I predicted the Canucks to come out a little slow in the first period due to time off. I was wrong, they were flying.
I also predicted some sloppy play due to rust. I was right, some really sloppy plays in front of Luongo that could of cost us early, but didn’t.
I think everyone agreed that the special teams performances in the previous series had to be negated due to oppponent injury, but the Canucks penalty kill and powerplay looked strong , while the Hawks didn’t live up to their billing (even though netting one on the PP).
The Canucks earned a 3 goal lead going into the third, even with some help from Wellwood’s face. But we were on the other side of it last series with Mitchell’s stick. We took advantage when awarded the opportunity.
The last 20 is where we hit the ‘uh oh’ part. Opening shift looked like the rest of the game, taking it to the Hawks. After that however, things quickly degenerated into the scattering of rocksalt on East Hastings in winter. It looked like a dog fucking a football, the Canucks were scrambling all over the place.
As nice as Salo’s winner was (what the fuck were the Hawk’s forwards doing? Nice backcheck.), we clearly escaped by the skin of our provrebial nutsacks. There is no way we will be able to get away with a massive collapse like this as the series progresses.
For the first 45 minutes I was the happiest fan in the world, last 15, scared shitless.

Also like to say there is no way that this is a game the Hawks were proud of. Unless the first round exhausted them (unlikely),they have another gear. We’d better be ready for it.

Who ever said Wellwood isn’t tough? The guy was amazing. Teeth, a pint of blood, two assists, and winning all his faceoffs? Now that’s TOUGH. I wish the other guys had followed his lead. It was so disappointing after all that talk about ‘hitting hard’ and intimidation to see so little forechecking and physicality… and next to the Hawks, the Canucks looked so slow, I pained me a bit. And Hordi and Rypien’s penalties were so incredibly stupid! I’m all for Pyatt in for Hordichuk; I don’t want to see the third line messed with, and I agree, Raymond is definitely earning his spot here.

All that being said… well, as much as the Nucks insisted that they weren’t rusty, they looked pretty damn rusty. Not Luongo (The man is possessed.) but these guys are capable of so much better. And I really think that with that somewhat rude awakening, they’ll be back on Saturday, and they’ll be back to PLAY.

and sorry for giving Nucks Misconduct a somewhat black eye with the hawks……but ALL teams need a goon right?

im the GOON…..this is gonna be an AWESOME series and im gonna shove it down their throats…..esp sportsgal hehehe

ummmmm…..ok,that was 2 mins for taunting lol

Yah no one should be happy with the 13 mins of play in the 3rd. But what I saw was a Hawks team that isn’t going to be able to handle the Sedins and if this an indication of Sundin playing better with Kes and Demo then we should be happy. Yes we escaped and sometimes thats all we need. Cause they tied the lose end and ended up on top.

At the end of the year AV and co. said they needed to tighten up if we were going to stand a chance in the playoffs and they did. They started to win 1-0, 2-1, 3-0 games. I hope that this is the message this morning. Yes we have the offensive punch, but we need to turn the vice grip up in our own defensive zone. I believe this will happen in Game 2. We have a healthy D which the Hawks did not see in rd 1 with the LAMES.

Hopefully Pyatt will draw in and Hordi will sit. Raymond has finally earned his spot. Pudge keeps a whacking but keeps on coming I love it and finally I saw raw emotion from some of our guys (respectively Demo & Salo)

Keep doing what you guys are doing here on Misconduct. I truly enjoy your guys perspective. I’ve been reading for awhile now.

Mark stuck in Calgary but representing the BLUE and shoving it down the throats Flames fans where ever I go.

Any word on Ben Eager getting a suspension for that hit on Rypien?

The Unholy Bernier had two assists. I can hear the “Squeeee!” from Yankee Canuck already.

What’s with the Star Wars theme song at the end of games? Is that a normal thing over the course of the season and am I missing an obvious tie in to it?

Well I just got tickets for the Celtics-Bulls game seven tomorrow night! So I’ll have to DVR the ‘nucks game and catch up when I get home. Hopefully I’ll get to watch Chicago get their asses handed to them twice in one night!!!!!!!

why doesn’t he wear a visor?

I still have a bitter taste in my mouth over last night’s win. It’s overshadowing my joy that we won in the end.
I guess you can look at it as the Canucks learning to play a consistent game all the way through, but you can also look at it as a plus for the Hawks because they should now believe that they can come back when being down 1-3 goals. The Canucks will have to squash that mentality quick.

It’s true. I haven’t seen this much commaraderie (sp) on A Canucks team since 1994.