2021 NHL Season

[Great8]

Keep coughing up 3 goal leads but this time it hurts. First game we have failed to get something out of

 

[PalaceGun]

Classic Bergevin?

“The trade Marc Bergevin made to get Jeff Petry: March 2, 2015 - Traded from Edmonton Oilers to Montreal Canadiens for round 2 pick in the 2015 draft (Jonas Siegenthaler) and round 4 pick in the 2015 draft (Caleb Jones).”

First star tonight. Superb start to the season.

 

[PalaceGun]

Not being able to keep Toffoli was always likely, which is why trading for him in the first place was stupid. But Benning loves to do dumb ****!

Toffoli all on his own leading the charge to the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy. Nine goals from ten games.

 

[catters078]

Pavelski has started on an absolute tear..

7 goals 7 assists for 14 pts in 7 games.

Hes found the chemistry with Klingberg he had with Burns, in front of the net deflecting wrist shots from the point.

 

[PalaceGun]

Dark days indeed for a hockey club when Kris Russell gets on the score short against you, all be it a secondary assist.
Kris opens his account!

 

[Drunkgoliath]

Toffoli all on his own leading the charge to the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy. Nine goals from ten games.

Bloke knows how to shoot hey

 

[PalaceGun]

Bloke knows how to shoot hey

One minute of silence for Jordie Benn tonight...

 

[Phone]

alas, we simply couldn't afford to keep him.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

I went back to check exactly what I wrote on this, and I was relived I didn't write off the idea of keeping him:



But we couldn't really keep him because we signed Holtby (who at least seems like a lovely person!) + qualified Virtanen. Plus I recall there being a brief moment of time where Michael Ferland's agent flagged that he wanted to return from his concussions next season, which was absolutely nuts, but meant we couldn't bank on sending him to Robidas Island.

Not being able to keep Toffoli was always likely, which is why trading for him in the first place was stupid. But Benning loves to do dumb ****!

Vancouver could of kept him if they didn't trade for Nate Schmidt.

They choose a top 4 defenseman over a top 6 winger.

If Benning was smart he could of signed both Toffoli and Vatanen for the same cap hit as Schmidt.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Toffoli v Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary 6 GP - 1G 1A
Toffoli v Vancouver 5GP - 8G 3A

Beating up on the poor Canucks

 

[Phone]

Well there's a bit more of a story there though. There was incredible unhappiness at the state of the Canucks defence prior to Schmidt's acquisition, with Tanev and the solid local boy Troy Stecher walking out the door with no replacements coming in, plus the silly OEL trade option not going anywhere. There was a lot of pressure to get a defenceman in. If they had to pick between the two, they probably did need to acquire Schmidt. (although I didn't view the Schmidt trade as the slam dunk that much of the Canucks base did). I just think it never needed to get to the point of only one of Schmidt/Toffoli

 

[PalaceGun]

Well there's a bit more of a story there though. There was incredible unhappiness at the state of the Canucks defence prior to Schmidt's acquisition, with Tanev and the solid local boy Troy Stecher walking out the door with no replacements coming in, plus the silly OEL trade option not going anywhere. There was a lot of pressure to get a defenceman in. If they had to pick between the two, they probably did need to acquire Schmidt. (although I didn't view the Schmidt trade as the slam dunk that much of the Canucks base did). I just think it never needed to get to the point of only one of Schmidt/Toffoli

Seems like a time management issue.

 

[Phone]

it's an incredible unforced error from Benning. He's getting so much heat for that interview, "ran out of time" is destined to become a Canucks reference for years, and now with Canucks being stomped by the Leafs....boy it could finally be happening

of course the replacement has to better, and with bloody Canucks old boy Dale Tallon sitting around waiting for a job.......

 

[catters078]

Do we think Ovie has 22 goals in him this season to reach Top 5 all time by end of this season?

Passes Garner with todays score.

 

[Drunkgoliath]

Do we think Ovie has 22 goals in him this season to reach Top 5 all time by end of this season?

Passes Garner with todays score.

Easily, if he wasn't so cursed with lockouts/shortened seasons/global pandemic he's be close to all time leader by now

 

[Bradesmaen]

Odd stat of the day: 3 players have played 1 game during the season, scored a goal and then been sent back down.

 

[Dockerjonz]

Good thing I didn't set high expectations for this season

 

[PalaceGun]

Mike Matheson might be worse than Ceci.

MM: $4.875M until 2026, no wonder Rutherford packed his bags.

Eberle made fine use of the CC turnstile in the first.

 

[Phone]

Rutherford acquired jack johnson, erik gudbranson, codi ceci and mike matheson in like a 3 year period. it's amazing

 

[Phone]

in case anyone is wondering, letting matthews be one on one against yr goalie with a head of steam up is not a good idea

edit hook it to my veins

 

[Phone]

We're bringing back pre dead puck era hockey

 

[PalaceGun]

in case anyone is wondering, letting matthews be one on one against yr goalie with a head of steam up is not a good idea

edit hook it to my veins

Efforts don’t get anymore half-arsed than JT Miller’s on that play. Holtby let him know about it as well.

 

[Phone]

miller is indeed wearing out his welcome with some fans who last season were praising the (very stupid) trade as Benning's best move

 

[Great8]

3 losses on the bounce now and unable or unwilling to defend. Absolutely pathetic

 

[PalaceGun]

Laine riding the pine already in Ohio.