Game 6: Rangers At Canucks Preview: The KesLORD Returns!
by Sean Zandberg on Oct 17, 2011 10:24 PM PDT
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Print| RANGERS |
CANUCKS | ||||
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AT |  |
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| Time | Tues. 7:00 PM PST |
TV | TSN |
| Season Series | 0 - 0 |
Last Meeting |
1-0 Rangers (Jan. 13/11) |
| The Enemy | Blueshirt Banter | Scoring Leaders | D. Sedin: 2-5-7 Richards: 1-2-3 |
| Rangers |
Category | Canucks |
| 0-1-2 | Season Record | 2-2-1 |
| 13th |
Conference Position | 10th |
| Lost 3 |
Streak | Won 1 |
| 0-1-2 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
0-0-1 |
| - |
Last 10 | - |
| -4 |
Goals For / Against +/- | -2 |
| 1.67 (30) |
Goals Per Game | 2.80 (12) |
| 2.67 (19) |
Goals Against Per Game | 3.00 (24) |
| 1.25 (11) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.12 (14) |
| 0 |
Power Play % |
23.8 (7) |
| 84.2 (15) |
Penalty Kill % |
76.0 (26) |
| 0 |
Winning % When Scoring First | 100 |
| 0 |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 0 |
| 0 |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 0 |
| 57.3 (1) |
Faceoffs % | 50.8 (13) |
| 20.7 (30) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
13.8 (21) |
| NHL.com |
PROJECTED STARTING GOALIES
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS
CANUCKS
Dank-Hank-Burrows
Higgins-Kesler-Hodgson
Samuelsson-Malhotra-Hansen
Volpatti-Lapierre-Weise
Edler-Hamhuis
Bieksa-Ballard
Alberts-Salo
RANGERS
Derek Stepan wolf / Brad Richards / Maid Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky / Artem Anisimov / Ryan Callahan
Mike Rupp / Kris Newbury / Wojtek Wolski (maybe)
Michael Del Zotto / Tim Erixon
Steve Eminger / Jeff Woywitka / Kurt Sauer
You think they miss Marc Staal??
All we need is an immediate impact from Ryan Kesler, continued improvement on the powerplay (Rangers have been quite undisciplined), less suckage on the PK, and another Roberto Luongo effort like he has done for us in his 2 games as a Canuck versus the Rangers: a 2-0-0 record and a 1.50 goals against average. The D game is slowly coming together too, and we'll see what results happen now as Alain Vigneault has shuffled the deck with the pairings.
Anyone old enough to remember the birth of grunge music is about old enough to remember the sting of 1994. And that stinger has never gone away for many older Canucks fans. It makes a Canucks-Rangers game all that much more fun. A win over the Rangers always feels sweet. F*ck you Richter!
The Rangers are off to a bad start, but are not getting blown out in their games. They have not even played a game at MSG yet, and won't until October 27. Look for a simplified game from them, with tight defence and solid goaltending from King Henrik Lundqvist. It would be in the Canucks' best interest to score first and dictate the tone on home ice.
No videos tonight. Only:
Rick, you will never be forgotten. Ever. Be at peace.
The Canucks will finally honor him Tuesday night.
Canucks.com has a most excellent Rypien tribute page up right now. Check it out and re-live the memories.
Also, check out an article at the Sun of Kevin Bieksa talking in depth about his brother Rick here. Heart-wrenching stuff.
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working on my gamethread right now. mostly a tribute to Ryp.
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@NM_missy
I’s going to so hard to win after 7 minutes of Ryp’ tribute, our guys are going to be stuck in legitimate grief, and I know they are going to battle like crazy but sadness sucks the energy out of people.
But I’m crossing fingers all the same, 2-1 Burr.
i do remember them being motivated after the Bourdon tribute….. pretty sure we slaughtered the Flames in that game too.
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yeah but that was the Flames
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 17, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
2-1 Higgins
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twitter.com/agillie604
Picking the shutout again?
No! not today. But a 4-1 effort, an excellent game from Lui but for a trickler or off some player’s ass. Players playing like Ryp did all game, standing up for each other and stopping the effort of a game Rags team cold.
Winner is tough. Smart money is on Kesler having a great game, as befits his Lordly status. I feel it will be the Silent G Son of God that will be anointed with the Keslord’s blessing on this sermon.
