Episode 350: Quarantine Rewatch, Canucks vs. Blackhawks 2011

With no live hockey for us to watch right now, we’re instead going to go back in time and rewatch classic playoff games from the past. In this instalment of the PDOcast Quarantine Rewatchables, Thomas Drance helps deep dive the 2011 first round series between the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks, which marked the third consecutive year they met in the postseason and culminated in an epic Game 7 overtime. The categories we cover include: 5:00 The legacy of this game and how we remember it 12:00 The rivalry between the Canucks and Blackhawks 19:00 How overqualified this was for a Round 1 matchup 25:00 The Alex Burrows redemption story 33:00 How ahead of their time these teams were 37:00 Who looks most impressive on rewatch 48:30 The rarely seen well executed offer sheet 58:20 Toews vs. Crosby debates 1:01:15 The Canucks handling of goalies 1:11:30 Most rewatchable sequence in the game 1:17:30 Becoming Corey Crawford believer 1:23:00 The Biggest 'THAT' Guy 1:26:00 Most unanswerable questions 1:31:20 The Sedins and Kesler on Apex Mountain 1:39:00 Who won the game? Stay safe, get comfortable at home, kick back with a beverage of your choice, and watch along with us here. You can also go back into the archives of the show and catch up on the previous Quarantine Rewatchables we’ve already done: Penguins vs. Red Wings 2009 Bruins vs. Maple Leafs 2013