Blues at Canucks Game Preview: Face The Thing That Should Not Be
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 1:34 AM PST
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| Time | Sun. 6:00 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pacific |
| Season Series | (09/10) 2-2 |
Last Meeting |
3-2 Canucks (Jan.27/10) |
| The Enemy | St. Louis Game Time | Scoring Leaders | D Sedin: 14-16-30 McDonald: 8-9-17 |
| Blues |
Category | Canucks |
| 12-9-4 | Season Record | 14-7-3 |
| 11th |
Conference Position | 3rd |
| Lost 5 |
Streak | Won 4 |
| 4-7-3 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
8-2-1 |
| 3-6-1 |
Last 10 | 6-3-1 |
| +2 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +17 |
| 2.44 (23) |
Goals Per Game | 3.25 (4) |
| 2.72 (15) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.46 (6) |
| 0.91 (21) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.07 (9) |
| 13.1 (26) |
Power Play % |
26.1 (1) |
| 80.6 (23) |
Penalty Kill % |
87.9 (3) |
| 31.5 (11) |
Shots Per Game | 30.5 (18) |
| 26.7 (1) |
Shots Against Per Game | 30.7 (17) |
| 60.0 (23) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 85.7 (3) |
| 62.5 (23) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 90.0 (3) |
| 70.0 (29) |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 90.0 (14) |
| 48.2 (26) |
Faceoffs % | 56.6 (1) |
| 17.8 (30) |
PIM's Per Game | 12.3 (12) |
| (NHL.com) |
Update (1:54 PM): The Canucks have recalled Alexandre Bolduc from Manitoba this afternoon. Now the question is if he can make it to Van in time to play tonight.
Update (11:14 AM): According to Alain Vigneault, Mason Raymond is sick and is highly doubtful for tonight. He intends to put superstar Aaron Rome on the 4th line and promote Jannik Hansen. (hat tip to thelastjohnny for the heads up). Roberto Luongo will start for the Canucks and Jaroslav Halak will "likely" start again for the Blues, according to Dan Murphy via Twitter.. Andy McDonald is doubtful for the Blues. Another top scorer on the shelf for St. Louis. Wow. McDonald took an accidental knee to the head from Oilers' Shaun Horcoff on Saturday night.
The Canucks keep getting better and better in all the major stat categories above. The Blues..not so much after losing 5 straight games. Despite the woes for the Blues, they are still only 1 point out of a playoff spot and 3 points behind the Canucks. 5 points separate the 2nd seed from the 12th seed in the Western Conference. So there is no point for the Canucks letting their foot off the gas. However, the Canucks do hold a 4 point lead over the Avalanche for the Northwest Division title. Hilariously enough, the Canucks are the only NW Division team currently holding a playoff spot.
St. Louis performed well in October,
achieving a 7-2-2 record, only to go 6-7-1 on November. Why the collapse? For starters, they are missing T.J. Oshie And David Perron because of injuries. Those 2 guys were leading the team in scoring at the time of their injuries. Secondly: a lack of effective defence and goaltending. From the St. Louis Dispatch: In the past 12 games, they have given up 51 goals (4.25 per game) and Halak and backup Ty Conklin have both struggled. Also: In another strong indication of how the back end has faltered, the Blues have averaged more goals per game and scored more power-play goals in their last 12 games than they did in the first 12. I believe the Blues have outshot their opponents in all of their past 5 losses. The injury/depth situation is bad enough for St. Louis that they recalled Dave Scatchard (remember him?) from Peoria on December 1. He has played small minutes in the Blues' last 2 games.
The Canucks are rolling. The win over Chicago on Friday night was a visual treat. Thanks Luongo! I wonder if they start Cory Schneider against the Blues (and if the Blues start Ty Conklin). We'll find out soon enough. The Canucks only play 3 games this week and 3 the next. So the rest Lou concept is not there really. What is there for tonight's game is the possibility of taking the Blues lightly. Like I said, I hope the Canucks keep the foot on the gas. The Blues can be an ultra-hard-working team and as you can see above, they have allowed the least shots against than any other team in the NHL. Vancouver needs to strike early on a team playing in a back to back road game situation.
