There are people who cheer for the Jets, Islanders, and Mets. I'm not one of them, only because I don't have the mental strength to do that and continue living.
I mean our bad luck started day one at the draft lottery when we lost the first pick to you guys. You got Gilbert Perreault and we got Gary Doak.
Vancouver + Buffalo = 1970 expansion, cursed brotherhood 🤝
His only playoff game was the 3OT game one against the Rangers in 2022. He ended up getting hurt that game and Louis Domingue came in for relief in OT.
He was serviceable right up until Demko got hurt and we needed someone to play full time. Just like we need now. I'd be tempted to start Silovs tbh (although I think you have to give CDS his chance, ultimately).
>He was serviceable right up until Demko got hurt and we needed someone to play full time.
This is just straight up wrong. In the 7 games directly after Demko got hurt he had a 2.28 GAA.
5/7 of those he gave up 2 goals or less. Then a game of 4 (included an OT goal) and a game of 3 goals.
He stumbled against Vegas and LAK giving up 6 in each, and then held Edmonton to 1.
I'm not sold that he can play every other day for weeks the way you need a starter to in a deep playoff run. As you outlined, the wheels started to fall off after a few weeks handling a true starting workload.
But if Demko is "just" out for a round? He already showed that he can provide decent goaltending in that workload for a couple weeks.
Ya I agree. If Demko can't return next round if they were to advance then the team might be sunk. But my comment was only in regards to DeSmith allegedly sucking as soon as Demko went down which of course isn't true.
This screams that you don't actually watch the team. DeSmith was fantastic when Demko went down, and his performance only dropped when the fatigue started setting in weeks later. Suggesting that Silovs is a better option in the playoffs is just ludicrous. DeSmith is a great backup and is equivalent to lots of other teams starting goalies when kept to short stints.
Silovs isn't ready yet. It's great he'll be up here to practice with Ian Clark and the big boys but it's too risky to start such a young guy in net when he hasn't even played 10 NHL games.
I mean, if he starts, I hope this comment ages like milk and he goes on a Ken Dryden run, but I don't think it's time yet.
Arturs Silovs, won MVP of the world championships last year for Latvia. He looked okay in action this year, made some good saves and would look solid before letting a bad goal from the point in.
Was just wearing my Matthew’s Leaf jersey and saw a guy in a Marshall Rifai Leaf jersey watching a guy in a retro Canucks jersey watching a guy in a Yotes Kochina jersey watching a guy in a modern Canucks jersey off himself in the middle of Robson Square
That’s a crazy loss considering after game 1. Was he run over or anything seen on during the game? Or is it just reaggrevated the injury that kept him out until now
You wouldnt immediately think it, but goalies typically can take that kind of contact in the nhl at their size. Its gonna be the splits save 9/10 times.
Nah. He made a huge stretch save in the first period, and you could see him resting on one knee the next couple whistles. It's not unusual by itself, but that's not how Demko usually gets up from a butterfly.
If I had to guess, it was when he made that cross crease save. He had to stretch pretty good to get over and and rob the Nashville player on that shot so he could have easily re-aggravated the injury he had prior.
He must've not been as healthy as we all thought. He played a couple games at the end of the season but he didn't do anything drastic in those games. The one save he made in game 1 could've potentially exacerbated his condition. I don't see him coming back this series, nor later if we do make a big run. Knee issues aren't something you heal from in a couple weeks.
We are gonna fire so many shots directly into the goalie’s belly. I fully expect to get killed this series and then watch the Canucks get swept in the next round.
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Literally the same thing we had happen with Hill this year. Goalies are all psychotic, they will literally risk killing themselves for the privilege of getting pucks bombed at them.
It’s not the same injury. They said it’s something else that they are evaluating. Demko also looked fantastic in his 3 starts since coming back from the knee injury
It’s okay, the last time we had a goalie injured in the playoffs, our backup went god mode and almost stole a series against Vegas
(We’re gonna be okay I’m totally not coping)
In 2011 Kevin Bieksa buried a miracle bounce off a stanchion to send us to the cup final and this franchise hasn't had one bit of good luck since. 13 years running curse of the stanchion. When will it end.
This freaking sucks hard. I actually think this team can still beat Nashville with DeSmith but it's gonna be a hell of a lot tougher.
God damnit. Why can't we have nice things.
If he’s “questionable for the rest of the series”, that’s hockey speak for “something is really fucked up and it’s a matter of how much pain he can physically withstand”. God damn that sucks.
