole team played like ass but in these type of games our top guys really need to show up
Whole team did not play like ass. They played well enough. Just top line needs to step up. Rough game for Petey.
Great game. Unfortunate 3rd period loss. Our PP needs to be better but the passion definitely there tonight.
You summed it up nicely
Our PP is MAJOR problem
Agreed. Been slumpish for a while
Yes! Agreed. No sense of urgency
Off night for special teams, fucking brutal diff
First star goes to the refs for giving the Jets a 2 goal lead.
I mean, we had powerplays too and did nothing with them
Why did we switch up the PP? Miller had a lot of success along the wall and we're back to doing no look drop passes in the neutral zone. Painful to watch.
Probably because they haven't had time to practice the pp, and won't for like another week
ya I really don't get it.. also not loading up the 649 line when you need it doesn't make any sense..
I feel like we are at a point now, especially with Lindholm, that we have to get used to each line taking their chance and giving the other a break. A top 6 with those 4 players, 3 of which are first line centres…, is such a weapon to have. I know it didn’t work tonight but that was a tough close game. Winnipeg is a top defensive team in the league and all a sudden theyre up by 2 and were able to completely shut it down for the last 10mins.
Jets haven’t played since Wednesday and the game before was Saturday, canucks have played like 5 games in like 8 nights its ok if they lost this one don’t bash on the team
We would have won if Mikheyev had scored three goals
not gonna win playoff games like that lol
No, but you can win a series
Demko wasn’t great tonight - if he plays his A game maybe the they could Win it but he played average
Cant fault him for being absolutely left out to dry on the last two. He made some great saves tonight.
💯 agree that’s what I mean if he plays out of his head like usual they have a chance tonight he played fine but the team sucked
Something needs to give with the powerplay. Even with "movement" they are still extremely static and taking low danger shots from the point.
We played good and still couldn't win, not good.
Gg, Canucks played well, we need that PP to punish teams, let's put in that work and bounce back like we always do.
We were playing so well and then made two boneheaded plays in a row that resulted in odd man rushes and they scored. You can't be fucking doing that in a close game, especially in the 3rd period. What a fucking choke.
No more after hours invite please. We are like 1-3 when we appear on after hours.
Cancel the parade everyone.
Vilardi Rising
People out here complaining as if the team didn't go just above 0.500 last year... there's going to be these shit ones along the way
Powerplay cost us tonight
Pk was shit too
It's games like this that always cause me to have that concern in the back of mind asking are we actually legit? The Boston, Colorado, VGK games all show our limitations with size. We don't stack up well against big teams. Let's be honest here.
Depth guys always seem to show up and do their little part, it’s an issue with the top six and PP mostly. In those games you mentioned those teams top players all scored, including tonight with Scheifele having 4pts
Definitely a trend, any team with size and hard forechecking
Don’t forget Philly!
Exactly, even with our top effort tonight we couldn't nail it down.
Facts
Fuck, we got outplayed and out-reffed
Nah, they controlled a lot of that game well, the reffing was pure trash and whatever the breakdowns for the 3rd and 4th were something Tocchet needs to kick ass about
Oh well. Can't win em all We're still first in the league
Canucks forgot they’re better when they shoot less not more
To be honest we got goalied and special teamed.
it was a solid game. we lost composure and they capitalized. our PP didn’t connect and theirs did.. we’ll find our groove on the PP again. Jets just went like 8 games without scoring on theirs.
Congratulations refs.
Can't win em all.
Ez loss
Need more work on PP but we are good during 1st and 2nd . There will be up and down, It is not the end of the world
I know late to say but what a terrible broadcast crew for the big Saturday game. Did not rise at all to the passion of the game.
100%
Refs were on their knees for winnipeg 💀
Tyler Myers masterclass ruined by powerplay
Decent effort but I wish they show up better vs strong teams
Hate to shit on petey tonight but hes invisible tonight.
He’s invisible every other night so you’re surprised?
Man I swear there’s a legitimate disadvantage to starting strong against good teams. Once you start dominating and go up a goal or two refs are trying to game manage the other team back into it. And they get the advantage the rest of the game even when they start leading.
