The Vancouver Canucks were finally playing a game without tarps and fake crowd noises that sounded like the screams from the pits of hell.
For the first time since March 10, 2020, their were fans in the stands at Rogers Arena cheering on the boys in blue and green.
It is the first of a seven game homestand for the Canucks after spending the first six games of the season on the road.
The Canucks honoured essential and frontline workers before the game and rightfully so. It has been a tough 19 months for them and they have been giving their all for us during the pandemic. If you are a frontline or essential worker reading this, we salute you. It would be a lot harder to go through these rough times without you.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry was also there to crank the siren before the game.
Dr.Bonnie Henry in the houseeee 🙌 pic.twitter.com/RuiBXdVTYc
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) October 27, 2021
The Canucks also put out an epic intro video for fans in the stands. It wasn’t shown on the broadcast but here it is below.
Vancouver Canucks. Heroes return home for Season 52. pic.twitter.com/B05LcIDz5A
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) October 27, 2021
Big props goes to the people who made this video. J.T. Miller as a lumberjack?! Quinn Hughes taking his jersey of a backpack like Peter Parker?! Elias Pettersson as a Jedi?! What’s there not to like!
Unfortunately, the game wasn’t as exciting as the intro video.
The Wild were playing their third road game and in four nights but it was the Canucks who look like they were out of gas. They didn’t have much to begin with, to be honest.
Alex Chiasson got the Canucks on the board which came on the power play in the second period. Bo Horvat managed to get the Canucks within a goal with a great solo effort late in the third.
Mats Zuccarello, Jonas Brodin and Matt Dumba got the goals for the Wild.
” We didn’t converge,” said head coach Travis Green after the game. “We didn’t create enough. We have to find a way to create more chances. I think we’re defending a lot better, but we still have to create.”
The Canucks did have the puck a lot but they weren’t creating much scoring chances. They were playing with no energy and no urgency especially in the third period. It was like they were on autopilot all game.
It also felt like the team wasn’t clicking together and it makes you question what their system even is.
Overall, it was a disappointing and poor effort from the home team.
Alright, here are three takeaways from the Canucks 3-2 home loss to the Wild.