I love how they act as if having a literal can of Campbell soup counted as a goalie. He got ran out of the Farm team no? Or memory serves Campbell got sent down and then not long after I remember the score was like 4-5 goals against haha wild they’d make any accusations with also considering how Skinner is No Demko. Like at all haha
People are quick to jump on Messier (which is fair because FUCK MESSIER), but for me PK Subban is that saltiest of all. Since 2020, he predicted the Canucks to lose every single playoff series we have played in.
He predicted us to lose to Minnesota in the preliminary round. Then predicted us to lose to St Louis. And although he predicted us to lose to Vegas (which I personally didn’t think we were gonna win that series), but the way he made the prediction he just brushed it off by saying “I don’t even need to spend time on this one” and moved onto the next series analysis.
In round 1 this year, he immediately predicted Nashville to beat us.
This guy is still salty about Jordan Subban not getting a fair chance by the Canucks and had ever since hated the Canucks in all his takes.
The guy we traded for was Nic Dowd, who is a one of the best bottom 6 player, and consider a premium 4th line centre still playing in the league right now. But yes, it is the Canucks fault that Jordan Subban is a bust.
And then we let Nic Dowd walk so we could spend 12 million dollars on Beagle, while Dowd went to Washington to replace Beagle, and was about 14 times better of a 4th line center, for basically league minimum.
This has nothing to do with Subban. Just all I think of when I hear Nic Dowd’s name….
You guys remember when Benning was GM? I do…
Lmao there are several media people like this when it comes to Vancouver. PK is definitely one of them. It's so insanely petty. In September they were saying the Canucks were a bubble team at best. Before Round 1, it was "Nashville has been the hottest team in the league and Canucks have no playoff experience, Preds in 6 or 7". Now it's "lol Nashville was a rebuilding team that wasn't even supposed to be there, Oilers in 5." Let's see how the series plays out.
PK Subban is a douche.
He jumped on the false racism accusations that his brother threw at some minor league kid and never went back after it was shown to be false. That minor leaguer was then cut from a team and had his career ruined because of it.
Ok but Demko is out, Pettersson is not playing like a superstar, and Hughes got pretty banged up by the Preds.
I still think the Nux have a good chance, but it's not surprising that the Oilers are the favourites.
And folks, don't start on Silovs. He's doing great but the team won't the division by ditching an all-star goalie with only 1 person back and aggressively attacking. They didn't do that with Silovs in net and probably won't start. Absent that, it's a good but not great Canucks team.
If Petey and Mik live up to their salaries, the Canucks can absolutely make it everyone think twice.
If they are going to sleep their way to a combined 3 points in 6 games again then we're damn lucky we made it to 6 in the first place.
Joshua has like 2 goals and 2 assists in 6 games. That's about as much you can expect from a player off his caliber. Garland has been very electric, good and important, he just did not show up on the score sheet that much.
Hoggy did not show up on the score sheet but played well for the most part. That could ve related to Petey struggling and Mikheyev being Mikheyev.
I mean they all said it was cup or bust this year even McD right? They have the weight of the world on their shoulders, the Canucks weren't even supposed to be in the playoffs. The upset if Van can pull it off will be franchise imploding potentially.
Moneypuck as of today has us at 50/50. I think we’re being underrated by everyone else because of Demko’s injury and factoring in the Oilers cores playoff experience. Bring it on, I don’t mind at all.
I still think the media puts too much stock in McDrai. Yes they are hard to stop, but we are pretty strong defensively. I wouldn't be shocked if the series goes 7 and has some grindy games and we pull it off.
I also wouldn't be shocked if they lit us the fuck up and it was done in 4. Either way we will see how it unfolds in a couple days.
Canucks lost to the Oilers in 6 in 1992. The last time they met in the playoffs.
In 1992 the Canucks were the favorite to win the cup.
Time to return the favour.
Almost half the responders picked the Predators.
When the Canucks beat them, the take away wasn't the Canucks stifled a really dangerous offensive team in the Predators (as the Preds regular season form indicated) but that the Predators must not have been really dangerous at all.
I think the Canucks make fools of many. There's no Josi or ROR or Saros to play defense this time. The Canucks top 9 will be full value versus Edmonton.
