Take Your Fiddle And Shove It..: Canucks-Predators Preview
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 7, 2010 1:06 AM PST
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| Time | 12:00PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pacific |
| Season Series | 2 - 1 Predators |
Last Meeting | 3-2 Predators (01-11-10) |
| The Enemy | On The Forecheck | Scoring Leaders | H. Sedin: 25-58-83
Erat: 19-20-39 |
| Canucks | Category | Predators |
| 3rd | Conference Position | 7th |
| 5-5-0 |
Last 10 | 5-3-2 |
| 3.19 (3rd) |
Goals Per Game | 2.73 (12th) |
| 2.53 (8th) |
Least Goals Against Per Game | 2.81 (20th) |
| 1.29 (2nd) | 5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.04 (11th) |
| 21.4% (5th) | Power Play % |
16.8% (23rd) |
| 81.1% (19th) | Penalty Kill % |
75.9% (28th) |
| 30.4 (12th) | Shots Per Game | 30.1 (13th) |
| 29 (8th) | Least Shots Against Per Game | 29.1 (9th) |
| 79.3% (4th) | Winning % When Scoring First | 80.8% (2nd) |
| 86.4% (3rd) | Winning % When Leading After 1 | 95% (2nd) |
| 45.7% (5th) |
Winning % When Trailing After 1 | 36.8% (10th) |
| 96.2% (3rd) | Winning % When Leading After 2 | 90.9% (10th) |
| 32% (2nd) | Winning % When Trailing After2 | 10% (21st) |
| 51% (9th) | Faceoffs % | 49% (20th) |
| 15.8 (26th) | Least PIM's Per Game | 9.2 (1st) |
| +34 (3rd) | + / - GF/GA | +7 (12th) |
Still 9 points up on 9th place Calgary, the Canucks sometimes seem to play like they have that cushion. There is not that 60-minute effort as much lately. At least, not consistently. There are the bad 2nd periods, and then there are the numb skull first periods. Nothing was a more hair-pulling experience than the first period in the last game against Chicago. The Canucks went into the
1st intermission down 5-1 and the great Luongo was done for the night. A frustrating effort against a team that you want the Nucks to show up against.
If the Canucks lose today they will still keep their top spot in the NW Division, tied with the Avalanche for 80 points but with the edge in wins. But it's time to get on a roll. Colorado is approaching fast. I don't care if the Sedins are seeing the other teams' top checkers on the road. Get your asses going! Even with each Twin earning 3 assists against the Red Wings the other night, they have been too silent over the last 10 games or so for my liking. It's not like the Sedins have sucked on the road all year.
Allow me to focus on Hank. Prior to the road trip from hell (tm), Hank played 22 road games, scored 7 goals and 20 assists for 27 points. On the RTFH (tm) Hank has played 11 games and has scored 1 goal and 6 assists for 7 points. It would have looked a lot worse had he not had that 3 assist night against Detroit. Like I said before: if the Sedins don't put up points the Canucks have a tough time winning. The pressure is on boys...you are making the big bucks after all.
Meanwhile, the steal deal of the year Alexandre Burrows is finding the net lately and getting the job done. Yes, they need secondary scoring to take the heat off the Twins, and they are getting it lately, especially with Kesler and Demitra and Wellwood in a sense. But the Sedins need to snap out of it. Get dirty! Dig deep for god's sake!
Lou....oh Lou....don't do that again....
Vancouver was out-worked badly against the Hawks. They spotted them 7 power plays! Cut it out! Take control of the Preds and stay out of the box. Amazing stat above is that the Preds have taken the least amount of penalties out of any NHL team, yet their PK is ranked 28th. Nuts!
-The Preds have won 3 of their last 4 games against Vancouver. This is the last meeting between the 2 teams this season.
-Love that Shea Weber shot from the point for Team Canada during the Olympics? Well you won't see that today. Weber has a hand injury. Amen. Cody Franson has been recalled.
-The Preds are 11-6-1 against NW Division teams this season.
-Nashville is 19-1-0 when leading after the first period this season. Wow.
