Canucks/Kings Game IV Recap
by Yankee Canuck on Apr 22, 2010 9:46 AM PDT
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Our apologies for the late recap, so we'll do it bullet style for ease of digestion:
- Roberto Luongo - Not as strong as we'd like, but good enough for the win. The save on Frolov was a game changer. Sayeth the captain: "On Frolov I just wanted to do something a little different and he ended up shooting and I got a piece." Hell of a time to try something different.
- Drew Doughty - Could have swore one of us NM'ers gave this guy a proper man-crush in the series previews. The guy is dangerous no matter where he is on the ice. Healthy amount of fear and respect going on.
- Daniel Sedin / Henrik Sedin - Called out by the coach, shut down for two periods and then helped rip the game away from LA in the third. Daniel assisted on all third period goals (excluding the ENG) and Henrik picked up two, including the GWG. Henrik also played the part of pinata in the final few minutes, at one point forechecking and falling to the ice on the puck with four (or five?) Kings around him.
- Ryan Kesler - Solid play all over the map again. Can probably write a book now on how much it sucks to square off with Jarret Stoll on the faceoff dot.
- Michal Handzus - Another strong performance from Lockjaw's line, especially in the first two periods. It was a relief to watch him head to box rather than sit in front of Luongo on the PP for a change.
- Mikael Samuelsson - Sweden called again to remind you that you're still not good enough for their team.
- Pavol Demitra - Thank you. We've been waiting since the second round last year to see that type of game. So much so we'll ignore your cap hit until Friday night. Similar props for Kyle Wellwood and fourth line enigma Steve Bernier.
- Christian Ehrhoff - What he said.
- Nolan Baumgartner - Welcome back nice guy. Slow and steady.
- Wayne Simmonds - Sorry, Mr. Meat Train I mean. Your Bobby Orrs all over the ice are a sight to behold. Nice clutch goal to send a collective punch to our stomachs too. Speaking of which, feel free to have a word with Alex Burrows on that topic.
- Mason Raymond / Michael Grabner - If you were out there, I missed it. No wait, that goes more for Grabner. Raymond I saw you along the boards falling down constantly. Speedy feet?
- SOB - Pregame fines, Doughty scrums and then fighting your own coaches? Someone get him a chubby girl quick or he'll never calm down.
Vancouver still has a truck load to improve on before the best of three starts. Chief of which remains their PK which is still setting the post season mark for abysmally laughable; it was great to break the streak in the second, but Rick Bowness needs to come up with another strategy. 43.8% on the kill, of rather 9 PP goals against in four games (the Kings record, dating back to the Gretzky days I believe, is 11) is beyond the definition of unacceptable.
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Henrik also played the part of pinata in the final few minutes, at one point forechecking and falling to the ice on the puck with four (or five?) Kings around him.
Yeah that was awesome, especially as he had just missed an empty-netter. Instead of hanging his head he busted down there to play the puck, and just took abuse in order to kill time. And if I recall correctly it was 4 Kings poking and prodding Hank, while a 5th looked on with a kind of “how the hell has the puck not come loose yet?!?” look about him.
Loved that HNIC gave Hank mad props for that effort. Jim Hughson said it looked like he was getting mugged, and that if this happened on the street those Kings players would be arrested! Oh Jim, such an improvement over Bob “Bieska” Cole.
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by nucksandpucks on Apr 22, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure why, but on the first successful pk, the Canucks looked much different. Other than when nobody remembered it was 5-4 when Johnson had all day and time in front of Luongo, they played much more aggressive. Ehrhoff was going pretty wild in the corner trying to get the puck free, and on loose pucks the Canucks were actually fighting pretty hard for. Obviously if that was Kopitar rather than Johnson, it could have very well been a goal, but for the most part I liked what I saw. And the final pk LA really didn’t get set up much. The Sedins were good when they had the puck on the pk, but probably not gonna lay out to block a shot in their life (Although not many other people are – other than Raymond when he does his stumble for 6 feet before he finally falls to block the shot)
I certainly don’t blame the Sedins for not blocking more shots on the PK, nor do I want them to – look at what’s happened to Carter and Gagne in Philly.
by British Canuck on Apr 22, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Burrows was so invisible you even forgot to mention that in your recap.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
He’s under the Simmonds reference…very much for that reason.
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by Yankee Canuck on Apr 22, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Burrows, my favourite player....
Was invisible, needs to be visible. Hell, he should just hit someone like he hit JP Dumont a couple years ago. Here it is.
SOB needs to get his shit together and stop snorting coke before the games, he’s so ragey, I mean, I know its LA, but c’mon Shane.
Also, Demo needs to come off the point on the powerplay. He is no good at that. Blasthoff/Samuelsson/Salo should be up there.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Apr 22, 2010 11:42 AM PDT reply actions
What about Wellwood?
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by Karina on Apr 22, 2010 11:57 AM PDT reply actions
Wellfed you mean?
Yeah he had a great game, Im proud of him. Worked his ass off, was an unsung hero.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Apr 22, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
WOODY was a flubbering fool until later in the 3rd
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 23, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Lu had very little chance on 3 of the 4 goals allowed (slapshot from the slot and 2 goals in the crease by unchecked players). I don’t know what’s wrong with his hands this year; he seems to have trouble catching the puck sometimes and drops his stick so many times. Bernier-itis? Aside from that, he made at least 5 BIG saves.
The only players that played poorly last night were Bieksa and Raymond IMO. Bieksa missed his check on the Kopitar goal and I don’t know what he was doing on the first goal. Raymond played like the puck was a hand grenade. He doesn’t seem confident at all.
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That second PK . . .
. . . I liked how there was one guy that was pressuring the puck carrier coming up the ice. I’d rather give up PP goals being aggressive on the kill than being passive and watching the PK get lit up like a Christmas tree.
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by eightyseven on Apr 22, 2010 2:49 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Not authorized :(
Sucky.
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
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You might need to register an account to become authorized.
Also, usually CBC.ca or NHL.com will stream online games later if they were showing them for free earlier, but I can’t seem to find anything for you.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
by thelastjohnny on Apr 22, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s invite only.
Have any invites? :)
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