Canucks No Longer Control Their Destiny
KK Hockey —
... blow to their now fledgling hopes of making the Stanley Cup playoffs. Vancouver has lost five of its last six games, and six straight to the Avalanche, and is on the verge of a monumental late-season collapse.
“We put ourselves in this position and we have to do whatever we can to get back,” captain Markus Naslund said. “I don’t think it was a problem with the effort. It was more the mistakes, giving them odd-man rushes.”
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Avalanche 4 Canucks 2
CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG —
... the first period and another two goals in 5:00 in the second period. April 1st vs. Colorado - They allowed three goals in 5:19.In the game against Calgary and in both games against Colorado, they had the lead when they allowed those quick goals. What happened to defense-first? More from the MSM: Game recaps from the Vancouver side. (Matthew Sekeres, Globe and Mail; Ben Kuzma, Vancouver Province; Ed Willes, Vancouver ...
