Canucks News N Notes 23-24 Playoff Edition

[Cousin Strawberry]

I have heard Ekholm was quite sick for game 5 and was seriously struggling hence the low ice time. Hopefully it's still in his system as he's by far their best dman.

There are rumours of Tiny Troy Stretcher getting in the lineup too. Please, god of gods...make this happen

[Chef Boi RD]

I have heard Ekholm was quite sick for game 5 and was seriously struggling hence the low ice time. Hopefully it's still in his system as he's by far their best dman.

There are rumours of Tiny Troy Stretcher getting in the lineup too. Please, god of gods...make this happen

Is Stecher still stick handling the puck like it’s a hot potato. Unfortunately for Stencher he plays with a field hockey stick or a ping pong paddle, he also gets lit up down low, classic keystone cop. Good guy though.

[Carl Yagro]

Skinner and Stecher? Yes, please!

McJesus & Crysaddle will be playing horizontal all night at 5v5, I'm sure.

[Raile]

Skinner and Stecher? Yes, please!

McJesus & Crysaddle will be playing horizontal all night at 5v5, I'm sure.

Have we heard they are playing Skinner? their back up was one of their best players last game!

[Carl Yagro]

Yeah, they announced Skinner was back in the pipes. I'm not sure about this move on their part, but hey, I like it!

[Raile]

we make ace lineup changes while they make poor ones. works for me

[Ronning's Ghost]

Yeah, they announced Skinner was back in the pipes. I'm not sure about this move on their part, but hey, I like it!

we make ace lineup changes while they make poor ones. works for me

Great news for those who predicted Canucks in 6.

[donlever]

You?

[Ronning's Ghost]

No, I had Oilers in 7.

Not wrong yet, but if either the Canucks can generate one more effort like game 5, or the Oilers get the same performance out of Skinner that we saw earlier in the series, I will be.

[donlever]

....and happy to be so one presumes.

Ran into your namesake at Mercedes on Lougheed off Boundary the other week.

He's looking a bit ghost like truth be told....

[Cousin Strawberry]

I'll never forget that time at a house party in Burnaby heights during his playing days, I offered him a blast from my 6 paper party doobie and he sneered, quickly shuffled out to his SL500 and squealed his tires outta there

Nerd

[Todd Bersnoozi]

"Oilers got Bullied."

Perspective of an Oiler's fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8jbMb-gDTc

Big strong doods on our D core (especially NZ91) laying the smack down on the opposition.

[MJN]

With the success of younger starts winning cups the perception of the prime years of players has shifted, to my recollection it was closer to 27-30 were the best years for players. Given contracts and the amount of hockey played at a younger age it seems like that bracket of age has dropped a bit.

The reason why I bring it up is, to me it looks like a young team that doesn't yet know how to handle adversity and push back of a panicking opponent. There was also a premium on previous stanley cup winners as mentors for budding teams which the canucks lack. The absence of maturity is showing.

To me this is also what Pettersson is going through. He dreamed of making it in the NHL and he has. The reality of getting punched in the face every time you show up for work has to be an eye opener and being a millionaire in your early 20's is going to take some time for him to adjust. It is common for players to struggle the first year after signing a big contract. He has to be become something he has never been before and I don't know where you would really get prepared for that kind of life. The older I get the younger 24/25 seems.

[Meds]

With the success of younger starts winning cups the perception of the prime years of players has shifted, to my recollection it was closer to 27-30 were the best years for players. Given contracts and the amount of hockey played at a younger age it seems like that bracket of age has dropped a bit.

The reason why I bring it up is, to me it looks like a young team that doesn't yet know how to handle adversity and push back of a panicking opponent. There was also a premium on previous stanley cup winners as mentors for budding teams which the canucks lack. The absence of maturity is showing.

To me this is also what Pettersson is going through. He dreamed of making it in the NHL and he has. The reality of getting punched in the face every time you show up for work has to be an eye opener and being a millionaire in your early 20's is going to take some time for him to adjust. It is common for players to struggle the first year after signing a big contract. He has to be become something he has never been before and I don't know where you would really get prepared for that kind of life. The older I get the younger 24/25 seems.

He signed an ELC with bonuses at 19. He was a millionaire by 20. He then signed for $22M over 3 years at age 22. That contract is now finished. He has already had his early 20’s to adjust to being a millionaire. Now he’s in his mid 20’s.

I’ll give him the “first real playoffs” excuse. Same as I do for Hughes and Hronek and the rest of our roster that’s never tasted the NHL post season.

[Chef Boi RD]

With the success of younger starts winning cups the perception of the prime years of players has shifted, to my recollection it was closer to 27-30 were the best years for players. Given contracts and the amount of hockey played at a younger age it seems like that bracket of age has dropped a bit.

The reason why I bring it up is, to me it looks like a young team that doesn't yet know how to handle adversity and push back of a panicking opponent. There was also a premium on previous stanley cup winners as mentors for budding teams which the canucks lack. The absence of maturity is showing.

To me this is also what Pettersson is going through. He dreamed of making it in the NHL and he has. The reality of getting punched in the face every time you show up for work has to be an eye opener and being a millionaire in your early 20's is going to take some time for him to adjust. It is common for players to struggle the first year after signing a big contract. He has to be become something he has never been before and I don't know where you would really get prepared for that kind of life. The older I get the younger 24/25 seems.

Not so sure about that

Florida - Ekblad, Bennett, Reinhart, verhaeghe, Barkov are 28 going on 29. Tarasenko and OEL are 32. Cousins and Rodrigues are 30, Okposo is 36, Brobovsky is 35, Forsling is 27, Montour is 30, kulikov is 33

NYR - Panarin 32, Zibanejad 31, Trouba 30, Kreider 33, Trochek and Vesey 30, Gustafson 32

In Dallas - Benn, Suter, Duchene, Pavelski, Tanev and Seguin are no spring chickens

You need a combination of veterans and youth in that prime age category between 23 and 27. It’s aiways been this way outside of a couple outliers. The Knights who won it last year were a veteran laden lineup