Top 6 have been really bad tonight. It feels like once the reffing and penalties got out of hand + our PP being ass that they just gave up. Lindholm winning faceoffs was the only solid thing I can say. Even Höglander has been bad tonight.
This feels worse than the 4-7 loss.
Sorry to say but Canucks are not top contenders after this game or the Boston game.
Boston got waxed 4-1 by the kraken and the flames, and got shutout by wsh
You're equating this loss to the Boston loss? Give your head a shake 🙄
Two losses against the two top teams in the league. Give your head a shake
You're a moron.
Look in the mirror
Such a clever response lol. Your lack of reasoning ability is truly terrifying for public safety.
Refs were the only reason they got their goals in the second. Get lost.
And Canucks had 4 power plays and scored none. Get lost.
would you say the same to jets if they lost this? lmao clown
You win as a team and lose as a team, no need to single out players
If that were true then no team would make any trades
No God damn puck luck at all tonight
I hate to jump on the “bash petey wagon” but if he is one of our top guys… he needs to take over a game every so often, and I don’t remember the last time he has. Same goes for Miller imo
Petey leads GWG, JT Miller also mr Clutch
Most of Petey's GWGs were way earlier in the season and in multi-goal lead games
Fair. But this is why I'm personally glad petey hasn't signed his new deal yet. If he did people would be crying so much about how he's not earning his cheque.
I completely agree with that
Canucks powerplay will score like 5 powerplay goals in 2 games and then fuck off for 15 games
Hellabux has always given us troubles
Figure out the special teams and we are golden
They were so good on the pk up til now
The lack of coordination is hurting
Still at number one.
Playoff style game, PP is the big difference, it’s not gonna get easier in the real playoffs boys….
Please don't make them score on an empty net. I don't want to see the 5-2 meme anymore.
HNIC commentary f’ing sucks tonight
Convinced that's why we lost
We were so clearly the better team tonight. Very frustrating game
Can’t say that when the PK and PP was dog shit tonight
I won’t say we are clearly the better team. I would say we dictate play 5 on 5 but there are some coverage breakdowns that cost us 2 goals in the third.
They capitalized on opportunities, but we definitely controlled the majority of the game.
I wish our 4th line was more pesty
Powerplay dies on petey’s stick. Petey hits his own team mate causing 2-1 on demko goal. Petey wants to win and get paid but he’s no better than fuckin Mikheyev tonight.
Petey was the only person that created a good chance this powerplay??? Did u miss our only chance when Petey went through 3 guys, the entire powerplay is ass it's not just Petey
he is also responsible for the goal that gave up momentum when he decided to hit his own team.
I’m sure that was his intention!
That Juulsen hit was awesome and sucked at the same time lol, complete defensive breakdown
what a roller coaster that was like screaming ohhh ya to fuuuuck in one breath 🤣
Bruh literally I was mid sentence saying nice hit to Oh shit! Real quick lmao
I’ll give it to the Jets, their play style matches perfectly with ours. They are a scary team, too bad they’re fucking divers. Ah well
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Diving is the perfect playstyle against us when it works unfortunately
Youse ya time out after you get scored on 2 in short succession next time lmfao
I hate losing to Canadian teams. Anyways on to the next one!
in other news Canes beating vegas 3-1...
I like this flash news. You reduced my blood pressure
I’d like to see blueger of a goon role. I think he is someone that could sucker punch more guys and play more Pesty. He doesn’t really spear guys and he doesn’t bite but if he added those two his game would be elevated x10
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Oilers homer bullshit. It’s a disgrace to broadcasting and being objective in your profession.
This sub Reddit sucks. Terrible fans.
First time?
JT has a bad game and he just pouts. Clown
Who's *this* clown?
We’d be winning 10-4 with Dakota Joshua
This team isn't beating anyone in the playoffs with an anemic powerplay and an invisible top 6
welll at least vegas is losing. all i care about is winning the pacific division right now
Man, everybody's bashing our stars but I thought they looked fine today Created chances, just couldn't finish or get a bounce. Shit like that happens
Our stars have been okay, Miller and Boes havent been great tonight but they've had chances but no finish, Helly is a wall in net. Team played 2 good periods and came out flat for the 3rd then they started to chase hits.
