They Said It: Quotes From the Canucks and Blackhawks After Game 1

by Sean Zandberg on May 1, 2009 2:15 PM PDT in NHL Playoffs Comment 6 comments

"We had a great third period to start off. One mistake and it ends up in the back of your net," Kane said. "It's not going to be as easy as Calgary. They're a faster-paced team and we've got to keep up with them."

I thought the Hawks were the speedy team and we'd be trying to keep up with them. Huh. The Canucks did look pretty fast though, didn't they? They make Chicago look slow by implementing that "trap" that Alain Vigneault preaches.

"Kyle was our best player on the ice," Alain Vigneault said about Kyle Wellwood. "At least now he looks like a hockey player."

My wife always jokes that Wellwood looks more like a mailman (or mailboy) rather than a hockey player. Now he looks like a mailman that came across a Doberman. I'm kidding.

Wellwood mentioned:

"It's definitely not fun to have these marks on your face, but in the playoffs it feels all right. These aren't something you worry about too much, they get you attention more than anything."

Keep it up, Woodrow!

"I knew we were going to win. We knew we were going to win," Ryan Kesler said. "We had a push. We knew we had the fresher team. They just had a pretty tough series and we knew we had the fresher team. That was the final push they had."

"We didn't have our A game tonight and still won," he reasoned. "And when we have it, we're going to win."

Well I think all bets were off after the Hawks tied it. But it really was a great show of character for Vancouver to turn it on like that after blowing the lead. Notice how I'm getting more positive as the day goes along?

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Easy there tiger. Get any more positive and you’re gonna start sounding like a Canuck fan again.
I think the best part about the third(there wasn’t much), is that even though we screwed the pooch and let them tie it up, was that the Canucks never looked scared. They composed themselves and looked like they wanted to make amends for emulating the Islanders for a period. Didn’t stop me from almost having a coronary, but at least it’s something. A frailer team from of the past probably would’ve just curled up into the fetal position.
That being said, it had better not happen again.
Oh, and in my house, we’ve always been under the distinct impression Welly looks like a Hobbit, and have taken to calling him such.

by kesrows on May 1, 2009 2:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

A hobbit? Yes, I’ve thought about that too.

Nucks Misconduct

by Sean Zandberg on May 1, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

“We didn’t have our A game tonight and still won,” he reasoned. “And when we have it, we’re going to win.”

But the Hawks didn’t have their A game either… still, Canucks will have this one.

by Fran-ki on May 1, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Kesler sounded cocky didn’t he? I like how the team is so confident.

Nucks Misconduct

by Sean Zandberg on May 1, 2009 9:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Kesler brings this team a swagger I haven’t really seen before on a Canucks roster. One small thing I noticed from him in gm 4 vs StL was that once StL tied it, he was jawing after every whistle, slowing play, putting their focus ever so slightly on him instead of their task. He seemed to be very confident and that’s gotta rub off. Those little things add up.

by sonzai on May 2, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs