All those games they won by one goal = fluky.
They and the Preds are coming back down to Earth just in time for the playoffs.
This is one of those years any team could get hot and win the West.
Why not your Vancouver Canucks says I.

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Yeah, I think we have a good dark horse team. If I were one of the top seeds, I don't think I'd wanna play Vancouver. While we don't have that elite superstar franchise player, we make up for it in other ways. When we on our game, we can roll 4 solid lines that can do some dmg, roll 6 D and looks like we have the goaltending that can steal us some games. We also getting healthy and getting some key players back (ie - Juice + Richie Rich), which should give us an extra jump and bolster us our lineup that much more.Strangelove wrote:This is one of those years any team could get hot and win the West.
Why not your Vancouver Canucks says I.
We also still have shown we don't work well when the ref puts the whistle into the pocket.Todd Bersnoozi wrote:Yeah, I think we have a good dark horse team. If I were one of the top seeds, I don't think I'd wanna play Vancouver. While we don't have that elite superstar franchise player, we make up for it in other ways. When we on our game, we can roll 4 solid lines that can do some dmg, roll 6 D and looks like we have the goaltending that can steal us some games. We also getting healthy and getting some key players back (ie - Juice + Richie Rich), which should give us an extra jump and bolster us our lineup that much more.Strangelove wrote:This is one of those years any team could get hot and win the West.
Why not your Vancouver Canucks says I.
Our team is not quite as good as the 2011 squad, but definitely better than the 2012+2013 squads. I doubt our guys have 16 Ws in them, but I can definitely see us going a couple rounds. And hey, once u reach the conference finals, you're only 4 Ws from a Stanley Cup final again, anything can happen, u never know.
RoyalDude wrote:Shinkaruk scratched last game for Utica, him and Jensen are making a good case for themselves to get demoted to the ECHL
Surprised with Jensens struggles, maybe it's frustration. Not surprised with Shinkaruks struggles, he needs to be extra special offensively to validate him belonging in the pros cause 200 ft game, play away from the puck, defence, board play are his weaknesses. I guess the same can be said about about Jensen. If these two are not good enough for top 6 they will not play in the NHL
Not surprised that Gaunces transition to the AHL from junior has been seamless. Definitely looks more than capable of slotting in at the bottom 6 of an NHL lineup, size, 200 ft game, skill, defence and smart.
Who are the top rookies in the league this season? How is BoHo stacking up against them in the points standings?lostinarink wrote:Has Vancouver ever had 3 rookies in top 40 in scoring?![]()
For that matter, they have 2 in top 20. And of the top 20, the sit #1 & #2 in shooting percentage
Weird season.
Ah, thanx Dangler.dangler wrote:http://espn.go.com/nhl/statistics/playe ... on/rookies
Filip Forsberg,Johnny Gaudreau & me were all born on Aug 13
1st & 2nd leading rookies born on the same day is pretty coincidental,,,,,and your a hunka hunka burning loverats19 wrote:Elvis Presley
David Bowie
Me...were all born Jan 8th I couldn't sing a note with a gun held to my head...
So what are you saying dangler
With a little "Ziggy" thrown in..dangler wrote:jus1st & 2nd leading rookies born on the same day is pretty coincidental,,,,,and your a hunka hunka burning loverats19 wrote:Elvis Presley
David Bowie
Me...were all born Jan 8th I couldn't sing a note with a gun held to my head...
So what are you saying dangler
Garbage - as I've said many times Shinkaruk hasn't been terrible, he's just completely snake bitten. Kid can play and will be fine, give him some time. Jensen has looks disinterested and I'm not sure what they do with him, guys like Haunce, Virtanen, Baertschi will all likely make the team before Jensen does.RoyalDude wrote:Shinkaruk scratched last game for Utica, him and Jensen are making a good case for themselves to get demoted to the ECHL
Surprised with Jensens struggles, maybe it's frustration. Not surprised with Shinkaruks struggles, he needs to be extra special offensively to validate him belonging in the pros cause 200 ft game, play away from the puck, defence, board play are his weaknesses. I guess the same can be said about about Jensen. If these two are not good enough for top 6 they will not play in the NHL
Not surprised that Gaunces transition to the AHL from junior has been seamless. Definitely looks more than capable of slotting in at the bottom 6 of an NHL lineup, size, 200 ft game, skill, defence and smart.
His biggest problem is strength, no question. The nice thing about that is correcting it takes nothing but hard work. He should improve greatly with a full offseason of training in that area.RoyalDude wrote:It's not about being snake bitten, it's about the other parts of the game that the average fan cares to give credit for like defence, puck battles, 200 ft game. The one common complaint I keep hearing about Shinkaruk is that puck possession ends on his stick as he is constantly taking low percentage chances to score, forcing the play that isn't there. He apparently isn't very patient but his biggest issue is puck battles, he's not strong at all. The pro game is tough on Hunter. He's either gonna sink or swim. If he swims he's gonna have to be real good offensively because those other parts of hockey that matter, he sucks at