It may not have been the outcome we Caps fans wanted but we should still be proud. Everyone had counted us out at the beginning of the season. Most, if not all, said that there was no way we would make the playoffs.
But, we did! We made it. We defied the odds and made to the post-season. We exceeded expectation and did much better than most thought. And that, my friends deserves to be recognized.
As we get closer to the playoffs, I figured it would be best to make an introductory post for any new Canucks fans (or anyone that wants to bandwagon if your team didn't make it to the playoffs or if you're still deciding on who should be your team). A post like this was made by @mattymartin when the Avs were making it to the finals and it's what really got me into loving hockey, so I figured that I would return the favor for any newbies this season!
If you see this post on your timeline, please reblog! This took a very long time to make and I want this to reach as many new fans as possible!
Without further ado, here are your 2023-2024 Vancouver Canucks!
The Canucks have won game 4 and they grow the lead to 3-1 in the series against the Predators.
Silovs gets his first playoff win in his first playoff start!
The biggest difficulty at the moment for the Canucks is having both Demko AND Desmith out injured and I think that Silovs did well in his first playoff start. A lot of unlucky bounces went in favor of the Predators but Silovs did great to keep control of the game for long stretches of time.
Boeser was a key star of the game as without him this game wouldn’t have been forced into overtime! All three regulation goals scored were by him and he has a playoff hat trick! His first goal was assisted by Miller and Soucy. His second goal was assisted by Lindholm and Miller. His third goal was assisted by Miller and Pettersson.
The most insane part of Boeser’s second and third goals is the fact that they were scored in under the last three minutes of the game because Silovs left the net and the Canucks had an extra attacker for both.
The overtime goal was scored by Lindholm with an assist from Garland!
What made this game so difficult during most of it was the Predators defense who managed to make some heavy hits. Hughes was targeted heavily during this game and I winced at the one where he was slammed between two players.
Final score 4-3!💙💚🤍
I am so glad that they managed to get the win and the next game will be game 5 on Tuesday in Vancouver!