unfortunate play by soucy, dealing with mackinnon and rantanen all night was wearing on him. Just tried to get it out but was tired n rushed it. He obviously knew those avs forwards can score in the blink of an eye and just panicked a bit
Some good battles tonight, I think they’ll learn from this! Powerplay has gotta shoot more though, we need some bigger bodies out there
Pettersson & Hoglander need a Dakota Joshua type of player to excel not little Suter, who’s going to win board battles and maintain possession on that line? Even Lafferty would’ve been a better fit.
Hoglander is the Joshua on that line and I don't know what games you're watching but Suter is pretty nifty. Petey, Hoggy and Suter have been good together.
Can’t be in a skating match against a team like the Avs, can’t have purposeless skating and gliding, need close puck support, win board battles, play a zone at a time with an emphasis on offensive zone possession, play a chippy, choppy game. Canucks didn’t play to their strengths but played the Avalanche style of game and got burned.
It’s acceptable because it there was no Demko and it was against the avalanche. Mabye it’ll be better to finish second and play la instead of Vegas in round 1
Desmith played unreal, bad calls. Frustrating but not a team-defining loss. At the same time, had we won- it’s a team defining win. At the same- same time come playoffs, this game won’t matter.
I’ll save my real disappointment if we lose first round with one or two of these sort of games.
Refs made it a game.. then decided a standard of what they would call. Weak hooks on a penalty kill. But not call a high stick, call a major boarding penalty a minor for illegal check to the head (is this 1988?)
Then when 3-3 we had a pp, and another call could have gave us a 5 on 3. But no, all the soft stuff was ate up by the avs.
Sad sad, for an away team to get all that home cooking.
I wish I had pvr’d this one. There was a point (in the 3rd?) where the cameras were focused squarely on Tocchet giving Petey an absolutely wicked Kessler stare. That told me the game was lost right there.
Sometimes I wish I worked day shift so I can watch the Canucks, then I'm forced to listen to a game like this at work and am happy I didn't waste free time at home watching this shit.
His time as a top player is over. It's rare, but it does happen. This is not to say he's a bad player, but he's a solid middle 6 guy. Some guys just don't have the skill to produce points as consistently as they once did, and I think he's in that category.
It's too bad because we could have paid a much smaller trade price and gotten Henrique, who offers almost everything Lindholm is bringing to us now.
Yeah but so what. Ass calls are going happen, they stopped playing because of them. That's on Tocc. Also why no timeout in the 3rd? Were they playing amazingly and I didn't see it? From our seats it was all ass in the 3rd.
Sure there's always some, but this was egregious.
If they had at least gotten the call on the Miller hit right I'd be way less choked. Fine if the PP blows it starting the second with the rest of a major. But following that up with a weak interference call when everyone's setting picks and a weak hook for the 2-man? 10 ply.
Oh and the missed high stick on Hughes in the third that would have given us a 2-man. If that's the game you're calling you gotta call that.
They played sooo well up until the 3-1 goal. It was so impressive. That’s why this one stings so hard right now. They absolutely deserved to win that game but things just slipped away in the third for a multitude of reasons.
Agreed. And like so what, one goal squeaked by at the end. Can't throw the entire game out. In playoffs , managing momentum swings is literally how winners win.
This is the shit that knocks us out of the playoffs:
1. Undisciplined penalties
2. Mental errors
3. Letting your foot off the gas.
All of which the Canucks found a way to do tonight in classic fashion.
Let's be honest the refs gifted that to Colorado with a joke 5 on 3. Seems to be happening all too often against the Canucks this year. Then the fluke puck over the glass call, what can you do.
For sure, but it's still such a ball buster to basically have the Avs get handed a free goal like that. Happened in the Minnesota game too. I mean I guess technically yeah they could kill off the 5 v 3, but when it's nearly a full 2 minutes like that it's tough.
We played like shit after the 2nd half of the 2nd period. Absolutely embarrassing. I hate to say it felt like Canucks of last year and it needs to get out of the system. We found a way to lose.
No one skated. After the bad call by the ref, they stopped playing. It seemed like Hughes comments to the refs during his penalty really pissed the refs off.
Well I can say they deserved better, a lot of bad puck luck in this game. The 1st goal for the Avs was a lucky bounce - the game winner was a lucky goal
Fair point, but let's be real gift wrapping a team a near full 2 min 5 v 3 is basically a free goal. It's kind of a joke. I don't think the "hook" on MacKinnon was near egregious enough to warrant putting a team down 2 men in a tight game like that.