Should be another entertaining game. I'm pretty sure these guys hate eachother as well....still...
The proof is in the VIDEO!
"Give your balls a tug you p*ssy!"
Never gets old does it? Neither does Alexandre Burrows scoring the OT winner in game 4:
Highlights from the last time the Canucks-Blues butted heads:
Are we going to see Tanner Glass fight Stefan Della Rovere? Maybe it will be Glass vs Cam Janssen, who has not played over the past 2 games. Check out this Glass-Janssen tilt:
Glass is awesome. Period. That guy can throw 'em AND take 'em.
Enjoy the game!
Go Canucks go!
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Wow get to be the first one to predict - 4-1 Nucks. Dank
Lou will go 2 periods shut out and then will be victim of a poor give away that will lead to St. Louis only goal.
Rob O
Well, the table says that 3-2 should be a lock, but I am going to add the travel, possible last call Roxy effect, multiply by the Luongo quotient, lets see…carry the 1…factor in the Canadian/American exchange rate…
5-1 Canucks. Burrows with the GWG.
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5-3 Nucks
Raymond FTW.
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by Section 312 on Dec 5, 2010 2:19 AM PST up reply actions
Haven't predicted in awhile
since I seem to suck at it, but 3-0 Nucks, Tambo GWG. Boys are gonna ride the Luongo gravy train tonight. Am I allowed a different score if Ginger Jesus is in net?
Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
No way Schneid starts today Zan, are you kidding? After Lu rocked the road trip and is coming off his best game of the season and a shutout to boot? The bigger question is do the blues play Halak, coming off an OT loss the night before in which he played well. I’m guessing Conklin.
Anywayz
5-1 Canuckers
Burr ftw
by Beantown Canuck on Dec 5, 2010 7:00 AM PST via mobile reply actions
I’ve seen weirder things happen. Anyway Lou is starting tonight, as is Halak. McDonald doubtful.
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
i would predict a bigger score, but the Halak factor might way in.
2-1 Canucks, Kesler gwg.
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Spelling police.
Do they have one of those? weigh
Scared of Halak, but I think we beat them. 4-1 Nucks, Kesler
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Over at the Blues SBN website there’s a real hate on for Dave Scatchard having to play in place of Perron, Oshie and others.
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What is the attraction in that?" - Carmela Soprano
Damn
I had no idea they even had Scratch Hard.
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by Yankee Canuck on Dec 5, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I'm going to go with 2-0 Vancouver
Cuz Halak looked pretty awesome last night against the edmonton bottom feeders… , Dank FTW. Ballard with the empty netter at .3 seconds remaining.
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Raymond is sick, so Hansen moves to 2nd line and Rome to play on 4th line tonight. Discuss.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
source?
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"I call this one 'Loo'. Loooooooooooooooooooo. That's all I've got for that one, it's beautiful on its own." Roberto Luongo, the poetic goalie.
nvm
VanCanucks
AV: Raymond highly doubtful tonight (sick). Rome will dress as a forward on 4th line with Glass and Perrault -KR
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"I call this one 'Loo'. Loooooooooooooooooooo. That's all I've got for that one, it's beautiful on its own." Roberto Luongo, the poetic goalie.
Ha, Aaron Rome. Jack of all trades. Master of everything!
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t like much about AV, but I do enjoy when he makes these moves. Plus more Hansen is a big win.
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by Yankee Canuck on Dec 5, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
I think that since Ehrhoff has such a big itch to score they should put him on line 2 and leave Hansen on line 4 :)
At least the Hoff won’t get caught pinching that way
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Juice has been great defensively. I’d leave him where he is.
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
gotcha
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
3-2 Canucks. Burrows ftw
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someones getting a SPW point!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 6, 2010 1:02 AM PST up reply actions
random thought:
when we’ve played the Hawks so far this year, there has already been a shootout, a blowout, and a shutout.
do you see what i see?
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"I call this one 'Loo'. Loooooooooooooooooooo. That's all I've got for that one, it's beautiful on its own." Roberto Luongo, the poetic goalie.
