Nhl playoffs 2024 vancouver canucks vs nashville predators game 2 results in a split and even with the thatcher demko injury , elias pettersson has been a hot topic in vancouver since the contract extension but especially so far the stanley cup playoffs predators vs canucks first round series . There are some things we need to discuss including that open net miss, and we'll probably talk about jt miller quinn hughes casey desmith and others as this series will continue to be one of the nhl playoff highlights out of all. Nhl hockey today
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Did you watch the game? The nucks outplayed nashville significantly. They lacked a bit of execution and I think demko as well. But Vancouver dominated every measurable stat except for block shots… Because Vancouver was taking WAY more shots.
Same thing I was thinking as I was listening. Canucks outhustled and outmuscled Nashville pretty much all game.
Yes at one point shot attempt was 70 to 20 for the Canucks
He clearly didn’t watch the game but I suppose that wasn’t the point of the video
I completely agree with this
Yes, us Canucks fans are saying this contract is a bust... as we did shortly after JT Miller got signed, and look how that turned out. We also wanted Boeser and Garland traded. Our track record on this stuff isn't that great. 😂. Petey will be fine and return to form. Hopefully sooner than later.
But, you saying petey will be fine might lead to him not being fine, because like you said: our track record on this stuff isnt that great
Personally I never wanted boeser or garland traded. Garland is arguably top 3 on our team in just pure heart, determination and driving force for a line. You look at the combo of him and Joshua and you see that those two are dynamic together. Garland gets a lot of hate for his size and contract but imo is worth EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR of his contract. He’s one of those glue guys that you need in the playoffs. He can handle his own in scrums, can drive a line, can produce offence, is decent in defensive zone instances. Petey is a problem lately in all zones of the ice. Can’t hit the net or make the plays in the offense. Turns it over constantly in defense and neutral zone. And doesn’t know how to stay on his feet. Petey is a great player but if this is how he’s gonna play for the next 8 years the contract is going to age horribly.
@@J-jizzy_ 🤔
Speak for yourself
Yeah, and people said Loui Eriksson would score 40 goals playing with the twins. Olli Juolevi was supposed to be a star. Kuzmenko was given a new contract and tanked. It goes both ways and, right now, he looks like a big overpayment. Next year, there will be 4 players earning more money : Matthews MacKinnon McDavid Panarin. Elias Pettersson is nowhere near that calibre of player. He isn't even the best player on his own team. Nobody said Miller was gling to be a bust. They said that 8 million should have been spent on Horvat instead. And, yes, you are right, it was better to sign Miller (and trade Bo, but he hardly sucked this year in New York). Pettersson will be making as much as Miller plus Joshua plus Hoglander plus Suter. All have been more valuable so far. He needsto be downright heroic in this year's playoffs and put up 110 points next year to justify his contract.
In this series as a whole only a few goals have been scored. The real test is how Vancouver can play in Nashville. Our crowd is so loud and is such a big factor in our play style
Nashville only has a chance if Demko remains out
@@WoodlandCaribou I agree. I don’t like it but I agree. He’s an absolute beast of a keeper. Hope it’s not the same knee injury he had in the last half of the regular season
@@user-kj6vm2mx4s it is a different injury apparently
@@WoodlandCaribou and yet they had perfectly good chance in first game with Demko in goal.
@@WoodlandCaribou If Nashville plays it's best hockey and Vancouver has Demko back that's 2 elite tenders right there. Nashville is hungry and WILL not be an easy out especially if Juuse Saros is playing his best. Saros playing his best and Demko playing his best is an extremely elite battle of goaltenders. Coming from a Jets, Canes and Vegas fan.
That third period was different. Canucks absolutely owned us on o zone time and shot attempts. Preds had me holding my breath the entire 20 minutes.
I really dont get the "Nashville were just hungrier" argument. Watching that game imo the Canucks out performed almost the entire game and gave up 3 goals due to stupid mistakes and a momentum shift. It really looked to me like Vancouver was the hungrier, faster, more intense team and the preds just got some cheeky goals taking advantage of some bad positioning on Desmith, and a shit pass by petterson.
Honestly I just hope Vancouver pulls through. I would love nothing more than an all-Canadian Edmonton Oilers-Vancouver Canucks matchup with a guarantee that one of them moves on to the Western Conference Finals. Let's just hope whoever it is also moves on to the Finals, and all will be well. I would of course love it to be my Oilers, but if it is the Canucks who go all the way, I will support them. Unfortunately, I do not see how realistic this is due to Thatcher Demko's injury. I hope that it does, though, it would make me, an Oilers fan in the States, and a lot of people in Canada very happy.
