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The Stanchies: Carbonite Brock, delay-of-game misery, and finding a dollar bill while your house burns down
Photo credit: Terrence Lee-Imagn Images
Nov 6, 2026, 01:14 EST
Best setup
The Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets have been struggling in extremely different ways to start this season.
The Canucks are obviously not winning a lot of games at the moment, but it’s been a lot less difficult to find positives this year than last. The locker room vibe is better, the big names are putting pucks in the net, and the players showed their backbone in the last game against the Ducks, standing up for themselves with a series of fisticuffs. Yes, they’re still last place, but we all know things could be a whole lot worse.
The Jets, on the other hand, are in a really tough place. They might’ve managed a comeback for the ages against the Canadiens two nights ago with four goals in under three minutes and an overtime winner, but the first 57 minutes looked a whole lot like the previous nine games they’d lost. They just traded their franchise goalie to the Jersey Shore, and now all their hopes hinge on Stuart Skinner standing on his head as Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor do their best impressions of Dale Hawerchuk and Teemu Selanne.
That’s what made this game all the more crucial. The Canucks arrived at Canada Life Centre hoping for two points in a building where they’d won only five of their previous 23 visits. And what they got instead was ending up on the wrong end of a 6-2 drubbing that never felt close.
The advanced stats will tell you this game was there for the taking. The actual highlights will show you that this game was a disaster class of Canucks standing and watching as the Jets did whatever they wanted and showed the true difference between a team that’s struggling and one that’s just not very good. The effort level simply wasn’t there from enough players, and it was evident pretty quickly that no Ducks-style comeback was in the cards. Outside of the some good individual performances by Liam Öhgren and Jacob Quillan, the rest of Manny Malhotra’s bench looked like a group merely going through the motions of hockey.
Was this the Canucks’ worst effort of the year? Probably not. But it was certainly not one of their better ones either.
Best Free Luke
looks like Luke Schenn sits for fourth time in five games & seventh in last 10. He played seven of first eight games of #Canucks season. But lone game in past 10 days was vs Toronto
Best and so it begins…
Just got in… #Canucks on the PK already, eh? 🫤
— CrankyCanucksFan 🇨🇦 🏒 (@crankycanucksfan.bsky.social) 2026-11-06T00:14:30.623Z
why is there a regional blackout for the Vancouver versus Winnipeg game when I am in Quebec I will never understand this league
Sometimes the cable companies do your mental health a solid. This game started to get away from the Canucks almost immediately.
First of all, Drew O’Connor puts himself in the box by compounding on his own giveaway and hooking Cole Perfetti. It’s far too early for these kinds of mistakes.
The Canucks’ stagnant PK shockingly survived the first wave that had Kyle Connor and Cole Perfetti on it, so naturally they couldn’t survive the second. The Jets moved the puck around with a lot more confidence than you’d expect from a club that’s lost nine of ten, and Alex Iafallo got the inside lane to deflect Haydn Fleury’s shot past Leevi Meriläinen’s outstretched glove.
To be fair, of course the Jets were more ready to start this game at 7 P.M. Winnipeg time. For the Canucks it’s still 5 PM PCT. No games start then!
Best Protecting the Asset
You think you can take our guaranteed ...3rd overall!! NEVER!! 🤣 #canucks
The Jets’ quick scoring skills from their game against the Canadiens apparently got tucked into their luggage for the flight home, because they only needed 14 seconds to double the lead.
The decision to scratch Schenn again in favour of Victor Mancini loomed pretty large here. His d-partner Jamie Oleksiak can’t control his pass/clearing attempt (unclear which one he was going for), so Mancini tries to take it through the middle. He immediately coughs it up to Morgan Barron, who whips the puck back to Cole Koepke near the boards. Koepke’s quick shot finds a hole through Meriläinen’s Bauer Vapor Hyperlite pads.
Beggars can’t be choosers, but Mancini’s decision-making makes it really tough to justify him getting regular shifts.
Best Goalie Corner
Liam Öhgren kinda the goat when you think about it
It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these!