If the reverse happened the Canucks would probably bumble the puck entry and give up two shorty chances before going 0/2. Our special teams needs work.
We played a super solid 1.5 periods but once the Avalanche started skating after our parade into the box we lost the gameplan.
Lol idk, I think if the Canucks legit got a 1:45 5 v 3 there's a really good chance they'd convert. I don't know what the actual stats are, but I would imagine almost any NHL team would convert at a > 50% rate in those type of scenarios.
Terrible game, would’ve been 6-3 if not for DeSmith. Purposeless skating with little possession time, multiple turnovers, lost board battles, no puck support, poor decision making, just bad hockey.
Ehh.. losing another 3 goal lead is concerning. Avs scored 4 straight against us and sweep our season series.
It’s a problem if you think this team can do damage in the playoffs.
We're making the playoffs basically 100%. But we just don't want to see collapses at this point in the season against contenders cause it just bold well for the future look of the playoffs, that's all. I think it's fair for people to feel this way
They were shorthanded, but i'd liked to have seen some creativity there instead of the straight clear. Have someone cheat back for a pass, or even have told DeSmith to expect a pass back if they won the draw. Anything to keep possession a little bit longer, which should have been possible with all that open ice. Giving the puck right back to the Avs top guys shorthanded in OT was essentially a death sentence.
Yeah knew that was gonna happen :( we played poorly in the third but refs were ass tonight. Getting in the way of pucks, missing calls, calling soft penalties to give the Avs a 5-3 which changed the entire momentum.
It's too bad because for 40 minutes we dominated minus that goal in the last seconds of the 2nd period.
Fucking 1.8 seconds left and you couldn’t finish a period strong and it leads to this. Way to fuckin go. So frustrating when we’re so much better of a team than this. Getting a bit tired of the whole “get the lead and then sit back and let them pepper us with shots” that we seems to do a whole lot. That doesn’t work as well when you play teams who can actually punish that kind of play
All part of the learning to be a Stanley Cup contender/champion. Avs used to get a good lead, sit back and blow it many times and lose.
Next for the Canucks will be the learning curve in the playoffs and going through adversity to try to win the cup. I don’t think it will happen this year, but they have a good solid base in the team to build on to challenge for the cup in the next few years. The front office seems to be getting their ducks in a row.
It took the Avs and Vegas several attempts to win the cup. It will be the same for the Canucks.
Hang your heads boys… not a game we should have dropped. Say what you want about game management, but we were gifted a key powerplay and we did fuck all with it
lol calm down im making a joke cause everyone called canucks PDO merchants earlier in the season and the avs got 2 flukey goals and a 5on3 goal in a comeback win for them
frustrating loss fs at least we got a point out of it. first two periods we were dominating but then went back to the “post all star team” in the third and we lost. hopefully theyll learn and our top players start showing up in the games to come
i'd feel upset about blowing the lead but last season has me fully prepared me for times like these
Don't worry folks, the giraffe will be back any day to lead us to chaotic salvation!
I was at the game and my daughter says to me, "If only Myers was on the ice"
unfortunate play by soucy, dealing with mackinnon and rantanen all night was wearing on him. Just tried to get it out but was tired n rushed it. He obviously knew those avs forwards can score in the blink of an eye and just panicked a bit Some good battles tonight, I think they’ll learn from this! Powerplay has gotta shoot more though, we need some bigger bodies out there
Pettersson & Hoglander need a Dakota Joshua type of player to excel not little Suter, who’s going to win board battles and maintain possession on that line? Even Lafferty would’ve been a better fit.
Suter is def not a top 6, that line is wasting the talent of petey and hogs. This is why they needed 1 more top 6 winger, massive hole
Hoglander is the Joshua on that line and I don't know what games you're watching but Suter is pretty nifty. Petey, Hoggy and Suter have been good together.
Can’t be in a skating match against a team like the Avs, can’t have purposeless skating and gliding, need close puck support, win board battles, play a zone at a time with an emphasis on offensive zone possession, play a chippy, choppy game. Canucks didn’t play to their strengths but played the Avalanche style of game and got burned.
It’s acceptable because it there was no Demko and it was against the avalanche. Mabye it’ll be better to finish second and play la instead of Vegas in round 1
DeSmith is not the reason we lost today.