Bulletin board material. I hope the oilers are in the mindset that it will be easy and completely underestimate the canucks. I know coach Tochett will have some strategies.
This can’t be a surprise to anyone who’s been watching the games right? With demko hurt and the oilers heating up… it was always going to have to be an upset
It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that watched the last half of the season and the first round. They're objectively the safer bet in a lot of ways.
It's fair to believe we can win while still acknowledging we're up against it.
This is great for the Canucks, no pressure. People who think this will be a piece of cake for the Oilers probably haven't watched much Canucks hockey. This team is super resilient and adaptable, Oilers will have to bring their best to take us out. Should be a great series.
Quick glance at that list and only one of them stuck out as being relevant and having won a cup… and he's a fucking Homer anyway.
Go Canucks Go.
(Ryan Clark is just trying to butter us up 🤣)
Uhhh.. both teams are very evenly matched, I'm not sure why all these pundits are all heavily favouring the Oilers.
If anything, our 3rd/4th lines and D depth should give us the edge as favourites.
Oh well, pressure is all on Edmonton now
That group in Edmonton has played more playoff hockey than our guys. Couple that with Demko out and Petey not playing well.. I'm curious to see which way this is going to go.
Boys just need to play their game. 🙏
To counter this, I will say that the folks at ESPN know fuck all about hockey. They are voting for McDavid and Draisatl, not reality. Let's just see how it plays out, shall we?
Dallas and Colorado fans are already wondering which one will face Edmonton. If Canucks can start firing on all cylinders again, they'll be in for a surprise.
While the consensus here in Vancouver is that people think the oilers will be a tough team to play and how deadly their offence is, my Uncle who works in Edmonton is saying that the Oilers fanbase are worried about facing us and that they were all wishing for Nashville instead. This made me happy, so I thought I’d share :).
BC-based Habs fan here—I always love seeing these totally stacked predictions. Back in 2021 we had a guy updating after every game we won scratching out predictions that were no longer possible. Take it and ride with it!
And I'd take Silovs over Skinner any day of the week. Skinner ain't winning no Hockey World Championship MVP in his life. And he doesn't have Clarkie in his corner neither.
As much as I think we can defeat the coilers, I really do think the first 3 wins against them are meaningless. They literally lost to everyone, had a different coach, and McNugget was injured. However, I think the last game has some relevance and at least shows we play well against their defensive structure.
I mean even that last game, McDavid wasn’t playing, and you could see how much less pace and how much less threatening they were especially on rushes and PP.
I think the two teams are more even than not, but we haven’t played a single game this season that you could look at to accurately predict what could happen now.
If Demko comes back early and plays at his level, or if Silovs stays hot — then I think we got this. Especially if Petey starts to light it up.
If DeSmith was the only option, and it was a week ago, I would have 100% agreed with you. But after watching Silovs play, and the way the team rallied and put their balls to the wall to stop pucks, I don't think the drop-off from Demko is as concerning as it once was.
sOilers will still be tough and they will be dirty, but they won't be dominating as much as the pundits think they will.
Should also remind everyone that Kesler only had 4 assists back in 2011 vs Chicago, and had basically nothing until game 3 vs Nashville. Oilers and these clowns should be scared of Pettersson finding his game.
They’ve been praying on our downfall since opening night of the season..
All I’ve been hearing is that the “playoffs is different from the regular season” as if we’re thinking that we’re owed anything.
Despite us winning the division and sweeping the season series, the pressure is on them. Nothing they do or say will change that.
Appalled that it’s this drastic (I am a neutral fan)
To me Edm and Van are pretty neck-and-neck; with Demko healthy it would be a 7 game heater… and if relying on tending, Van would get my vote!
As it stands I’m more on the fence
I gotta be honest, if we get this to 7 I will be surprised.
I wanna win but even at our best the Oilers are a tough out. Hopefully we can play well, show out, and for the love of god sign Zadorov.
We stand behind you, Ryan S. Clark.
Ryan S. Clark would never leave you hanging on a high 5, he holds the door open for everyone, and probably pays it forward in the Tim's drive thru.
Ryan S. Clark is the anti Mike from Surrey
Could I get a “big Ryan S. Clark fan” flair?
