Comments on: Five Thoughts: The tables have turned… For now

By: lettercable

lettercable — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:53:01 +0000

I am a hockey fan. I was born and raised in Toronto and the Leafs are my team.

My two favourite players are Wayne Gretzgy and Bobby Orr for their sheer talent/hockey skills.

By: wheresdapuck

wheresdapuck — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:50:39 +0000

Cunucks coaching needs a little lesson – I saw 6 straight line changes in Period #2 where the Bruins were holding the Cunucks offense zone. As soon as the Cunucks cleared the puck, a line change, and once again the Cunucks were on their heels. The Cunucks needed to stay out there work magic in the Bruins zone instead of dump & line change. It looked pathetic! That’s just bad coaching…

By: crusty14

crusty14 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:20:24 +0000

Boo hoo hoo please mr. Ref tell them to stop they’re intimidating us!!! Lol

By: crusty14

crusty14 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:19:09 +0000

Lettercable, are you trying to say it’s the bruins who are doing all this mean nasty stuff you are talking about? Like Vancouver has never participated in a scrum after the whistle, given face washes, hacked anyone, bitten anyone,etc,etc . Give your head a shake! Both teams have participated in the extra curricular crap. It wouldn’t matter what two teams were there, that kind of stuff is going to happen! Vancouver fans are using this as a crutch as to why their team is faltering. You and Alain V should stop you’re whining and man up! Hockey is a physical game, stop yer crying!

By: lettercable

lettercable — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:10:40 +0000

The Canucks win when they are allowed to use their speed and passing skills at will. They excell at scoring on power plays. They also win when Luongo has his head in the right space. They don’t do very well in a fighting game.

The Bruins win when the referees let them intimidate the Canucks by not calling penalties.
They also are winning because their goalie is playing top notch hockey.

I hate the cheap shots coming from both the teams. The refs let these shots continue without punishing the guilty ones. I include the checking from behind, grabbing opponents sweaters when the refs aren’t looking, slashing the rear legs and upper arms where there is no padding, rubbing hockey gloves in opponents faces, cross checking from behind, using their none stop verbal agitating relentlessly, constantly using their hockey sticks as weapons.

By: tommytd

tommytd — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:30:43 +0000

At this point, I think ALL the pressure is on V. They must win Friday night. If Boston breaks serve tomorrow night, I think that’s gonna just about do it. I don’t see B losing at home when a home ice cup clinch is a possibility. Right now, B is the better team and I hope they’re rewarded with a championship…cause they’re certainly playing like champions!

By: crusty14

crusty14 — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:57:47 +0000

Vancouver should stop relying on their acting and diving techniques , it doesn’t seem to be working with the refs in this final round like it did for them in earlier rounds. Boston looks like they learned some things through the first two games and have adjusted things to repel the Canucks attack.

By: deepthreat

deepthreat — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:34:43 +0000

If you have been watching the games, you would know that they might want to concentrate on a few more things than getting the last change.

By: deepthreat

deepthreat — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:22:10 +0000

Vancouver played well the first two games and deserved the close wins, but I can’t see any way they can win in Boston.

That is a lot of pressure on a team when they have to play mistake-free to win every tight, hotly contested, physical game at home or they are done.

By: hystoracle

hystoracle — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:45:54 +0000

Game 5 is so huge for both teams. If Vancouver wins it goes 7. If Boston wins game 5 – Vancouver is done in 6. I’m seeing Boston in 6 at this point. Vancouver has no heart and no desperation in their game. Playing like a team that has already been defeated. Boston is playing hard, aggressive, with a lot of passion, will, and desperation. The biggest difference is Bruins have the better goaltender right now. And that could be the deciding factor.

By: tommytd

tommytd — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:29:43 +0000

Hey where are the Sedin sisters. My take: they’re just not gamers and they’re not used to playing in the bright lights. They folded their tent in the Chicago series and now it appears they’re folding their tent again!

By: govtminion

govtminion — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:06:53 +0000

Part of me is looking at this from a momentum standpoint as well. Vancouver, with last-change in the first two games, managed two one-goal victories- one with less than a minute remaining in the third, one in overtime. Both of those were VERY close games that could have just as easily gone the other direction with a lucky bounce.

Boston, with last-change in the last two games, absolutely throttled the Canucks. 4-0 doesn’t sound as jaw-dropping as 8-1, but the result is the same- Boston scored the goals they needed to score, and kept the Canucks from doing the same, all in convincing fashion.

What I take from this is that the Canucks were able to barely scrape away two wins, while the Bruins simply flattened the opposition in the next two. If the Bruins can take momentum from those two huge wins, last-change might not save Vancouver- after all, if the whole Bruins squad is as fired up as they have been the past two games, it doesn’t matter who you put on the ice- they’re all a pain in the butt to play against when they’re like this. And they still need to find a way to beat Thomas, who now has allowed five goals in four games of this series- they need more production quick, because Luongo is showing some disturbing holes in his game.

The difference between the two teams is shocking right now- and while it could just as easily shift back the other way in Game 5, it will require the Canucks to make some major changes and mental shifts.

By: warpstonebc

warpstonebc — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:35:17 +0000

#2 is key. Everything else aside, Vigneault was out-coached in Boston.

That being said, having last change seems to be the only thing that keeps this series tight. If the Canucks throw everything else in the wash and concentrate on this alone, the series goes the distance.

By: polegojim

polegojim — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:15:20 +0000

Winning two games 12-1 is impressive Boston, but winning on someone elses ice all the more so.

So far home ice rules – but the Stanley Cup Champs must prove they can win without the ‘edge’ of the last changes.