The Official 2020-2021 Season Talk Thread

[Majingir]

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Lol Canucks.

On Tuesday they're down 4-2 after 2, Toffoli and Anderson each with 2 goals against them.

Today, down 5-2 after 2. Matthews and Spezza each with 2 goals against them.

Toffoli had 8 goals in 5 games so far vs them. Wonder how many Matthews will have.

Edit-Spezza with his 8th career hat trick against his 8th different opponent, his first in 5 years!

And now theres another fight in the north division! Canucks get upset at a big Simmonds hit (it was a 1 armed version of what Canucks did earlier, except this time the Canucks guy got up instantly).

[DrJones]

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2 more games in Toronto followed by 4 against Markstrom and the Flames.

Aquilini can't allow Benning to fire/hire a 3rd coach, can he?

...can he?

[Majingir]

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Matthews on pace for his career high mark of 47 goals....in this 56 game season!

Would've had 50 last year if they played the full season, and would probably have 50 this season too with a full year.

I think if he plays 70 games every season he's getting at least 40 goals.

2 more games in Toronto followed by 4 against Markstrom and the Flames.



Aquilini can't allow Benning to fire/hire a 3rd coach, can he?



...can he?

Anything is possible with the Canucks.

[DrJones]

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My word, the Canucks are awful.

I'm just gonna re-quote this once every week or so.

[bhurst99]

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Eighth time in 14 games the Canucks have allowed five or more goals. Some of the defensive coverage tonight was atrocious.

[Majingir]

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I'm just gonna re-quote this once every week or so.

That should just be their seasons motto

[DrJones]

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That should just be their seasons motto

Oh, I'm sure it'll stick well beyond this season.

[Majingir]

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Oh, I'm sure it'll stick well beyond this season.

Its 2021, you cant keep the same motto year after year, you need to market things differently to sell merch.

This year its "The Canucks are awful".

Next year it could be "The Canucks are horrible"

Eventually it could just be "Canucks, they suck"

[Majingir]

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Given everything happening around the league, I wonder if they'll consider bubbles again. At the very least, maybe go back to a plan they had months ago. Each division has 2 cities teams travel between and that's it.

The north fortunately has been ok compared to the rest, but something needs to be done to improve things. During the playoffs the NHL was arguably the best of the big 4 leagues at managing the health and safety of everyone. Now it seems like they've had more games postponed than the NBA and maybe even the MLB.

Canucks have played 14 games. Panthers and Vegas has played 7. Is the league going to be able to make up so many games when we've already had so many postponed not even at the quarter point of the season?

[nikethebike]

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Given everything happening around the league, I wonder if they'll consider bubbles again. At the very least, maybe go back to a plan they had months ago. Each division has 2 cities teams travel between and that's it.

The north fortunately has been ok compared to the rest, but something needs to be done to improve things. During the playoffs the NHL was arguably the best of the big 4 leagues at managing the health and safety of everyone. Now it seems like they've had more games postponed than the NBA and maybe even the MLB.

Canucks have played 14 games. Panthers and Vegas has played 7. Is the league going to be able to make up so many games when we've already had so many postponed not even at the quarter point of the season?

Some teams will have a lot of rest before the playoffs while the others catch up. Or they will use the point avg again.

[Majingir]

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Some teams will have a lot of rest before the playoffs while the others catch up. Or they will use the point avg again.

One thing the league just announced is to push up games which were scheduled for later in the season to happen this month, while the games postponed are being played later on in the season.

The playoffs really could just come down to whoever is most rested. Especially if some teams finish the season with a normal schedule while others have lots of games to finish it out.

[Majingir]

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"Toffoli has 8 goals in 5 games vs the Canucks!"

Matthews: Hold my beer.

4 goals in 2 games!

[DrJones]

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My word, the Canucks are awful.

"How long? How long must we sing this song?"

[Majingir]

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Oilers vs Flames for the first time since

https://youtu.be/La9bD9xsUR8

[Kobalt]

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A lot of guys on the North division is going to get career high numbers because none of those teams play any defense.