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Canucks' Surprising Performance Despite Season Struggles
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4/11/2025
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00:00
I wanted to ask you about that Canucks game as well last night.
00:03
There's no reason for them to be winning.
00:06
Their season's over.
00:07
I've heard Besser's out of there.
00:09
But you keep telling me that they won't quit and they keep, you know,
00:12
they had the three-goal comeback with a minute left in the game the other night.
00:16
You said they're as loose as a goose.
00:18
And I was like, there's no way they're winning that game in Denver.
00:21
And then they did.
00:23
Yeah, you know, Scott, there's different.
00:25
I know it sounds crazy.
00:26
And yesterday you got a chuckle out of it.
00:28
And I know for people tuning in probably thinking, he just said this team is out of it
00:31
and they don't care.
00:32
And then he told us how the Canucks were out of it.
00:34
But he likes the Canucks tonight.
00:36
There's different types of out of it, right?
00:39
There's some rooms in which, you know, the room implodes and it's a lost cause
00:43
and people just want to get out of there.
00:45
And there's other, you know, other rooms where they've sort of stuck together.
00:50
The Canucks have had a lot of friction this year and drama, but they play hard on the ice.
00:55
You know, and they, you know, another thing is too, I saw a stat about them.
00:58
The Canucks are like 16 and five or something, Scott, like the last 21 games where they've
01:03
been eliminated.
01:05
So it's another thing too.
01:07
You know, one thing, last thing about the Canucks, they're not a bad team, right?
01:11
There's seven games over 500, right?
01:13
They're in a very, very difficult division.
01:15
They're in a super tough Western conference.
01:18
If the Vancouver Canucks were an Eastern conference, we'd be talking about them playing,
01:21
going into the playoffs right now.
01:22
They're not, it is what it is.
01:25
They had a tough year, but they're not a bad team, right?
01:28
I know people were frustrated with them and it's a frustrating season for them.
01:32
The flames are still mathematically alive and they get the wild tonight, you know, absolutely
01:38
pivotal game and a wild play to Canucks tomorrow.
01:41
So this is a spot now for the Calgary flames where they, you know, they can win and they're
01:46
seeing the Canucks winning late right now.
01:48
So the flames are still alive, but I tell you what, it's just a gut feel tonight, Scott.
01:53
And I've been betting on the flames a lot this year.
01:57
And this is another team too, where ton of heart, not a ton of talent.
02:01
They remind me of last year's Vancouver team.
02:03
They just sort of play hard.
02:04
They get good goaltending.
02:05
How are they going to make up five points when you got teams like the wild and blues that
02:11
still win games?
02:13
Well, you're playing them tonight, right?
02:15
So there's two points.
02:16
This, this is it.
02:18
Yeah.
02:18
This, this is it.
02:19
That's why I'm saying this game is so critical tonight.
02:22
It's basically like a playoff eliminator for the Calgary flames.
02:26
You're five down.
02:27
You're playing the team right now.
02:28
They win tonight.
02:30
They cut it to three.
02:31
Boom.
02:31
Minnesota wild play in Vancouver tomorrow night, back to back.
02:35
The flames have to pray that the Canucks actually show up.
02:38
Although this is a type of spot where the Canucks won't show up.
02:41
They're coming off a nice big win.
02:43
They're playing at home and they'll let their fans down.
02:47
The classic.
02:48
If the flames lose tonight and they go seven down, it's over.
02:54
They're done.
02:55
Yeah, they're done.
02:55
They need to win tonight.
02:57
And this could happen for them.
02:59
There's still a couple of games left.
03:00
Minnesota have a tricky schedule down the stretch here.
03:02
So tonight's a pivotal, really, really cool game.
03:05
And Ottawa, Montreal is pretty big tonight too.
03:08
The game's actually a pretty big in Eastern Conference tonight as well.
03:11
Uh, in the NHL.
03:12
Who do you like in that, uh, Montreal game in Ottawa?
03:17
Oh boy.
03:18
I know it's hard.
03:19
Six in a row.
03:20
Six in a row for the blue, blue, blue, rouge.
03:23
So I hate doing this, but I think the senators are going to get it done.
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