Sunday, at home vs. Columbus.

Luongo vs. Mason.

That will be fun.

Posted by SENShobo from Waterloo, ON on 01/16/09 at 03:24 PM ET

I do believe in the comment that this is the “perfect storm”. Its too much to pinpoint on one thing. Its take a number of games to be this bad, so it likely started with the Sundin distraction. And imagine, Sundin chose the Canucks because he figured he would be less a distraction than if he went to New York. Interesting. Not his fault, but the entire markets fault. Honestly, its playing at home that is the problem right now. They need the road badly. I think if you isoloate Bieksa’s play, its comical to see the decisions he makes with the puck. Completely terrible contract by Nonis. Horrible. He’s only one player, but face it, he’s on the ice a lot and certainly he doesn’t make good decisions with the puck.

Posted by n64 emulator from Vancouver on 01/16/09 at 03:36 PM ET

MAN plain and simple.... THE CANUCKS HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE!!~ In all honesty, im a die hard canuck fan, we can lose 10-1 and I will still finiish watch the game and still cheer when we score that LONE goal!  But for me, it is all about the effort and perseverance to play the game.  What I saw on the ice last night was not the Vancouver Canucks, it wasn’t even the manitoba moose, it was more like a midget peewee hockey team that was so uncoordinated that all they did was give up the puck.  There was no concerted effort by the team to do anything and Lu was left out to dry on many occassions. 
Its been a long time since my eyes started bleeding from watching a hockey game.  What a ugly game, although the same can be said for that NJ Devils game the game before.  I swear i thought it was groundhogs day when they scored that first goal at the same time as the NJ game.  The Canucks need to step up their level of effort, cause as a fan, I am certainly not satisfied and will not pay to watch this garbage.

Posted by Luongo-is-my-hero on 01/16/09 at 03:39 PM ET

If we cant beat the Jackets and the Sharks, the logical thing to do is fire Vigneault.
Lou is back and definetly rusty, Sundin has a handful of games under his belt, and the only good thing about the team it seems is the hard work game in and game out of that #3 checking line.
Hansen needs to be called back up, he worked his tail off for many games and its too bad he was sent down to Winnipeg.

The line changing and juggling is pathetic and its obvious that he has been tuned out by his players, because that was a piss poor effort last night, pathetic.

Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 01/16/09 at 05:05 PM ET

Thanks for the quotes - they made my day! Honestly, it was painful in the stands last night and tuesday. One can’t help but think of last year down the stretch.

Vinny’s line changes and various scratches have made me wonder what the heck he’s doing? Scratching Hanson and Brown on Tuesday and putting in Hordichuk/Pyatt in a game against a speedy NJ team....I just don’t get it?? Is the coaching staff even watching tapes of other teams?

Sure the team is overthinking every single play, Lou isn’t in game form yet but this does not excuse the strange line combos and coaching of simple skills such as “how to get the puck safely in the zone without a turnover” or “what to do instead of trying to pass along the boards every single frickin’ time”. The coaching staff needs to see these things and correct them. If not, they need to find someone who can.

Posted by TriniD from VanC on 01/16/09 at 05:35 PM ET

puckhound61: hansen has been back for the last couple of games.  He was sent down for one game and then he was recalled immediately.  If you were watching the game yesterday you would have seen him

Posted by Luongo-is-my-hero on 01/16/09 at 05:36 PM ET

Thanks LIMH

I only saw about 2 minutes of the middle of the 2nd period last night, and what I saw I was hard too watch, so I went to bed, had to work in this damn cold weather again for a day and its tough staying awake for those late games.
What I did see I didnt see Hansen so I didnt know he was called back up, thats good....

the run down of last nights game that I have got from most friends who saw it isnt pretty, at all, so maybe its a good thing I missed most of it.

Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 01/16/09 at 09:27 PM ET

Its certainly not “pretty” hockey, thats for sure. The players look tired, theyre not moving their feet enough. Too much puck watching too, leaving the opposition unmarked. I cant single 1 player that has not been at fault, they all look bored and de-motivated. The bootom line is why? What are all the coaching staff doing about it? They have tried line changes, that hasnt worked. Im sure Gillis hass dressed down his coaching staff in a big way, which will have filtered down to the players. That has not worked.
Time for Gillis to get in the dressing down and have a few words direct with the players? Worth a try for sure.
We were starting to slide even before Sundin arrived. Sundins arrival should have taken some pressure off the lines to score more goals, but its had the opposite effect. Its caused palyers to back off the gas pedal. Its as if they see Sundin as the only person that can score. Now where has that meantality come from? Players themselves or coaches?

Gillis, Im sure, has a plan up his sleeve for a new coach. I must say I wasnt too sure of him when he arrived, but so far he has impreesed me with his conduct and the way hes gone about business. He will have made inquiries into a replacement, if it comes to that.
Whats better? A coach that has possibly lost the faith of his team or no coach at all?

The answer?
On ice there isnt an awfull lot we can do. thats down to the “mind set” of the palyers, coaches and management.

As fans, its simple. We can comment all we want, in a constructive way.
But above all, KEEP SUPPORTING the team we love.

Posted by steve-uk from Paisley, Scotland UK on 01/17/09 at 10:55 AM ET