Thursday, March 18, 2004
STARS 3, CANUCKS 0
All I needed was tonight to know that if the Canucks draw the Stars in the first round, they're dead. They had very few scoring chances against the Stars, and Marty Turco kept everything out. Turco got his 8th shutout of the year tonight, and he is now 8-1 lifetime against the Canucks, and had a 1.71 goals-against average against the Canucks heading into the game. Yes, the Stars are 3-0 against the Canucks this year. These teams will probably meet in the first round. Worse yet, this Dallas win brings them to within one point of the Canucks -- the Canucks might not even have home-ice advantage in the first round. Pathetic. What the hell happened to this team?
So in somewhat of a protest tonight, I'll put the same effort into my post that the Canucks put into the game after the first Dallas goal was scored tonight. I'll be lazy as hell. I've already been lazy as hell more than once today -- I was asleep for the last two Dallas goals. Here's Dan, Tom, and John...protest means I won't go back and capitalize a damn thing --
tom: back to the drawing board; they've have it tough against dal in the first round
john: need to get back on track
tom: shots dead even, not a lot of chances for van (dal missed net a bunch of times)
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turco 20 sv, arnott/guerin 1g 2a
dal within 1pt of van for 4th
boucher in the 1st, arnott in the 2nd, guerin
cloutier first 2 pers, hedberg 4 sv in the 3rd
turco 8 sho of year
sanderson/kesler with best chances of game for van
canucks 0-3 against dal this yr
fri at chi
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37-23-10-4
dan: no jovo, h sedin; performance not close to good enough
dan: game important, canucks failed...most disappointing non-bertuzzi game so far
dan: might have generated season low of scoring chances, one for top line in first 40 mins
dan: scoring chances from long distances
dan: stars unbeaten in last 68 when taking lead into the 3rd
dan: 6 for 78 pp since all-star break
dan: tight start, still not enough urgency
tom: outshot dal 4-1 early, had more jump...once boucher scored on a coverage breakdown, the game turned
tom: canucks never in it after goal
dan: linden, bouck didn't cover well on the first goal
john: all three goals had crappy coverage; kesler swatted away by guerin on 3rd goal
dan: top line of dal far and away better
tom: guerin good power forward, leading dal in scoring, goals; arnott on top of game right now; if modano and lehtinen return to form, team will be very good
john: rucinsky off top line after first period
dan: naslund isn't right right now...
tom: no, he's not. hit, bertuzzi, flu, uncomfortable position, pressure; might be taking toll; hopes other guys step up with leadership
dan: arnott, turco, guerin as three stars
john: turco 8-1 lifetime against van...gaa against van 1.71 coming into game, owns van
dan: 115 mins without a goal
tom: team's dried up...114:46 w/o goal; don't look in sync; time is running out, but will get practice time next week; might be what dr ordered; don't look sharp
dan: will jovo play tomorrow
john: don't think so, might be during clb game
tom: that's the report i have...jovo here w/morning skate, but probably not coming until van comes home
john: cloutier might have gotten benched to rest up for the next game, or might have gotten hedberg sharp for next game
van at chi fri
[Edit ~10:15p -- Yup, the Canucks blew another chance to gain on Colorado, who was shut out 2-0 by Ottawa tonight.]
So in somewhat of a protest tonight, I'll put the same effort into my post that the Canucks put into the game after the first Dallas goal was scored tonight. I'll be lazy as hell. I've already been lazy as hell more than once today -- I was asleep for the last two Dallas goals. Here's Dan, Tom, and John...protest means I won't go back and capitalize a damn thing --
tom: back to the drawing board; they've have it tough against dal in the first round
john: need to get back on track
tom: shots dead even, not a lot of chances for van (dal missed net a bunch of times)
--
turco 20 sv, arnott/guerin 1g 2a
dal within 1pt of van for 4th
boucher in the 1st, arnott in the 2nd, guerin
cloutier first 2 pers, hedberg 4 sv in the 3rd
turco 8 sho of year
sanderson/kesler with best chances of game for van
canucks 0-3 against dal this yr
fri at chi
--
37-23-10-4
dan: no jovo, h sedin; performance not close to good enough
dan: game important, canucks failed...most disappointing non-bertuzzi game so far
dan: might have generated season low of scoring chances, one for top line in first 40 mins
dan: scoring chances from long distances
dan: stars unbeaten in last 68 when taking lead into the 3rd
dan: 6 for 78 pp since all-star break
dan: tight start, still not enough urgency
tom: outshot dal 4-1 early, had more jump...once boucher scored on a coverage breakdown, the game turned
tom: canucks never in it after goal
dan: linden, bouck didn't cover well on the first goal
john: all three goals had crappy coverage; kesler swatted away by guerin on 3rd goal
dan: top line of dal far and away better
tom: guerin good power forward, leading dal in scoring, goals; arnott on top of game right now; if modano and lehtinen return to form, team will be very good
john: rucinsky off top line after first period
dan: naslund isn't right right now...
tom: no, he's not. hit, bertuzzi, flu, uncomfortable position, pressure; might be taking toll; hopes other guys step up with leadership
dan: arnott, turco, guerin as three stars
john: turco 8-1 lifetime against van...gaa against van 1.71 coming into game, owns van
dan: 115 mins without a goal
tom: team's dried up...114:46 w/o goal; don't look in sync; time is running out, but will get practice time next week; might be what dr ordered; don't look sharp
dan: will jovo play tomorrow
john: don't think so, might be during clb game
tom: that's the report i have...jovo here w/morning skate, but probably not coming until van comes home
john: cloutier might have gotten benched to rest up for the next game, or might have gotten hedberg sharp for next game
van at chi fri
[Edit ~10:15p -- Yup, the Canucks blew another chance to gain on Colorado, who was shut out 2-0 by Ottawa tonight.]
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