The Canucks Win Game Three...Wait What?!

Way to go Joel. Man you are one crafty coach. I mean you had a pretty good team last year, but the Blackhawks won the Cup clearly because of your coaching ability. I mean how can you argue with a guy who backed into the playoffs, I mean thats just good coaching. Just like that move you made last night. Dressing John Scott, just a genius move, Bowman-esque if you will.

I mean when you don't have Byfuglien interfering, errr I mean screening, Luongo you have to Byfuglien-Lite. So light that he runs into his teammates on one of the SEVEN powerplays the Blackhawks got. His lack of production was probably due to the 5:20 of ice time he got, none of which is in the third. Good move Joel, way to use your coaching genius to make up for you teams poor play (Duncan Keith) and lack of effort (Patrick Kane).

Despite the refs best effort the Canucks overcame. Hansen had another solid game, the Defense looked strong (more on them), and of course Bobby Luo did what he does. Now I know Chicago had 32 shots, but half of those came in the first period. They were bending but they didn't break. And if they slipped up, Bobby was there.

Speaking of slipping up, I am sick and tired of hearing about Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and the "great" Chicago defense (I intentionally used a lower case "d"). They give the puck away constantly, and can barely hold it in the offensive zone. Duncan Keith was a sieve on the Powerplay. He looked worse than Mikael Samuelson playing the point. We are supposed to believe this is someone who is going to win multiple Norris trophies? Please.

I will end with the news that came out today on Raffi Torres. There will be no further discipline against him for his hit on Brent Seabrook. One of the best things about Twitter is the instant reactions, and last night was full of great points made for both sides. My opinion is this, was it a bad hit? Yes. Was it a dirty hit? No. I don't think Raffi was trying to hurt Seabrook, but I think he was trying to drill him.

I don't condone hits to the head, or cheap shots at all. But in this case I don't believe Torres was trying to be dirty. He was going in to hit Seabrook and Seabrook turned and his shoulder hit his head. Its unfortunate, but Seabrook isn't exactly an innocent bystander. Last season in March, he t got Ko'd by James Wisnieski, after he went head-hunting on Corey Perry. Not saying that justifies it, but kind of the pot calling the kettle black in my opinion. The Blackhawks don't seem to have a problem when Seabrook is doing the same thing to other players.