The last time we saw Stuart Skinner, he was about a month removed from being traded off the pressure-cooker Edmonton Oilers to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Now he’s in Winnipeg, and has been tasked with stepping into shoes so massive they only fit Sideshow Bob. Needless to say, pressure-filled situations seem to follow Stu around like Christmas ghosts.
Enter Liam Öhgren, who catches Skinner off guard with his bread-and-butter shot: a zone entry from the right side of the ice, cutting to the middle and taking a quick no-look shot around a high screen.
Back when I was learning how to goaltend, one of the earlier lessons coaches give you is not to let a player’s eyes fool you. Great shooters don’t need to look where they’re shooting as they take it; they’ll have a corner labelled before the puck’s even left their stick as they stare down their “pass target.”
BUT… even the best no-look shooters still have a tell: can you figure it out from this angle?
Notice the stick blade and how it’s still somewhat square to the net. If Öhgren were actually thinking pass, the stick blade would be much farther turned towards his target. But Skinner couldn’t pick that up as well with Neal Pionk serving as the high screen, and the puck sailed past him a lot more easily than he would’ve wanted.
Also, don’t look now, but Liam Öhgren is really starting to heat up in the confidence department. And that couldn’t come at a better time. He’s now tied for the team lead in goals with Jonathan Lekkerimäki too!
Best getting out of dodge
How many goals against this year have come from in front of the net or slot. Ooph #Canucks
sooooooo what does everyone want for Christmas
Cole Perfetti had himself a strong night for the Jets. He looked dangerous anytime the puck was in his vicinity, and he practically created the Jets’ third goal out of nothing, getting around Fil Hronek a little to easily as the rest of the Canucks back checking sort of… got out of the way and let him walk to the net?
Leevi Meriläinen made the initial stop, but the Jets managed to keep control of the puck, and Perfetti teamed up with Dawson Mercer for the 3-1 lead off some quick passing that left the Canucks’ collective heads spinning.
Mercer was the key piece for the Jets in the recent Hellebuyck trade, so it only makes sense that he’d get his first goal as a Jet against the Canucks. This will become a theme of the game.
Best metaphor
Poor Zeev Buium. Not much is going right for him these days. Even his low-danger attempts to swat the puck are somehow ending up in the seats for delay of game penalties.
Anyone have the number for one of those Etsy witches?
Best Scrambler
not quite. Just feels that way
Pretty sure we’ve trailed 4-1 at one point in every game this year.
The stat line of this game was a lot closer than the scoreboard actually dictated. Both teams had 25+ shots, the Canucks won the majority of faceoffs, and they even were nearly even in Expected Goals at 5-on-5; the Jets’ 2.77 just bested the Canucks’ 2.49.
And yet, the eye test was something different entirely. The Jets’ opportunities in the offensive zone all looked like a swarm of bees surrounding bears that just finished their winter hibernation. As Winnipeg dynamically moved the puck around the net, the Canucks did a metric heck ton of standing still, stick-reaching, and puck watching.
That’s how Kyle Connor made a cut to the net that looked more like a power play than it should have at even strength. The three Canucks watched as the rebound squirted right out to Neal Pionk for one of the easiest goals of his life.
At this point, the Canucks could tell it wasn’t going to be their night, and so could the rest of us.
Best bell ringer
Did you know a top-of-the-line goalie mask costs over $1000? And you definitely want one to protect against pucks to the dome, like this Perfetti shot on Meriläinen that popped a mask strap loose.
Leevi might not hear ringing in his ears anymore thanks to the advancements in padding tech, but it sure wakes you up like a septuple shot of espresso.
Best concepts of a plan
This game wasn’t all doom and gloom. Liam Öhgren is doing a lot of the right things at the moment, and with a little more puck luck he might’ve had a second goal. Here he parked himself right in Stu Skinner’s kitchen, but was just slightly too close to tuck an open rebound chance.
