He’s been emotionally disconnected from Canucks since 2011 🤣

Na this guy is one of the best guys I’ve ever met that I’ve never met. If i hit lotto id sponsor what ever he wants

I respect THG more than any other hockey guy on KZfaq

Ya I could never

There's a reason why he's called TheHockeyGuy. He's just a guy who loves hockey, has a few favorite teams but enjoys covering every team. He's always objective, and is able to criticize his own teams. Nothing but respect for this man

yea he is that poke check on the kane rush was insane

He's good, but also getting more than a bit lucky.

I disagree, if everything he’s gotten unlucky. Half his goals against have been off his own teammates (Cole…)

Anything* not everything

He Suck, but so do all Canadian teams

Yes, well done by Silovs and with big time confidence!

That probably had Nucks fans sweating bullets, mad respect to that kid.

Great mention!!

I agree, they always seem to be slow in the first two periods.

It's hard to turn up the pressure against a good team who's working to shut down, and counter that pressure. Both teams are feeling it.

I feel like it's because McDavid and the other guy haven't played 30 minutes of ice time.

@@pyRoy6 didn't stop them in the third. When they have urgency they can do it. They need to find more urgency earlier in the game.

@@danielpatterson5189 Or did the Oilers let up in the third? Probably a little of both. Desperation mode can work, but it's a double-edged sword. You probably don't want to be in that mode from the first period unless you're down 3-0 or 3-1 in the series.

Sooner or later he'll slip up, and then, we'll be here.. watching..

He left one in during his Luke Hughes prospect preview

The oilers have a really good pk tho!

Vancouver needs to be the better team 5 on 5. The Oilers special teams is usually super

He almost carried them into overtime. If Miller didn’t go for the half block screening Silovs, this series maybe pretty much over. Now it’s game on.

As much as I wanted Vancouver to win. Seeing the Oilers celebrate Pickard’s first playoff win really made me smile. He played well :)

@@NotACrookagreed, watching his parents was pretty cool

This is just his 2nd Playoff series, but compared to his first, yeah the stats are underwhelming.

He has to be injured. He cant shoot the puck. Why put your sniper in front of the net for deflects instead of in his favorite position?

Did not understand the signing..his best hockey was before he was getting slammed by aggressive and sometimes cheap shots from opponents. It’s a reality some of the young phenoms get hit so much in first few seasons and their play gets diminished. Not sure I would give huge contracts out..when player becomes a shadow of their entry years. Some players overcome the adversity of this. Hischier and Hughes with Devils. Laine not so much. Crosby did.

For better or worse, confidence and work ethic appear to be going hand in hand for Pettersson, and he has lost much of his swagger. I wonder about the dynamic between him and Tocchet. Seems to be a player who needs freedom for creativity in a system that values structure and grinding. That's not the only reason, even if it does play into it, but it would make sense. Of course, it would be an explanation, not an excuse. If you want to earn superstar money in this league, you'd better be able to work through issues like this. Then again, if you want to be a coach in this league, you need to be able to get the best out of your players. Regardless, I hope that together, they will find a way to open the floodgates for a guy who definitely has the potential to make a difference in these playoffs. Edit: "wouldn't" -> "would"

@@methany8788 Well said.

NO, we'll find something. We're not the American fanbases you guys been bullying for the past few years. The one thing we've been waiting 10 years for, is to be hated again.

Yeah really terrible effort by the team except for silovs. Idk why they can’t play like its a playoff game lol That game I really wanted to turn off cuz it was like watching a bunch of guys who don’t want to be on the team, they don’t care about the team success. Half of the roster plays like that.. Huge Canucks fan here, disappointed in their starts the last 2 games

Take it easy -the oilers played good defense and Pickard wasn’t really tested. Oilers played their best game of the series and they won by one goal with less then a minute. The momentum was on Vancouver going into overtime.

@@kevinb3189 oilers dominated this game and half of game 3. Oilers played a good game but the Canucks played one of their worst of the playoffs

@@NerdAlert66Tocchet will have these guys coming out strong in game 5 they know it’s a must win and on home ice

They will never admit that😂 theyre hockey fans

@@ericcoderre9986sure I can’t say it was excellent. But it was pretty good tonight, nothing egregious and fairly consistent. Best we’ve had all series.

It was finally good. But that dint make up for all the other bad times.

If it keeps on being excellent, I like the Oilers chances. G O G!

They dominated the Nucks for 40 minutes. Canucks can’t keep this charade going forever. They have to start playing 40-60 minutes or they’re gonna lose.

Im waiting for meter like magnets to show up to illustrate how strong the crowd are shouting that the ref sucks

I also like the “refs call one, the fans do not.”

Oilers coach is not Woodcroft anymore so I doubt that Skinner will get another start unless Pickard is hurt.

@@taskdon769 If the Oilers want to lose the series then they should go ahead and switch back to Skinner! Pickard will most likely not give up some of the terrible goals that Skinner has given up. Canucks will have to do more against Pickard, as they won't get the easy goals anymore.

They'll start Pickard until he has a bad game now.

The thing is though, Skinner didn't get any help last game. This game the team played well in front of Pickard. But he also made saves when he had to.....If the defense plays well, both goalies have a chance to do well. Our defense is what is not consistent, they're capable, but they make bad decisions occasionally. If they stay back and do their job, we have a very good chance at winning. The offense will take care of itself.

