This Changes EVERYTHING For the Canucks...

This changes everything for the Vancouver Canucks. After coming off a dominant win, we see key players stepping up to keep the dream alive of making the playoffs. And this is exactly what the Canucks need to do to make the playoffs. We're going to break all this down, the implications going into the rest of the season, the key players, and the odds of the Canucks actually making the playoffs. We have a lot to break down. You're not going to want to miss it. But with that, before we get into the episode, I just want to give a shout out to everyone watching this video. If you haven't subscribed yet, it's completely free. We'll keep you up to date on everything to do with the Vancouver Canucks. And if you don't want to subscribe, that's completely fine as well. I'm just happy that you're here watching the video. But with that, let's just hop straight into the first topic today, where we do know the Calgary Flames are just one point, or tied, sorry, with the Vancouver Canucks for the wildcard spot. The Flames do have an extra game in hand, and that is why they're above the Canucks in the standings. Now, the biggest thing is, we've seen the Canucks win against the Flames in the shootout just last night or the day before depending when you're watching this and this does change a lot for the Canucks going in as we do see the percentages from MoneyPuck of the chances of the Canucks making the postseason now looking at this we know it's going to be a battle going down to the wire to make that final wildcard spot the Canucks currently sit at 30.2 percent chance of making the postseason Calgary Flames 29.8 St Louis Blues 29.3 and Utah at 24.8 the second part is the second round chances to make the second round but looking at the standings once again we know the Canucks are currently ahead of the St Louis Blues and the Utah Hockey Club so with these teams just behind them with the Flames technically just above them this is going to come down to a matter of a couple of points when the season ends and a team is pushing to make the playoffs so seeing the Canucks having the best odds is very rewarding and nice to see after such a disappointing season but things are starting to come around and it really starts with Elias Pettersson now with Petey we're seeing Petey finally get back to form and I know a lot of you guys that are haters of Petey are going to have different say in the comments but as you see the past three games a goal versus the Minnesota Wild a goal once again versus Montreal and then he scores the game-tying goal versus the Calgary Flames scoring in the shootout Petey is back and I'm gonna say this kid is finally getting going again we see three goals in four games which hasn't happened all season I'm pretty sure this is the first time this year I'm pretty sure as well that he had back-to-back goals I think it happened in January itself but looking at Pettersson and how he's playing we're finally getting what we had from him listen a four game sample size isn't a lot but it's a lot better than what we've been seeing with Petey we did see him come into the season and have a rough start 59 games 14 goals 25 assists 39 points this left a sour taste in a lot of fans mouth mine included seeing him being under 20 points with games played so looking at Petey finally getting on the score sheet scoring three goals scoring such a big goal that we've seen in the intro video. I mean, tying the game up, showing emotion, having his best game, and even looking at Rick talking himself and saying, I have more to give, pretty much. This kid is finally getting his groove going, and I think it's going to hit the second tier for this Canucks team. And it's exactly what they needed to finally get going in their favor. And it doesn't really stop there. We're seeing a team of, listen, a lot of new faces. Heedle's a new face on this team. We see a couple new guys to join this team at the start of the year. Drew O'Connor was recently traded for we're seeing the lineup change up so much the blender talk is putting these lineups in but it does seem like things are finally starting to work Pedersen and Hoglander looked awesome last game Hoglander had the scoring chances he just couldn't bury one or really put many points but looking at the top line DeBrusk is leading the team in goals we're seeing Besser kind of slow down a bit but I do think once Hedley really starts going with this team we're gonna see a play driver that's going to help with Besser this is a deep team yes they don't have the top end star talent where we had Wendel on this team last year JT Miller all those faces but we do have a team of four lines that can kind of play in every situation obviously the fourth line of Amund Bjerg and Sherwood you wouldn't want out when you need to score a goal but every other line I would trust to go out get you that goal we've seen it with the top line I think every line played well Josh was finally getting back to form we're seeing him be a wrecking ball Garland's looked awesome this season like for Mack he's not in the lineup right