In Luongod We Trust: Canucks-Kings Preview-Game Thread
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 6:44 AM PDT
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GAME TIME: 7:00 PST
TV: Sportsnet
Enemy Territory: A Queen Among Kings/Battle of California
Update: Via the LA Times, the Kings will have a handful of rookies out there tonight who will are aiming for a spot in the bigs next season, including:
...rookie winger Wayne Simmonds has goals in back-to-back games; center Brian Boyle, showing desired signs of aggressiveness, has picked up fighting majors in back-to-back games; and Peter Harrold, who has played defense and wing, will spend his second consecutive game at center.
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After playing and beating a playoff-bound team in Calgary, the Canucks now go back to playing 2 non-playoff teams to finish the year, and the fans will wonder if they bring their A-game against weaker opponents. The grand theft larceny of the Flames bolsters my confidence in the ability of Roberto Luongo, but not the team defence. The Canucks know they have to tighten up, but aren't getting it done. Sure, Luongo loves all those shots because it gets him into the game, but it won't make the team successful in the playoffs long term. There isn't much time left.
By the way, Luongo is 3-1-0 with a 1.51 GAA and a shutout in his last three games against the Kings.
The Kings are not going to roll over though.
"We talked about finishing out the year strong,"Kings' defenseman Matt Greene said. "We're just trying to make sure we have some good compete out there and are playing hard.
"We're going for points here, we're not going to lay down for anybody. Just another game for us."
The Kings rank 13th in the NHL on the power play and 6th killing penalties. Special teams aren't everything are they? The Canucks rank 17th and 15th respectively.
It appears the Kings will go with Jonathan Quick in net. Their forwards lines should look like this:
Alexander Frolov - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams
Calder - Boyle - Purcell
Wayne Simmonds - Michal Handzus - Dustin Brown
Ivanans - Harrold - Zeiler
Their defence:
Davis Drewiske and Drew Doughty
Sean O’Donnell and Jack Johnson
Matt Greene and Denis Gauthier
More on the Kings here.
As posted in the Fan Posts section, the Canucks will not make any changes to their 6 defencemen, with Rick Bowness saying that nearly all the skaters need to play better defensively. Man, do they ever. Where has the stingy Canucks defence gone?
Mats Sundin looked a lot better against the Flames. Let's see if he can continue that effort. To me he still looks a bit lost out there at times. I think a big reason for that (beyond the rust) is because our system is so much different than what he played in Toronto. For whatever reason, Sundin would be given the puck to charge up the ice more in Toronto. Here he seems to dump the puck in and wait behind the net (or in that vicinity) for someone to give it to him. There's a lot less movement from him. But it seems to be improving. Emphasis on "seems".
Personally, I'm anticipating a big night from the RPM Line. Kesler has been frustrated as hell lately. It's time.
It's also time to bury a team that will be golfing in a week.
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Off topic but..
Bratney Spears halted her show at GM Place last tonight because the pot and cigarette smoke in the arena was not being vented properly. More on that here, if you give a rat shit about her.
Maybe we can start blaming this whenever the Canucks look dopey at home!
I kid.
I find it comical in a sense that GM Place bans smoking and pushes smokers further away from entrances at hockey games but when live shows are there everyone lights up in the audience. How are you going to stop a crazed crowd from smoking though?
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 8, 2009 11:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Personally, I would need a metric ton of some narcotic to put up with one of her shows. Though I am willing to bet her fans are worse then suffering through her “songs”.
And if she has an encore? Crystal meth time.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 6:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I watched one of her live shows on TV once and I made it through it….barely. Talk about suckage. There was a pole dance part though..
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 9:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, Spears doing a pole dance…how 1999 of her (when she was the best jailbait the western world has seen).
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
unfortunately, i’m missing the game tonight. have to write a final exam for astronomy. hopefully i can catch some of the third period.
by missy on Apr 9, 2009 10:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
sorry to hear that. Good luck on your exam. Hope you studied enough so that luck has nothing to do with it :)
Astronomy huh? Now that’s pretty cool. You’ll have to elaborate on that sometime.
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see there is an overwhelming vote for a Canucks kickass victory tonight! Coolness!
I got a 5-2 Canucks score.
Light the lamp, Sundin! Or Yankee won’t leave me alone!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 2:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What the heck, another old Photoshop..LUONGOD
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 3:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s Good Friday here in China…that photo seems whole appropriate and blasphemous at the same time.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey how about a sighting tonight of this mysterious Sundin character. Dare I say a goal? Just one, small, tiny, insignificant goal?