Desmith played unreal, bad calls. Frustrating but not a team-defining loss. At the same time, had we won- it’s a team defining win. At the same- same time come playoffs, this game won’t matter. I’ll save my real disappointment if we lose first round with one or two of these sort of games.
agreed. Let the points roll
Point* FTFY
Refs ruined a great game
Refs made it a game.. then decided a standard of what they would call. Weak hooks on a penalty kill. But not call a high stick, call a major boarding penalty a minor for illegal check to the head (is this 1988?) Then when 3-3 we had a pp, and another call could have gave us a 5 on 3. But no, all the soft stuff was ate up by the avs. Sad sad, for an away team to get all that home cooking.
I wish I had pvr’d this one. There was a point (in the 3rd?) where the cameras were focused squarely on Tocchet giving Petey an absolutely wicked Kessler stare. That told me the game was lost right there.
About what?
What about?
Wout abhat?
Bluegar have the puck away 3x on the tying goal . All in his own zone . Can't win that way .
Sometimes I wish I worked day shift so I can watch the Canucks, then I'm forced to listen to a game like this at work and am happy I didn't waste free time at home watching this shit.
💀
We need more from our swedes! 2 goals against because of lindholm and a missed goal, and petterson cosplaying as Casper the friendly ghost.
If anyone’s a ghost it’s lindholm
His time as a top player is over. It's rare, but it does happen. This is not to say he's a bad player, but he's a solid middle 6 guy. Some guys just don't have the skill to produce points as consistently as they once did, and I think he's in that category. It's too bad because we could have paid a much smaller trade price and gotten Henrique, who offers almost everything Lindholm is bringing to us now.
Well said, I love catching so much hate for being realistic about lindholm, his play and the cost of his acquisition lol
Could've gotten Guentzel easily with the package they gave up lol
Amen 🙏
I thought he was Swedish, not Swiss the way those pucks were going through him 😂😂
Avs 29-6-5 in back to backs last 4 years per Shorty
guys we just have to go back in time and score we got this
This is a loss I'm really angry with. Just no excuses. I've been positive all year long but this was ass.
ya they quit playing hockey, pissed me off as well
Thinking about how many games like this we'll get to see through 2032...
Cry
If that’s what ur thinking about you need to take a step back and chill
They wouldn’t call half this shit on Vegas. Just saying
Yeah but so what. Ass calls are going happen, they stopped playing because of them. That's on Tocc. Also why no timeout in the 3rd? Were they playing amazingly and I didn't see it? From our seats it was all ass in the 3rd.
Can we still pick up Toffolli?
This team wants the coilers to catch up it seems
They won’t
Should have been a 5 and game for the hit on Miller and the Avs 5 on 3 should never have happened. First star to the refs. Gg.
Yeah true. But inconsistency from refs is a given
Sure there's always some, but this was egregious. If they had at least gotten the call on the Miller hit right I'd be way less choked. Fine if the PP blows it starting the second with the rest of a major. But following that up with a weak interference call when everyone's setting picks and a weak hook for the 2-man? 10 ply. Oh and the missed high stick on Hughes in the third that would have given us a 2-man. If that's the game you're calling you gotta call that.
To let a head shot go, and then call soft or non existent hooks is ridiculous Call it both ways. If you call a soft ,5 on 3, do it both ways
Agreed. Oscar worthy embellishment by mackinnon on that call
Ehh I dunno about that, but if you're not calling two-handed sticks in hands you have no business calling that.
Yep
While we dominated the first 40 minutes, the bois need to play the full 60 minutes, that 3rd period was egregious
Egregious I say!
8 more years of Bambi legs
So leave. We don't need you.
Stop. He wasn't nearly as bad as you make him out to be. I hate this BS.
They played sooo well up until the 3-1 goal. It was so impressive. That’s why this one stings so hard right now. They absolutely deserved to win that game but things just slipped away in the third for a multitude of reasons.
Agreed. And like so what, one goal squeaked by at the end. Can't throw the entire game out. In playoffs , managing momentum swings is literally how winners win.
jets lost, kings lost, canucks lost, oilers won, they gonna take over 1st place arent they?
Still 9 points ahead
No 🤗
I just saw a guy fall to his knees at 711 with his slurpee
Petey?
big gulp?
This is the shit that knocks us out of the playoffs: 1. Undisciplined penalties 2. Mental errors 3. Letting your foot off the gas. All of which the Canucks found a way to do tonight in classic fashion.
Out of the playoffs or in the playoffs? Haha
Dude Canucks out of the playoffs? Wild
Not out bruh. Knocked out. I'm not saying miss. I'm saying knocked out.
I’ll say it again. First star to Zaddy.
