Canucks Put Lousy Week Behind Them and Bury Defending Champs
by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2010 2:02 AM PST
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That was a pretty good statement game for the Canucks. For once this week they made a headline that had nothing to do with controversy, but rather the destruction of the Pittsburgh Penguins. It wasn't perfect by any stretch, as they came out flat in the first half of the first period (or so) where the Penguins did not. Once Evgeni Malkin scored his first goal in 11 games I was thinking: "Oh great, here we go." But the Canucks gradually got better and better as the period went on, tying the score 7:10 after Malkin's fluky one and then about 4:00 after that Alexandre Burrows strips Sergei Gonchar of the puck at the Canucks blue line and scores a back-breaking shorthanded goal.
From there the Canucks scored 4 more goals in the second period to Pittsburgh's 1 and outshot them 14-7 in the middle frame. The Penguins could not handle the Canucks' relentless attack. It was a sight to behold, and a hell of a way to spend a Saturday night. Cute seeing all the kids lining up along the glass to watch their hero Sidney Crosby during warm up, but Crosby was a non-factor tonight. Well, he was a factor, just a negative one. He finished a -3 and no points. For the first time this season he was held to no shots. None. Yeah, I'm laughing at that. Only 18:25 of icetime too. Stop it! My sides are hurting!
Bill Guerin was also a -3 and Sergei Gonchar finished -4! John Curry was not getting any help at all and was mercifully pulled after 24:29 played. By then it was already 5-1 Canucks. Alexander Pechurski played pretty well in Curry's stead, because the Canucks kept the pressure on as the Penguins remained rattled and mostly disillusioned.
If you missed Alain Vigneault's rant in defense of Burrows on After Hours you can see that here. Great stuff from the coach. Speaking of Burrows, that's 11 goals in his last 7 games. Look at his game-by-game stats and drool. That is 36 points combined in 7 games for the top line. Domination.
We knew it and the team knew it. They just had to get a win to put the hell week behind them. It feels great doesn't it?
Pavol Demitra, Kyle Wellwood and Tanner Glass all had no points and were a -1. It may take Demitra a few games to get back into the groove, but it's good to have that extra threat out there. Brad Lukowich didn't seem to have a strong game. That was the first Canucks win in 4 tries with him in the lineup. The Canucks got multiple point games from Mason Raymond, Mikael Samuelsson, Jannik Hansen, Daniel Sedin and King Henrik Sedin. Yeah, there is a new King Henrik in the NHL!
Roberto Luongo put the last game behind him and looked sharp. That's what the pros do.
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Woot.
Burrows is seriously the fucking shit. How and where did he come from and where can the Canucks get more like him?
Henrik is GOLD, Jerry. GOLD!
by Chuckles Canuckles on Jan 17, 2010 3:01 AM PST reply actions
There was a time where I didn’t think Burrows had this in him, and that was before AV put that line together last year. I thought he’d be a career checker. It’s good to see that we finally have the proper replacement for Anson Carter on that line. It’s about damned time! That line is killer.
You forget
that he and Kes were tearing it up going back to the last half of the year before last.
Obviously I think they benefit him far more than the other way around, but Burr is a legitimate top 6 forward in his own right, he’s earned that mostly on his own, though I had my doubts that he could score again like he did last year, he looks to top that handily (again Hank’s huge year so far def plays a part in that) But he does so many things other than score that even if he were a 3rd liner he would stand out as a great one, perhaps forming a Nuck version of a grind line ala Draper, Maltby, McCarty.
Of all the games to miss.
Well, glad to hear we kicked their asses. I sure hope Henrick doesn’t cool off after the Olympic break.
Dank doesn’t get enough credit—he’s tied with burrows for third in team points, but he’s played 18 games less than the other top 5. That seems pretty good, eh?
well said
imagine if he hadn’t gotten hurt, the possibility they would have to decide which twin to give the Hart to? lol the most telling stat for how well daniel has played is he and henrik are 2nd and 3rd for points per game in the league. with danny missing 18 games, that is a jaw-droppingly amazing stat
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by canucklehead666 on Jan 17, 2010 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
Totally these guys are amazing now and they just keep getting better!!! I mean is it possible that they could improve from here? Hard to imagine I know but if the past is a good indicator of the future look the hell out.
