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The Canucks did the unthinkable. They skated into the United Center and beat the Hawks with a near perfect game… Well maybe not near perfect but they played a solid Team Game. Now the question begs…
Can they do it again? Vancouver needs to be even better on home ice where they have only won 2 games and have not extended a best of 7 series to the last game when down 3-2 in their History of second rounds. The Hawks will be pissed off. They will be hungry to end this and not put it into a game 7 situation where anything can happen. This will be a game for the ages for the Canucks they will need to continue to do the little things in order to control the game and get the bounces.
It will be harder should Sami Salo not be able to nut up…. terrible pun, terrible injury. The Severity of his injury is unknown but being taken to the hospital surely bolds well for Chicago as Aaron Rome will slot back in the lineup as reported he was healthy as of yesterdays game.
Roberto Luongo was finally able to fight through the traffic and bodies and make the saves when needed. The Canucks were finally able to fight through the non calls and soft calls to get the game they wanted to play. This combination is good for the Canucks but again they will just need to be plain better.
The Question Also Begs: Was Bieksa on the verge of greatness last game or pure disaster. The plays he made in the neutral zone repeatley got lucky bounces that if the hawks got the puck it surely would have seen several breakaways or odd man rushes. Does Bieksa need to play like that in order to be able to produce? Getting 3 goals in one game from your Defensemen will win you LOTS of hockey games at this time of year. A Perfect PK (4 for 4) sure helps alot too.
Hey Daniel/Henrik – Stay out of the box… Never thought I would be saying that.
GO CANUCKS GO
Can they do it again? Vancouver needs to be even better on home ice where they have only won 2 games and have not extended a best of 7 series to the last game when down 3-2 in their History of second rounds. The Hawks will be pissed off. They will be hungry to end this and not put it into a game 7 situation where anything can happen. This will be a game for the ages for the Canucks they will need to continue to do the little things in order to control the game and get the bounces.
It will be harder should Sami Salo not be able to nut up…. terrible pun, terrible injury. The Severity of his injury is unknown but being taken to the hospital surely bolds well for Chicago as Aaron Rome will slot back in the lineup as reported he was healthy as of yesterdays game.
Roberto Luongo was finally able to fight through the traffic and bodies and make the saves when needed. The Canucks were finally able to fight through the non calls and soft calls to get the game they wanted to play. This combination is good for the Canucks but again they will just need to be plain better.
The Question Also Begs: Was Bieksa on the verge of greatness last game or pure disaster. The plays he made in the neutral zone repeatley got lucky bounces that if the hawks got the puck it surely would have seen several breakaways or odd man rushes. Does Bieksa need to play like that in order to be able to produce? Getting 3 goals in one game from your Defensemen will win you LOTS of hockey games at this time of year. A Perfect PK (4 for 4) sure helps alot too.
Hey Daniel/Henrik – Stay out of the box… Never thought I would be saying that.
GO CANUCKS GO