The Ballad of Andrew Raycroft

by Sean Zandberg on Feb 4, 2010 9:17 PM PST in Game Review Comment 18 comments

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To the tune "Hey Jude" by The Beatles:

Hey D, don't make it bad

Take the rebound, get it to center

Remember to show some integrity and heart

Then you can start to make it better

Hey Team, where are your legs?

You left them at the Molson Center

You let that Alfie get under your skin

I showed some heart, things didn't get better

And any time you cough up the puck, hey team, you f*cks

I'm carrying the team upon my shoulders

For Bernier you know that it's a fool with the tools

But gets colder and colder

Na na na na na na na na na

Hey team, you let me down

My save percentage ain't getting better

Can't let them come in 3 on 1 all game

That's why I'm writing this suicide letter

So take the puck and put it in, hey team, let's win

Maybe we should get back Christian Ruutu

And don't you know that it's just you, hey team, you fools

Maybe it is I who should score some goals for you

Na na na na na na na na na

Hey team, you shit the bed

Sure the Oilers could play much better

Remember to remove your head from your ass

When we play Boston, we'll fair much better, better, better, better, better, oh yeah!!

Na na na na-na-na na, na-na-na na, you fools

Na na na na-na-na na, na-na-na na, Steve drools

Nothing much good to say about the Sens game except that Raycroft was the best Canuck. The team showed up flat and got burned for it. Pavol Demitra finally got to play on line 2 and he looked pretty good with Kesler and Raymond. Samuelsson looked alright on line 3. Perhaps this is Demo's time to move into the top 6. The chemistry is there. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

Check out Krista's "Devils Went Down To Georgia" remake of the Charlie Daniels classic here. That's why I decided to go with the Raycroft ballad here. It's all about inspiration and stuff.

My 3 Stars:

1. Brian Elliot's left nut

2. Brian Elliot's right nut

3. Vancouver's lack of nuts

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hope the boys are in the mood for some 10 am PST hockey!

by jozsef on Feb 4, 2010 10:01 PM PST reply actions

Funny

I just saw this on an old kurtenblog post

by jozsef on Feb 4, 2010 11:07 PM PST reply actions

As a Flames fan

I find tis is be fairly inaccurate. Both should be floating face down at this point with the ring just drifting lazily by.

by brisulph on Feb 5, 2010 5:12 AM PST up reply actions

It’s 2 games. One in which we had 27 shots, the other in which we were playing the hottest team in hockey, started our backup goalie, and kept them to 2 goals. In their barn.

If you offered me 1-2 to start this road trip, I’d have been disappointed, but taken it. They haven’t played awful (not their best, to be sure, but not awful), and Luongo has been in net for 4 of 9 periods.

I DO think it will be good for Luongo for the Olympics to be over. He’s gotta be thinking about it (I can’t really blame him, I’d be thinking about it too), but I will be happy when the focus is 100% back on winning the Cup.

Knights, Canucks, Dolphins, Jays and Raptors all the way.

by Jevant on Feb 5, 2010 5:28 AM PST reply actions

Of course...we had 47 shots, not 27.

Knights, Canucks, Dolphins, Jays and Raptors all the way.

by Jevant on Feb 5, 2010 5:28 AM PST up reply actions

Haha, well done. If I wasn’t so disappointed by the game last night I would probably read it again to appreciate, perhaps while listening to Hey Jude. As it is… I’m moving on and thinking about tomorrow.

by nucksandpucks on Feb 5, 2010 8:11 AM PST reply actions

Since these games are early, for us in the PST time zone, I only managed to watch the 3rd period of the last two games. All I see is that the Canucks outplay their opponent, but it is too late. WTF is going on!
One more loss on Saturday, and the anticipated Roadtrip from Hell becomes reality. We are lucky that so far, Colorado keeps losing as well.

Los Angeles, CA

by AttilaS on Feb 5, 2010 8:48 AM PST reply actions

May be, after the 7 wins in a row we became a little too giddy. It is time for a reality check.

Los Angeles, CA

by AttilaS on Feb 5, 2010 8:50 AM PST up reply actions

And I can’t stand watching anymore that the winning streak of Washington and Ottawa keeps going on, and on, and on..

Los Angeles, CA

by AttilaS on Feb 5, 2010 8:51 AM PST up reply actions

The Canucks 3rd line actually looked decent at times during the game. It’s too bad the top two lines (minues raymond) didn’t show up until the second half.

by SteveNux on Feb 5, 2010 9:36 AM PST reply actions

Funny, I thought Kesler got the nod as the only guy in the top six who seemed to have any heart. Yeah Raymond got some chances, but mostly due to Keslers work. Regardless, I kinda have no use for Pavol Demitra.

by GAHHHHH! on Feb 5, 2010 9:54 AM PST up reply actions

I just found that Sens controlled the game early on with puck control and speed. I found the only one that could match their speed was Raymond. This one was mostly in the 1st, after that some of the other guys started warming up. The Sedins looked a bit out of place with the speed of the game, but as the game went on the game slowed down a bit and the Canucks were able to control the play a little bit more, although the majoity of the game was completely owned by the Sens.

by SteveNux on Feb 5, 2010 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

Did anyone else find it hilarious that it had to be Steve Bernier that had the big chance with 5 seconds left in the second? That pretty much told me how the game was going to end.

by beemser on Feb 5, 2010 10:16 AM PST reply actions

That would have changed the game for sure… too bad it was Death to Scoring Chances.

by SteveNux on Feb 5, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions

As soon as I saw it was Bernier, I knew it was likely that no goal was to be had.

Poutine & Meatballs

by cyxj on Feb 5, 2010 12:19 PM PST up reply actions

The Sens play a lot faster than I expected and the Canucks couldn’t keep up. Not to say that they’re a slow team but it felt like they expected a slower game (after facing Toronto and Montreal) and got caught off-guard.

Also, the Sens are very good with their play along the boards and mostly forced the Canucks to the side boards and up at high at the blue line, which makes it easy for the goalie obviously. I think that this neutralized the Sedins’ cycle big time (couldn’t set up behind the net and down low) as evident by the lack of great scoring chances.

All in all, I’m impressed by the Sens—great turn around from last year and losing Heatley. I cheered for them during their SC run and don’t mind seeing them come out of the East.

Poutine & Meatballs

by cyxj on Feb 5, 2010 12:29 PM PST reply actions

The Senators completely owned your overated Vancouver Canuks.

I believe even a Canuk fan can attest that Vancouver had almost no offense, no defense…and a back up goalie in net. What a slaughter. I believe the overated Canucks will get rolled in their record setting longest road trip in NHL history. Thus, it will slowly turn into the worst losing streak NHL history very soon. Welcome to the north east.

by SensFAN! on Feb 6, 2010 4:17 AM PST reply actions