Bonus predict, Weise will have a solid game, maybe a goal, but definitely a noticeable game as he smiles at Torts going off the ice, who starts to say something but…, before he can, everyone with an H in their last name turn around and give him the chop…Weise jumping in perfectly like he was in on it.
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OT
i might need to use this for the upcoming gamethread for when we host the Caps….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyv1B1Gaarc&feature=related
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by missy on Oct 17, 2011 11:00 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
1-0 Nucks
Lapierre unassisted…
by Azzy Mahmood on Oct 18, 2011 12:11 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
3-1 Nucks, Daniel
In summing up, it's the Constitution, it's Mabo, it's justice, it's law, it's the vibe and... No, that's it, it's the vibe. I rest my case
FUCK YEAH KESLER IS BACK
THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 18, 2011 2:06 AM PDT reply actions
3-1 CANUCKS
THE KESLORD RETURNETH AND ANNOUNCETH HIS RETURN WITH THE GAME WINNING GOAL
THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 18, 2011 2:07 AM PDT up reply actions
4-2 Canucks, Daniel
"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats. They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
3-1 Canucks
Juice with the winner, and hopefully a on ice tribute to Ryp like AMFB’s bow and arrow for Luc.
Reading that piece about Bieksa and Ryp made me all weepy. Tonight I think is going to be a tear fest.
That Messier pick though made me grrr.
"Let's be honest - I watched you walk away
You went off to find - anything else - anything less
On your own..."
Fuck Messier
and fuck Keenan too.
THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 18, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
5-4 Canucks
Malhotra with the surprise shootout winner!
2-1 Rangers
Dubinsky
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
4-1 Canucks
Kesler with a pair and the GWG
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Sounds like Sturm the odd man out. I know that nobody has been happy with his play so far, but from the bit I’ve seen, he’s still a better hockey player than Weise or Volpatti. I’d like to see Lapierre with an actual NHL-caliber winger for a change. Imagine a fourth line that could actually move the puck around a bit…
Lappy with Jank and Higgy
was money in the playoffs.
THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 18, 2011 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, exactly. It seems like Vigneault is sort of stuck on one template for what a fourth line should look like: one decent player and two useless grinders. Like when Morrison had a stellar camp last year and they turfed him because he “didn’t fit”…even though he was obviously the best available player for the fourth line. He could have killed penalties, filled in on the wing on any of the other lines, and taken a regular shift without getting victimized. This year, even Nolan looked better than Volpatti. Oreskovich looked promising, but then they turfed him for this Wiese guy out of nowhere. Odd…
2-1 Nucks
Burrows
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
4-1 Canucks
Burrows with the GWG goal, and Kesler with all the rest. (We’ll show Nugey McNuge how a hat trick is really done)
"I'll play on one leg, I don't care..."
Ah, a nice 7:00 start, and the good guys are wearing blue and green;
Back to the way it should be. Rangers are usually my de facto East team (while I sort of knew what was going on in 1994 I was too young to really be bitter towards the Rangers + MSG is a really sweet place to watch hockey games) but tonight, fuck ‘em. It’ll be interesting to see if Kesler looks a little slow to start the game or if he’s pretty much like fuck that straight into beast mode. I’ll say the good guys get the win tonight, 3-0. Higgins with the GWG. R.I.P. Rypper. Most legitimately upset I can remember being about any athlete or “celebrity” or anything like that dying. No doubt that the team will put on a good tribute for him tonight though, let’s get em boys.
PS. The Oilers suck.
4-2 nucks higgins gwg
cuz he’s due to be rewarded with game hero status.
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Against his old team too
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by Yankee Canuck on Oct 18, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
BTW
Anyone find it creepy that Bettman has hire in that pic with Messier?
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"Pucks are awful little things" - Passive Voice.
Who is he hiring?
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
argh
Hair. sorry
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by Yankee Canuck on Oct 18, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
RIP Ryp
Tribute should be good.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 18, 2011 9:53 AM PDT reply actions
In tribute to Rick
Vancouver punched Shia LaBeouf
by Passive Voice on Oct 18, 2011 10:29 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
slow clap
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by Yankee Canuck on Oct 18, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I know the girl who filmed that. Fortunate turn of events for her, let's say that.
by RogerFenway on Oct 18, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
So wait, he can defeat Megatron but not a fat drunk in Vancouver? Fuck Megatron is a wimp
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 18, 2011 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, Transformers might become a more respectable franchise if Statham comes in.
