Saturday, November 5, 2011

The Many Levels Of A Bad Starting Seasons

      After another bad October Canucks looked to be recovering after a dominating 5 - 1 game win against Calgary putting them above 500.So after Fridays loss the issue as i see it is more than just Bieksa not playing his best hockey and Manny Malhotra having understandable trouble adjusting his game to the vision in his left eye or Canucks missing the early offense they got last season from Raymond , or the short off season resulting in a cup hangover all finalists go through,  i could go on . The point i am making is there are more than enough talent left on the Canucks roster to put together wins, and with the exception of what we all hope will be Manny being able to adjust showing himself  he still has what it takes all the above issues are fixable but not on a singular level of any one player. Canucks have always been a great team club and with the exception of the top line being expected to produce in some way every night, that level of team support has always given Canucks the confidence to bounce back or come out in front in hockey games you know that extra push that earned them the name the Comeback Kids it made teams leery when playing Vancouver putting them on edge with the fact that even with a lead Canucks could still come back and make fools of them  . This is what is missing and it isn't something Canucks can't get back, even with players from last years Manitoba Moose farm team Vancouver still delivered on comebacks and wide margin wins against good teams . So what Canucks need is that back in their game and it will take more than a rivalry game against the Wild or a shellacking of another in the Flames, it will take playing a team the Canucks will always have something to prove against for the rest of its clubs history a rivalry that overshadows all others ten fold just for what happened in back to back playoff seasons and that game is Sunday and the team well i don't even need to mention so i wont . This game is what the Canucks need and in my opinion will start the ball rolling in Canucks coming back and proving this is just a slump in their season to overcome.