Canucks - Ducks Complete Shootout

…the emotion out of Lu after he stops Perry.

I’ll take the win. If the Canucks can play their best hockey of the season later in the year rather than November/December this year, I will not be disappointed.

Definitely a sloppy win. Everybody’s trying to be like Captain Hank and is making one too many passes most of the time. I’d say they should shoot more, but they still had 40 shots on goal, plus another 17 blocked and 18 missed or something. Lu busted out the impressive .800 SV% – I know at least one of those was unlucky, but he did not look sharp at all last night; he definitely got outplayed by McElhinney. I guess we now know why McE has such good numbers despite all his losses.
Bleh, hopefully they’ll bring the A game on Saturday for Naslund.

There’s not much room upstairs there

No doot aboot it.

Kesler was a raging bull on that last play, he absolutely refused to accept the defeat.

looked shaky a couple of times last night. He is entitled to an off game, but I wonder if the problem is a) this is his tenth straight game and b) lack of sustained pressure got him a bit stiff.

That being said, I did think that the ducks got lucky once on the 4 v 4 goal and the Selanne goal was a really great shot, hard to stop.

I also wasn’t impressed with Aaron Rome on the first goal, from a shot right up the middle that Luongo can see, the D man should NEVER try to get his stick in the way like that. If it’s not tipped, Luongo saves that for sure. That’s one thing that Mitchell was SO good at. He knew when to let the shooter take a shot.

I like your use of the word “predictable,” Sean, when describing the Sedin’s play. Way to cutesy putesy……and soft….passing. They’ve got to work themselves out of that. That type of play/mentality(?) was reflected in Danny’s (and Kes’s) quite lame and lamentable shoot out attempts.

When the fuck is Schneider gonna play, already?

I like what Claude Noel said about his Moose today:

“It never works that way,” he bellowed. "I’ve never known a team where you never had to guide your team. You’re blessed if you get a team and you can just open the door and away you go. That never happens that way, not in my experience.

“My experience is you’ve got to put your foot on their throat and keep it there. That’s pretty much how you have to do it.”

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That’s what you want to hear from a coach. No fucking nights off, bitches.

And for a dose of perspective in regards to griping…Islanders fans

I saw Kes’ first goal and Tambo’s goal (Tambo, so hot right now).
Came home from soccer practice, was too tired to go on the computer. Drove girlfriend to work (at Riverview hospital) at 6 in the morning and just woke up now (11:24).
4 words:

Kes is a beast.

Woke up at 7am, had TSN on, only to see Lou stonewall Perry in the highlights. Could barely register it through my foggy head. Lou won a shootout? Are pigs flying?

Damn, sounds like I missed a good third period and OT/SO.