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
Hands down it would be. LaBeef is a turd
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 18, 2011 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha Randy from Trailer Park Boys
is beating the shit out of Shia.
THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 18, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Tried to give him a shirt
Randy didn’t like that.
THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 18, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Canuck 3-1, dank with the winner, burr with the ENG.
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by Vancouverguy on Oct 18, 2011 10:41 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
4-3 Canucks (Hodgson)
Rangers take a 2-0 lead after 1 (Gaborik, Callahan)
Canucks tie at 2 after 2 (Kesler PP, Salo PP)
Canucks take 2 in the third (D. Sedin, Hodgson) with Rangers scoring a late squeaker (Richards)
I was at the Canucks-Rangers game in NY last year
where we lost 1-0 :(
and I think I’ve already shared a couple of times this picture I took, but might as well post again here:
by Beantown Canuck on Oct 18, 2011 11:24 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
Always a rec in my books
"Let's be honest - I watched you walk away
You went off to find - anything else - anything less
On your own..."
I was there too
Though I’m not aware of you stalking me, like you did at Nassau Coliseum! :)
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by nucksandpucks on Oct 18, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
3-1 for the canucks
Christopher Higgins with the GWG against one of his old teams.
by Beantown Canuck on Oct 18, 2011 11:24 AM PDT reply actions
3-2 Nucks Co-Ho GWG
Lot of attention on that 2nd line – return of the king, and Higgins against old team. Means Co-Ho should be left unattended to grab some goals.
Kesler/MJ pic
GOLD. Well done Sean. Have you used that before?
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by nucksandpucks on Oct 18, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a from a Kesler photobombing post I did last season
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 18, 2011 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
4-3 Canucks
Samuelsson says “FU Lundqvist” and gets the winner.
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Somebody gets punched
… wait, that’s not a fair prediction.
Let’s go Canucks 2, Rangers 0, Henrik GWG
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5-4 Canucks
AMFB FTW.
I'll do it tomorrow, that seems like a pretty good idea to me
What's wrong with tomorrow, I'm watching him but who's watching me?
by Smoboy41 on Oct 18, 2011 1:09 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
4-3 NYR
Gaborik….blasphemy, I realize, but I don’t think the Canucks have hit their stride yet. Also, I’ve learned to expect the worse and then be either right or pleasantly surprised.
Numbskullery
with a lawyerboner, essentially.
“But your honor…their PK is 76%, it is clear they are not as good as they were last year!”
Still guilty of numbskullery. Have your client stand for sentencing
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i cannot achieve a lawyerboner
in the midst of numbskullery
by Beantown Canuck on Oct 18, 2011 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
NUMBSKULL!!!!ā¢
predict the bad
as a hedge for the possibility of good
is a one way ticket to LOSERVILLE!
GRAB LIFE BY THE BALLS!
by Beantown Canuck on Oct 18, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
What if
life’s a chick?
I'll do it tomorrow, that seems like a pretty good idea to me
What's wrong with tomorrow, I'm watching him but who's watching me?
by Smoboy41 on Oct 18, 2011 5:53 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
if lifes a chick
she’s a tranny, cuz she’s fucking me pretty hard right now.
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by Twitchy2010 on Oct 18, 2011 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Im actually pretty stoked for this game
haven’t had a home game in a while. I should be able to watch the whole thing and I will have copious amounts of beer on hand. And Kesler’s back!
THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 18, 2011 2:19 PM PDT reply actions
Chainsaw you Messier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulIOrQasR18
4-3 Canucks.
Similar to pouring one out for a fallen comrade I’ll give the GWG to Rypien.
- '94 was epic. Nothing but a cup will make me change my name. Kill the bird!
3-2 Canucks
GWG, why not Kesler?
by canucksfandrew on Oct 18, 2011 4:14 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
3--2 Canucks
AMFB for the win. Woo
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by HockeyFanInColorado on Oct 18, 2011 4:15 PM PDT reply actions
4-2 Nucks
Godgson GWG from the wing.
February 28 - Sidney Crosby scores the dramatic winning goal in overtime of the Olympic final, then puts his gold medal in his trophy case next to his Stanley Cup ring. Meanwhile, Alex Ovechkin scores the dramatic winning goal in overtime of the Olympic final, then puts his copy of NHL 11 back on the shelf next to Guitar Hero.
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