Unacceptable.

There's your minimalist game review. The Vancouver Canucks can't be taken seriously until they start showing up against teams like St. Louis (and Atlanta... feel free to add others).They looked like they might squeek out an OT point that they didn't deserve when Mats Sundin got on the scoresheet and effectively ended the game. I am not dumping on the guy, he gets a grace period from me, but holy crap that was dumb penalty. Whatever. Some will wish to sit and dwell on this one (and how Sundin is a failure already, gotta love CDC), but with the Sharks in GM Place tonight, they have more pressing concerns. Overall the Canucks need to step up defensively. While I am not saying Jason LaBarbera is blameless in this one, he certainly had an off night, so much so I would give the start to Sanford tonight. He held the Sharks off the board the last time these teams met after Corey Schneider surrendered 5, and it may inspire LaBarbera to a better outing next time. The Canucks didn't lose any ground to the Oilers as they lost 4-1 to the Sharks, and have likely lost Zack Stortini for the rest of the season. Warning, the video is pretty nasty, in a Joe Theisman kind of way. Stortini's a goof, but you never want to see someone suffer an injury like that. Souray also suffered an upper body injury last night so the Oilers have more adversity to face in the weeks ahead.