Yeah, it makes sense since these match ups are always highly (t)outed.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
by thelastjohnny on Dec 5, 2010 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
haha, well played.
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"I call this one 'Loo'. Loooooooooooooooooooo. That's all I've got for that one, it's beautiful on its own." Roberto Luongo, the poetic goalie.
off to work. will be back later.
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4-2 Nuts
Tambellawesome FTW.
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by eightyseven on Dec 5, 2010 11:41 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Linguine,fettucini, bikini, Tambellini
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
I think
there needs to be a martini in there somewhere.
And, this really does calls for a photoshop.
yep, I’m doing one up!
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
a brand new
perfect name for Tambo. So it was written, so it was done. Jeff Tambellini is now Tambellawsome.
I’ve been waiting for Rome’s debut as a forward for awhile, he was once a nearly-point-a-game player for the Swift Current Broncos.
by CdP on Dec 5, 2010 11:52 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Yankee…finally watched Poltergeist last night. Not bad. Not good either :) So 80’s cheese
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The clown dude!
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by Yankee Canuck on Dec 5, 2010 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
damned clown!!!!
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
It does have the 80’s vibe to it, but it’s still classic stuff. The clown, the pool, the crazy little women. Good stuff.
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by Yankee Canuck on Dec 5, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
You bet. That little psychic woman…WTF????
Loved the skulls in the water with the wifey swimming in it.
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
6-1 Blues
John Davidsons Furled Brow (1), Oshie’s left ankle (5)
Rome with the lone marker for the Canucks
trollololololololol
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by Yankee Canuck on Dec 5, 2010 12:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
an Xmas tune for you..
Deck your face
with chants of NUMBSKULL!
Trol lol lol lol lol lol…….lol lol lol lol
heheh. How’s the Erepub thing going?
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I'm winning the election
so if I can pull it off, it’s going to be a busy month >_>
France and the UK invaded the east coast on Friday. I’ll be heading into office with half a country, as the maritimes have been occupied. We are currently losing in Quebec and Newfoundland, and unless we get major allied support from our friends in Romania, Spain, Greece and the USA, I fear the country will be wiped from the map within a week. The worst part of all, is that the economic aspect of the game has been changed recently, and so the natural resources sector of the country is in a complete shambles. It’s not going to be an easy month for me or for eCanada, but I know we’ll pull through.
Shameless plug – Link to eRepublik
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If you join using that link above
I will be automatically in your “friends list” in the game. Be sure to send me a message in game, and I’ll help you in anyway I can. It can be a little confusing at first, but the great thing about it is that it only take 2 minutes a day to play.
It’s only no-life assclowns like me who invest more _
If nothing else I will be amused tonight I guess. Although I suspect you may not want to help me when you realise I’m gonna be Team UK :P
eCanada needs more women
Srs Bsn.
The current President of the UK is pretty funny guy. And the guy who will win todays election is alright too. They’d like nothing more than to see Canada wiped while I’m in charge. The bastards.
Well that solved the question of ‘what shall I do with the rest of my Sunday.’ Thanks :)
I'm like the female, non-hockey playing, English version of Sami Salo.
oh god. You got me hooked. I gotta try this out. Thanks Temujin.
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hahaha
Canada is well on its way to being wiped off the map. You’ve joined at an interesting time. If you see eleccy, make sure you shoot her on the battlefield :D
I didn’t join the Canadians. I wanted to see what the Chinese landscape looks like.
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I joined e-repub for a while
never had a time wasting device be so effing boring in my life.
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^^
It’s the arcade fire of web based MMPG’s
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"Just because we've been playing tonsil hockey
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saw this on Twitter and laughed:
Halak is the sound my cat makes when he chokes up one of his matted meatballs.