Oilers would probably crush them. I also don’t think Vancouver can beat us (Colorado). In the end it’s gunna be us against you guys again probably. We are the best teams in the west for sure. I’ll definitely be rooting for oilers if we lose.
@@Southboundpachyderm barely past the 2nd game and your saying your teams the best... come on buddy, new to the nhl?
@@Southboundpachyderm Worry about getting past Winnipeg first, my dude.
@@donborvio yeah this is how I know you just looked at headlines and didn’t watch the game. The first game we scored 6 goals on a goalie who’s supposed to be the best in the league. That’s just unacceptable to have a 1 goal lead on us with how fucking bad gieorgiev was that night. Then the second game we fucking made him look silly and made our shitty goalie look like he’s the one that deserves that salary lol. Go watch the games before you chatter off.
Without Demko, we are absolutely cooked against the Oilers
I completely disagree with the assessment that the preds wanted this more. Nashvilles own sport talk guys are saying it looked like an entire 3rd period PP for the canucks. Vancouver out-hit, out-shot, severely out-shot attempted, had longer puck possession and generally carried the majority of the play. Buuuuuuuut, they were mentally unprepared for the Demko news and if we are being honest were beaten by the Vancouver Canucks before they were beaten by the Nashville Predators.
They beat themselves in that game not the Preds
Canucks top lines all need to start getting going. The Pressure was heavily in favor for Vancouver but just could not convert into goals last night.
As a Flames fan I've seen more than enough of Petterson. If the Nucks don't want him, trade him to us. Maybe I overrate him because he plays so well against our team, but I have no worries about whether he'd come through in the tough situations.
Other Canucks fans would trade EP40 for Kuzzy 1 for 1 rn 😭. It’s crazy how wack some of this fan base is…
Tocchet needs to stop messing up the lines. Get the lotto line together as your legitimate first line. He stumbled into a great second line to garland lindholm Joshua. Also get the Hughes minutes down a little. He’s just gassed and not as effective in the third. No way that can keep up if they make a run.
I don’t think he’s as good a coach as people think. Just PA gave him a good team to work with. He crushed Kuz’s confidence and now he’s grinding away at Petey’s confidence.
I think Vancouver’s biggest weakness is their lack of experience. Every other Western team has core members who have gotten at least as far as the western conference finals. Even the Kings still have players from their cup wins. Not saying that they can’t win, even with Demko out, but I question their ability to recover from mistakes, which is why I picked the preds to win. The test for Pettersson as a playoff performer is how quickly he can mentally get over last game imo
people just like to talk… it’s only been 2 games… you can’t expect anyone to score in every game they play lol
did you even watch the games ?
@@hotdogtimemachine2 yup, and no one would say anything if he scored… just because he isn’t right now, doesn’t mean much… if the series goes 7 games and he doesn’t get a point, then ok.
its been 2 games. chill tf out everyone
Petey looks like he needs to quit listening to Billie Eilish music.
Why tho? She is a great artist. Or are you just being edgy and female = bad?
@Omit1tulliportin they both look like they ran out of antidepressants and their dog got ran over.
@@Omit1tulliportin I think your projecting. I'm sorry I insulted your idol.
Great video!! Appreciate your time and work!!
This has been the case since the All Star Break, he just needs his confidence back, it’s not the playoffs for sure
Something is off in Peteyland and has been for a while. He's been flubbing a lot of plays for the past few weeks that he used to do magic with. It's all the little things, overskating the puck, mishandling even without pressure, overhandling the puck. He has the talent but it seems like he's living in his own head instead of feeling the game. He needs to snap out of it or he's going to be letting his teammates down when they need him the most.
He's trying to make the perfect shot and the perfect pass. Even on the net he missed, he was going bar in or bar down. Like you said, he hits those 99 times. Canuck fans know this guy can snipe, but he really needs to simplify his game and just shoot and one time his shots. He will eventually score.
