by Meds on Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:55 pm
It's an outright embarrassment as a fan to cheer for an organization that doesn't learn from the past.
This game is all on Vigneault and his system, a couple players were stupid, and Edler stands out as being a train wreck, but when you control the flow of the play for 45 minutes of a game, and the only mistake you make ends up costing the game (and probably the series), then something is wrong.
Did Vancouver control the puck for most of the night? Yes. Did they outshoot the opponent? Yes. Did they get any second shot opportunities? Not really. Did they capitalize on the PP? Not at all. So what is the reason for all these negative answers?
It's the system. Our shots from the outside were either swallowed up by Quick, which is a kudos to the goalie, the rebounds went to the corner or open ice where there was never a Canuck jersey in sight. They stacked one side of the ice with 4 guys and left the far pointman all alone doing nothing but being a support guy. If that support guy doesn't engage in back door attempts or get down to the wing for rebounds off shots from the boards then the defense really only has to worry about 4 guys. That makes the PP nothing more than a high-pressure 4-on-4, and at even strength it's just a joke to watch. Boston shut us down this way. LA shut us down this way all season and have in 3 straight games. On the rush we never have 3 guys filling the lanes, and I just laugh and wonder why when I see all these classic playoff highlights of goals where it's a rush of 3 guys, one in each lane, and the result is really nice goal. But we don't play that way, they aren't coached that way.
This team will do NOTHING with Vigneault as coach. NOTHING. If every team played defense and setup the way LA, Boston, and Nashville do, when they played us, the Canucks would have the worst record in the NHL. Our goalies would have disgustring records but be rivaling for Vezina's on performance based stats.
I could go on and on about other things, like how the league is a fucking joke, how officiating is really in the tank when a guy like Brown throws a predatory, blindsided hit, that contacts the head, on our best player and the Canucks end up shorthanded facing a 4-on-3 PK situation that then becomes a 5-on-3 for a short time.
I could talk about how Alex Edler has single-handedly sunk this team by turning the puck over on the winner in game 1, or by turning the puck over for the opening goal of game 2 and then taking a delay of game penalty to put us down 5-on-3 shortly after, or by completely missing his check for the game winner in game 3, and then taking a delay of game penalty because he was afraid to take a hit with 2 minutes left to go.....
I could point to so many things, but there is little point when the team's strategist is sending the troops out to March on Gallipoli because he thinks his way is the right way even when intelligence reports are clearly showing it's not.....it's why I said after last game, Kings in 4.
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