Black Ice Vancouver

Vancouver lost Tuesday night at the garage in two ways than one.

First they lost the game (badly), then they lost Ryan Johnson (to a neck injury suffered during the 2nd period) which makes 6 regulars missing from the line-up since the beginning of the season.

So that makes the following on the RIP list this year: Daniel Sedin, Pavol Demitra, Kyle Wellwood, Rick Rypien and Jannik Hansen to injury, as well as defenceman Sami Salo.

And no end insight.

So how did the Canucks fare after after losing Johnson in the 2nd period and opening the 3rd with a 2-1 lead?

Fuck-all, shit-ass to be frank.

And since Vancouver had less the second coming of Ron Francis and more the second coming of Francis Kane in their midst it was certain that the Canucks were doomed to defeat.

Games-within-games they lost. Special-team they lost. They even lost the loss, if that is possible.

The Canucks lost so badly that I seriously considered leaving the Propagandi show I was attending at the time of the loss just to witness, in real-time the loss, while it was happening in real-time.

What can I say? Just as the Canucks are scrapping the bottom of the depth barrel, a struggling Detroit team is finally getting a lock with their own depth issues.

(Physical act of throwing hands in the air)

Next Up – Los Angeles