XXXIV wrote:AWESOME!
Enjoy!
Thanks. I did. When the only blueline name you recognize is Alex Edler and maybe depth man B. Bartkowsky, the depleted Canucks team looked ready for some beating at the hands of the Oilers a team that has been improving this season. With practically half of the team nursing injuries, things could have gone sideways, fast, but they woke up in the second period after trailing 0-1 and started to play much better. Despite the low scoring affair, it was a non-stop north south action game that hit its pinnacle in OT with the 3 on 3.
And just as when we reminded each other of Canucks' frugality in the OT games, it finally happened. On the eight try of pond hockey J.Hansen who five minutes earlier was cut badly when he hit some heavy metal crossbar, beat Talbot with a slapper which included an assist from J. Markstrom. (Miller's back up).
The schedule has been brutal for this team, but they finally will be home for the the next 10 days with a more friendly home schedule for the second half of the season.
At this juncture of the season it matters to me more that they compete, even with everyone healthy this team is just good enough to fight for the final spot in the playoffs and that's pretty much it.
But as it is today, they only have one line going that may get the opponents' attention.
