Thursday Morning Coffee- Kings of What, exactly?
by Kent Basky on Apr 1, 2010 8:06 AM PDT
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They've gotten kind of lost in all the accolades hurled at Colorado and Phoenix this season, but lately they've been more Colorado than Phoenix, as the Kings have been struggling in a big bad way. And much like the Avs, it looks like a worn out goaltender might be at the root of the problem. The Canucks inch closer to wrapping up their post season ticket and the division title with a tilt in LALA land tonight. More after the jump...
The Kings have at times looked like we thought they would be, a team with a nice mix of size, speed and skill. A number of excellent youngsters mixed with some veteran leadership, and many figured the Kings would make the post season. If not for a shutout by Jonathan Bernier the other night, you had to wonder if they'd win another game this season. They've looked bloody awful lately, and with Jonathan Quick having burnt out before the end of the season, have gone back to their backup to try and stop the bleeding.
The Canucks were full value against the red-hot Coyotes, and look to be getting all the little aspects of their game tightened as they head into the playoffs. The Canucks have done well against the Kings this season, a team that has really battled them hard the last few seasons. They've outscored them 9-3 in 3 games, and will look to make it a clean sweep tonight at the Staples Center. Andrew Raycroft has one of the 3 wins, coming in a shootout win back in October.
Henrik Sedin looks to continue his quest to be the first Canuck to win the NHL's Art Ross Trophy as the league's top scorer. He also has 6 games to top Pavel Bure's franchise record 110 points. Leading goalscorer Alexandre Burrows has an outside shot of finishing the season with 40 goals. That's no April Fools joke, the guy has played his ass off this season, shattering his image as just a pest, but his goal total is above some of the NHL superstars who get more press. He certainly hasn't shown any signs of slowing down the pace that started when he first got placed on a line with the twins late last season.
I don't want 8th place, you take it...
The way the Colorado Avalanche have been playing lately, you'd swear they have no idea how badly the Sharks collapse every post season. Yet this team which has been the real surprise of the West this season (sorry, Phoenix has done well, but you take those 12 shootout wins away and that team is struggling to make the playoffs), is now looking exactly like people had predicted, young, lacking confidence, and an easy two points for any one who faces them. They now find themselves in a position of having to play the team that is trying to track them down on Friday in a game that could decide who gets that 8th spot. The Calgary Flames, thanks to Mikka Kiprusoff managed to eek out a 2-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes. Back to back losses for the desert dogs could have cost them their opportunity at winning the Western Conference. Theiir reward for this could mean a date with the Detroit Red Wings. Good luck with that.
Saw a bit on the Twitter this morning saying Gary Bettman has been wooing those who would buy the Coyotes by telling them the league expects a cash influx of 1/2 Billion dollars from a new tv deal and an expansion team in the Toronto area. Because that's what the NHL needs. More teams. And are we really supposed to believe that after a deal where the league basically gave the product away, Bettman has something lined up to actually bring in Millions. Of real dollars. Good god.
Speaking of teams pulling out the fail, how about the Montreal Canadiens last night? Nothing says 'lackluster' like a 2-1 loss to Carolina at home. Angry Habs fans booed Carey Price, proving once again that for intelligent hockey fans, the followers of Les Habitants can also be the most clueless. You'd think they were the Washington Capitals or something...
Oh yeah, the Leafs are officially out of the playoffs now. So I guess that means those bastards from PPP (for clarification's sake, I meant bastards in a nice way. No seriously. I don't do April Fools jokes, and with me that word is always tongue in cheek) will be hanging around more. Actually that's fine with me... all are welcome here. Except this guy:
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Nice Video
Looks like Brian Burke has put on some weight.
Can't watch the thinkspeak. Always sarcastic, barely ever mean. Just me.
by kesrows on Apr 1, 2010 8:12 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
-15 goals in 6 games? i say burrows should try for the 50-goal mark….
-another toronto team? seriously? and just watch, that influx of a half-billion moolah will come after spending a full billion setting up the new team…..
-seriously, habs fans? you’re booing your goaltender for letting in 2 goals? booing is only acceptable when it’s at least 4 (or 3 incredibly lousy ones).
-if you’re expecting PPP traffic over here, you might want to change that word “bastards” to something nicer……
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isn’t “bastards” a loving term? Maybe if you’re Primus?
Yeah, be nice to them, WAACH.
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 1, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
and I edited the post to say as much.
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“Jerry was a racecar driver
he drove so god damned fast
Never did see that checkered flag
but he never came in last”
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 1, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Newer Primus… “My friend fats is a heck of a guy. Let me tell you why. He’s the epitome of neighbourly. Low brow nobility.”