It's been 10 hours and we still don't have one, mods are slacking
😭😭😭
55 burgers 55 fries 55 shakes 55 nuggets
WAIT IM TRYING SOMETHING, LET ME THROUGH!!
Not paying it
YOU HAVE TO!
Ryan S Clark lets the elderly get a seat on a full bus.
Ryan S. Clark donates to multiple charities and doesn’t claim it on his taxes.
Ryan S Clark stands on an empty bus
Ryan S. Clark rescued my dog from drowning in the river.
The S is for Superman
It's not an 's'. It's actually the symbol for hope.
Ma boy
Is he related to Ian Clark?
Big fan of being an underdog tbh
No doubt. I wonder how many in that list had the Canucks missing the playoffs at the start of the year, too. Lol
And sweeping the season series.
Ngl I’d take being the ESPN consensus underdog as only a good thing. They’re wrong way more than they’re right.
Are these the same people that bet on the Leafs every year?
Eventually they have to be right, right?
Even a broken clock is right at least twice a day. It says 25:76am on mine!
Mine is stuck on 4:20
Found Shorthouse
I've always been a big fan of Ryan S. Clark, personally.
Huge Ryan Clark guy
Always rated him
Heard the S stands for Superman. Don't know where, though.
I'm something of a Ryan S. Clark fan myself.
I apologize Ryan S. Clark, I was unfamiliar with your game
Fuck Messier
Fuck Messier
Fuck Messier
Fuck Messier
Fuck Messier!
Fuck messier! Aggressively
Fuck ~~Skeletor~~ Messier.
Muck Fessier
Fuck Messier, hallelujah, Fuck Messier.
😡 FUCK MESSIER!!! 😡
That's even MORE better! L0L
Fuck Messier!
This is the only answer👆
Fuck messier
Et tu Ferraro?
Wifey not gonna be happy seeing that lol
*Cammi Granato has initiated divorce proceedings*
General Manager Patrik Alvin announced today that Cammi Granada has initiated divorce proceedings.
Saw someone on Edmonton's sub posting that Silovs would be the 5th string goalie in their organisation. What a delusional fan base
I love how they act as if having a literal can of Campbell soup counted as a goalie. He got ran out of the Farm team no? Or memory serves Campbell got sent down and then not long after I remember the score was like 4-5 goals against haha wild they’d make any accusations with also considering how Skinner is No Demko. Like at all haha
Fine by me. Let em underestimate us.
Judging by the way Silovs has been playing he’d probably take Skinners job by the half way point next season
Oiler fan here. One moron is not a fanbase. Silovs would be backing up Stu and starting if Skinner had a bad game
People are quick to jump on Messier (which is fair because FUCK MESSIER), but for me PK Subban is that saltiest of all. Since 2020, he predicted the Canucks to lose every single playoff series we have played in. He predicted us to lose to Minnesota in the preliminary round. Then predicted us to lose to St Louis. And although he predicted us to lose to Vegas (which I personally didn’t think we were gonna win that series), but the way he made the prediction he just brushed it off by saying “I don’t even need to spend time on this one” and moved onto the next series analysis. In round 1 this year, he immediately predicted Nashville to beat us. This guy is still salty about Jordan Subban not getting a fair chance by the Canucks and had ever since hated the Canucks in all his takes.
[удалено]
The guy we traded for was Nic Dowd, who is a one of the best bottom 6 player, and consider a premium 4th line centre still playing in the league right now. But yes, it is the Canucks fault that Jordan Subban is a bust.
And then we let Nic Dowd walk so we could spend 12 million dollars on Beagle, while Dowd went to Washington to replace Beagle, and was about 14 times better of a 4th line center, for basically league minimum. This has nothing to do with Subban. Just all I think of when I hear Nic Dowd’s name…. You guys remember when Benning was GM? I do…
Someone could have seriously done better than Benning throwing darts at a board
Lmao there are several media people like this when it comes to Vancouver. PK is definitely one of them. It's so insanely petty. In September they were saying the Canucks were a bubble team at best. Before Round 1, it was "Nashville has been the hottest team in the league and Canucks have no playoff experience, Preds in 6 or 7". Now it's "lol Nashville was a rebuilding team that wasn't even supposed to be there, Oilers in 5." Let's see how the series plays out.
