Thursday April, 29 the Vancouver Canucks played there first game, in the second round of the playoffs, against the young, and powerhouse Chicago Blackhawks. Coming off a four game sweep of St. Louis, the confidante Vancouver player's had high hopes on the road to the Stanley Cup.
“We knew we were going to win,” he said. “We had a push, we knew we were the fresher team. They just had a pretty hard series and we were definitely the fresher team.”Starting the third period with a three goal lead, the Canucks looked calm and relaxed. Unfortantely Chicago took this mental state as an advantage and scored three back to back goals. “We have done a good job all last series of not sitting on leads, especially in the second half and I don’t think we sat our lead, but as soon as they got that first one it seemed like they had some momentum going,” Bieksa said. Maybe the ten day break was to much for the team, but three goals under eight minutes is ridiculous, and some people question the drive of the Canucks after a performance like this. " The Canucks are at the top of their game", thinking about this quote is comforting and acceptable for the great fans of the team, but a mind set like this for the player's could cost them their great run at the Stanley cup.
The Canucks appeared to have the game in complete control after the first, reminiscing the games played agasint the St. Louis. Statically Chicago is better than St. Louis and contains the better arsenal, but the amount of heart and toughness they bring to the game could put an end to the Canucks great run. "They got out hit, out skated and out shot us and had to kill off penalties for most of the first 40 minutes. Hopefully we are the ones who received the wake up call".
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