Ten players in the Canucks’ lineup Friday hadn’t experienced an NHL playoff game until last week, but they haven't looked nervous since Game 1 and they are a confident team heading into their series with the StLouisBlues. (Via imacSportsnet)
open their round-of-16 playoff series Wednesday night against the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues, it will be nearly five days since they eliminated the Minnesota Wild.Miller is on a roll, and so are the Canucks, which means the power winger and key leader will be bellowing out the lineup card again for coach Travis Green on Wednesday.. “He had the music keyed up and it was pretty good. I was chuckling as I was walking out of the room.
On Friday night, Miller had Swedish band Europe’s 1986 anthem “Final Countdown” — released before any Canucks except Loui Eriksson and Jay Beagle were even born — blaring through the dressing room as he stormed around yelling out the starters. They closed out the qualifying series with three straight wins and=Friday came back from 3-1 and 4-3 deficits, rescuing starting goalie Jacob Markstrom after one of his poorest games this season when veteran defenceman Chris Tanev – “Tequilaaaaaaaa!” according to Miller three hours earlier – scored 11 seconds into overtime.
They’re probably not as good as the Blues, but in the make-believe world of the round-robin tournament, the Blues didn’t look as good as the Blues, either. The Canucks packed a lot of growth into four games against the Wild, and they are a dangerous, confident team.
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