Blackhawks rape the Canucks, 4-1

Just when you think it's not going to get worse, it did.

Other than the usual comment about Canucks not playing well... I thought Alain Vigneault should have kept the Sedin-Sedin-Naslund line intact. Pyatt-Raymond-Shannon line and Burrows-Kesler-Pettinger/Isbister line were doing just fine and dandy, providing that secondary scoring, though to be honest, it has only been those two lines that has been scoring lately.

Now, AV messed up the lines and we only have Burrows-Kesler-whoeverisonthisline scoring. Lovely.

Game wise, the Blackhawks deserved this win. Not only did they dominate in the offensive zone, they dominated in their own defensive zone, not allowing the Canucks any chances at all. We had 10 shots on goal, but I don't think any of those are "quality" scoring chances.

And the powerplay. AV. Why are you not switching Salo and Ohlund on the blue line so either of them can get the one timer off? God. This has been pissing me off since last season. He absolutely refuses to switch the defensemen's sides on the powerplay, no wonder we suck at it so much.

Matt Pettinger did his best Matt Cooke impersonation this game with his hit on Jonathan Toews. The good news is, he didn't turtle when Barker came to defend Toews. I think he won that bout, too. But guh. I hate how they gave Pettinger an extra penalty after the fact.

Penalties are not supposed to be reviewable. If you didn't give him a penalty after he squashed Toews and after seeing Toews bleeding on the ice, I don't see why you give it to him after making penalty decisions. Such double standards. -_- God.