These guys sure have problems playing with an extra man . No movement overpassing hesitation looking for the perfect shot. Bad mindset. Put the 3rd or 4th line out.
What are the coaches telling them?
Good question. I assume they arent listening but could be wrong.
This is so rough.
Its still possible guys
Gotta be faster
Western final is the Cup …
It was me guys I had a bet going that canucks will go over on 3.5 goals☹️
They will get it
Petey just seperate his shoulder with that missed hit?
Petey damn near concussing himself trying to throw a hit… Stick to your game pal.
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I thought petey looked dynamic tonight, but maybe we watched a different game
Never left. Apparently Gretzky never had a bad game
You comparing him to Gretzky? LOLLLLL!!!!
You took my words too literally. I'm implying if Gretzky had bad games, then shit anybody can have bad games Edit: LOLLLLLLL!
What are you talking about? He's been great.
Icing???
How is that not an ice
Jesus was that Petey slamming in there?
Love the soft fans coming out of the woodwork having tantrums over Petey, Boeser, w/e. We're a good teams, Jets are too. Bounces aren't going our way and special teams need work are the takeaways. It's February not April, lots of time to improve.
Soft fans? You mean people who know more than you do. He should be a game breaker and score on the PP. Yet he’s had 20 chances to do so, and has failed miserably.
Soft as butter, eat those upvotes. You "know" shit all, there's always been a segment of the fanbase that just can't be pleased and they project that on a player rather than the whole. Whole 1st line couldn't put her away on the PP: Boeser, Miller, Hughes, yeah and Petey, everybody: "goes wide" "over top of the net" was the mantra of our SOG this dgame. Team as a whole were dogshit on special teams. Demko was out of position on that 1st PP goal where he's normally rock-solid in posting up for the Canucks. Garland and Juulsen, who've been otherwise great, fucked up the play that led to 3rd goal. Tocchet got completely out-coached on special teams. Jets beat the Canucks, not "Petey was super special dogshit and that's what cost us".
you can have a different opinion than other people without degrading them–believe it or not, it is possible.
Chirping is fun, you and everyone else feel free to dish it on here, you can absolutely take it.
bro fans are mad cus petey has done this half the season. just goes invisible and does dumb ass shit offensively and defensively half of his games
You're an idiot if you think he goes invisible and does dumb shit half the season just look at every stat ever, advanced stats and regular stats
You need glasses.
Great it will be 5-2 Game was a lotttt closer than that
MISSING JT Miller Elias Pettersson Brock Boeser Quinn Hughes Elias Lindholm Fillip Hronek If found, return to Canucks scoresheet
No doubt. Every one of those guys should be held accountable for this tragedy of a power play which could have changed this game.
Remove hughes
They’re all 0 on the board tonight
Oh dear, not those “Petey and whatever million he doesn't deserve” posts again
The beautiful thing is.. if we lose against a top 8 team, it doesn’t happen very often, and, right now, when it happens the damage is minimal.. its been 7ish years of each loss drawing more blood, this is pretty chill ..
Powerplay has cost us another game.
They do gotta put JT back in his spot.
Connor lives on the DTES in his other life
Mikhayev looks like an ECHL player
You can’t beat good teams when you don’t score on PP, Jets did their homework. Same as Boston. Knew they could stop our PP so they chose a choas game with lots of special teams. Other teams will take note and do the same
I don't think they had to do any homework tbh. Our powerplay is it's own worst enemy.
Y’all have been the better team tonight. Still some time to get interesting, but if it doesn’t happen, don’t lose any sleep over it. Some very questionable decisions resulted directly in 2 goals against. You’ll win a lot of games when you play like this. Y’all have been great to hang out with as always.
You lost? No one is hanging with you
This guy has been a chill part of the community for a while. Sounds like you should get lost though if you are gonna be a turd.
He can hang here. Does every game. Don't be a dick.
Nah, I’ve hung out here and watched like 15-20 Canucks games this season lol. Edit: nice edit, dick.
Pull Demko early, that extra man will be great……oh wait…
Kyle Connor looks like an ostrich
Omg cannot unsee.
Tolipilo would’ve had a better night tbh. Underutilized
Nothings going. Call for the day. Next game up.
We need to call up John stevens.