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If he floats I’m doing another Sundin anger post tomorrow
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Flyers
In a week where I’m rooting for the Oilers, why not be a Flyers fan too? If they can sweep the Rags, I’ll comb Carcillo’s hair
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 4:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Rangers play the Flyers back to back? haha I didn’t know that! Damn rights GO FLYERS!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh shit. 2-0 Rangers half way through the first. Who scored the first goal? Markus fucking Naslund. Drury has 2 points already. OH NO!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The first goal was questionable. They play should have been whistled dead, but they let Naslund have like five whacks at the puck near Biron. Crap.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who pushed Biron into the net? That was a messed up goal
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 4:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know which Rag it was. Naslund was at the side of the net just whacking at the puck. Really the ref’s fault for not blowing it dead. Naslund stuck with it I guess. I’d be pissed if I was a Flyer fan though.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
O only saw an overhead shot of it. Wonder what the refs saw
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 4:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow. I’m watching the Bruins-Habs game right now. Classic
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 5:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not seeing enough NHL action, GZ? Damned time zone, heh?
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damned internet connections…too slow for streaming, but just fine for BT
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Florida has half a game left to learn to score
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s going to be curtains for the Panthers and Sabres all in one night perhaps…yeesh
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Panthers tied it up. Sabres are killing the Canes. And the Flyers have scored, so it’s 2-1 going into the third.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Mathieu Schneider was done for the year. Asshole just scored the tying goal
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 5:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ohhh…Canucks game is supposed to be streaming on the Canucks website.
http://canucks.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?type=wvod&id=39304&catid=817
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 6:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
but, alas, I cannot…Team 1040 for me.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
curse the chinese!
Uh huh… I may have just gotten nucks misconduct banned from China…
by Temujin on Apr 9, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My bandwidth just isn’t good enough. Everythign here flows through the filters and scans of the Great Firewall…and it slows it all down. Downloading a 13meg podcast can take 10 minutes…and I know when I was visiting in the states, I just sat goo-goo eyed at the download rates on my podcatcher.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fucking Rangers are going to win. I still cannot stand Naslund in that uniform…makes me extremely ornery.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 6:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So, do you think the Canucks will eventually retire his number?? I think he is more than deserving…but I know a lot of Canuck fans have a bad taste in their mouth about him.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate Naslund, but he deserves the retired jersey. It took me a while to think that way
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The first step is admitting you have a problem.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. If he is still all-time points leader in 10 years :-)
by Temujin on Apr 9, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, if you combine Hank and Dank’s numbers…
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I definitely think his number will be retired. Until then though I’d almost ignore him (like I do Morrison) but he picked my least favorite team. It’s very frustrating to watch (and precisely what Bure did! grrr)
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw the Rangers in ’01 while traveling on work. I was pumped to see Bure, but lo and behold, the previous night he blew out his knee for, I believe, the last time and I never got to see him play.
I did have the pleasure of watching an overtime game in which Peter Nedved scored the game winner with a guy about 20 rows behind me bellowing…‘Nedved, you STILL suck!’ Gotta love the NYC fan.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw Bure’s first game in the garden. It was against Vancouver actually. Bertuzzi scored a hat trick in the Canucks win. All in all, I went home a happy (drunk) guy.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This buries Florida and Buffalo who both may have won tonight. FUCK!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 6:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Game over , Rangers win. Damn you Naslund
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 6:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
nashville scored, it’s 3-2 Detroit with 6 minutes left.
by Temujin on Apr 9, 2009 6:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If you’d like you can send your condolences to Panthers fans, as the Bruins aren’t going to beat the Habs in regulation.
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 6:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHA! The Holy Bernier wins the Unsung Award! Bow to him Zanstorm.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you sure it wasn't the
hands of stone award?
by Temujin on Apr 9, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, Bernier has a great work ethic, I can’t deny that.
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was the unsung hero. You plebs may not sing his good name but I will.
HOOOOOLY BEEEEEERNIER. We pray to thee.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mitchell best defenceman
Ryan Kesler gets Cyclone Taylor award
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow Kirk McLean gives Burrows an award. I missed it though. Willie just won the best defenseman award. Kesler just won something and I missed that one too! Sheesh I suck.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Kesler MVP. Nice ring.
That trophy will look so good next to his gold medal from the olympics next year.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 7:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You’re not happy with anything tonight!
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ryan Kesler as the MVP..I’m happy with that!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know it to be true…search your feelings, Sean.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! It can’t be!!!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does Mark Donnelly borrow clothes from Yokozuna?
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
One of the best anthem singers in all of sport.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s gonna suffer from a stroke one of these days when he does that Oh Canada ending. They’ll need a forklift to pick him off the ice
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GM Place is the usual graveyard.
Hey, I am pessimistic tonight ain’t I?
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like it when they let the audience sing.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SOB chucking rocks…
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
JEEESUS. SOB murdered that poor guy. And the best part was SOB was standing up for Hordichuk!
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hh. So we lose a D-man instead of a goon
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
rolling puck. I think the puck hit some of Britney Spears’ gunk and started rolling
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean he has unsung hero hands?
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Worst. PP. In the league.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
There's always beer
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NHL Gamecenter sucks. It’s bloated and very unresponsive in terms of stats, etc.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously how depressing is that.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look at their total GA
They have given up 10 fewer goals than the Canucks. Clearly goaltending/defence isn’t the problem!
by Temujin on Apr 9, 2009 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kings to the PP. Henrik for hooking I believe.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not impressed with this start.