@@user-bi6yf4hv9g You have to stop coming up with excuses for Skinner. He's a big goalie that doesn't move well because he uses improper technique in his movements, and his goalie IQ is very low(not good enough on reads and he gets caught uses the wrong technique to make a save). Skinner is age 25, so he's still on the younger side. I personally feel(I follow all goalies) he was brought up to the Oilers too soon years ago. Either some more cooking in AHL or light backup role behind a #1 goalie, but the Oilers have been pissing on goaltending for a long time ruining McDavid's playoff chances of only winning 2 rounds at most.

Was amazing. Kane isn't the fastest guy out there, but man what a play. As an Oiler fan, I was like, why couldn't that have been Foegle or McLeod? Lol...someone with a bit more speed, I don't think Silov would have dared make that play if it was McDavid. But Foegle or McLeod he might have......it was a beauty of a play by him though.

Haha is this is reincarnation of Dominik Hasek in Latvian form 😂

@@rubberduckie5518 wow another hasek in the nhl would be great!

I noticed Shannon accidentally skipped reading the line on his whiteboard about Silovs making that crazy skate-out-of-his-net pokecheck on Kane. WISH the Canucks had won the game for that to have gone down as legend.. Still does, to me!

As good as Silovs has been, I think a lot of the shots he faced have been right at him, no screen, and no one to collect rebounds.

As someone who wants a first time champion in both leagues (NBA, NHL) yesterday was hot garbage lol

and no bad refs to blame too

​@@tysproule9614 oh they will, the story already is the play the Oilers scored their 3rd on should've been whistled down because Draisaitl played the puck with a high stick.

​@@LARGO125 They aired another angle that clearly showed it wasn't a high stick. Anybody holding onto that sliver of desperation is just factually wrong.

He'll be locked up long term.

@@the6ig6adwolfhe’s not gonna be demkos backup for years

@missstar219 Demko is under contract for 2 more years, and at that point, he's a 30-year-old UfA. Silovs on the other hand will only be 25 and ready for his big contract so why would the Canucks move the younger goalie entering his prime over the older injury prone goalie? Signing Demko at 30 to another 5-6 year deal makes little sense for a multitude of reasons. Silovs if he plays well over the next 2 seasons becomes the Canucks #1 goalie.

Perhaps this opens the door to a Demko trade. Like if the Canucks can snag one of the big Colorado names for him that would be huge for the Canucks. Team needs more firepower up front.

@@rubberduckie5518that’s not happening

Or not

They tied it, because Desharnais didn't take his man in front of the net and left Nurse to try to clear out two Canucks. Can't do that. Go Oilers.

Oilers fan. I think taking him out for Demko is a bad idea, the guys been phenomenal.

@@RickL_was_here Demko is healthy to play, you put him in net! Demko has a playoff level of goaltending that few goalies can match. Demko is a top 5 goalie, so it would be a no brainer who should be in net.

Ride the hot hand

I wouldn't put Demko in this series, unless Silovs starts to falter. IF, and I say IF, Vancouver gets blown out in Game 5 and there series on the line in Game 6, then maybe put in Demko if he ready. It been Silovs that has got them this far, not Demko.

@@dmonsef But he hasn't played in 3 weeks, Silov's is what got them here. I don't put Demko in till Game 6 if they down in the Series. And even then, unless Silovs has a bad game I'd play Silov this whole series.

Hopefully oilers can break him 😂

@@maguirebentz797 if he dies, he dies

Hopefully Oilers fans shutup next game

@@JB-qu8pv coming from a Canucks fan that’s crazzzyyy

@@maguirebentz797 post not good goalie but 1 goal against shilovos isnt good either mr drai

I hate that freakin Boston Pizza commercial. I will NEVER root for Toronto, Calgary, or Edmonton. "Team up for the Cup" pffftt. I'd rather see a deep South US team than any of the aforementioned cesspools.

@@mrvh1953Yup, that one is also terrible.

The same could be said about Vancouver bud.

@@marcoohello the rule change because oil were tankers isn’t something to cheer about. It’s back to square one for the previous odds fave from Toronto (TSN/Sprtsnet)

@@marcoohello Yup, for you. Not for me.

No but rather we'd like back our.. "what kind of goaltending was that?" Losses. And insert a better goaltender like Picard. And the series could have been a sweep.

I think you have to run with Silov's until he has a bad game.

I mute those too. And, go do something else.

I hope they've run out of rabbit feet

LOL and the oilers were not lucky to win game 2 in OT with a shot that was directed in by a Canucks player? lol

hopefully there were no riots in Vancouver after the game.

Haha it's funny cause you could say the same for the Oilers. Neither played 60 minutes. But Edmonton maybe played 35 minutes while the Canucks 25-30 ish.

A good team will always get at least 1 or apply tons of pressure. The Canucks kind of almost lost momentum their powerplay was so bad.

@@andrewcotton421 nucks definitely didn’t play anywhere close to 25 minutes tonight lol

Perry is keeping Kane from going ballistic - a good thing. He's being physical without too much drama.

You never know hey. Would alleviate some cap space and the return could easily be a top 6 forward. Canucks look close to being a real contender even without Demko.

Petterson, Cole, Mikheyev, Lafferty, possibly pius Suter

I live in a rural farming area in Saskatchewan that was heavily settled by Germans (including my ancestors). I also pronounce their names the German way even though my German is not very good.

@@oilersridersbluejays Perhaps it's not a good or bad issue, but rather how heavy the accent is.

I thought once they tied it, they continue to try to pressure the Oilers while they rattled, but they played like they were just trying to run the clock out to get to overtime.

IMO fanatics is terrible. Try to get an authentic one if you can. You won't regret it.

@@monicaarisman4293 will do and thanks 🙏