Canucks Vs Blues Post Game

Canucks 3 Blues 2

Well I hope everyone liked my intermission thoughts from the last blog. Like I said in that blog, those thoughts are a lot more emotional than normal because I don't sit back and think about the game. This blog will be what happens when I have time to think about the game and not wish I was playing.

Let's be honest the Twins did not have a good game. Bad penalties and no passing. They are still tops in the league in points so lets give them a break. One regular season game off is not that big of a deal and the team still won.

Why did the team win? Hard work.

Hard work, starting with Schneider in goal. The team was clearly lead by their goalie, he made big saves early when the start wasn't really great again and then he saved the game when the Blues started getting hot in the 2nd. It's great to have a goalie like Schneider this season backing up Luongo and I am very excited to see him keep getting games this year and increasing his value for when the team eventually trades him.

Hard work by the bottom six players. Torres was getting hits all over the ice. I mentioned this in the last blog during the game. His hits were great and really sparked the team. Malhotra and Hansen are running around creating good chances and playing good D. The fourth line with Hodgson in the lineup will need to be tweaked come deadline, however I do not think it needs to be Hodgson. Hodgson brings an element to the fourth line that the team has never had. He is reliable in his own end and creative offensively. His play creates room for Glass and Oreskovich. Oreskovich however is the guy I think will be sent back down to the Moose with another bottom six guy joining the wing. Glass had a great game with a good early fight and a nice pass on Salo's goal.

Hard work by the defense. Guys like Hamhuis and Ballard working hard to get back into shape and Sami Salo getting back to his normal big shot and good defensive play.

It's pretty obvious this team has the skill to win any game, but they still need to bring HARD WORK every night. They will win lots of games when the bottom six guys are big contributors.

Check in soon for Pre game.

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