-Nashville has won 125 of 154 games at home since 2005-06. That is 2nd best overall behind the Red Wings.
-Head coach Barry Trotz, he of the gargantuan head, has 399 victories as head coach.
Where am I getting this info from? Check this out.
I don't like the Preds. I don't mind Dan Hamhuis because he's from my hometown and I went on a canoe trip from hell with him once, but that's about it. But I can respect some things about them beyond their home ice dominance: they have made some steals come draft day, or just drafted wisely:
STEALS:
-Martin Erat in the 7th round in 1999
-Pekka Rinne in the 8th round in 2004
DRAFT DAY PARADISE:
-Alexander Radulov in the first round in 2004, even though he is a shitbag.
-Ryan Suter in the 1st round, Shea Weber in the 2nd round in the 2003 Draft
-Scottie Upshall in the first round in 2003
-Dan Hamhuis in the 1st round and Jordin Tootoo in the 4th round in 2001
-Scott Hartnell in the 1st round in 2000
-Adam Hall and Andrew Hutchinson in the 2nd round in 1999
Great stuff hey? Yeah yeah yeah, whatever.
OK, I'll calm down. Sometimes I think I'm too emotionally involved in this team...No rah-rah videos. Just a nice little Paganini piece to settle me down a bit. Feel it. Paganini's 24 caprices are gold, but I love #6 the best. Gives me chills.
Oh, and this is pretty damned funny..(Wish the game was in Van)...
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Man I hate early games, drinking at noon on a Sunday is depressing. I think the Canucks should start having home games against eastern teams at 10:00pm to make up for all the times I’ve been up early on the weekend thanks to the Penguin/Wild/Hurricanes etc…
4-1 Canucks, Wellwood GWG.
I won’t drink anything but juice and/or milk at noon. Stupid early games!
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 7, 2010 1:56 AM PST up reply actions
Holy shit
Scoring Leaders H. Sedin: 25-58-83
Erat: 19-20-39
What Sean failed to mention is our balance:
Erat 19/20/39
Sullivan 12/27/39
Dumont 13/26/39
Hornqvist 23/15/38
Arnott 16/21/37
Weber 12/24/36
Legwand 10/23/33
Ward 13/18/31
Looks a lot better that way :)
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Two can play that game!
Sedin 25/58/83
Sedin 16/43/59
Kesler 19/39/58
Burrows 29/26/55
Raymond 22/23/45
Samuelsson 23/19/42
Ehrhoff 12/21/33
Edler 2/27/29
by Beantown Canuck on Mar 7, 2010 8:10 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, i think beantown just won that argument. sorry, chris.
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Well, their 8th best scorer does have a lofty 2 more points than our 8th best scorer…
by Beantown Canuck on Mar 7, 2010 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
I was going to talk about that scoring depth, but I thought I praised the Preds enough already :)
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 7, 2010 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Ooo, you went on a canoe-trip with Ham Danhuis? My only run-in with him was at Fitness Northwest (does that place still exist?) when I was like 15. He helped me operate the leg press, ’cuz it was obvious I had no idea what I was doing.
That’s a physician center now. The Gym moved to the old Smithers Hotel site.
I was good friends with Dan’s uncle, that’s how I met Dan. It’s a dutch mafia thing.
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 7, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
You missed one in draft steals, Sean.
Hornqvist was picked dead last in the last round. Nobody came after him.
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I was going to mention him, but he’s not doing so well lately. Dog house victim.
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 7, 2010 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Noon games in football town...
WHY NOT? Nothing terrible has ever happened to the Canucks in a game that starts super early… oh. Well that won’t be happening again.
Nucks back over .500 with a tough 4-3 win, Ehrhoff on a SH GW.
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today's lines
Sullivan – Arnott -Dumont
Ward – Legwand – Smithson
Erat – Goc – Hornqvist
Tootoo – Boyd – Wilson
Suter/Hamhuis
Grebeshkov/Klein
Franson/Bouillon
Rinne
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Wake up Nucks Misconduct!
