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Canucks Army Postgame: Ondrej Pavelec Shutout
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J.D. Burke
Mar 22, 2016, 23:34 EDTUpdated:
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The Winnipeg Jets shutout the Vancouver Canucks and they iced the second best goaltender on the night. Hard to reconcile, but we’re talking about Ondrej Pavelec at one end and Jacob Markstrom fighting the world at the other.
Besides, I don’t think the Canucks could beat a shooter tutor. Not with this lineup. Certainly not the way they’re playing right now. This is the third time the Canucks have been shut out in three consecutive games. If you’re feeling particularly masochistic, I invite you to look at the tweet below which features the previous record.
You’d like to think Daniel Sedin, a man of few words, calling the team out for an apparent lack of effort would be enough to push them over a Jets roster no less demolished than the one the Canucks are icing. It wasn’t, and I’m not entirely sure a more caustic call-out is going to do much to change that going forward. This roster is objectively terrible. 
Injuries have a part to play, but how much better are the Canucks healthy? Realistically, not very. I’m not sure there was a course management could follow to break the chains of aging, but circling themselves with salary mines in the off-season didn’t help the cause.

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Quick Hits

  • How bad is it to get shutout by the Jets and Oilers in the same three-game stretch? Well, the Oilers have the fourth-worst even-strength Sv% in the league. The Jets are three spots ahead, but they were playing Pavelec and his .901 Sv% tonight, so there’s that. It requires some level of awful to achieve that. Tonight was Pavelec’s first shutout of the season, by the way.
  • The closest thing the Canucks had to a scoring chance all night was a semi-breakaway by Brendan Gaunce shorthanded. That’s it. Can’t remember anything else. That’s backed up by the shot location data, which shows the Canucks challenging from all the worst spots.
  • If Nikita Tryamkin’s had a better game as a Canuck, I can’t remember it. Tryamkin was active and even found himself involved in the Canucks rush. Tryamkin’s best play, though, was a recovery made for his defensive partner who found himself trapped deep in the Winnipeg zone. That’s the kind of awareness you hope for from a seasoned veteran. Even then, you’re left wanting more often than not.
  • Wasn’t impressed with Jake Virtanen tonight. If the Sedins are looking for an effort-scapegoat tonight, there’s your pick. Made a couple poor reads in the offensive zone and was turning the puck over like mad in the neutral zone. 

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