People saying Nashville isn’t good is stating the obvious, stop taking credit away from what they did though. 30 shots blocked is huge. They have 3 forwards and 2.5 defensemen worth anything at all and the rest of the skaters may as well be AHL callups
all that potential that Petey has only for him to get in his own head if he figures it out that is scary
I had Vancouver going through in my bracket and it was reliant on Demko's goaltending. I'm not confident about Vancouver's chances without him
If Pettersson can figure it out I think they can do it if they get mediocre goaltending, but if Canucks continue to get the 0 points, -4 trigger shy and empty net missing Pettersson for the series without Demko the team is going to struggle for sure.
Nucks can’t get past the Preds. Preds were hot team after the All-Star break and Nucks were not. Without Demko they have no chance.
On Preds second goal, they can't give Forsberg that much time and space alone, he's way too good. Nucks need to tighten things up real fast or they will get shredded
I was there and when we were losing the crowd was so quiet also everyone was yelling at petterson lol
They canucks are a bonfire when they get the fire going; its just been hard for them to light it so far… Top lines HAVE to be better. We cant continue to have Garland and Joshua lead the team because frankly, we wont make it to the finals if thats the case. Everyone needs to be on their A game!
190k a week…..you can bet not one general manager would trade for him someone of ‘equal value’ like an Auston Mathews…. Would be career suicide
His confidence is shot right now. He gets down and second guesses himself. Hope he can snap out of it or we're done!
-------- Beast Mode - Former Canuck Ryan Kesler ------------ Kesler is widely viewed as instrumental in getting the Canucks past Nashville, their second-round opponent during the 2011 cup run. The two-way forward earned the nickname “Beast Mode” after racking up five goals and 11 points in the six games it took the team to down the Predators. “ We could beat you any way we wanted to. If you wanted to out-hit us we would out-hit you. If you wanted to skate us into the ground, we would skate you back. If you wanted to out-skill us, we are up for that, too ,” Kesler said of his 2011 teammates. ” ----------- “ It was a team that could win any way, and I feel like this team has a lot of similarities. “ -----------
canucks were the better team we just couldnt score :(
Thing is he's had a very poor last couple months not just the start of the playoffs. A lot of us were hoping the playoffs would wake him up but it's just been more of the same. I haven't written him off yet but the frustration has been from a lot more than just the last two games.
Guy held off on signing an extension the whole off season last year and start of the season this year. Soon as he inks a big deal, he forgot how to play hockey lol. I could have put the puck in that wide open net.. He's getting paid over 12m a year... You can't be performing worse than a 4th liner lol
honestly, seeing petey smile after missing the empty net kinda seems like a good thing
He has the most points by any player in a playoff in the swedish League taking over Peter Forsbergs spot so he has it in him
Hockey fans can be disappointing, particularly Canucks fans. This is Pettersson's first real look at the playoffs where the stage is a little bigger and the lights are a little brighter. He'll be fine, he's learning. This is NOT Vancouver's all-in year, this is Vancouver's first year of their contention window. Simple as that. What's more, anyone who watched that game should know that Vancouver was every bit in it from start to finish - they had something like 80+ shot attempts. Credit Nashville 100% for the solid game and insane shot blocking (and the Canucks wildly missing the net). This is looking like a great series, but it's not about who's hungrier. Also, Vancouver's PP has not looked dangerous, which can sink any team in a series.
It always feels so deflating when your starting goalie gets injured during the playoffs. Especially after we just got him back, too. DeSmith is still a good goaltender in his own right, but he just isn't Demko. If the Canucks play smart, they can still win this series, but I feel like it will be rockier. Hopefully Petterson can get going in game 3. Godspeed Canucks.
I've been wondering for months were pettersson is, ever since he stopped fighting for the scoring lead. Months ago...halfways through the season...
He has 9 points in 22 games against playoff teams (including these games against the Predators) since the All Star break. It’s one thing to be a ghost of a player in the playoffs but he was so horrendous on that third Nashville goal where he is actively harming the team because of his play.
i don’t think the predators were the hungrier team. watching the game canucks were in control of the puck the majority of the time. nashville did a great job eating pucks and disrupting lanes but they did not look like they were outworking vancouver
I’m saying they should have waited until after the playoffs to sign him. Let him prove he’s worth it
I feel bad for Demko. Getting injured at the beginning of the playoffs sucks, especially if the team that you’re playing on hasn’t been to the playoffs for a bit. This is coming from a preds fan. Yall probably have the series easily with demko in goal.
forsberg hitting lankinen?