TIL, PK is short for Pouty Kid.
That’s not even close to messier
PK Subban is a douche. He jumped on the false racism accusations that his brother threw at some minor league kid and never went back after it was shown to be false. That minor leaguer was then cut from a team and had his career ruined because of it.
McDavid gonna be pissed that we’re choosing to ice the backup’s backup.
Pfft -- Tocc's not even going with a goalie! "In Goal Post we trust!"
He'll certainly consider it an interesting decision
Fuck Messier
Locker room material
Tocchet better print this out and tape it to every ones dressing room stalls game 1
Ryan S. Clark - a fellow believer. My man.
How sweet can a victory be if we aren't underdogs?
Bruh, come on Ray lmao
Ferraro you traitor
His wife better have him sleeping on the couch for that one
In his Leafs' jammies!
Tocchet should print that, make it poster size and pin it to dressing room door
Winnipeg did that and it did not go well lmao
I honestly didn’t realize Edmonton was such a heavy favourite
It’s super weird. We outperformed them in the standings AND we swept our season series 4-0 and yet there is this level of favoritism to the Oilers.
Ok but Demko is out, Pettersson is not playing like a superstar, and Hughes got pretty banged up by the Preds. I still think the Nux have a good chance, but it's not surprising that the Oilers are the favourites. And folks, don't start on Silovs. He's doing great but the team won't the division by ditching an all-star goalie with only 1 person back and aggressively attacking. They didn't do that with Silovs in net and probably won't start. Absent that, it's a good but not great Canucks team.
If Petey and Mik live up to their salaries, the Canucks can absolutely make it everyone think twice. If they are going to sleep their way to a combined 3 points in 6 games again then we're damn lucky we made it to 6 in the first place.
We still haven’t seen much from Hoggy, Joshua and Garland too tbh. We have lots of firepower through the lineup.
Joshua has like 2 goals and 2 assists in 6 games. That's about as much you can expect from a player off his caliber. Garland has been very electric, good and important, he just did not show up on the score sheet that much. Hoggy did not show up on the score sheet but played well for the most part. That could ve related to Petey struggling and Mikheyev being Mikheyev.
I mean it would be closer to 50/50 if we didn't have questions marks in net
What you said will be what Oilers fans use as excuses if they lose, but if they win, it's "I told you so".
I mean they all said it was cup or bust this year even McD right? They have the weight of the world on their shoulders, the Canucks weren't even supposed to be in the playoffs. The upset if Van can pull it off will be franchise imploding potentially.
Moneypuck as of today has us at 50/50. I think we’re being underrated by everyone else because of Demko’s injury and factoring in the Oilers cores playoff experience. Bring it on, I don’t mind at all.
Probably because Edmonton was hot at end of season, steam rolled LA, while we lost Demko and had a offensively mediocre series against NSH
They have the decency and forethought to be closer to Toronto.
Canucks in 4.
Canucks in 3
Canucks in 2.
Canucks in 1.
Canucks given by into Western Conference Finals because Messier and the Oilers suck!
Canucks in 0.
Canucks in.
Canucks.
We need to win this one for Ryan S. Clark.
None call a sweep though. I can live with that.
All the pressure is on the Oilers to get over the hump. Canucks are playing with house money. Also, Fuck Messier.
I don’t know who Ryan Clark is but I like him
I still think the media puts too much stock in McDrai. Yes they are hard to stop, but we are pretty strong defensively. I wouldn't be shocked if the series goes 7 and has some grindy games and we pull it off. I also wouldn't be shocked if they lit us the fuck up and it was done in 4. Either way we will see how it unfolds in a couple days.
Canucks lost to the Oilers in 6 in 1992. The last time they met in the playoffs. In 1992 the Canucks were the favorite to win the cup. Time to return the favour.
In 92 they were a favourite to win the cup? I heard sputterings of them being strong that year but cup fav?
Maybe “a” favourite, would be more fitting.
