4. St. Louis Blues vs 5. Vancouver Canucks - West Quarterfinal

[Axeman33]

This series is far from over because you can't count out STL yet, but damn Vancouver has looked good.

[hockeyrobot]

This series is far from over because you can't count out STL yet, but damn Vancouver has looked good.

They have looked great but ya....it's not like we're headed back to Vancouver for games 3 and 4 so St Louis should feel minimal pressure here.

[Eskimo Brother]

This series is far from over because you can't count out STL yet, but damn Vancouver has looked good.

Definitely expecting some pushback, but maybe this series doesn't go to 7...

[The Comish]

Definitely expecting some pushback, but maybe this series doesn't go to 7...

Oh no, my coin flips said VAN in 7, so I'm confident it goes 7...

[Eskimo Brother]

Oh no, my coin flips said VAN in 7, so I'm confident it goes 7...

Well the coin never lies, so we're going to see some awesome play coming up by the Blues!

[Axeman33]

Looks like the crease is Allen's, for the time being. Blues with their first win in the bubble.

[Eskimo Brother]

Looks like the crease is Allen's, for the time being. Blues with their first win in the bubble.

I really wanted them to lose 7 in a row for a completely unbeatable playoff record.

As a new Binnington owner, I'm hoping he can bounce back next year.

[Axeman33]

I really wanted them to lose 7 in a row for a completely unbeatable playoff record.

As a new Binnington owner, I'm hoping he can bounce back next year.

Binner will be fine. The whole team has been flat.

[Canucks_fan18]

What a heart breaker, if we got that I was all but writing the Blues off. Now if they win today its all tied up and I feel were back to being the underdogs in the series. As much as that was a must win for the Blues, as a Canucks fan it felt like a must win for us. Today's game will be a big tell, we have been riding a high, having won 5 in the row and feeling unbeatable but last night proved we are.

Either way this is a great learning experience for our kids.

[audiopile]

What a heart breaker, if we got that I was all but writing the Blues off. Now if they win today its all tied up and I feel were back to being the underdogs in the series. As much as that was a must win for the Blues, as a Canucks fan it felt like a must win for us. Today's game will be a big tell, we have been riding a high, having won 5 in the row and feeling unbeatable but last night proved we are.

Either way this is a great learning experience for our kids.

Totally a must win. Oh well. It wasn't greed to want to go 3-0, it was a necessity. Blues got a taste of their hard effort finally paying off, I don't like where this is likely headed. Today is also a must win, we will need a St.L goalie breakdown.

[Grapes]

Canuck Kids learning big time from this series regardless of the outcome. 3-0 series lead would have given Vancouver breathing room. Today is a must win. However St.Louis has become stronger with each period going forward especially last nights game.
It’s not over till it’s over but 3-1 would be huge compared to 2-2.

[als_revenge]

It baffles me why I see so many Canucks fans referencing the "good experience" for the kids, regardless of outcome. You know what's a good experience for the kids? Winning a Stanley Cup.

[Canucks_fan18]

It baffles me why I see so many Canucks fans referencing the "good experience" for the kids, regardless of outcome. You know what's a good experience for the kids? Winning a Stanley Cup.

See Pittsburgh first run in the Crosby era vs Detroit. They got their you know what handed to them, the next year they won. The Canucks best players are indeed kids and I can't see a 21 year Petterson or 20 year old Hughes leading us to the cup. When was the last time a teams most impactful players where that young when they won a cup. But yes of coarse a cup would be a better experience.

[hockeyrobot]

See Pittsburgh first run in the Crosby era vs Detroit. They got their you know what handed to them, the next year they won. The Canucks best players are indeed kids and I can't see a 21 year Petterson or 20 year old Hughes leading us to the cup. When was the last time a teams most impactful players where that young when they won a cup. But yes of coarse a cup would be a better experience.

It happens all the time. The better example is the Penguins the year prior getting spanked by Ottawa. Then coming back and losing in the Cup before finally winning in 09.

Same with Chicago. They gave Detroit a good run in 09 before coming back in 2010.

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Anyways... Winner tonight will win the series.

[Canucks_fan18]

Canucks not playing great tonight. Defiantly the blues got life with that last win. They look like the champs now. On another note I feel like Boeser has been awful, he's pretty invisible and not creating at all by himself. I hope we sell high on him to create more cap for other players, mainly Markey.