The Canucks came into the Staples Center for a key battle against the Los Angeles Kings with both teams jockeying for playoff position in the NHL's tight Western Conference. Still smarting from a blowout loss at home to the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets and having been owned by the Kings in recent years, things didn't look good early on as LA took a 1-0 lead 7 seconds into their first power play of the game. Usually a 1-0 lead is all the Stanley Cup Champions need to cement a win. Especially at home. Especially, especially against the Vancouver Canucks.
But not today.
No today, would be different. The Canucks came alive
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Saturday, 21 March 2015
Friday, 6 February 2015
Canucks Lack of Depth is Showing
The Vancouver Canucks got thumped by the San Jose Sharks last night by a score of 5-1. Can't score, can't keep the puck out of they're own net.
While the Sharks appeared to be firing on all cylinders and looked like a team ready to seize a playoff spot in the NHL's tough Western Conference, the Canucks looked like a team with no direction.
Injuries on the back end to Tanev and Bieksa, and a Dan Hamhuis in the lineup who looks like he hasn't fully recovered from injury, have exposed the Canucks lack of depth on D. Even without any significant injuries up front, their lack of scoring depth throughout the forward lines is apparent. Without any significant secondary scoring threats through the line-up, it all falls on the top line of the Sedins with Vrbata; and when they're not going, the results are self-evident.
The Canucks, if they are going to threaten for a playoff spot and do anything at all meaningful should they get there,
While the Sharks appeared to be firing on all cylinders and looked like a team ready to seize a playoff spot in the NHL's tough Western Conference, the Canucks looked like a team with no direction.
Injuries on the back end to Tanev and Bieksa, and a Dan Hamhuis in the lineup who looks like he hasn't fully recovered from injury, have exposed the Canucks lack of depth on D. Even without any significant injuries up front, their lack of scoring depth throughout the forward lines is apparent. Without any significant secondary scoring threats through the line-up, it all falls on the top line of the Sedins with Vrbata; and when they're not going, the results are self-evident.
The Canucks, if they are going to threaten for a playoff spot and do anything at all meaningful should they get there,
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