Dont understand the doom and gloom. This was more about how ell the canucks played than anything.
This is the playoffs. There are no slouches. The canucks are here because they are a good team. Tonight they played desperate, like they should have. We had our chances. We had trouble clearing the zone, not because we suck, but because their forcheck was really good.
A post here, a post there. A misstep here, a misstep there. This was always going to be a long series. Tonight still could have gone either way.
To me if I had to single out a difference, the battle of the top lines is clearly in the Canucks favour. Hudler was invisible and Monahan is treading water. Johnny is the only guy pushing.
Game 6 at home, with a chance to clinch. Who wouldn't want that?
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