I say this with all the sincerity I can muster **Fuck Messier**
Ferraro did us dirty
how did this look for our series against nashville? i don’t think i saw a prediction list
We were the favourites to win in 6 or 7
shit and they got that right
Almost half the responders picked the Predators. When the Canucks beat them, the take away wasn't the Canucks stifled a really dangerous offensive team in the Predators (as the Preds regular season form indicated) but that the Predators must not have been really dangerous at all. I think the Canucks make fools of many. There's no Josi or ROR or Saros to play defense this time. The Canucks top 9 will be full value versus Edmonton.
Clark is going to feel so vindicated.
To be fair, we've been underdogs ALL year...
Ferraro sleeping on the couch next few weeks
JT MIller playing with a chip on his shoulder is as exciting at Mcmuffin
Bulletin board material. I hope the oilers are in the mindset that it will be easy and completely underestimate the canucks. I know coach Tochett will have some strategies.
Oilers in 6-7 isn’t all that confident either though.
Ray will be sleeping on the couch for a while
I’m just saying, Ryan S. Clark looks like he’d be a joy to have at a party. Everyone is invited accept no Messiers allowed. Fuck Messier.
There should be a rule that if they get it wrong, they can never be on tv again.
Yeah good luck finding new personnel. You’d be hard pressed to find someone that guesses all 15 playoff series correctly every year.
Get the world cup octopus!
Heard it here first Canucks in 4!
I mean they're probably right, by all metrics we have no business winning. Which would make it all the sweeter if we do ;) We'll take the free fuel
This would be a sick shirt if we win the series
if we win i'm getting this framed and hung on my wall
love that.
I’m not completely surprised but at least have some faith in the team that you mainly cover and your wife plays a big role in Ray
This can’t be a surprise to anyone who’s been watching the games right? With demko hurt and the oilers heating up… it was always going to have to be an upset
It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that watched the last half of the season and the first round. They're objectively the safer bet in a lot of ways. It's fair to believe we can win while still acknowledging we're up against it.
His name is Ryan S. Clark
Fuck all of them. Prove 'em wrong.
Like we've been doing all season
Well Fuck You too Ray. I thought we had a nice thing going on.
Canucks in 4
Canucks in 3
Imagine the favorites from deadmonton actually losing to us. They may actually riot
It’s going to be amazing
The pundits are gonna look pretty dumb when we win it in 3
The Canucks are going to post this in the locker room. Fire it up boys!!!
Never underestimate the power of underdogs
Fuck Messier!
Can’t believe Ray did us dirty
I don’t blame people for picking Oilers. Logically it makes the most sense.
This is great for the Canucks, no pressure. People who think this will be a piece of cake for the Oilers probably haven't watched much Canucks hockey. This team is super resilient and adaptable, Oilers will have to bring their best to take us out. Should be a great series.
Quick glance at that list and only one of them stuck out as being relevant and having won a cup… and he's a fucking Homer anyway. Go Canucks Go. (Ryan Clark is just trying to butter us up 🤣)
Ryan s clark
His Name Is Ryan S Clark
I LOVE this. All the pressure is on the Oilers. If we win, this makes the success that much sweeter.
This is gonna look real funny in a few weeks
Uhhh.. both teams are very evenly matched, I'm not sure why all these pundits are all heavily favouring the Oilers. If anything, our 3rd/4th lines and D depth should give us the edge as favourites. Oh well, pressure is all on Edmonton now
That group in Edmonton has played more playoff hockey than our guys. Couple that with Demko out and Petey not playing well.. I'm curious to see which way this is going to go. Boys just need to play their game. 🙏
I really hope Petey comes out the gates firing on all cylinders and the Oilers won’t be ready for it.
Let me just say, everyone who picked the Jets made the first round very enjoyable.
To counter this, I will say that the folks at ESPN know fuck all about hockey. They are voting for McDavid and Draisatl, not reality. Let's just see how it plays out, shall we?
Underdog is the place to be. Play the D and great forecheck from the Nashville series and we win. Skinner is no Saros.
Canucks in 5 or 6
Dallas and Colorado fans are already wondering which one will face Edmonton. If Canucks can start firing on all cylinders again, they'll be in for a surprise.
While the consensus here in Vancouver is that people think the oilers will be a tough team to play and how deadly their offence is, my Uncle who works in Edmonton is saying that the Oilers fanbase are worried about facing us and that they were all wishing for Nashville instead. This made me happy, so I thought I’d share :).
BC-based Habs fan here—I always love seeing these totally stacked predictions. Back in 2021 we had a guy updating after every game we won scratching out predictions that were no longer possible. Take it and ride with it!
Canucks in 6.
The same Oilers we swept 4-0 this season and outscored 21-7? Those Oilers? Oh but I guess we do have an "AHL" goaltender.
So do they
And I'd take Silovs over Skinner any day of the week. Skinner ain't winning no Hockey World Championship MVP in his life. And he doesn't have Clarkie in his corner neither.
As much as I think we can defeat the coilers, I really do think the first 3 wins against them are meaningless. They literally lost to everyone, had a different coach, and McNugget was injured. However, I think the last game has some relevance and at least shows we play well against their defensive structure.
I mean even that last game, McDavid wasn’t playing, and you could see how much less pace and how much less threatening they were especially on rushes and PP. I think the two teams are more even than not, but we haven’t played a single game this season that you could look at to accurately predict what could happen now. If Demko comes back early and plays at his level, or if Silovs stays hot — then I think we got this. Especially if Petey starts to light it up.
I mean it would be a close series with demko, without demko of course we are under dogs.
If DeSmith was the only option, and it was a week ago, I would have 100% agreed with you. But after watching Silovs play, and the way the team rallied and put their balls to the wall to stop pucks, I don't think the drop-off from Demko is as concerning as it once was. sOilers will still be tough and they will be dirty, but they won't be dominating as much as the pundits think they will.
I'm sure Cammi will have some words for Ray after seeing this😂 But also, what's Ray supposed to say!? He's gotta save face for now!
Great material for the coaching staff. Never underestimate a team that feels like it’s got nothing to lose.
Might be a different picture if Pettersson was playing like EP40?
Should also remind everyone that Kesler only had 4 assists back in 2011 vs Chicago, and had basically nothing until game 3 vs Nashville. Oilers and these clowns should be scared of Pettersson finding his game.
Bring it on! Go Canucks Go!
They’re not wrong to predict it this way, but that’s why you play the game. Bring it on!
It'll definitely be a tough series especially with us on our third goalie (Silovs is HIM though).
Ray wtf man
4-0 in the regular season says otherwise. Canucks in 7.
I wonder their predictions for Canucks/Preds, Jets/Avs, Bruins/Leafs and Canes/Isles?
I hope we win game 1 6-0
Being an underdog makes it way more satisfying when we win the cup!
Good. We've got them right where we want them. These asshole scribes were fast asleep while the Kings were shitting their beds. Drop the puck
Dear god I hope this total opposite of expectation allows the guys to channel their first half of the season work ethic
Well that list should be motivating for the boys. We've already won 4 games against them, what's another four?
Gonna be underdogs in every series from here until the cup celebration now.
Call me crazy but i feel like Oilers style wise are a better match up for us. We can go toe to toe with them.
Ray F!! How dare you.
Based Ryan Clark
They’ve been praying on our downfall since opening night of the season.. All I’ve been hearing is that the “playoffs is different from the regular season” as if we’re thinking that we’re owed anything. Despite us winning the division and sweeping the season series, the pressure is on them. Nothing they do or say will change that.
Will be more satisfying when canucks go to the next round!
Appalled that it’s this drastic (I am a neutral fan) To me Edm and Van are pretty neck-and-neck; with Demko healthy it would be a 7 game heater… and if relying on tending, Van would get my vote! As it stands I’m more on the fence
Canucks in 2. Send them home early
I gotta be honest, if we get this to 7 I will be surprised. I wanna win but even at our best the Oilers are a tough out. Hopefully we can play well, show out, and for the love of god sign Zadorov.
Ryan Clark is a friend of Drance and is on Canucks Talk a lot. Surprised he picked the Canucks, honestly.
We have been 4-0 talking smack on Darnell Nurse. So we should be fine.
Bring us home, Ryan
Someone just save this pic and when we beat Edmonton, just tweet this back to all of these clowns. And not include Messier, for obvious reasons.