Too many people saying Petey will be fine. The time is now not later. Petey is not fine and he needs to be way better if the canucks want to make a run.
we feel bad about him, just hope he comes back just some conifdence and start to make moves, feels like the trainer put him infront of the goile? pray hes coming back,
I don’t think he watches the games😭
EP40 hasn't been himself or played well since the All Star break. So many times he passed the puck instead of shooting, not skating, staying on the periphery, missing the net when he did shoot. He isn't built for playoff hockey - no toughness mentally or physically.
Nashville wasnt hungry at all, the first goal was a fluke floater that went in and outside of the forsberg goal which was all world, the canucks were out hitting and putting 80+ shots towards the net with nashville blocking 35 of them was the biggest factor. That was a coin flip game, just no luck.
You don’t block 30 shots if you’re not hungry
Petterson needs to fix his game
honestly i feel like there was a lot of misfortunate bounces for the canucks and they were dictating the play most of the game
Here's an idea. The Canucks upset the hockey Gods. We'll see how bad. Great Video!
I just hope for Canadian hockey's sake that Vancouver doesn't go back to their old ways of overpaying players and running out of cap space. I want more Canadian teams to do well.
feels like its already beginning, Petey got more then I believe he should have and Hronek is probably going to get an overpayment. I know people will argue till the cows come home but paying every player their complete maximum and maxing out your cap just leaves the team unable to have and or keep any quality depth and without that playoffs will be short
They paid Petey almost McDavid money and he ain’t anywhere near his level of performance. Not even Draisaitl. Even Pastrnak is paid less than Petey. What Canucks did was insane imo. They should have seriously considered preparation of moving him. Maybe get like 2-3 solid players back or something.
Disagree, the Canucks has been the better team 5 on 5 through most of the series so far. Special teams are really hurting the Canucks as their PP has been abysmal. It doesn't help one of the main components of that PP is Petey and he is holding that stick way too hard at the moment. He's struggling & the Canucks need him if they want to go far especially with Demko out.
yall need to chill, it’s a 7 game series for a reason
You nailed the Petey situation. Fans suck here.
Never liked pettersons game before the contract, and it’s compounded even more that he’s overpaid. He’s basically Marner in Toronto. Good when the physicality is low. Disappears when it’s high.
the pressure of the contract is weighing heavy on ep40, a contract he wanted to wait with until the end of season. and pressure is coming from all directions fans, media and management. to be honest i would like to say f u to alot of people. he need support,he don't need more pressure, he already has a lot on his plate! so give him the support instead! he needs it!
They should’ve waited until off season for doing the contract but seems Canucks management rushed it.
He’s no UberDough. It will be fine.
OK, Paused after 30 secs..You have good content but Nash was more determined !?! Did you watch the game!? Nucs dominated in chunks , Preds are prob still ice-packed up.
What more hungry Nashville had 12 shots. Not the team.
I’ve been saying this for 2 months and been called a “hater” by my fellow Canucks fan. This guy is playing like a bottom 6 forward and he’s the 5th highest paid player in the league…
Bo Horvat’s contract looking not so bad now. Maybe we should have resigned Bo and moved Petey for some other solid players.
He's a fraud. No guts, no mental fortitude. 12mil "superstars" don't disappear for months. It's not just two games. He's not a kid anymore. 6 seasons, 400+ games. Get your shit together.
buddy you clearly didn’t watch the game yesterday. Vancouver had 81 shot attempts and Nashville had like 25. Nashville scored 2 lucky goals. they were not “hungrier” than the Canucks. if our starting goalie played Nashville would’ve gotten their entire ass kicked.
Demko helps but canucks needed to be better
You don't watch a lot of Canucks, do you? He scored the quietest 89 points I have ever seen (one awesome road trip to the East Coast notwithstanding). Next year he is the 5th highest player in the league! Matthews, MacKinnon, McDavid, Panarin, EP....Are you kidding me? He is not even on the same planet as those guys. Is he 5th best? Not a chance. He is maybe top 30, at best. He is barely the third best player on his own team.
So many secondary assists in those 89.
I think EP has been dealing with an injury or something he hasn’t been himself for a little while now. Sometimes he doesn’t do himself any favours with his body language though, like if he got pissed after missing the net instead of falling to his knees people would see that he cares.
