Keys To A Good, Strong, Healthy, Playoff Run!

For the Vancouver Canucks to have a good, strong, healthy, playoff run there is many things that need to happen. One main thing is Luck, every team that wins a Stanley Cup will tell you they had some luck. Another key factor is healthiness, and injuries. Even one injury can mess a team up significantly, for example when Sami Salo was injured earlier in the season, this effected us considerably. As well as Luongo getting injured, but preferably no injuries through out our playoff run would help out a lot. Luongo has to be at the top of his game, every game. We can't have any of those weak goals going in that suck the energy and momentum away from us. Our defense has to play tight, we can't be letting in 4 or 5 goals in games, because this is very tough to win when your letting in that amount of goals. Our Defense should move the puck quick and if they are in trouble just get it out of the zone, we can't risk those turnovers in our own end. Our defense should also sit back and only go full out on offense when there is a rush or on the power play, but forwards need to notice this and be ready to come back and cover the pinching defenceman in case he gets caught up ice. Our forwards need to do exactly what we are doing, pressure lots move the puck fast, cycle it, anything we can do to keep a step ahead of the other team. Scoring of coarse is a must, we need to get at least 1 goal a game, but preferably 3 or 4 a game. Every line and every player needs to chip in on the scoring and points getting. If that mean Luongo getting a few assists or goals then so be it, but every point helps. Physical and toughness, we can not be outworked or hit, we need to let the opposing team know that we are there and that they are not going to go touching a puck with out getting hit. We must out work and out play the other team. If we can manage to do all these I am confident that the Vancouver Canucks can make it past the second round for sure and hopefully to the Finals! GO CANUCKS GO!