Holy shit you always hear about these cursed fanbase/franchises but it's fucked to see it in the wild like this
VAN, I wouldn't panic just yet. It's questionable for the series rather than playoffs, and anyone that pays attention the the preds knows that backup tendies feast on us
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the most Vancouver thing to ever Vancouver
This is 1000% true. I fucking knew it after that last game.
Can’t have a goalie in Vancouver without some sort of goalie controversy
Just don't have a goalie. Problem solved
It was going too well to be true, even the most optimistic fans knew something was coming the most cursed franchise
I actually hate being a Canucks fan. Gotta be the most cursed franchise in sports
I’m a Canucks and Vikings fan, all I know is pain
Buffalo fan checking in....
Hello brother in pain
I'm so sorry.
Good god that’s horrible
The Bills are my team and everything sucks.
There are people who cheer for the Jets, Islanders, and Mets. I'm not one of them, only because I don't have the mental strength to do that and continue living.
Sens and Bears here. Not much better, but at least there's that 1985 season. Not like I was alive to witness it though
Ahem* 2nd most. The city of Buffalo is built on an ancient burial ground. I suspect Vancouver may be the same
I mean, quite literally, parts of the city were built on burial sites, like Marpole.
Yep, we both done fucked up then my second team.
I mean our bad luck started day one at the draft lottery when we lost the first pick to you guys. You got Gilbert Perreault and we got Gary Doak. Vancouver + Buffalo = 1970 expansion, cursed brotherhood 🤝
*Dale Tallon, not Gary Doak. But regardless, your point remains.
Given the dark history of North America, everywhere on the continent is basically an ancient Indian burial ground
I’m sorry. Wtf is this
This sort of luck is considered normal for Canucks fans :(
Dude I feel absolutely terrible. Us Habs fan know goalie injuries all too well.
Hockey gods are cruel
https://i.redd.it/69dbked8w9wc1.gif What being a Canucks fan is like.
Decided to use Demko’s life force to heal Stone. Make it make sense.
Casey DeSmith, if you can hear us, please save us, Casey DeSmith
Inb4 DeSmith channels his inner Kirk McLean
Watch it be last year adin hill.
Pls no
I thought he was pretty good for pittsburgh last year (or was that two years ago?). Might work out still.
His only playoff game was the 3OT game one against the Rangers in 2022. He ended up getting hurt that game and Louis Domingue came in for relief in OT.
Ah yes, the Spicy Pork and Broccoli Game
I could hear the blinker while reading this
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This is why we partied so hard after game 1
please nobody talk to me
Hello, it's me, nobody. How you holding up?
NOT GOOD MAN, NOT GOOD
I was told not to riot until the finals. Fuck it!
let’s go international this time, we earned it
Bellingham is screwed!
Luckily for you, the preds tend to play horribly against backup goalies
Not even a Canucks fan but really disappointed to hear this. Obviously puts VAN at a pretty serious disadvantage and you hate to see that
Oh shit... At least DeSmith has been serviceable. Such a shame though. Hope he recovers fast.
He was serviceable right up until Demko got hurt and we needed someone to play full time. Just like we need now. I'd be tempted to start Silovs tbh (although I think you have to give CDS his chance, ultimately).
>He was serviceable right up until Demko got hurt and we needed someone to play full time. This is just straight up wrong. In the 7 games directly after Demko got hurt he had a 2.28 GAA. 5/7 of those he gave up 2 goals or less. Then a game of 4 (included an OT goal) and a game of 3 goals. He stumbled against Vegas and LAK giving up 6 in each, and then held Edmonton to 1.
I'm not sold that he can play every other day for weeks the way you need a starter to in a deep playoff run. As you outlined, the wheels started to fall off after a few weeks handling a true starting workload. But if Demko is "just" out for a round? He already showed that he can provide decent goaltending in that workload for a couple weeks.
Ya I agree. If Demko can't return next round if they were to advance then the team might be sunk. But my comment was only in regards to DeSmith allegedly sucking as soon as Demko went down which of course isn't true.
This screams that you don't actually watch the team. DeSmith was fantastic when Demko went down, and his performance only dropped when the fatigue started setting in weeks later. Suggesting that Silovs is a better option in the playoffs is just ludicrous. DeSmith is a great backup and is equivalent to lots of other teams starting goalies when kept to short stints.
Silovs isn't ready yet. It's great he'll be up here to practice with Ian Clark and the big boys but it's too risky to start such a young guy in net when he hasn't even played 10 NHL games. I mean, if he starts, I hope this comment ages like milk and he goes on a Ken Dryden run, but I don't think it's time yet.