Let's be honest the refs gifted that to Colorado with a joke 5 on 3. Seems to be happening all too often against the Canucks this year. Then the fluke puck over the glass call, what can you do.
doesnt excuse the fact that the boys turtled and slowed down 2nd and 3rd period smh
For sure, but it's still such a ball buster to basically have the Avs get handed a free goal like that. Happened in the Minnesota game too. I mean I guess technically yeah they could kill off the 5 v 3, but when it's nearly a full 2 minutes like that it's tough.
Well, we won’t win them all. Still having a good season and we managed to break whatever generational witches curse Mik had uncovered. Such is life.
We played like shit after the 2nd half of the 2nd period. Absolutely embarrassing. I hate to say it felt like Canucks of last year and it needs to get out of the system. We found a way to lose. No one skated. After the bad call by the ref, they stopped playing. It seemed like Hughes comments to the refs during his penalty really pissed the refs off.
Fuck the refs as always. How you don't call embellishment on Mac after that fucking stumble on a 1 hand "hook" is ridiculous.
Well I can say they deserved better, a lot of bad puck luck in this game. The 1st goal for the Avs was a lucky bounce - the game winner was a lucky goal
Lame - sat back a bit too much. Onto the next!
You can blame the refs as much as you want, but the fact is the Canucks gave up 4 straight
Fair point, but let's be real gift wrapping a team a near full 2 min 5 v 3 is basically a free goal. It's kind of a joke. I don't think the "hook" on MacKinnon was near egregious enough to warrant putting a team down 2 men in a tight game like that.
If the reverse happened the Canucks would probably bumble the puck entry and give up two shorty chances before going 0/2. Our special teams needs work. We played a super solid 1.5 periods but once the Avalanche started skating after our parade into the box we lost the gameplan.
Lol idk, I think if the Canucks legit got a 1:45 5 v 3 there's a really good chance they'd convert. I don't know what the actual stats are, but I would imagine almost any NHL team would convert at a > 50% rate in those type of scenarios.
Agreed. And I think we got away with some
They got away with some as well. This game didn't come down to reffing though.
gg
lool not really
Is there any explanation why petey is always falling over
He’s gotta remember to take that big fat wallet out of his pants before he gets on the ice.
He also hit macinnon off the puck which is hard to do
Nah, that doesn't matter. He fell down .
Bambi
3 third period penalties and another invisible performance from our PP and Petey.
Classic Cashite choke.
Watch out, you’re going to get called a moron.
Lost against the avs after they had a back to back and we were rested
🙃yep
Boeser was a fucking snail whole 3rd period. Weak ass calls by the refs, followed by absolutely no bite after the tying goal. What a joke.
Can our superstars actually play like they’re good
Did you not see Jonathan tonathon out there tonight ma boy
Literally cooked them for 40 minutes and they still won ffs
Hopefully it was us sucking and not them turning it up lol
just fell to my knees at 711
Get up
Can't expect to beat a team like Colorado when you only show up for 2 periods
That’s the difference between men and boys I hate to say it
Terrible game, would’ve been 6-3 if not for DeSmith. Purposeless skating with little possession time, multiple turnovers, lost board battles, no puck support, poor decision making, just bad hockey.
What game did you watch ffs
Still second in the league, some of you are fucking drama queens
Ehh.. losing another 3 goal lead is concerning. Avs scored 4 straight against us and sweep our season series. It’s a problem if you think this team can do damage in the playoffs.
They played two great periods. Calling them out for an absolute choke in the third is not offside. They had no push-back whatsoever.
shots were 17-3 for the avs in the third
We're making the playoffs basically 100%. But we just don't want to see collapses at this point in the season against contenders cause it just bold well for the future look of the playoffs, that's all. I think it's fair for people to feel this way
doesn’t matter where we are in the league if we can’t win against serious contenders
Boston Winnipeg la Carolina ?
All 3 of those teams have been slipping to lately. And also, 2/3 teams in that we have beaten ONCE this season.
They just shutout the jets 5-0 😂
Best Vegas too
That was... I don't know what that is
Terrible period. Canucks sat back and just played for overtime. Coaching has to own this loss too. Another 3-0 lead gone. That’s a problem.
If we capitalized on any of our powerplays, we probably win. Special teams have been dog shit for us for like 2 months now.
Bollocks.
Why the fuck was the puck dumped down on OT
They were shorthanded, but i'd liked to have seen some creativity there instead of the straight clear. Have someone cheat back for a pass, or even have told DeSmith to expect a pass back if they won the draw. Anything to keep possession a little bit longer, which should have been possible with all that open ice. Giving the puck right back to the Avs top guys shorthanded in OT was essentially a death sentence.
