The view from Vancouver

VANCOUVER COURIER / PASS IT TO BULIS

Will Graham: I Watched This Game: Canucks 4, Kings 3
“Anze Kopitar finally put Los Angeles on the board near the end of the second period on a power play with several Kings standing in front of the net. It’s hard to blame Miller for this or any other goal. The Canucks keeper stopped 41 shots and ended the night with a stellar .932 save percentage. The Kings’ rally back was less a matter of improved play, and more a matter of a highly responsive Ice Tilter 3000, which kept the puck in Vancouver’s end for long stretches”

VANCOUVER PROVINCE
Ben Kuzma: Canucks 4, Kings 3: Black Death…or maybe not?
““I’m not dead.”

You have to be of a certain vintage to appreciate that hilarious line from the 1975 comedic classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It was about a low-budget search for the Grail and the bringing out the dead to gain a few pence. But one poor peasant left for dead wasn’t.

The Vancouver Canucks could relate, even though few in their room could relate to that flick. Probably the coaching staff. Probably nobody else.”

Ben Kuzma: Canucks Post Game: The Miller hint, the golden Goldy goal, the ‘A’ fits Horvat just fine
“Ryan Miller was the difference. Forty-one saves said it all.

It’s easy to dwell on the Kings’ rally and a power-play barrage that threatened to turn certain victory into a possible defeat. When the Kings caught life and the Canucks proved how much they miss the penalty-killing expertise of the traded Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen, there was a point to be made.

And Miller was happy to make it.”

Jason Botchford: The Provies: Goldygate, Willie Watch and a confrontation with Team Tank
“If you’ve followed the Canucks long enough, closely enough, you feel like you’ve seen it all.

Then something happens that takes your breath away because your mid-section has just been bodied by disbelief.

Amidst the dying days of a disastrous season, something spectacular happened.”

CANUCKS ARMY

Jackson McDonald: Canucks Army Postgame #64: Solid Gold
“Everything about tonight’s game was just a little off, unnerving in the way only a post-deadline game can be. As soon as acapela group “Who’s Your Daddy?” opened tonight’s tilt with a rendition of “O Canada” almost as bizarre and off-putting as their name, you just new it was going to be a weird night.”

NUCKS MISCONDUCT

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