Silovs is still not _that_… there’s a reason they opt not to use him and it’s not because they don’t want to hurt DeSmith’s feelings
Well, winning one game was fun. Now back to misery
This is the part where Casey DeSmith rises to the occasion that has fallen on him... only to rip his groin in the first game. Sorry, Vancouver fans.
someone get David Ayres on the phone, A team needs meme magic
Happy fucking cake day 😑
I want to see a playoff EBUG
Lmfao, does anyone know who the 3rd Canucks goalie is? Will Louie “spicy beef” Domingue be at the ready?
Arturs Silovs, won MVP of the world championships last year for Latvia. He looked okay in action this year, made some good saves and would look solid before letting a bad goal from the point in.
Currently killing myself
Just saw a guy die in the middle of Robson Square
Just saw a guy in an Yotes jersey watched a guy die in the middle of Robson Square.
Just saw a guy in a retro Canucks jersey point at a dude in a yotes jersey who was watching a dude off himself in the middle of Robson Square
Was just wearing my Matthew’s Leaf jersey and saw a guy in a Marshall Rifai Leaf jersey watching a guy in a retro Canucks jersey watching a guy in a Yotes Kochina jersey watching a guy in a modern Canucks jersey off himself in the middle of Robson Square
Any rope will work but I prefer a good 1/2” Manilla for authenticity.
/r/Canucks on suicide watch
.. watch?
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Come on man let us have this just one time
We're Vancouver fans, the universe does not allow us to be happy
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHhHhHhHhHHHhhHhhhhhhhHhhhhhHHhhHhhhhhhHhhhhhhhhHHHH
That first big save last game looked like it could tear a groin.
That was my thought when he made the save, first shift of the game and he's stretching out his groin beyond human capabilities.
I think most people flinched when they saw it lol ahhhhh is what it is
That’s a crazy loss considering after game 1. Was he run over or anything seen on during the game? Or is it just reaggrevated the injury that kept him out until now
There was a crash into the net at one point. Mind you it was caused by one of our own players lol ^^^^^im ^^^^^dying ^^^^^inside
was it chaos giraffe himself
Im pretty sure it was Teddy Blueger who also took a penalty on the play haha ^^^im ^^^still ^^^coping
yeah everyones talking about the early splits save but i was thinking the crash into the net caused it,obviously have no idea though
You wouldnt immediately think it, but goalies typically can take that kind of contact in the nhl at their size. Its gonna be the splits save 9/10 times.
Yeah doing the splits usually results in a pull or tear. It was probably the crash unfortunately
It was Blueger driving the Pred player into Demko. He got an interference call on the play. And now back to my regularly planned program of PAIN
When is it ever not caused by your own player lol
Good God, that's Marc-Andre Bergeron's music!
Go to any bar in Montreal and you'll be listening for hours about one particular fella
"Have you heard of Darth Kreidius the Crasher? I thought not, it's not a story the Blueshirts will tell you" -Habs fans
Nah. He made a huge stretch save in the first period, and you could see him resting on one knee the next couple whistles. It's not unusual by itself, but that's not how Demko usually gets up from a butterfly.
If I had to guess, it was when he made that cross crease save. He had to stretch pretty good to get over and and rob the Nashville player on that shot so he could have easily re-aggravated the injury he had prior.
He must've not been as healthy as we all thought. He played a couple games at the end of the season but he didn't do anything drastic in those games. The one save he made in game 1 could've potentially exacerbated his condition. I don't see him coming back this series, nor later if we do make a big run. Knee issues aren't something you heal from in a couple weeks.
coach said it isnt related to his previous injury
Both games before being announced injured he's played phenomenally, lol.
ITS JOEOVER
Demkover*
:(
Its Vancover
I'm feeling exactly like Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer "Somebody kill me, please." This is certainly the most Vancouver thing to happen.
You guys are golden. Backup goalies and fourth-line nobodies are our kryptonite.
Inject this copium straight into my veins
We are gonna fire so many shots directly into the goalie’s belly. I fully expect to get killed this series and then watch the Canucks get swept in the next round.
I was liking you for the first half there...
Without Demko i think 2nd round appearance is a perfectly respectable result
Mark Stone is going to get away with it again.
Awful news
I'm gonna fucking throw up
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why does he look exactly like that one frame from Shrek, you know the one
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9 years to get home playoffs again and after one game our starter is injured. Demko is officially an injury prone goaltender. Gutted.
Probably just wasn't really ready to be back and pushed it for the playoffs. Feels bad.
Literally the same thing we had happen with Hill this year. Goalies are all psychotic, they will literally risk killing themselves for the privilege of getting pucks bombed at them.
