August 14th Open Ice
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 14, 2010 7:56 AM PDT
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PrintI hope everyone had a delightful Friday the 13th. Bonus points if you didn't wake up with an axe wedged in your skull.
- Vancouver is sixth in Sports Illustrated's Offseason Rankings, trailing Washington, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and San Jose. Meh.
- Want more predictions? THN doesn't think Vancouver will finish in the cellar of the West. But bad news for Michael Grabner and Steve Bernier...
- Speaking of rankings, THN also released their yearbook yesterday and that includes the top ten players in the league. That Art Ross / Hart Trophy guy is sixth, behind Crosby, Ovechkin, Miller, Datsyuk and Toews.
- Oh yeah, they also did this. In related news I see storm clouds and locust swarms on the horizon.
- Speaking of the Art Ross / Hart Trophy guy, this blog tried to find the best shooter in the NHL. Mike Knuble ruled the day (!), but Hank ranked high next to him in three categories. Brother Daniel, however, did not. Also they don't think Sammy can pot 30 goals again and reached a similar conclusion many share in our world: "Alexandre Burrows might be the biggest bargain in the NHL at just $2M he plays physical, has a great shot and scores goals."
- Sifting through the CDC threads and I stumbled on a fan-made pair of Canucks shoes. Pass or fail?
- Canada and the US in the final. Again.
- Off topic, disrespect Dolph Lundgren at your own peril.
- Also off topic, a glass of bacon.
Today's question - Who will win the Central Division in 2010-2011: Marty's Hawks or Modano's Wings? Damn that's weird to write...
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Geez, I didn’t know Lundgren was so educated. I just thought he was a meathead after all those lousy roles he played.
I saw your reaction on Twitter when someone posted THN’s prediction. Glad I’m not superstitious.
Sad that I keep forgetting Grabner plays for Florida now. I hope he flourishes there under the radar.
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i’m taking a wild card pick for the central division and picking the blues. they almost made the playoffs last year, and now they have halak.
Nucks Misconduct writer, Twitter talker.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve" (Bilbo)
We'll
see if Hlak can repeat.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
lol Hlak
I meant Halak. This is what I get for starting to drink at noon.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah! Shoulda started earlier.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
by thelastjohnny on Aug 14, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I had an
exam till 11:15. But next time I will bring my flask to the exam room.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
nah
take vodka and 7-up in a water or pop bottle. it’s clear, so it looks like water, and you can drink freely during the exam.
i did this back in april.
Nucks Misconduct writer, Twitter talker.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve" (Bilbo)
I can't
drink vodka anymore. Not since 2006. The smell alone will start recurring nightmares and turn stomach into New Orleans during Katrina.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 15, 2010 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
missy, you are so cool :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 15, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
well, my friend and i had just been studying all weekend for it (it was a monday evening), and we were going drinking later. i just figured i could get a head start.
besides, it was only multi-variable calculus (which i aced btw), and i had barely any vodka to use.
Nucks Misconduct writer, Twitter talker.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve" (Bilbo)
haha, “it was only multi-variable calculus”
I need alcohol to understand that stuff. Math=me no likey
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 15, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
You know what's better than Vodka 7s?
Skittles vodka :)
"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!?"
- Dallas Stars Forum
by eightyseven on Aug 15, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah…I think teams are going to shitkick the Hawks this year. Blah blah the core is still there blah blah I don’t care. I’ll be very surprised if they finish 3rd or higher. Plus, I tend to agree with what missy said about the Blues. They had 90 points last season.
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 14, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep that fantasy projection alive
See you in May – still scared of the Hawks a little, are we? You sound like a number of Canucks players who bravely vowed to kick the Hawks asses last year – D’oh! I also admire the expert analysis of “I don’t care.” Excellent prognosis.
Detroit
Chicago
Nashville
Columbus
St. Louis
Gotta play 'em, might as well win 'em.
"You had to have the BIG salad."
"Suit up."
"Eric, when your mom says are you ready for your catheter...the answer is no."
Agree with this ranking. Though I think chi and det is a toss up. I’ll go with the wings by no more than 2 points.
by Beantown Canuck on Aug 14, 2010 12:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone just to be at my home back in old St Lou…
You can cry a million tears
You can wait a million years
If you think that time will change your ways
Don't wait too long
by Joe Hockey Fan on Aug 14, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Hawks
Wings
Nashville
St Louis
Columbus
I slept through his alarm and was an hour late for an 8:30 am Stats exam. But still finished with 15 minutes to go. Now drinking beer and eating Subway at quarter past noon. What life I live. Drove like a Dale Earnhardt up to SFU.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 12:32 PM PDT reply actions
Let me revise that.
I drove like OJ Simpson running from the cops up to SFU.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
OJ wasn’t driving THAT fast was he?
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 14, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually
I just found out that OJ wasn’t driving, Cowlings was, and it was a low speed chase. So now I look stupid.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Thats
what I like about this place.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I
DID rush for more than 2000 yards last season.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Is OJ
deathly afraid of snakes too?
