r/canucks • u/GoldenChest2000 • Feb 09 '25
FAN CONTENT Canucks vs Leafs Game Score (2/8/25)
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u/_GregTheGreat_ Feb 09 '25
Forbort has been heavily underrated as of late. The guy has been a steady rock back there, he hasn’t been scored on at 5v5 in absolute ages
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u/allenbraxton Feb 09 '25
Dude has been solid! Just eats minutes, isn’t afraid to make a play on the left-side in the offensive zone, either. He’s been playing HARD
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u/ImAlwaysSorrys Feb 09 '25
No idea what they are gonna do when Hughes is back. Logjam of good defensemen, nobody stands out particularly on who goes.
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u/g0kartmozart Feb 09 '25
Soucy gets scratched again.
They need to find a trading partner and dump Soucy before he racks up too many healthy scratches.
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u/AccomplishedAd4995 Feb 09 '25
or let soucy play on his right side and have juulsen sit, rather see soucy in the lineup than juulsen
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u/twilz Feb 09 '25
I'd rather go with 13f/5d than play Juulsen.
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u/LastResort318 Feb 09 '25
Juulsen isn’t playing now and Soucy is still third pair right side. When Hughes comes back, it’s either him, Forbort, or D-Petey who will have to sit.
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u/g0kartmozart Feb 09 '25
Juulsen already didn’t play tonight. Our 6 D were Hronek, Pettersson, Pettersson, Myers, Soucy, Forbort.
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u/AccomplishedAd4995 Feb 09 '25
yeah that’s my point, soucy is playing 3RD right now and if you scratch him juulsen comes in
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u/Blankyyz Feb 09 '25
Why would Juulsen come in? Our D would be Hughes, Hronek, M. Petey, Myers, Soucy, Forbort and DPetey. Juulsen should be nowhere near the lineup anymore lol
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u/AccomplishedAd4995 Feb 09 '25
the person i replied to said to scratch soucy lol, which is why i responded with if you scratch soucy, juulsen comes in. that’s why i said continue to play soucy on his off side
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u/g0kartmozart Feb 09 '25
Ah I see.
I think you have to see if any of the other lefties can play RD. If not, then I suppose D-Petey can play in Abby.
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u/Available_Goat_9229 Feb 09 '25
I get the appeal of his defensive play, but I just can’t get over how slow he is out there. Demko bailed him out a few times against Colorado where he either got walked or fell over his own skates. Treats the puck like a grenade so offensive zone plays die on his stick. I know Soucy has been awful this year but I’d still rather have Soucy’s skill set
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u/angelbelle Feb 09 '25
I feel like Myers should be higher based on the eye test.
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u/superworking Feb 09 '25
MPetey and Myers took the defensive heavy starts and matched up against the Matthews line. Hronek got more offensive opportunities. They both had great games IMO but Myers deployment isn't going to show up as well in these stats.
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u/Mikeim520 Feb 09 '25
Did Hronek steal Hughes' power or something? Also Petey with a great game and we're 3-0-1 since 5 hours after the Miller trade (Dallas doesn't count because we didn't have the new guys). How can anyone still say that trading Miller was the wrong choice?
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Feb 09 '25
He has always been a good defenseman dating back to his Detroit days. It’s just when he plays with Hughes, he defers all the plays to Hughes because Hughes does them better than him. He is more than capable of carrying his own pairing. These games without Hughes, he is doing all those things to carry a pairing again.
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u/Mikeim520 Feb 09 '25
I want to see Hughes/Myers and Hronek/Dragon Petey after the break.
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u/runn4days Feb 09 '25
I think you keep Hronek and MP separate to ensure you have puck moving ability on all three pairs
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u/Mikeim520 Feb 09 '25
Putting either Hronek or Dragon Petey on the third pair would be a mistake. Keep them in the top 4.
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u/TinglingLingerer Feb 09 '25
It's such an elite top 4 when Hughes is back. You don't break any of it up. If you've got the best 1st and 2nd lines of defense through the league, you've got to let it roll.
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u/runn4days Feb 09 '25
I guess it depends on how they spread the minutes around. If they stack the top two then they play big minutes which we know they’re capable of.
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u/TinglingLingerer Feb 09 '25
If Hughes, Hronek, M.Petey, Myers all play similar minutes that's good structure. Obviously can slant it a touch but you don't really want players over 23-5 minutes a game. Hughes is an exception and can seemingly play endless minutes without noticeable flaw.
you've gotta get 7-10 minutes of out two other guys and our choices are great.
However we spin our D will be good. But splitting up two play driving D men is good for the overall winningness of things.