"Hope you like pancakes, Norway..." Morgan Freeman
"you'll be playing in england the rest of your career" Sir Alex Burrows
What about Too Many Puppies??? So good!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 1, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I always figured being the guitarist in primus would be the easiest gig in the world: comp muffled strings, ape bassline, masturbate 22 seconds or wankiness, repeat.
"Hope you like pancakes, Norway..." Morgan Freeman
"you'll be playing in england the rest of your career" Sir Alex Burrows
22 seconds OF wankiness…not or
"Hope you like pancakes, Norway..." Morgan Freeman
"you'll be playing in england the rest of your career" Sir Alex Burrows
the guitarist
is actually a rather skilled dude by the name of Larry Lalonde… his previous band was a very influental metal act POSSESSED. They were teenagers when the band came out, but their sound was like a more evil and pissed off Slayer.
POSSESSED- Death Metal
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Yes I know he’s a skilled dude…I stand by my statement tho. Bucketheads a skilled guitarist too, and I still say it’s an easy gig. In most any band I’ve been in, although the bass and drums are the heartbeat, if the guitar player does a royal pooching, everybody knows it. Likewise the singer. In a band like primus, not so much as Claypool and Brain carry the shit so well. I didn’t mean to take away from Lalonde’s skill at all.
"Hope you like pancakes, Norway..." Morgan Freeman
"you'll be playing in england the rest of your career" Sir Alex Burrows
I always figured being the guitarist in primus would be the easiest gig in the world
Funny you think that because I was just thinking the same way. I could play better than that guy hammered outta my skull
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 1, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
-seriously, habs fans? you’re booing your goaltender for letting in 2 goals? booing is only acceptable when it’s at least 4 (or 3 incredibly lousy ones).
Another exception: Being named Carey Price.
Knights, Canucks, Dolphins, Jays and Raptors all the way.
I saw a stat that said they’ve scored 15 goals in their last 8 games. Sorry, booing the goalie in this instance is just so incredibly lame. I will not be surprised if they miss the playoffs.
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Sure
But Price is getting booed on his global body of work, and his attitude. They probably should be booing management who continues to start him instead of Halak (perhaps that’s what they were trying to do).
They should be riding Halak every game until they have a playoff berth locked up, imho.
Knights, Canucks, Dolphins, Jays and Raptors all the way.
Sometimes Im clueless why Jacques Martin plays Pricey during the stretch run...
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
by Chuckles Canuckles on Apr 1, 2010 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Carey Price is a good goalie and is going to be a very good goalie. But his “attitude” and “body of work” and the fact that he shouldn’t be played during the stretch run are all side effects of him being in Montreal where they continually (and by they I mean management and the fans) go out of their way to stunt the kids growth. He needs to get out of the market ASAP.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Apr 1, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed, sort of
I think he’s better than he’s been this year, and I think he absolutely needs a different market. Halak will NEVER have the type of expectations that will be placed on Mr. Price (rightly or, in my opinion, wrongly), and the sooner management figures that out the better.
Knights, Canucks, Dolphins, Jays and Raptors all the way.
Wait until they trade Price.
Then see the type of expectations that get placed at Halak’s doorstep.
Montreal fans are the best at this type of thing.
We may think we have a “goalie graveyard” in Vancity, and T.O likes to think they have one too.
But the Habs wrote the book on that. Halak plays without that pressure now. When the Habs trade Price, it will be because of their fans helping push him out the door.
I have no doubt Price will come back to haunt them time and again with his new team.
"I’m not asking for first-line money or top six money," Burrows said. "I don’t think it changes anything. I still consider myself a checker. That’s what I think I am first. That’s how I want to be paid. "If I can generate offence once in a while, I think it’s a plus for the team." Alex Burrows...Mar/09
Also – Price doesn’t seem to have the mental makeup required to survive in MTL. It’s not a harsh criticism (few goalies do), but if it’s clear he doesn’t (and that is clear by now, to me anyways), then it’s time to move on.
Knights, Canucks, Dolphins, Jays and Raptors all the way.
Well I think he might have had the mental makeup required if he had been given time to properly develop before being thrown into the fire. I mean, how many 20 year old goalies do have the mental makeup to be the savior of a franchise, let alone one where the media and fans are as invasive and impatient as Montreal?
Plus his GAA 2.77 and Save % .910 aren’t THAT bad. His performances just get picked over so much there and every bad goal gets magnified 1000% that you think he is awful based on the media coverage of him. He’s a good BC boy too so I would love to see him get traded to someone like the Oilers and get him away from the media in PQ.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Apr 1, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Apologies if this is too off-topic
In reading the March 31 Canucks report on the team’s website, they say that Daniel Sedin took a maintenance day and did not practice with the team.