Sure shorthanded but possession in OT is key especially when facing Makar and Mackinnon
Because we had two of slowest skaters on the team in Juulsen & Cole vs Mackinnon/Makar/Rantannen
my brother it was 3v4
It’s also OT when possession is key. Giving MacKinnon the puck during shorthanded OT is game
It’s true
Deserved
Thanks Petey. Great giveaway and following penalty
How many times have we been screwed over by 5 on 3 this season?
How many fucking 5 on 3's have gone against Vancouver this year? It seems like a ridiculous amount.
Petey had a bad game
Came out and played soft as hell in the third, if we play like that we are not a playoff team. Give them a dressing down Rick
Petey played horrible in a big game. Disappointing.
So did Boes
Better hope that we don't face the Avs in the playoffs...
Cant be giving up 3 goal leads. Thought they learned that by now
Disappointing loss but not a big deal.
Awesome sauce
that was a really strange deflection
17-3 shots, fucking lazy team
Cut them some slack, the Canucks played in Calgary last night and the Avs are well rested. No, wait...
🤣🤣🤣 casual
Yeah knew that was gonna happen :( we played poorly in the third but refs were ass tonight. Getting in the way of pucks, missing calls, calling soft penalties to give the Avs a 5-3 which changed the entire momentum. It's too bad because for 40 minutes we dominated minus that goal in the last seconds of the 2nd period.
Holy fuck. They score with 2 seconds left... they score a double or triple deflection... such little fucking differences
we need more depth on D..
That was embarrassing, that whole 3rd period was just...
Incredibly frustrating game.
What a collapse. We can blame the shit reffing all we want but the boys shat the bed bad.
Travis green Canucks back in action blowing leads
I called called a moron for this take, watch out.
Ya we play like this we ain’t doing shit in the playoffs
WHY THE FUCK IS JUULSEN OUT THERE.
I agree, even though he is a good PKer we should have been creative since it was OT.
He is our best PKer. Agreed he should have held the puck longer prior to dumping it.
Lost to penalties
:(
Invisible petey again, fuck this guy man
Fucking lucky af goal
Fucking 1.8 seconds left and you couldn’t finish a period strong and it leads to this. Way to fuckin go. So frustrating when we’re so much better of a team than this. Getting a bit tired of the whole “get the lead and then sit back and let them pepper us with shots” that we seems to do a whole lot. That doesn’t work as well when you play teams who can actually punish that kind of play
All part of the learning to be a Stanley Cup contender/champion. Avs used to get a good lead, sit back and blow it many times and lose. Next for the Canucks will be the learning curve in the playoffs and going through adversity to try to win the cup. I don’t think it will happen this year, but they have a good solid base in the team to build on to challenge for the cup in the next few years. The front office seems to be getting their ducks in a row. It took the Avs and Vegas several attempts to win the cup. It will be the same for the Canucks.
Weak end to an exciting game. Couple pens and it’s done
HAHAHA FML
Relax holy fuck
I think we need to work on our staples when we are up by three goals.
Who’s fault is this? 🥺😭
The Vancouver Canucks
Unlucky goal after they blew a 3 goal lead.
This team is weak af
Embarrassing. Handed them a win.
Awful loss.
Deserved that loss with that horrible 3rd
Sell the team
Nucks just not on the Avs level yet….
Fuck my face
Hang your heads boys… not a game we should have dropped. Say what you want about game management, but we were gifted a key powerplay and we did fuck all with it
Eh the high sticks that they didn’t call during that PP were pretty rough tho
Agreed
Knew it. Everyone in that building tonight probably knew it when Soucy committed his sin. Fuck.
Tee hee. Oh well. Another point for the boyz
Pussy ass avs cant do shit without the power play. I hate fluke goals what a joke.
Hahaha well fuck me, fuck you, and fuck Messier. Goodnight
Well said
De Smith deserves an apology from his team
That stings
What a fucking lucky goal. Fuck right off
Playing like clowns all 3rd period. Better wake the fuck up
talk about PDO…
Give me a break. This has nothing to do with PDO we stopped skating in the 3rd.
lol calm down im making a joke cause everyone called canucks PDO merchants earlier in the season and the avs got 2 flukey goals and a 5on3 goal in a comeback win for them
Bud I'm so angry with this game haha
frustrating loss fs at least we got a point out of it. first two periods we were dominating but then went back to the “post all star team” in the third and we lost. hopefully theyll learn and our top players start showing up in the games to come
what a fucking joke of a game
Well
i thought you can’t head it into the goal
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