Photo by Joe Nicholson /USA TODAY Sports The puck stops here Thatcher Demko won three of his first six starts last season — yet had career-high numbers by the time the campaign ended. The Canucks now need Demko to be as good as he was in the rest of 2021-22 to turn this season around. The most encouraging aspect is his ability to re-set, relearn and reflect while cutting to the performance chase. “The game doesn’t really change, I’m just trying to do the same stuff I’m doing — nothing has really changed from last year, ” was his short summation Wednesday in taking the heat as the last line of defence. “We just have to take it one day at a time here and be ready to go tomorrow (Thursday in Seattle).
Pairings looking likeOEL-MyersRathbone-BurroughsBrisebois-SchennJuulsen— Brendan Batchelor (@BatchHockey) October 26, 2022 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. At the Canucks’ morning skate in Seattle, both Conor Garland and Elias Pettersson were absent, but Boudreau has taken to saying his morning skates are optional so there doesn’t seem anything to read into their absences. Thatcher Demko will start Thursday. Whether Spencer Martin will start Friday vs. Pittsburgh, Boudreau would only say all their lineup and goaltending decisions are “on a daily basis right now.
“I’m the general manager and I’m as responsible as the coaching staff and the players, ” said Allvin. “I see the hard work the coaching staff is putting in and my job is to look at options to make us better. ” Here’s what else Allvin had to say. Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko (35) blocks a shot by Seattle Kraken right wing Oliver Bjorkstrand (22) during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena in late October.
If we get the puck out and get the puck in and we defend really well then we can have success, ” he said. The Stats Picture The Kraken are 3-3-2 and are maybe a bit unlucky to not have a better record. For one, they’ve been doing a good job at creating scoring chances and also doing a good job defending in their own end. Here’s how HockeyViz. com has their shots-for data.
The red areas are where they’re above league average: Lots of shots from the prime shooting areas. Here’s their defence. Blue means below league average and when you’re defending that’s a good thing: On the other hand, here are the Canucks, whose 5 on 5 offence started off well but has slumped in the last two games, leaving them below average for the time being: This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. And here’s the defence, which still isn’t great but has actually seen some improvements of late. Vancouver Canucks GM Patrik Allvin at the hockey club’s head office in Vancouver, BC Friday, April 1, 2022. (Photo by Jason Payne/ PNG) Photo by Jason Payne /PNG Allvin addresses media Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin addressed the local media Wednesday morning and, amid a myriad of topics — including the status of coach Bruce Boudreau, rebuild versus retool, Bo Horvat and where the winless club needs to improve — he preached patience and took some ownership.
It means they’re dressing Jack Rathbone, who started the season as the seventh defenceman, and Guillaume Brisebois, who started the year in the AHL. They also Noah Juulsen around as an option. They have loads of NHL experience in Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Tyler Myers and Luke Schenn, plus Kyle Burroughs, who spent all last season in the NHL and has been a quiet good story for the Canucks this year. Still, it’s not exactly how the Canucks had planned their lineup. “We’re not going to make them better in a week, ” Boudreau admitted of testing the organization’s depth.
North Van’s Martin Jones will start for the Kraken. Fun fact: if the Canucks lose the next game, they’ll have a longer winless streak to start the season than any Vancouver Grizzlies season— Wyatt Arndt (@TheStanchion) October 25, 2022 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Taped-together defence corps Boudreau is putting a defence corps out that’s missing Quinn Hughes, Travis Dermott, Riley Stillman and Tucker Poolman.
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