[Trade] Canucks trade Vasily Podkolzin to Oilers for 2025 4th

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Oh, but it's true. The Canucks totally chose to have Demko miss all those games with a major injury.

Demko can't score goals, or get shots on net.

Those low outputs came with Demko in net as well.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

C'mon man.

Well? It was 3-2

Canucks can't close. #nogood

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Demko can't score goals, or get shots on net.

Those low outputs came with Demko in net as well.

And yet with Demko in net, they won a lot of games in which they got those low outputs, because he was letting even less in.

Any team will perform worse in a 7-game series if you take away their best player. The Canucks without Demko aren't a playoff team – as they proved by playing without him in the playoffs.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

And yet with Demko in net, they won a lot of games in which they got those low outputs, because he was letting even less in.

Any team will perform worse in a 7-game series if you take away their best player. The Canucks without Demko aren't a playoff team – as they proved by playing without him in the playoffs.

I think they are in tough this year to make it anyways, with the way Tocchet wants them to play.

Some ugly hockey.