I agree re Backlund. I thought Bennett and Colborne carried him.
Backlund simply wants to do too much with the puck, especially in the neutral zone. He's not as skilled as anyone on the top line, so he can't so it, so he should be dumping it in, or if having the puck high in the zone, get it low. He tries passes or dekes too often in those situations. Though, he's played worse than tonight multiple times over the past 2 months.
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We have won, but too much 3on2, 2on1, not enough backchecking. Again entering our zone is extremely easy , canucks had lots of top scoring chances. We made no pressure in the middle zone to disrupt their transition. This led to huge possession dominance. I understand i sound pesimistic, it's just you will not win a series with this and i want to win.
Yeah....you can and they will.
And yes it was pessimistic.
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We have won, but too much 3on2, 2on1, not enough backchecking. Again entering our zone is extremely easy , canucks had lots of top scoring chances. We made no pressure in the middle zone to disrupt their transition. This led to huge possession dominance. I understand i sound pesimistic, it's just you will not win a series with this and i want to win.
I think you should stop posting.
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Strong presence of Flames fans in Van? you could hear the go Flames go during parts of the broadcast.
Nerves showed in the beginning, Hiller kept them in it, and the 3rd was where they could start breaking through the Vancouver D capitalizing on hits to the D from earlier.
I wonder who's going to get the puck that Brodie grabbed at the end?
I thought that was backlund's best game in a while
Yeah, agreed. Don't think it was a good game, he really struggled at times but this was his best game in several weeks. He had some good chemistry with Bennet and had some good rushes.
Some bonehead plays too. But I say leave him in, hope he he playing out of it.
Great win. Knew we would take this game after watching how we played after the 1st . We are a better team than this shower of ####e, we have been all season
Great game from start to finish. Canucks got a goal due to some serious puck-luck. Hiller was very sharp when he needed to be.
Also, I love Michael Ferland. This guy is going to be a beast. I was very annoyed when Feaster said: "He could be Kassian". This kid is going to be the next Chris Simon. He is going to hurt you all over the ice, and on the stat sheet too. Love this kid already.
We all knew Bennett would be flying out there tonight, and I thought he would create some offence. I am rather shocked at how few errors this kid makes too. So poised already. What a beauty.
I think Backlund did fine. Some weird decisions and giveaways on the offensive side of things, very decent defensively. I wish he'd shot that puck on that 2 on 1.
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This series is likely going to be Ferland's coming out party. Everyone should be talking about him.
I mentioned earlier in the season that Ferland is exactly the type of player you need on a team to be successful in the playoffs. He's the 2010 version of Bollig, a mad dog chasing the puck and running over anyone in his way. So glad he's a Flame