The first line of EP40, Boeser and Jake DeBrusk had a quieter night, but they did put together a nice chance when a Skinner pass attempt ended up on the stick of Petey. EP40 dropped the puck to a streaking DeBrusk, who snaked to the net like Arbok but just couldn’t keep the puck on his stick for a shot. Instead, it was Guillaume Brisebois who stepped into a shot, albeit a low chance one.
At least something’s happenin’!
Best Björck Björck Björck
And of course the Rookie gets his first NHL point on us as well Welcome to #canucks hockey baby.
Of course he scored his first of the year on us lol FML
There are three guarantees in life: death, taxes, the Canucks allowing rookies to score their first NHL points against them.
Viggo Björck has really struggled in his rookie campaign. The Jets’ decision to bring the eighth overall pick from this June(!) to the big club so fast was a bold move; 16 games and zero points later, it wasn’t looking like a great call for his development.
But that’s where a matchup against the Canucks really comes in handy. Vancouver is nothing if not generous, and they gifted the kid a secondary assist on a silver platter.
The Petey line, along with Buium and Hronek, get caught on the ice for way too long and can barely muster more than a poke check attempt as Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele pounce on them along the end boards. Connor’s shot is kicked aside by Meriläinen, but Scheifele is already waiting for the rebound.
That Delta Hotel waiting for the Canucks might sound so good right about now.
Best pushback
EVERYONE FIGHTING DAWG
Tuesday’s game against the Ducks was a great blueprint for showing some toughness. If you’re going to lose, at least do it with some pushback.
The Canucks didn’t go full 70s Flyers today, but they did start some business.
Marco Rossi had seven shots in this hockey game, but dragging his teammates into a scrum for morale was probably his best contribution.
Best early Christmas gift
Thats Trey Fix-Wolansky music 🎶
The Canucks’ generosity wasn’t exclusive to former Devils and rookies. In the third Jamie Oleksiak served up a giveaway so egregious that even Luca Sbisa would be stunned.
Heck, Perfetti was so surprised he didn’t even get a proper shot after it landed on his stick!
Best exhaustion
This one isn't even fun to watch. 😮💨#Canucks
— Hard2BGreene (@hard2bgreene.bsky.social) 2026-11-06T02:27:04.682Z
The Jets had the Canucks all figured out by the end of the night. Enter the zone, pass the puck with precision, cycle, rinse, repeat. They’ll never be able to keep up.
By the end, even Meriläinen, great all year, started making uncharacteristic errors. Winnipeg’s final goal by Mario Ferraro was thanks to two things. One was Leevi oversliding and leaving way more room on the far side than he intended. The second was that literally no one was covering Ferraro!
I’m not sure what Oleksiak was trying to do by turning his back to the play and covering the left post, but it didn’t work.
This game has been a real letdown. Here’s some Pavel Bure highlights to remind you of better days.
Best garbage time
🚨 BOESER 🚨
Even the lousiest hockey game can have a good moment. It’s like finding a dollar on the ground right after your house burned down.
Jacob Quillan has evolved into Stone Cold Quiller over the last couple of games. Only today, he did it with his tenacity along the boards rather than by spamming the Wii remote and nunchuck boxing.
Quillan keeps the puck protected from Gabe Vilardi and Mario Ferraro juuuuust long enough for Brock Boeser to find the open ice between all the backchecking Jets. Quillan serves it up, and Boeser finishes it with a backhand over Stu’s glove.
In a game where Manny Malhotra cited being “on the short end of a lot of puck battles and races” as one reason they lost so badly, at least Quillan showed his teammates what that looks like.
Best Wolverine staring longingly at a photo
Imagine thinking Podkolzin isn't an NHLer
Vasily Podkolzin received the only five-minute penalty for fighting following this incident with Drew Helleson
And now the guy they indirectly traded Podkolzin for is off to Russia. Funny how that worked! Not ‘ha ha’ funny, but something else.
Best Game Day promotion
I wasn’t in the target demo for Naruto Night, but I’ve never wanted a Canucks promo gift more than Carbonite-frozen Brock Boeser.
Next we need a Catan Night. Or a Dungeons & Dragons dice set.
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