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"Then I will see you in hell!'" - Han Solo
"We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me, God! Explain that to me!!" -Dennis Leary
no. dang..some guy named Kevin
I should have included his name. ah well
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"Then I will see you in hell!'" - Han Solo
"We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me, God! Explain that to me!!" -Dennis Leary
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Is it just me
or is Chi now completely out of the race for the top 3? They are seven points back of the hot, hot wings, who have 4 games in hand…
Schadenfreude win in a sense, but also kinda disappointing. Even though I bring hate to them when we play them, the Hawks are a classic hockey team (Carolina fail was just enjoyable, because teams from Carolina have no business in the NHL, let alone winning cups) and were a fun team to watch who made it to the finals much like the Canucks in 94. Hard work on the part of “other guys,” crack leadership from a young captain, solid goaltending (except I think McLean >>>> Niemi, but close enough for this comparison), one or two talented stars and an overall team system where everyone, including the superstars, were playing for each other. Kinda disappointing to see that fall a bit flat this year…
My best hockey bud is a Wings fan and I really want them to stop being hot, like right now. As for the Hawks, so long as we beat them I don’t care where they are in the standings, and a drop in how they played was expected. I just love that they have already had the same number of home loses this season then they did in all of the last season.
I want to see the Hawks miss playoffs primarily. If they get in I want them to face the Wings in round 1
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"Then I will see you in hell!'" - Han Solo
"We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me, God! Explain that to me!!" -Dennis Leary
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Ohh, I wouldn’t complain if either of those things happened. I don’t know who I would want to lose more though. I guess the Hawks, so long as the Wings lost in the next round.
….to us
:)
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
option 2 sounds better
they would both completely exhaust the other. Best case scenario – Wings beat Chicago, but need every ounce of effort to do it, completely sapping them and taking them out of playoff contention.
Playoffs?! PLAYOFFS!?!
Too early for talks about the playoffs
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Playoffs?
You wanna talk about playoffs?
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 6, 2010 12:56 AM PST up reply actions
4-1 Canucks
Tamby ftw
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by nucklord on Dec 5, 2010 12:58 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I have a bad feeling about this game.
4-3 Blues, Boyes GWG.
Rome on the 4th line? Fuck us.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 5, 2010 1:02 PM PST reply actions
Also
I probably won’t be here for the gamethread, I have a soccer game at 6. Don’t have too much fun without me!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 5, 2010 1:07 PM PST reply actions
We'll miss you!
Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
I am
unreplaceable. Put Vanguy on that line, play with no natural centre.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 6, 2010 12:58 AM PST up reply actions
4-2 Canucks
Henrik GWG.
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by Arizona via Slough on Dec 5, 2010 1:14 PM PST reply actions
You guys notice that they recalled Bolduc and are trying to get him in to Vancouver so they don’t have to put Rome up front?
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
Blues fan here
You all are far too nice. The Blues are going to be without Andy McDonald, T.J. Oshie and David Perron. They will be replaced with Cam Janssen, Stefan Della Rovere and Dave Scatchard. Not. Good.
The Blues can’t score on anyone, except Chicago, and have been prone to forgetting how to play D. Vancouver gets one early, they will get one often.
5-0 Canucks and it won’t even be that close.
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Loooo Our hero?
Luongo finally steals a game for us and he is a god again. Give your heads a shake. Over the last 3 years he has been the main reason we have lost games. Last year we were the second highest scoring team in the league and lost games 7 to 6. It will take more than 1 game to convince me that the 6 million+ we are paying him is even close to worth it. I could name 7 goaltenders that are making less than half of what he makes that have better stats than him over the last 3 years. I am very tired of the media pumping him and the fans shouting looooooo when he makes the most mundane of saves. If he has 20 more games this year like he had against Chicago I might change my mind about him. I have been a Canucks fan since the beginning and we havnt had a great goaltender since Captain Kirk.
The main reason
we lost games over the past three years was not Luongo. Perhaps his brain-farts contributed, and his salary does take up a good portion of cap space, but to say he is the main reason is a pretty big stretch.
To add something else… Let’s face it. The main reason we lost games was not Luongo. He’s had his share of gaffes, no doubt. (Re: Whenever he’s out playing the puck, or flopping over minor contact, or sprawled on his back like a beached whale). Most of the fans here can actually see that, we’re not blind. But, he’s equally capable of pulling a performance like the Blackhawks game out of the teams ass to steal the 2 points.
All that doesn’t take away from the fact that he’s a very good goaltender. Best 5 in the league, over the last couple of years, no matter how you compare it, qualitatively OR quantitatively.