Me too. They are quiet about it. Maybe a wrist or shoulder since he isn't shooting and avoids the boards
all his hats and helmets are way too wide for his head 2:09
Everyone was trashing him at the game. Watching him makes me so frustrated. There are so many plays where he could have made more of an effort. He’s so slow on the power play when Hughes is bringing it up and he’s supposed to be the guy behind to take the drop pass, he’s too far back and the defense gets enough time to reposition. I just don’t see any confidence coming from him. He’s passing when he has space. Forcing bad shots, and not taking the shot when it’s open. This even led to a goal yesterday, puck is out of the zone and he throws it back in for an interception and preds score. That’s not what you want to see from someone who will make 12m. I’m just seeing so many bad habits.
His head isn't in the game.
@@bakikountwa2192 no it’s not. He’s got the yips or something. He’s not skating hard, he’s taking big turns instead of stopping and taking off. Passing when he has open space. So bad.
Petey lost his confidence and scared to shoot the puck now
Kuzmenko would have scored that
Predators playing style is not sustainable. I would imagine their body’s are bruised up and in pain. Pettersson and the powerplay both need to be better. Canucks are still the better team too, gutsy win by the Predators though.
11 million dollar dud
You're making the mistake a lot of People have, you can't count the "Bubble playoffs", it's simply not the same without the fans.
the contract seemed to put even more pressure on him after he was already struggling with "outside noise"....this kid is good but he does not create space and take over games like he used to. Is he hiding an injury? Something could be up..but you're right, his confidence needs to increase for him to be a factor. Our depth is carrying us right now. Also, let's be honest....we really need Demko.
Yesterday was a good day for us preds fans. Theres a chance!
He is just snake bit. He'll be fine. Fans are so dumb. Please trade him to the Stars for a bucket of pucks. We'll take him.
Most of what i see online as a canucks fan is fans whining
Petterson is acting like a little child, he doesn’t need to ask the coach how to be better player, dudes a grown ass man, he seemed to be fine signing a huge contract, suddenly he’s a ghost! When he does have the puck he looks like a rookie, he doesn’t know what to do with it.
I never thought DeSmith was gonna win the Canucks the game. He isn’t that good imo. He isn’t consistent
Canucks just basically threw in the towel playing DeSmith. Like what did they think was gonna happen? Should’ve rolled the dice and played the youngster Silovs…
Maybe its allergies :)
Petey is lazy. He doesn't move his feet, gives up after a bad play, and creates a ton of turn-overs. Highest paid disappointment on the Canucks. He's not worth 11.6M.
Are they well coached though?
I would love some more VGK content, but even when it's not the knights your talking about, I still love your content
our top guys need to get fucking going, jt miller has been decent, petey has been complete ass and boeser needs to get a move on, we are relying so much on our bottom 6 guys, and our power play is just fucking dogshit, how do you go 0-5 managing 2 shots a pp. thats fucking stupid.
Can’t even single out Pettersson bc that’s not fair. Plenty of Canucks players had grade A chances and missed. Dakota Joshua for example almost tapped it in but hit the post
Joshua doesn’t make 11.6 million
imagine not knowing that casper is a racist term for blacks, then using that term towards an aryan man.
Mark stone has no honor
It's only two games people say, bah humbug , with Pettersgon it's been ever since he signed an 11 million dollar contract .some of you sound like Biden backers the way you make excusses for the dud
first ez.
atleast watch the video
he's been bad for 3 months, enough with these excuses...
He's been dogwater since getting overpaid
He’s just soooooo wimpy
god these youtube commentary channels really make me wonder if all hockey fans are this gay
Demko is not reliable. He cannot handle 40-50 games a year and playoffs and stay healthy. Luckily his cap hit is only $5m but you need to spend almost the same on a reliable backup.
They outplayed Nashville terribly lol
Canucks are always playoff failures. How much does Petey make now, and he's been a ghost.
I do feel like if Vancouver can’t slam this series home in 5 Nashville is going to win. Nashville plays a better long game. The canucks always have like 2 good periods and then they just give up as soon as momentum shifts
They outplayed Nashville badly each period last night. what are you talking about?
@@davidfarr966 they lost. And no they didn’t outplay them. Nashville came out right away and put a goal in. Don’t be a blind homer. It’s okay to admit your team isn’t perfect. I like the canucks too. But there was no announcer or anyone last night who thought the canucks played their best. They didn’t. They took a bunch of dumb fucking penalties on top of it too.
@@Southboundpachyderm they had significantly less scoring chances, ozone time etc. desmith let in a stinker to start; the Canucks didn’t finish some easyish opportunities. Hockey is a high variability sport, sometimes you outplay the opponent and lose. Again you don’t know what you’re talking about