sensei_hanson
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Not to take away from a great effort, but the Canucks were fortunate that Barasso was fighting it as badly as he was last night. At least three of the goals were questionable - two five-hole jobs and a number of big, fat juicy rebounds that Vancouver pounced upon time and time again.
I can't believe Quenville didn't pull him after the score got to 4-2.
In regards to the Cloutier's temporary bout of insanity....I was disappointed that nobody stepped up and took a chunk out of Mellanby - namely Langdon. They've been harping on people running Cloutier's crease all year and the pitiful lack of response the Canucks show every time it happens. So Burke makes a trade to "toughen up" the team, the goaltender gets run (several times, I might add), and Cloutier goes and protects himself. As soon as Mellanby threw that retalitory punch, someone should have dropped them. Besides Cloutier.
Again, to be fair, the resulting penalties meant that nobody was going to drop the gloves being up or down a man. But it would have been nice to see someone start something at the beginning of the third period.
I can't believe Quenville didn't pull him after the score got to 4-2.
In regards to the Cloutier's temporary bout of insanity....I was disappointed that nobody stepped up and took a chunk out of Mellanby - namely Langdon. They've been harping on people running Cloutier's crease all year and the pitiful lack of response the Canucks show every time it happens. So Burke makes a trade to "toughen up" the team, the goaltender gets run (several times, I might add), and Cloutier goes and protects himself. As soon as Mellanby threw that retalitory punch, someone should have dropped them. Besides Cloutier.
Again, to be fair, the resulting penalties meant that nobody was going to drop the gloves being up or down a man. But it would have been nice to see someone start something at the beginning of the third period.