I’ve got coffee for you, they promised they brewed it 15 minutes ago…
Or if you’re stuck in the states…
Or if you don’t have work for the next couple days…
Wake up to something delicious, the boys drop the puck in less than four hours!
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That worked better in theory...
Wow is that ever image-laden, sorry NM… At least there’s a title, though, right? slinks away
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Fail all over
Guess I’ll be going now… breakfast/groceries, be back for the game.
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Ugh, Starsucks… I’ll take the Jager bomb please.
Praise be to Luongod, from whom all good things flow.
by TXCanucklehead on Mar 7, 2010 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
5-2 Nucks Demo ftw
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by Section 312 on Mar 7, 2010 9:28 AM PST reply actions
2-1 canucks, daniel with the winner
if anyone else is up yet and able to get some of the seattle channels, one of them is showing the NBC feed for the detroit-chicago matinee.
i was bored last night and perused all the statistics at NHL.com, and found some interesting stuff:
-did anyone know that Burrows has been given the 4th most minor penalties out of everyone in the league so far this season? the only people with more are Steve Downie, Scott Hartnell, and Evgeni Malkin (… Geno? what is he doing up there?)
-Speaking of penalties, Sammy has the exact same number of minor penalties as SOB. Also, after doing a little bit of math, I found that our 4 swedes average 1.06 minor penalties a game, which fits our theorem of the mandatory swedish penalty…..
-Hoffer leads the team in missed shots with 78. kes and hank are tied for 2nd at 77, sammy in 4th with 68, and edler in 5th with 63.
more in my reply….
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-Johnson may block a lot of shots, but the number he has (57) only ranks him 5th in that category. our best shot blocker is actually Edler with 82, followed by Mitchell with 79 (despite the fact that he’s been injured), Ehrhoff with 71, and Kes with 61. Also surprising is that SOB is 6th (right behind RyJo) with 49.
-Edler is the only defenceman on the team who has had to take a faceoff this year.
-despite being injured, mitchell and bieksa are still up near the top for many statistical categories.
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Here’s a tough one for you:
How does Johnson rank in shot blocked per minute played?
by Beantown Canuck on Mar 7, 2010 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
let's see, i'm gonna have to do some math... (i'll just do those top 6 from the blocked shots column)
these ratios are total TOI divided by # of blocked shots
Edler: 15:41
Mitchell: 8:24 (his injury affects this ratio)
Ehrhoff: 20:39
Kesler: 20:47
Johnson: 7:57
SOB: 19:23
okay, maybe you have a point. something else to consider in this, however, is missed games and injuries. edler’s only played 58 of the 64 games this season. SOB only played 55, mitchell’s injury is keeping him at 48, and johnson’s foot has him at 43.
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Canucks buckle down, but Nashville gets a late lucky goal to break the shutout.
3-1 Canucks…with…say…..Ehrhoff with the GWG.
BTW …I think its a law for NBC…they have to include either Chicago or Detroit in ALL Sat. games. ( almost…..for sure with Original Six teams from the States…I have yet to see…the Kings for instance, even though they are from the #2 market in the USA! )
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1. it’s sunday, not saturday.
2. i’ve seen the sunday game on there once before, it was caps and pens. i think it has to be big-name matinees.
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Shows how often I watch them!
Yeah…I know missy…was being a little sarcastic…guess I failed there.
I did see that Caps/Pens game tho’!
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ah, sarcasm.
my bad, didn’t catch it. my sarcasm meter never works properly.
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Anybody watching the Hawks-Wings game? Wings up 5-2 now after a beauty Datsyuk breakaway goal.
Poutine & Meatballs
wings exploded in the 2nd period.
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I actually like the Preds, they never get respect and end up surprising you more often than not. They seem to use the Red Wings model of building through the draft, and they draft very well.
A nice break that Weber is out today, but the Canucks still have to respect them or they’ll lose.
4-1 Canucks, Demolition Man GWG.
Poutine & Meatballs
and Trotz gets kudos for his longevity
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 7, 2010 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Would he even be recognized on the streets of Nashville?
Please allow me to adjust my pants, so that I may dance the good time dance, and lead the onlookers and innocent bystanders into a trance.
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