What exactly is a “maintenance day”? I have this vision of him being checked out like a car at the mechanic’s, or of his being surrounded by yellow tape and orange cones all day, perhaps with a tarp over his head. I’m sure it’s something else that maybe one of you could explain to this newbie. Thanks.
just means he is resting from the various bumps and bruises one takes from all the hacks and slashes an elite player in the NHL garners… though I did see he told someone “his arm was sore from carrying his brother all season” funny stuff…
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Thanks
Ah, brotherly love. :) So I guess Daniel gets to just sleep in, play video games, watch soap operas, whatever? And does he get to unilaterally call this, or is it just after, say, a quick two-minute discussion with the coaches?
I am sure on a maintenance day they still go to the rink and watch practice. And probably get their backs cracked, a rub down (no happy endings though) probably some light weight work in the gym and maybe some cardio. I doubt it’s a day off as much as a day off the ice.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Apr 1, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
oarboar
You’re mentally picturing a Sami Salo maintenance day.
Can't watch the thinkspeak. Always sarcastic, barely ever mean. Just me.
Tell me Raycroft's starting tonight...
and I’ll love you for it. And no AF BS.
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I would expect we see Raycroft tomorrow against the Ducks
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Thanks for crapping in my hand.
And now I hate you. Mostly for stating the obvious, instead of just leaving me with my wishful thinking.
But in the great words of Burgess Meredith, “You can wish in one hand, and crap in the other and see which one gets filled first.”
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no problem. Now I know what Sean & YC meant when I was being brought in as the crap in hand guy…
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smashing success so far! doing a fine job! lol!
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 1, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Our boy Hank
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Woot.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
by Chuckles Canuckles on Apr 1, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Props to you for the Gwar video… don’t hear them everyday…
I’m about 98% sure that Bettman’s ‘comments’ are someone’s April Fool’s joke…just saying.
"Hope you like pancakes, Norway..." Morgan Freeman
"you'll be playing in england the rest of your career" Sir Alex Burrows
By the way, WAACH, nice find with that idiot Leafs fan! I’m still laughing! I think he should be welcomed here so we can hack him. Still don’t get some of these personal vids out there. God what a fuckshow.
Squire Barnes was just thinking his job might be in jeopardy.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Apr 1, 2010 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
God Squire has his moments.
They must pay him a shitload of money to do histhing.
Or he just doesn’t want to go national. I can’t help but think that he would be better then Duthie, Gino, and some of the talking heads on TSN…and SNET.
great stuff Sean.
And I think even Leaf fans are embarrassed by the vid’ guy.
Sheesh!
"I’m not asking for first-line money or top six money," Burrows said. "I don’t think it changes anything. I still consider myself a checker. That’s what I think I am first. That’s how I want to be paid. "If I can generate offence once in a while, I think it’s a plus for the team." Alex Burrows...Mar/09
Squire’s Satelite Debris" is so awesome. Too bad I’m never at home to see those segments anymore
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 1, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Duthie is super smooth. There is a reason he is on TSN. The Toronto media is very reserved. You have to be really bland, for the most part (hello Rod Black!!!), to be big in the TO market. Like that guy who wears the glasses on the Fan in Toronto. He is drier than a cracker.
Vancouver radio and TV is much more relaxed, although not relaxed enough, so guys like Squire sometimes choose to stay in this market for that reason.
This is all part of the reason I appreciate Onrait and O’Toole so much.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Apr 1, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I do like some of them.
I can agree with pretty well all of what you are saying about those guys.
Squire wouldn’t be the first to take a job cuz he loves living here.
Our benefit.
And yes, the Debris segments are fantastic….a few minutes before 7 Sean?
Nose to the grindstone, of just the afternoon shift?
"I’m not asking for first-line money or top six money," Burrows said. "I don’t think it changes anything. I still consider myself a checker. That’s what I think I am first. That’s how I want to be paid. "If I can generate offence once in a while, I think it’s a plus for the team." Alex Burrows...Mar/09
after the sportscast, before the end of the show…
"I’m not asking for first-line money or top six money," Burrows said. "I don’t think it changes anything. I still consider myself a checker. That’s what I think I am first. That’s how I want to be paid. "If I can generate offence once in a while, I think it’s a plus for the team." Alex Burrows...Mar/09
Haven’t watched in a while either. I don’t know the day.
I imagine that it is on their website tho’.
"I’m not asking for first-line money or top six money," Burrows said. "I don’t think it changes anything. I still consider myself a checker. That’s what I think I am first. That’s how I want to be paid. "If I can generate offence once in a while, I think it’s a plus for the team." Alex Burrows...Mar/09
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