2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

[ZebraRampage]

Flyers win game 2 with a score of 8-5. That's two road wins to start the series! Giroux had 6 points with 3 goals(one empty netter) and 3 assists. And Couturier had 4 points with 3 goals and an assist. They were his first playoff goals. They also had to come back from a 2-0 deficit in the first period, just like in the first game as well. I had no clue that they could pass the way they did.

[Typhoid]

I suppose this is why it's best-of-seven. I take solace in that for now.

[Bond]

So how much of this is attributable to D. Sedin's absence?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Bond

So how much of this is attributable to D. Sedin's absence?

I'd say a lot of the lack of offensive pressure is definitely because of that. There was one specific moment where you could easily notice Daniel missing; when Henrik was skating back and forth behind the net 2 or 3 times. It was like he was just waiting for Daniel to get open. Even looking on the ice you could see the giant hole where Daniel would have been.

As for the defensive end; they're just eating a whole lotta poop. I don't know what's up with Edler, but he's making bad plays, and not hitting at all.


The one thing that frustrates me most about the Canucks right now is that they have the one play where the D skates it up, drops it back, and they pass it up to the opposite wing and then dump it in - or pass back across the blue line - but every team has gotten wise to it by now. It's a great play and it works - but not when it's all you do every time.

It's like they're playing the game from a playbook, and not thinking for themselves when they're out there. They're just going through the motions. Even if they could see the mistake coming, they'd make that shitty intercepted pass, or they'd dump it in when there was no pressure - because that's what the play called for. I say they need to scrap that, and play by creativity again. Play by the flow of the game, rather than the drills you run in practice.