Carol Schram: Vancouver Canucks Game Review/Game Day: Ugly Loss in Anh, Will LA Be Worse? The Vancouver Canucks get right back to the grind in Los Angeles on Tuesday after being hit with a 4-0 shutout loss by the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.

Put JV on the long term IR so he can do a conditioning stint in the AHL on his way back in the lineup

Put JV on the long term IR so he can do a conditioning stint in the AHL on his way back in the lineup
- neem55

I do hope they send him to the wjc.

I compared the front of the Canucks net to a bus stop with everyone just standing around, but I think the bus stops in Vancouver are less friendly than the area in front of Miller and Markstrom.

ffs, just stick Pedan in for a game or two against the heavier teams. We've already seen the absence of any push back from the existing d corps.

I do hope they send him to the wjc.

I compared the front of the Canucks net to a bus stop with everyone just standing around, but I think the bus stops in Vancouver are less friendly than the area in front of Miller and Markstrom.

ffs, just stick Pedan in for a game or two against the heavier teams. We've already seen the absence of any push back from the existing d corps.
- hillbillydeluxe

I don't see what he would learn at WJC, whereas a brief spell in Utica would be a good for him as far as competition goes IMO.

Markstrom will keep it close but we are edging ever closer to Matthews baby!

more truculent cowbell

It still boils my blood about that backbreaking 2nd PP goal by Anaheim. How can 4 PRO hockey players decide to ignore taking the body and sit on their asses next to and behind Miller and watch as the puck is shoveled into the net. The FIRST thing they teach you in hockey... TAKE THE BODY! If you take the body and tie up the man, chances are the goalie gets a chance to get into position to make a save and control the rebound for the clear.

@humungous
I believe you mean Jacob Chychrun

I don't see what he would learn at WJC, whereas a brief spell in Utica would be a good for him as far as competition goes IMO.
- neem55

Learn? why couldn't he learn anything from wjc? what has he learned so far by playing with the Canucks? he is in over his head or team mates don't take care of each other on the ice in the NHL?

a conditioning stint in Utica would be okay too.

When it comes to development, I have nothing against sending JV back to Jr. I like him in the lineup here, but JV still has some developing to do, it is not like it would hurt him to go back to jr. It should make him more hungry to make the club next year, give him something to prove.

We have guys in Utica that have earned the shot just as much or more than JV.

It still boils my blood about that backbreaking 2nd PP goal by Anaheim. How can 4 PRO hockey players decide to ignore taking the body and sit on their asses next to and behind Miller and watch as the puck is shoveled into the net. The FIRST thing they teach you in hockey... TAKE THE BODY! If you take the body and tie up the man, chances are the goalie gets a chance to get into position to make a save and control the rebound for the clear.
- DariusKnight

word.

very disappointing, the effort, and looking at the pic CS posted, it is, 23 and 5, our 2 most physical dmen that are minding the crease and not taking the man.

Burrows and Horvat are both there too, Burrows should know you are supposed to take the man in front, Horvat has to be a bit more physical too.

Brad Ziemer ‏@BradZiemer 10s11 seconds ago Los Angeles, CA
Pedan taking line rushes with McCann and Vrbata. #Canucks

http://www2.tsn.ca/bardow...2BConn%2BSmythe&id=566904

Brad Ziemer ‏@BradZiemer 10s11 seconds ago Los Angeles, CA
Pedan taking line rushes with McCann and Vrbata. #Canucks


- LeftCoaster

Ben Kuzma @benkuzma .
#Canucks having optional game-day skate. No Higgins. Took hard hit to head from big rookie Ritchie in Anaheim. Tanev skating.

I'd rather see Gaunce or Grenier on the wing than Pedan,... can't see why they would recall Biega a dman when we might be short a forward.

Oh my was that ever an atrocious effort put forth by every single one of the Canucks last night.

Ben Kuzma ‏@benkuzma · 2m2 minutes ago
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Hey WD, if you want to experiment, put Pedan on d and call up another forward. Why have a rookie dman play his first NHL game on the wing of the 2nd or 3rd forward line?

Maybe it is a game time decision, but it seems like it could be managed better.

Tonight's going to be quite the clusterf*ck.

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Tonight's going to be quite the clusterf*ck.
- Marwood

Dan Murphy ‏@sportsnetmurph · 1m1 minute ago
#Canucks likely to dress 7-D tonight (18 and 20 out) and Willie says Weber is the best forward of all the defencemen. Fun

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Ben Kuzma ‏@benkuzma · 2m2 minutes ago
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D.Sedin-H.Sedin-Hansen/Baertschi-Horvat-Burrows/Pedan-McCann-Vrbata/Prust-Cracknell-Dorsett/Edler-Tanev/Hamhuis-Weber/Sbisa-Bartkowski/Marky

Hey WD, if you want to experiment, put Pedan on d and call up another forward. Why have a rookie dman play his first NHL game on the wing of the 2nd or 3rd forward line?

Maybe it is a game time decision, but it seems like it could be managed better.
- hillbillydeluxe

Right?
or at very worst put Pedan on D and put Weber up front on the 4th line.

Dan Murphy ‏@sportsnetmurph · 1m1 minute ago
#Canucks likely to dress 7-D tonight (18 and 20 out) and Willie says Weber is the best forward of all the defencemen. Fun


- hillbillydeluxe

alright. Now i'm worried. Me and willie are on the same wavelength.

alright. Now i'm worried. Me and willie are on the same wavelength.
- dbot

Don't understand, why would they recall Biega and not a forward? Pedan was already here in the press box.

I want to be critical of WD, but unsure if what I want to see would be any more than rearranging the chairs on the Titanic.

We really miss Sutter and have been slipping ever since he got injured.

waiting on the spin from management.

Don't understand, why would they recall Biega and not a forward? Pedan was already here in the press box.

I want to be critical of WD, but unsure if what I want to see would be any more than rearranging the chairs on the Titanic.

We really miss Sutter and have been slipping ever since he got injured.

waiting on the spin from management.
- hillbillydeluxe

Could today be the 'wheels falling off the bus day' that we all reflect back on in the spring?

Or could it be 'moral victory day' part 2?

Yesterday's game was a great teaching moment for the young guys. Virtanen gets a good lesson on what it's really like in the NHL. He may have been the big boy in junior and for the most part has been allowed to hit guys in the NHL so far. Now Getzlaf shows him how the big mean men play. McCann was tossed around like a doll by Kesler and Getzlaf. Good on him for getting up and going after Getz. How he responds tonight and the coming weeks will be a good indication of his fortitude and character.


And Pedan as a winger? WTF. I'm starting to wonder about Willie's sell by date. At the beginning of the year, I thought he had a pretty good shelf life, but over the last few weeks I'm beginning to wonder if he's like a perishable item that someone forgot to put back in the fridge. Getting rotten sooner than expected.

Right?
or at very worst put Pedan on D and put Weber up front on the 4th line.
- dbot

Defensive Datsyuk :D

Brad Ziemer ‏@BradZiemer 10s11 seconds ago Los Angeles, CA
Pedan taking line rushes with McCann and Vrbata. #Canucks


- LeftCoaster

About two hours ago I was wondering exactly if they would make him a forward. Seems they don't trust his skating