They do not get the attention they deserve Henrick is better than Ovechkin, Crosby, Malkin, Gaboric or Thorton right now I just wish the national media would get on it. Daniel is just as good but has not had the games to put up similar numbers. And what about the other brother from a different mother Alex Burrows what can we can we say about Burrows. Apparently he is a two bit loser and low life liar to boot according to the great prophet of Hockey Night in Canada Ron McLean so that must be the truth eh? What should we do ditch the bum?
That short handed goal last night – a thing of beauty – Burrows is the hockey story of the year and a big part of the emergence of Henrick’s game this year.
Yeah, so Burr gets all the eastern spotlight for a controversy while the dominant twins play second fiddle. It’s like tabloid shit. I’m a little torn on the matter. Yeah, Hank and Dank should get more love but then again, why bother? They aren’t really loud-spoken guys either. Maybe they like less attention and just going about their business. They aren’t as media-savvy as a Crosby or Ovechkin anyway. They don’t exactly have faces to put all over magazines and promotions. Then again, Ovechkin’s face looks like it got hit by train… but then there’s the personality thing again.
by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve always thought Hank and Dank were kind of creepy looking.
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 17, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
So you know how on the CBC they were laughing at how when they were cycling their legs were moving together?
What if for summer training they rode a tandem bike…
by thelastjohnny on Jan 17, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
haha! That’s a photoshop in the making
by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
C’mon, NHL! Great marketing opportunity there. Our new faces of the league, in bicycle shorts.
by thelastjohnny on Jan 17, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Great game to watch, the Pittsburgh 4th string goalie actually played really well. That point blank save against Salo was amazing, especially for a WHL goalie who came in cold.
I thought Demitra looked pretty good considering all he’s gone through to get back, definitely nice having another offensive option that isn’t named Steve Bernier.
And wadda you know, Hansen had two points and a great game. What does this kid need to do to start getting some minutes on this team? Again not sure why Tanner Glass was on the third line and Hansen on the fourth.
Yeah, the pens defence really seemed to play a tighter game in front of Pechuski or whatever.
I actually saw him play in Everett just after new years, and he had a pretty crappy game, albeit with his defense abandoning him.
Falling, fallen, we all fall down, it only really matters how we stand our ground
If and when we rise to our feet again, we'll be on our own
-Tomas Kalnoky/Streetlight Manifesto, If and When We Rise Again
by kentcheesehead on Jan 17, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Definitely nice to get this win, the 3 day break will be a lot easier to endure after that.
It was tough watching Luongo get run over like it was a playoff game, although I’m sure louie has a bit of a reputation as an embellisher. He doesn’t seem particularly injury resistant and even if those guys running him doesn’t put him on IR it all adds up on a fragile body and it’s less in the tank for Playoffs etc.
See…I have to disagree jozsef. Every goalie in the league will react when being run. Period.
Its kind of like this bullshit from the media back East that has Burr’ labeled a “diver”. He may not be lily white, but that rep is a lot overblown.
I disagree on the reputation thing. If the Burr’ sitch has showed is anything, it is that a reputation, real or imagined, can be a bitch to overcome.
The earliest use of the word with the spelling we recognize today is found in "L'Acadie: or Seven Years' Exploration in British America" by James Edward Alexander, published in 1849:
We also met a lusty fellow in a forest road with a keg of whisky slung round him who called to us 'Come boys and have some grog, I'm what you call a canuck"
The wizards:
marcness52: 2 points
splnwezel: 2 points
jozsef: 1 point
Standings updated!
damn, I’m in a drought
what?? damn it! Well the 1 point is wrong.
by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2010 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
Got me on there twice too.
I think that is because I had two and then you put me on the board for my first one mistakenly?
Or…??? Really don’t know…sounds plausible though, hey cyxj? Maybe you and I are just being kept down by the Man!!
Rise up my brother!!!
"Insult is the price of clarity"
His repeated use of this sentence suggests he thinks it’s more pithy, profound and powerful than it actually is. I’m not sure exactly what it means: "I’m being insulted because I was clear"? "I appeared to be insulting Burrows but actually I was just being clear"?
Greek to me. He may as well have said "Turnips are the price of sincerity." Or "Vaseline is the price of getting *****ed."
"narwal"
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