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Another canuck rant
I don’t care that it was their 2nd game in as many nights. They played poorly as a team. They were ugly in so many facets of the game, it is difficult to figure out where to start. However, there were a few players that *really* outshone the others with their pathetic play.
Alex Auld was absolutely awful. He should have been pulled after the 3rd goal. The first and 3rd goals were absolutely atrocious - the goal by Isbister was absolutely unforgivable. Auld was just flailing around in the crease out of control. He should have had Dvorak's shot easily. Ditto with Hemsky on the last goal. A miserable effort by Auld.
Todd Bertuzzi was completely worthless on the ice. The Canucks would have been better off if he had been scratched. He just floated all night. Did ZIP. No intensity. Barely went in front of the net. Made terrible passes. Horrible. He did the same thing against Calgary. I am not kidding. He needs to give his head a shake. Were I the coach, I would bench his ass for a game.
Brendan Morrison can’t win a face off in the offensive zone to save his life. Not just last night, but for the past 2 months. One reason the PP is not scoring is that they are not getting set up BECAUSE MORRISON CANNOT WIN A FEWKING DRAW!!! Not to mention that the Big Line played with no heart or intensity tonite on the PP or on most nights for that matter.
Jovanoski also stunk. A wonderful -3 on the night sums up a lot of how he played. Giveaways. Missed assignments. I know folks have talked in the past (and this season) about Jovanoski winning a Norris Trophy. Total crap.
Slegr played decently early, though he is so offensively-minded that he makes too many stupid chances and plays lazy defense. I hope Salo comes back soon. Like tomorrow.
A few high notes…
Sedin line was the most dangerous line offensively. Had some nice chances and capitalized on one of them. I think they were credited with 12 of the Canucks 33 shots. They also looked more dangerous on the PP as a unit than the Big Line.
Nice to see Cooke back in the lineup. Shows a lot of guts to go up against Laraque and it was also good to see Allen backing him up.
May broke his goal/point scoring slump. Big deal.
Overall, the single most pathetic team performance of the season – topping the miserable win the Canucks got against the Kings in LA early in the season.
Crawford needs to ream a few new assholes as far as I'm concerned.
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