Hell of a series guys – I’ll be back in the morning for the real handshake post but this was a great series and an unbelievable game to end it. Wow… I’ll try to actually find something to say in the morning…

Ugh, watching that video is rough.

That was one unreal, unfathomable and CRAZY game 6. Canucks coming back in the 2nd to tie it at 3 was crazy, O’Brien looking like Ovechkin with that Snipe tie it up. That 3rd period was a heart stopper for all of us, the back and forth was too much to handle at times.

Well played series Canucks. I knew it wouldn’t be easy that’s for sure. Thanks for allowing me on the threads and had fun with the friendly banter. Until Next year….

   Roos

On the plus side, I had the pleasure of calling up the TV folks this morning and dropping Versus (which I only added when the playoffs started). That’s a good feeling. Not having to hear Engblom again anytime soon is a gift.

Loungo is too great a goalie to not have his name on the Cup one of these days. The Hawks may have won the series, but 5 of the 6 games could have gone either way. It could just as easily have been us writing the epitaph on our blogs this morning, while Canuck fans wait to see who they’ll face.

See you next season, I’m sure there’s another Hawks/Canucks series on the horizon.

Considerate post-game write-up, Zanstorm, thanks. For my part, every time Kesler gained our zone, or the twins (last night especially), my heart sank. Hope you guys are able to re-sign H&D if you want them; they may not have had the impact in this series that you’d hoped, but I think that’s an aberration, not a developing habit.

Would love to have knowledgeable fans on our side when we face Scum or Duck. I’ll understand the bruises, and lack of real fervor, of course … but anyone here is welcome over at Second City anytime, it’s a good community with members who run the gamut of perpetual drunkenness … everything you want in a hockey fan.

Cheers, great series.

It was an honor to play your team.

Man, what a bummer, this really sucks, I thought we had a great shot to go all the way.

Go Canes

And, for the record, Luongo can still be my goalie any day of the week. He is a star. He will rebound. He will learn and look back upon last night when he eventually wins the Stanley Cup.

Good luck to the Canucks moving forward. Have a joyous summer guys; great site you run here.

…from here on in. Damn they are a team worth watching; exciting hockey. I look forward to them whupping the ducks or the wings next series. They may just pass the Oilers as my second team if they continue on like this for a season or two (yes, the oilers…i grew up in edmonton many moons ago, back when the Oilers were the most amazing and exciting hockey team the world had seen).

But the Canucks….ooo what a heartbreaker! Nice of the 5 million dollar boat anchor attached to kesler’s skate to show up for the last two games of the season. Too little too late, but what else do expect from someone just showing up for the paycheck? Big grats to O’Brien for finally getting a goal and it was a beauty too. Too bad he shit the bed after that in the defensive zone, but whatever.

It’s unfortunate that neither Burrows or Luongo seemed to be on their games this series, but after the season they gave us, I can forgive that. And gratz to Vigneault for turning a team with nothing more than a goalie, two swedes and two checkers into a real exciting contender. Fuck all the naysayers, AV is an outstanding coach and did what he could with what he had. My only question to him is: WHY THE HELL DIDN’T YOU PULL LUONGO AFTER THE FIRST NINETEEN GOALS CHICAGO SCORED LAST NIGHT? Seriously, although none of the goals were really his fault, he also didn’t make any luongo like saves. I woulda been happy to see LaB go in; although he’s no Luongo he’s at least as good as Lu was last night, no?

Ah well, I don’t put all the blame on Luongo; our whole defensive core seemed to break down in the third. Salo was invisible, Ohlund was too tight, Mitchell was not his usual brick wall, Bieksa was all offense and no defense, Edler looked like a nervous rookie and O’Brien was…O’Brien. Love the kid, but he was definitely the weak link all season. I look forward to him being another Willie Mitchell in a few years if he can grow the brain cells.

Great game Hawks, and good luck going all the way; I’ll be cheering for you. Thanks for a great season Canucks; as I say at the end of every year, it’s our year next year, I can feel it!

You have a great team and a bloodied but unbowed fanbase who understand the game and your patience will pay off. It’s probably easy to fall into the “oh well, we choke EVERY year at this time” trap right now, but you really have more than that in your team. Hold your heads high – 8 teams outta 30 make it to the second round and your boys brought out a highly entertaining series. I find it a solid measure of class that so many Canuck jerseys came up to me in the bar last night to say Go Hawks! Sure never got much of that after the last round and I live an hour from Cowtown. Here’s hoping it’s the ol’ same place, same time… next year.

I’m still annoyed over the result of this series. Theres so much to mull over.
1.) Why did Lou have his worst game of the year, and is he developin a playoff choker reputation.
2.) How did we let Kane skate so freely, in game 4 he got hit, and subsequently disappeared for the game. I’m thinkin that puttin Burr or Kesler on him would have rendered him ineffective. I guess AV is to blame on that one, he didnt wanna match lines, and it cost us in the long run.
3.) Sedins HAVE to be resigned. They were the best Canucks in the series, and weren’t far away from being the best players in the series for both teams. I am pleased to see that they stepped it up near the end of the year to win the NW, and then continued it throughout the playoffs.
4.) Sundin can walk, to little to late. He has lost his biggest strength, his speed. Another year tacked on to his lumbering skating stride, and it will make me go grey.
5.) Raymond stepped it up, hopefully the Nucks give him a hardcore mass-building regimen, he puts on 20 pds and he really becomes a threat.
6.) Wellwood earned a spot on the team next year, he was a factor in every game, and his skills offensively and defensively are needed.
7.) I’m not puttin this out there from one night or even this playoffs. I wouldnt be closed to the idea of seeing what Luongo would fetch trade-wise. I would rather sign J-Bo and Gaborik, and go with a Schneider/Labarbrera combo. Franchise goalies dont win cups, Osgood/Ward/Roloson/Kiprusoff etc… are all examples of average goalies who got hot and carried there team to the finals. Brodeur is an exception.

So yeah, should be a good off-season. Gillis has lots of work to do. Now its time for him to put his real “stamp” on the team.

that was a hard 3rd period to watch.
that’s all i can say for now.

damn, and I was pulling for you guys too. now I gotta pick an Eastern team to win the Cup.

to make matters worse, you owe somebody a jersey