http://puckbuddys.com/2012/06/17/30-clubs-30-questions/ Boys Who Like Boys Who Like Hockey Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://puckbuddys.com/2012/06/17/30-clubs-30-questions/#comment-2968 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:02:31 +0000 http://puckbuddys.com/?p=7775#comment-2968 Soft isn’t a reflection of record. It’s character. They ae a finesse team and not overly physical. You wanna hist the Cup you need guys that take the body interspersed throughout the lineup. Canucks fans are sensitive to it… because its true. Lineup needs snarl, desperately.

]]> http://puckbuddys.com/2012/06/17/30-clubs-30-questions/#comment-2967 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:22:31 +0000 http://puckbuddys.com/?p=7775#comment-2967 I wasn’t really aware that a team that makes it to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals is a “soft post season” team. Yes, there have been early exits for the Canucks, but if you look at who eliminates them, it’s not some fluke happening. ’07, eliminated by Ducks, who won the Cup. ’08, missed playoffs. ’09, eliminated by Chicago in Western semifinals, who then lost to Cup champs Detroit. ’10, eliminated by Chicago, who won the Cup. ’11, eliminated by Cup champs Boston in SCF. ’12, eliminated by Kings, who won the Cup. It’s not like the Canucks are consistently losing to teams who end their season by elimination from playoffs in the next round (the only one being Chicago in ’09). Do the Canucks need to win more in the post-season, absolutely. But that does not make them a “soft” team. Not by any means.

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