Whether he’s worth the cap hit, really does depend on which model of cap-space management you try to adhere to, and MG obviously believes he needs a stud goaltender .
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equally capable?
how many games has he stole for us in the last 3 years?
Oh I don’t know. Let’s see.
2007 season: 35 wins, 2.38 GAA, .917 sv%, 6 SOs.
2008 season: 33 Wins, 2.34 GAA, .920 Save%, 9 shutouts.
2009 season: 40 Wins, 2.57 GAA, .913%, 4SO. Gold medal winner.
And for individual game highlights:
Does anyone remember the 72 save, 5-4 quad OT win over Dallas? A 56 save performance against the Ducks in a losing cause? 3 consecutive SO streak in the 2008 season against Nashville, Phooeix and Minny? And also every non-round robin game the Canadians played on their way to the 2010 gold medal. He played extremely well against Slovakia and the US to secure the wins.
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In perspective, I am just excited that he beat the Hawks. No, he has not been great for most of his games played over the last 2 years. But if the performance against Chicago is an indication of things to come…well..I’m excited
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
You’re my boy Blue Lui…
I think you guys know my opinion. Hockey is a team game, and damnit, sometimes in those playoff series, with guys like Baumer playing, it just changes how the goalie can trust his defense, how he plays.
Sure, I expect more out of him. He is a stud goalie though…
I would say Sean that it was sometimes our team was not as good…and not say “most”.
To each his own though. I just don’t subscribe to the messiah method of judging the puckstopper.
Even though I do expect him to grow into the mantle…( the force is strong in this one…) leading us to the promised land.
Think of this as the trials of his “Job”.
lol
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Oh for sure. Countless odd man rushes against aren’t going to help Lou out. But he has to steal more games. He is making $10 million. He has to earn it.
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
Does the hammer
fall on ip or just user name? Just curious…
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Well it’s not bad to acknowledge when players have a good game. Maybe Lu should be having more like that? I don’t know. We’re doing pretty well points wise, and that makes me happy. I only get to go to low level hockey games, and I don’t mind cheering when a goalie makes a save, even a mundane one, and it must feel pretty good to hear that appreciation (especially if the fanbase can turn against you pretty easily).
I'm like the female, non-hockey playing, English version of Sami Salo.
Luongo
is 2nd all time in NHL SV% for goalies who have played more than 500 games and is 3rd in active league goalie SV%. (again, amongst statistically relevant members).
Luongo also ranks top 3 in wins since the lockouts, top 3 in shutouts since the lockout, top 3 in saves since the lockout and top 3 in games played since the lockout.
Right here
Why is this all important?
Well, this is important, because, like Mikka Kiprusoff, while Luongo doesn’t have ZOMFG seasons he is consistently one of the top, and year after year gives the Canucks very very good, if not great goaltending. Most of the “top” goalies these days have not played more than 300 games in their careers, let alone over 600.
If anything, it’s more like we should give our heads a shake that we were saying Luongo is awful and should be traded since he had basically what amounts to a cold run since the Olympics and that is more rational that his play in the last 5 games is areturn to form rather than a bust out.
Maybe you want to talk about his struggles in the post season since the first Chi series. But the regular season? Cmon.
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anyone else check his profile? joined SBNation to post the comment, obviously doesn’t understand the exxageration around here.
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This
is the stupidest fucking comment I have seen since camcharron said he doesnt like using assists as a measure of one’s offensive skills.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 6, 2010 1:01 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe
if thats true, then its even dumber.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 6, 2010 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
But he specifically mentioned assists as being a main example.
Then I mentioned goals, since obviously a tip in is goal-stealing
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Lets go with 4-1 Canucks, Hansen with the winner... he deserves one!
I’m intensely jealous of my sister, who’s down in Vancouver, and going to be watching this game live… bah!
fuck that! you’re screwed! haha.
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2010 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
So alberts has the flu too
…according to white towel twitter. lols. Rome back in.
This is kind of frustrating to see, when the team is rounding into form. Hopefull we’re ready for Wednesday.
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