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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18 View Post
As a Canucks hater I would love to say that...but when you are 13-5-1 and have the 3 leading scorers in the NHL it's tough to call it an easier game.
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It's not, though.
That team is on an historic PDO heater, and the Flames just absolutely ragdolled them. I am pretty certain the Canucks are making the playoffs after a stellar start, but that team is paper tiger, and the holes are showing.
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I don't think anyone is suggesting that that is an "easy" game, only that there is a world of difference between playing Vancouver and playing Dallas. They are NOT in the same bracket.
And, what do we mean by "current form" here? In their last five games the Canucks have a 3-2-0 record, a plus-2 goal differential, 3.37 GFA, 2.98 GAA, against five teams that have a collective 0.417 winning percentage, and a minus-104 goal differential.
Yeah, if that is the "current form" of the Canucks, then that's not great.
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Let's hope your line of thinking is how the Flames view the Canucks in a few weeks. IMO Calgary took the Canucks serious last game and played more physical than a typical regular season "easy" game. Most teams can't sustain that level of physicality for 82 games in a season. Pospisil was a nightmare for the Canucks in that game for example.
The only way the Flames are beating the Canucks this year is if they play like it's a playoff game.