-What an ugly game from start to finish. The first 10 minutes were not exactly terrible as the Sedins and Burrows created several scoring chances. All of a sudden, bang bang, Tomas Hertl scores a fluky goal that Eddie Lack would like to have back. Two minutes later, Dan Boyle strikes off a bad Canucks defensive zone turnover. This pretty much summed up how the game would end up going.
-Yannick Weber and Andrew Alberts: What were they doing last night? Their defensive pairing was a nightmare (-3). They should never be paired together in any future Canucks games unless they are forced to due to an injury pile up.
-If the Canucks play like this in the regular season against the Sharks, they will get eaten up and will face getting swept. In order to beat the Sharks, you have to not give them powerplays. Their powerplay will score goals. You have to pressure the Sharks defense and keep the puck in their end of the ice because they will take penalties. Force Anti Niemi to make a great save every time. He will get worn down if you keep the pressure on him. The Canucks need to do a better job in order to draw some penalties against the Sharks. The Canucks also need to win the faceoff dot battle. The Sharks are a consistently good faceoff circle team in the NHL. More faceoff wins lead to more possession of the puck.
-Prospect update: Shinkaruk and Horvat did not register a single shot on goal last night. Gaunce finished a (-1) on the evening, and Frank Corrado played around 21 minutes of ice time. Corrado should be a lock out of all the prospects to crack the Canucks opening night lineup. I believe the others still need to prove themselves against the Rangers if they want to stay with the Canucks or go elsewhere.
-AV returns to Rogers Arena tomorrow night. Let's give him and the Rangers a warm welcome... or not.
Until next time, stay classy. -George
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