"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!?"
- Dallas Stars Forum
He is
he told me so.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 15, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t wait for the season to start so the random snakes pop up in game threads again :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 15, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
oh god
do not want
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 15, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
*puts on Freud mask
Where did this fear of snakes come from, Mr. Canuckles?
by Beantown Canuck on Aug 15, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Never liked them
since I was a kid. My dad is afraid of them too, he used to tell me horror stories about them.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 15, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
/keeps freaud mask
Ah, so tell me more about your father
by Beantown Canuck on Aug 16, 2010 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Stop it beantown…you sometimes a cigar is just a penis…
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You're a lucky one
My university did not allow you to enter the exam room after 30 minutes in.
by Timezone_Hater on Aug 15, 2010 5:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I was shitting bricks because I didn’t think they would let me because I was so late.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 15, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Canada beat USA 1-0 to capture 3rd straight U-18 tourney.
http://iphone.cbc.ca/sports/story/2010/08/14/sp-hlinka-final.html
by Beantown Canuck on Aug 14, 2010 12:46 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Its hotter than Satan's balls
right now in Vancouver.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 2:08 PM PDT reply actions
haha! You make me laugh, man. Yeah it’s hot up north too. At least we have a breeze. I’m trying to dismantle the innards of my house and I’m sweating like a hooker in church!
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 14, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I drove
to Burnaby, took the highway, even had the windows down but it was still too hot.
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 14, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
it was in victoria too, and i had to start work at 3:00 in a souvenir shop where the doors were open and the fans did almost nothing.
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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve" (Bilbo)
I work up from Friday the 13th with an Axe (body spray can) wedged in my head.
Central:
Blackhawks (Central champs but no repeat Cup)
Red Wings (playoffs)
Blues (playoffs)
Bluejackets (nope)
Predators (nope)
Alan Muir of SI picks the Caps as the tops of the offseason
(‘They re-signed Tomas Fleischmann’) and thinks the Nucks need additional scoring
despite the top two lines?
Was the jackass plucked off the NASCAR news circuit last week to cover shinny?
I think he writes for Hendricks Hockey on the side. Does their tweets too.
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 14, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the pick was as much about not doing something they shouldn’t as much as what they did. Look at the Flyers, who went to the Finals and tore their team apart without addressing their one real need. I want Holmgren’s drugs.
Worth noting: Offseason power rankings mean not a damn thing. It’s just something to read when we’re all waiting for hockey to start.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
True that.
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 15, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Just on pure wittiness alone, those Canucks shoes are a win.
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Knuble? What was the criteria, most random body parts scored off of?
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
He mostly shoots when he has a huge chance to score. Knuble is a great sniper no doubt. He stands in front of the net and waits for rebounds, etc. He reminds me of John Leclair
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 15, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Dunno about a glass of bacon ....
…but here are some thoughts for you to consider.
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that kitty reminds me of that Rypper profile pic where he looks stoned.
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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve" (Bilbo)
i think there’s gonna be an awesome three-way deathmatch for top spot in the central between detroit, chicago and st louis. detroit’ll probs win it (though ask me again tomorrow and i’ll probably have changed my mind), but st loo is who i’m pulling for.
I agree with the three way death match, very close between the three all throughout the season.
by Timezone_Hater on Aug 15, 2010 5:25 AM PDT up reply actions
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm…bacon
"Either you give it right back or the next thing you know everyone and his brother will be trying you on for size." - Doug Harvey
Holy fuck
DO WANT
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 15, 2010 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
As someone who’s already had a quintuple bypass…think of that as a pile of snakes Canuckles…you’ll feel better for it at 40…
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"You'll be playing in England the rest of your career" Alex Burrows
"I'm not a water dwelling mammal, where did you get that preposterous hypothesis, did steve tell you that?" FotC
Whoa… hope your ticket/arteries are doing okay Twitch!
by Beantown Canuck on Aug 16, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Heh long time ago Bean…genetic thing…
The artist formerly known as GAHHHHH!
"You'll be playing in England the rest of your career" Alex Burrows
"I'm not a water dwelling mammal, where did you get that preposterous hypothesis, did steve tell you that?" FotC
by Twitchy2010 on Aug 16, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Ha! I saw that pic last night and contemplated posting it. Good one, reg.
A creep from the cradle, but a hero's what I want to be
Was just reading the Skeeter “Mt. Suckmore” post above..maybe the bacon/twinkie stonehenge should actually be called “The Krutov Salad”?
“…Krutov was out-of-shape and overweight and quickly developed a love for junk food. Bob McCammon, the coach of the Canucks at the time, noted “His usual routine was to stop at a 7-11 store and order two hot dogs, a bag of potato chips, and a soft drink. After practice, he would return for a second order.”
"Either you give it right back or the next thing you know everyone and his brother will be trying you on for size." - Doug Harvey
by reggiedunlop on Aug 15, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
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