Was really hoping the Canucks came out crushing them and getting a quick lead.
by Temujin on Apr 9, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Watch out for Simmonds
He’s been a beast the past week.
by Temujin on Apr 9, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Icing. You sing. We all sing. For Icing
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
do you know how many Nintendo joysticks I broke by failing like that?
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That looks like me playing that f*ing game
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This first period is boring as sin. Canucks are mailing it in again.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
always play down to their competition…even heard Willie Mitchell say that today on the ‘morning skate’ video on canucks.com
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no kidding. where’s the passion? I swear Bea Arthur has more passion that this.
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You know Greg was doin’ her on the side…you just know it.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kings definitely are pressing the play more than Vancouver. WTF?
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Raymond looking at an open net? FAIL.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bernier would have bagged that one for sure!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. Our unsung hero would have done it while in the air and cured cancer on the dismount. It’s a shame he’s so unsung.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
holy! What a chance for Woody and Raymond.
The crowd actually started chanting “go Canucks go!” Amazing!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 7:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Canucks back to the PP. Demo draws a cross check call from Gauthier. Perhaps a goal to end the first period?
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
CLANK
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Kesler and Pudge missed at the end there.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 7:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
WAKEY WAKEY! Second period…
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We were talking Canucks in the intermission at my house. We were wondering who was a better captain…Smyl or Linden?
Then we argued about whethetr or not Tony Tanti ever scored 100 points. I said no and I was right.
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Neither won a Cup…but both led their teams to the finals. But, when you look at the talent that surrounded Linden vs Smyl…you might want to give the nod to Stan.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You gotta start podcasting that shit
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well their pressure seems better this period.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sundin draws a penalty now. Back to the PP…c’mon, it’s fucking LA. They should be able to do this.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sundin blasts, rebound to Kesler, SCORE.
Canucks MVP with a PPG. That rhymes.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And Wellwood gets major credit for creating a turnover
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 8:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully the Oilers play with the same kind of pride that the Kings are playing with tonight. They look good
Oh, was that AV bitching at Bernier?? haha
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 8:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m not generally a stats guy…so, this might be a stupid question.
You don’t get a +/- for a PPG?
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 8:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
nope
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, still a special teams event.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You guys notice that Viggy’s favorite saying is ‘F* me!’ Saw it like 4 times during the Calgary game. I love HD
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 8:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
NHL Gamecenter: FAIL!
Wayne Simmonds GOAL on Roberto Luongo
Instead of Ryan Kesler GOAL on Jonathan Quick
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 8:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ha ha. Flames fans are everywhere!
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Calder to the box, Canucks back to the man advantage.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy shit. Rypien gets a breakaway, misses then gets smoked!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 8:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
AWWWW….Rypien on the breakaway but Quick stoned him. Daaamn. I love seeing Rypien out there.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That fight Rypien had with Stortini was a thing of beauty. Both hands…blocking Stortini’s shots…let him get tired out and then lay into him. Stortini was hanging on to the linesman after that one too, while Rypien headed to the room. Never seen such a skillful bout on skates before.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 8:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That fight convinced me…pound for pound, he is the toughest mother f*er in the NHL.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he can score regularly, what an awesome weapon for the post season.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Having been out for 70 games, I doubt that is likely this year…but stranger things have happened in the post season with 4th line guys.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey! Tommy used the Hands of Stone reference to Bernier!
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 8:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
GRRRRRRR
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pudge just fanned on shot that would have been an easy score. Oh well, still1-0
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ok gentlemen, I can’t keep my eyes open here. They better hold on to this lead. See ya later.
Go Bernier go!!
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 8:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Random
I miss my car…
That isn’t my car, but it looks just like it.
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 8:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
At least the Canucks have “tightened up”
Oh and Sundin has 7 of the Canucks’ 21 shots
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 8:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Did everyone fall asleep in front of the TV?
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 9:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Larscheid – Great action but no finish.
But, Salo was on the ice?!
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 9:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh oh…Burows takes a penalty..1:20 left
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 9:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ll take a 1-0 boring win. How about u, GZ?
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 9:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A win is OK…but, it should never had been that close. I’ll be glad when the playoffs come when they can play teams that are their equal and we will get to see/hear good hockey
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow. i bought back right in time for the win!
by missy on Apr 9, 2009 9:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
no, meant to say “got”, as in “just got back from my exam”
by missy on Apr 9, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In Luongod we trust!
We are all Canucks.
by Chinese Canuck on Apr 9, 2009 9:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Praise be to the Almighty!
The almighty Sundin that is. He didn’t even get a star
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 9:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh man…like I said earlier…on Good Friday, somewhat appropriate yet blasphemous.
Go Canucks
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 9:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So, if the Flames win tomorrow…and the Canucks win on Saturday…wouldn’t you love to be in the sports bar in Denver with the team watching the last game of HNIC?
by GZ Expat on Apr 9, 2009 9:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Man, I’d just prefer the Oilers to be the Lames tomorrow and then we have destiny in our own hands on Saturday. Screw this drama!
Go Oilers!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 9, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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