GDT: Canucks bout to give a shutout to a 3rd string Dallas F$%k

[mattola]

He needed that

 

[dash]

Kassian MAD

Roussel is quickly climbing the ranks of Stars players I detest...

 

[puckhead]

Kassian MAD

first good thing he's done today.
errr, make that this week

 

[mattola]

*DE-SCHNEIIIIIIDDDD!!!!!!!

 

[puckhead]

Robi-dive


still like Burrows' battle in front.

 

[mattola]

Trevor Linden looking very Johnny Canuck with that shirt and beard

 

[puckhead]

attaboy Juice.

now the team's leading scorer.
(tied with Daniel, MayRay and Kassian)

Add Burrows to the goal leaders list
all sitting at 5.



w00t!! first lead of the day
- don't mind seeing Roussel in pain either.


holy smokes that was a pretty 2 on 1.
Sedin - Burr. Rome gets victimized

 

[mattola]

Finally Garrisson

 

[mattola]

Nice fucking goal

4-2

 

[mattola]

Fuck kesler*

 

[puckhead]

Fuck kesler*

was that who lost it right in front?
my wife had the nerve to talk to me during the game and I missed it.

Nucks got a bit of ref love there.
Edler lucky to not get a tripping call, then Morrow takes one.
would have been awfully nice to score on that one

terrific defensive play by Hamhuis on Fiddler

 

[mattola]

was that who lost it right in front?
my wife had the nerve to talk to me during the game and I missed it.

Nucks got a bit of ref love there.
Edler lucky to not get a tripping call, then Morrow takes one.
would have been awfully nice to score on that one

terrific defensive play by Hamhuis on Fiddler

Yes on all

 

[mattola]

2:01 shift lol

 

[puckhead]

wow. two minutes of keep-away.
that was nice to see. Only kelser would shoot it (of course).

 

[puckhead]

Trevor Linden looking very Johnny Canuck with that shirt and beard

 

[puckhead]

wow. two minutes of keep-away.
that was nice to see. Only kelser would shoot it (of course).

Henrik Sedin had 14 puck touches on that last powerplay, and the puck on his stick for :46 seconds.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

DALLAS— On the Canucks’ best power play of the game, they didn’t even score.

Instead, they danced with the puck in what may be the most arresting, mesmerizing shift you will see this season.

When dominant football teams get the ball late in the game, often they will run it up the gut of the defence, four or five yards at a time. The defence is helpless.

That’s how the Dallas Stars looked after Derek Roy took a penalty with 2:01 left.

The Canucks power play got a hold of the puck, and never let it go. They passed it. They froze the puck. They twisted and turned. They were relaxed and in complete control. What they didn’t do was shoot. Instead they essentially kneeled the game out in victory formation.

"It was fun to watch," Jason Garrison said. "I’m kind of speechless.

"I don’t even know what to say.

"That’s how good the players are. That’s how much they can control the game. They made the game look really easy. It’s definitely not as easy as it looks. They did a great job of achieving that."

With four forwards, including Alex Burrows, Ryan Kesler, and the Sedins, and one defencmean, Alex Edler, it was an unusual lineup head coach Alain Vigneault opted to use.

"Normally, he likes to have two D-men to make sure there’s nothing happening, but he sent us four forwards and Eddie," Burrows said. "Once we won the faceoff and I saw Henrik holding on to it, I knew exactly what he was trying to do. Hold on to the puck, and make sure they were getting tired on the PK.

"Once you are past that first minute, those PKers have been starting and stopping and they get tired a little bit."

The Canucks group put in a shift that lasted 2:01 and they didn’t lose possession until the last second of the game. It was fascinating to watch. It also helped Burrows redeem himself for a couple of miscues in the game.

Burrows is looking increasingly comfortable on the first-unit power play. He’s been taking Kesler’s spot as the net front presence and it has helped spread out Vancouver’s look.

"It’s a different look, it’s not an overload power play," Burrows said. "It’s more of a spread power play. We have Kes’s big shot from one side, and Eddie’s big shot up top. Hank is then able to make plays with Danny through the middle.

"It keeps the PK guessing on a lot of plays. We’re able to get pucks toward the net and we have guys converging toward the net which can create odd-man rushes on those rebounds. Normally it’s a 3-on-2 or a 4-on-2.

"You can get some bounces going your way."

Burrows scored his fifth of the season when he tipped in a Edler blast 8:29 into the game. It’s the third time in three games the Canucks have scored with Burrows screening the goalie.

But with Burrows’ good, came some bad. Twice in the game he took the Canucks off the power play by taking penalties of his own.

"I have to be smarter at the end of the day," Burrows said. "I can’t take two penalties like I did tonight. It kills our momentum on the power play. It takes away from scoring chances.

"It puts us on our heels again on the PK. I have to make sure it’s a little more legal or find ways that I don’t get caught.

"But we’re battling out front. Sometimes it’s going to go my way, sometimes it won’t."

Read more: Canucks best power play was all about playing keep-away

 

[jstewismybastardson]

lol nice title to this clip

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[jstewismybastardson]

most hilarious thing is people in the stands get up and start leaving lol

 

[mattola]

most hilarious thing is people in the stands get up and start leaving lol

yeah I laughed at that as well. that was a very fun 2mins