So, I've heard a lot of people calling for Mason Raymond's head. And more than that, calling for a tough, fourth-line, grinder-type guy who's gonna go out there and be physical. They're saying that the Canucks don't have that guy. But watching last night's game proved to me that the Canucks can be tough if they want to.
Sure, they lost. It was a bad break where Henrik Sedin got crosschecked by the tallest guy in the league, no penalty was called and the Bruins scored. That's just how it is. But the bottom two lines showed me something: they're tough. Raffi Torres was doing just what we want from him, Tanner Glass and Victor Oreskovich were throwing their weight around, Hodgson even had a couple scoring chances, and even Hansen was throwing a couple hits. Heck, Vicky even put Andrew Ference out of the game after absolutely destroying him behind the net. Just what we need.
This team can play any style of game. They can play that smooth, finesse, score-off-the-rush, amazing passing type of game where they're at their best. They can grind out a win against a defence-first team. They can even play a rough-and-tumble, hard-hitting, tight sort of game. And they can win. Any way.
Maybe we don't need a tough guy after all. Maybe they were just waiting to emerge.
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