now, but that is another face that could join this lineup, maybe on the fourth line, with Bjerg and Sherwood, to add more scoring, but it doesn't stop just at the forward group, we do see from Adam on Twitter, go follow him on Twitter, he puts awesome stuff up, and I love his stats that he also posts, he said Quinn Hughes needs 16 points over the final 17 games to become the Canucks all-time points leader by a defenseman, listen, missing Quinn Hughes has been major for this team, we've seen Quinn Hughes miss some time, he's missed a lot since the start of the year pretty much but getting Quinn Hughes back in the lineup was a massive add for this Canucks team and they play at such a different pace and just a total different team in my opinion with them in the lineup I mean looking at Quinn Hughes 51 games like 14 goals 47 assists for 61 points even in a season where he's not 100% where we've seen Rick Tocchet say he might not be fully 100% for the rest of the year we're seeing Quinn Hughes continue to dominate him joining this lineup winning versus the Calgary Flames in what felt like and pretty much is a must win game where we're seeing the odds potentially drop down to 16 if they did lose this game versus someone battling for that spot in the wildcard standings as well Quinn Hughes came in captain clutch the Canucks captain is back and getting him in this lineup with the emergence of Petey is just the start of who is stepping up for this Canucks team I mean looking at Victor Mancini a piece that was added to the JT Miller trade that a lot of people didn't know about I mean we had Darius from Rangers Digest on and he continues to tell me how upset he is not having Mancini back on this Rangers team going into the rest of the year and next year he also talked about how bad Carson Soucy's been for them but that's for a different video looking at Mancini once again shout out to Herman as well check him out on Twitter he puts a lot of stats up about the Canucks including advanced stats like this Victor Mancini logged 18 minutes and 25 seconds at 5v5 last night outshot the Flames 13-7 controlled 81% of expected goals and outscored the Flames 1-0 we've seen on the PD game tying goal when he put the puck on the net during Mancini's shifts Mancini's quietly been a highly effective contributor and once again this kid is only 22 years old big right-hander shot defenseman if you go watch his clips not only is he physical not only can he pass he also can skate he has not probably much star potential but he has NHL experience written all over him and expectations for it and I do think he's going to make a log jam on the Canucks next year on the defensive core which is going to be a good thing and maybe it gives Tom Willender more time to grow I mean looking at the defensive pairings for the Canucks We know Tyler Myers is out for the Canucks right now Hughes, Pedersen, they looked great Pedersen and Hronik, once again It's so funny to see all these Pedersens on the team Forver Mancini When we see Myers finally join this team It's going to be interesting I do think he takes Mancini's spot But if Mancini continues to play the way he is I could see him holding on, fighting to keep the spot And it's going to be hard for Rick Tocchet And listen, he loves Tyler Myers He loves his veterans So most likely going to take him out But I think Mancini has a legitimate chance to stay in this lineup, and I think there's a reason to actually maybe keep him in. Listen, you're not going to move on from Tyler Myers, but it's going to make that right side so much more interesting next year. I know we've recently seen Junior Petey go out with an injury, and we did see a two-game suspension. Hand it to the Flames player for it as well. But I do think Mancini's going to stay on this team, and maybe with Petey out, we will see him stay with the team. And just, I mean, looking at the schedule, they're going to have to win a lot of games over the next stretch to actually make the playoffs. Having a 31%, they do have some must-win games. The game against Utah is a must-win. Chicago, they should beat. Winnipeg's going to be a tough matchup. St. Louis, once again, a must-win. Playing JT Miller and the New York Rangers, I mean, just from a fan's standpoint, that must be a must-win as well. New Jersey, the Hughes Bros, it's going to be an interesting five games on this stretch. and it's going to be a lot of games of where the Canucks have to go in when every one of these games or at the very worst, come out with a point. I know there's a lot in this episode. Listen, I'm running on no sleep here. So if you enjoyed it, go ahead and leave a comment. What's your thoughts on the Canucks season? What's your thoughts on Pedersen finally getting back? Has Victor Mancini kind of taken you by surprise? Because listen, this kid's going to be awesome for the Canucks in the future. Go ahead and leave a comment on everything. If you don't like the video, go ahead and leave me a comment why you don't like it or why you don't like me, whatever it may be. 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