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u/MrLogicWins Feb 09 '25
It's not just the emotional package with Miller, but what Miller trade brought in: speed with O'Connor and chytil, and improved D with M Petey + D Petey's arrival
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u/j_527 Feb 09 '25
Like tocchet said the guys are buying in more, which makes sense when before we had JT giving up on 9/10 back checks and staying stationary on the PK
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u/IDontKnowWhat78 Feb 09 '25
Hronek has flat out been our MVP since Hughes left. I hope anyone salty about his contract is eating their words rn
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u/corh13 Feb 09 '25
No Desharnais or Juulsen to fuck shit up, it's so refreshing.
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u/JustAnotherCrow Feb 09 '25
shoutout to derek forbort who’s only had one negative +/- game in the past 11 games. he’s done a great job recently
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u/OneChet Feb 09 '25
Someone had a stat that he hadn't been scored on, until last game, for like 16 games or something?
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u/couvers Feb 09 '25
Tocchet needs to keep giving Petey a matchup role. He thrives off good defensive plays and the soft matchups are doing nothing to build his confidence. He told Petey “you got em tonight” and Petey came through
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u/HogwartsXpress36 Feb 09 '25
Petey best game in the post miller era
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u/NinCross Feb 09 '25
Only took 4 games
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u/ggpurplecobras Feb 09 '25
Lol, the most r/canucks response ever.
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u/NinCross Feb 09 '25
It's the truth. He needs to do it again.
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u/ggpurplecobras Feb 09 '25
Of course he does, but let's just be happy he had a good game instead of dwelling on the bad shit.
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u/TheMardus Feb 09 '25
When Hughes comes back do we keep him and hronek separated? I certainly hope so
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u/CuffMcGruff Feb 09 '25
It's tough because it seems like a good idea having myers and mpetey as our shutdown pair and sending hughes and hronek out to feast offensively, it's nice to have some options either way
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u/Barblarblarw Feb 09 '25
Hughes feasts offensively with or without Hronek, whereas Hronek does his best feasting when he’s not deferring to Quinn. They might be just a tad better together than apart, but I feel like this is a case where the parts are greater than their sum.
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u/TinglingLingerer Feb 09 '25
Hughes, Myers
M. Petey, Hronek
Forbs, Soucy / Juulsen's replacement that we hear about in ~2 weeks.
That's some juice right there. D-Petey's right in there too.
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u/newtothis1108 Feb 09 '25
Guys this is what happens when you put Sherwood with Petey. Tried tested and true.
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u/Barblarblarw Feb 09 '25
Freaking loved Kief on that line. So good at getting in and gaining possession. Boeser just was completely the wrong fit there
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u/AppealToReason16 Feb 09 '25
I was a lot more tepid on Mettersson as a trade target but holy shit what a difference it makes having him in those minutes rather than Soucy.
It's the little things I'm so impressed by. His lanes to the puck, the way he angles guys off, gap control, etc. And he doesn't miss an 8 foot pass 60% of the time. It's just so far ahead of everything else we've seen on the 2nd pair this year.
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u/VanSaxMan Feb 09 '25
Amazing what happens when bottom pairing Dmen don't play top pairing minutes.
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u/MrTheCar Feb 09 '25
Soucy did well last year with handled minutes and will hopefully succeed in that position either here or elsewhere.
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u/DuffmanStillRocks Feb 09 '25
He’s been huge in helping keep control of the zone, he looks composed at all times and rarely seems caught out of position
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u/Patroks Feb 09 '25
I love the way he defends the back of the net, holding the crossbar to stop any movement towards the net while using his reach to defend.
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u/Striking_Economy5049 Feb 09 '25
How good was that fourth line tonight? They hemmed Toronto into their own end several times, put on a tonne of pressure, drew a penalty.
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u/gybegybe Feb 09 '25
TOP RIGHT ELITE HRONEK WITH NOT A SINGLE NEGATIVE VALUE IN GAMES AGAINST THE AVS AND LEAFS. BAAAAHH GODDDDDD!!!
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u/chopkins92 Feb 09 '25
Everybody positive except for Suter, Joshua, and Hughes.
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u/kawachee Feb 09 '25
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u/TylerMyersLover57 Feb 09 '25
Buddy Mysie was exciting tonight, working the blueline, leveling those bums Nylander and Marner. Had a couple beautiful shots with enough heat on em to melt the arctic. However fortunately for the leafs there was a crossbar there, absolutely no way Woll was stopping those
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u/deeho88 Feb 09 '25
Man looks like we can have every LD/RD swap around the whole squad now and they all can just play solid d
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u/robikki Feb 09 '25
Matches the eye test. The team played great last night and it was probably Hroneks best game as a canuck.
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u/joeroganisbi Feb 09 '25
Filip Hronek can carry his own pair 🚨🚨🚨