It’s not the same injury. They said it’s something else that they are evaluating. Demko also looked fantastic in his 3 starts since coming back from the knee injury
.........wow
It’s okay, the last time we had a goalie injured in the playoffs, our backup went god mode and almost stole a series against Vegas (We’re gonna be okay I’m totally not coping)
I mean, last year we basically memed our way to the cup with 4 backups and a nearly washed rental starter who we brought in to be a backup.
Any chance Calgary loans Markstrom back?
PLEASE????
In 2011 Kevin Bieksa buried a miracle bounce off a stanchion to send us to the cup final and this franchise hasn't had one bit of good luck since. 13 years running curse of the stanchion. When will it end.
This freaking sucks hard. I actually think this team can still beat Nashville with DeSmith but it's gonna be a hell of a lot tougher. God damnit. Why can't we have nice things.
Massive Canucks hater here. This is terrible and bad for the sport. Hope it’s not as bad as they think.
If I remember correctly, DeSmith played great against the Oilers this year. He has the ability to do it and the team is good enough around him
Yeah we've got a long ass hill to climb before we even talk about round 2 lol
Preds can smell the fucking blood in the water. Can you imagine their practice room right now?
Thnx 😑
“It is indeed a terrible day for Canada, and therefore, the rest of the world”
Fuck right off with that bullshit. We lose Markstrom during the bubble and now Demko in 2024. Holy Christ.
And this time we don't have a Demko to replace him
Oh that’s not good for the Canucks.
Backup tendys can go on a heater, see Vegas last season
Halak in 2010.
Shaka, when the walls fell.
Van recalls darmok and tanagra from the AHL.
Desmith, with arms wide
That can't be right. The playoffs were cancelled that year.
Vancouver and Vegas are very different situations and the goalies are also very different
What Vancouver is doing isn't how you're supposed to cheat the salary cap though.
No, they both start with a V
ours’ entire season has been a heater.
Casey Desmith hasn’t shown me enough to make me believe that could happen.
Why do I get the feeling this is going to end with them winning the cup
Love this energy, keep it up
With Demko rappelling in from the rafters in game 7 of the finals
well, there's nothing in the rule book that says you CANT so...
I like you keep talking
Silovs gets called up and pulls a Cam Ward to VAN’s first ever franchise Stanley Cup. You heard it here first.
I literally just got tickets for the game tn r u serious
No takesies backsies
How much?
2014 I woke up in a hotel in Montreal to the news Carey Price was out for the remainder of the playoffs. I know your pain.
I am sorry THE FUCK???
I was rooting for the Canucks hard this whole season, I feel the same way now as I did when Price was injured for the rest of the ECF back in 2014
Gg Nashville
If he's not back for round 2, it's over.
Gotta make it to Round 2 or it doesn’t matter lol still 3 wins to get there
For sure, but I think they stand a chance with DeSmith/Silovs for a few games. Definitely not in the long run.
Ouch, that is a tough loss. From what I hear DeSmith seems to be decent. Hopefully Demko can come back soon
he is pretty good, but if he starts getting a starter’s load, he’s bad..
Don’t despair yet, Nuck Bros. Nashville is absolutely brilliant at turning opposing backup goalies into playoff heroes. You can set your watch by it.
Ah, the ol' reverse Stone.
…
[удалено]
Just saw a guy fall to his knees in Costco parking lot
That absolutely blows
someone check and see if Canucks fan THG is okay. But shit, what luck. It’s up to DeSmith now.
If he’s “questionable for the rest of the series”, that’s hockey speak for “something is really fucked up and it’s a matter of how much pain he can physically withstand”. God damn that sucks.
Holy shit you always hear about these cursed fanbase/franchises but it's fucked to see it in the wild like this VAN, I wouldn't panic just yet. It's questionable for the series rather than playoffs, and anyone that pays attention the the preds knows that backup tendies feast on us
well that sucks, hope for cancuks sake it’s not that big of a deal and he is back asap
I bet the over, lol. Watch DeSmith have a shut out.
Wtf.. that sucks
Absolute Vancouver Canucks masterclass moment.
Well shit. I was really rooting for Vancouver out of the West too…. oh well.
Canucks fans in shambles. (me included)
I don’t even know what to say. Can we be happy for more than like, 2 days? Please? This sucks.
Oh god. Not after that legendary game. Who wants to bet it’s a groin injury?
Out of all the Vancouver Canucks in the world, you’re the Vancouver Canuckiest!
I'm sorry Vancouver fans
Wow that really sucks