Game 18: Islanders At Canucks Preview: Which Canucks Team Shows Up This Time?
by Sean Zandberg on Nov 12, 2011 6:58 PM PST
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Print| ISLANDERS |
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| Time | Sun. 6:00 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pac. |
| Season Series | 0 - 0 |
Last Meeting |
4-3 Canucks (Jan.11/11) |
| The Enemy | Lighthouse Hockey | Scoring Leaders | D. Sedin: 6-16-22 Tavares: 8-5-13 |
| Islanders |
Category | Canucks |
| 4-6-3 | Season Record | 8-8-1 |
| 15th |
Conference Position | 11th |
| Lost 2 |
Streak | Lost 1 |
| 0-3-2 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
3-2-1 |
| 2-5-3 |
Last 10 | 5-5-0 |
| -11 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +1 |
| 2.15 (27) |
Goals Per Game | 3.00 (8) |
| 2.92 (22) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.88 (21) |
| 0.75 (26) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 0.81 (23) |
| 17.8 (14) |
Power Play % |
26.5 (2) |
| 80.4 (20) |
Penalty Kill % |
86.5 (9) |
| 50 (24) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 75.0 (9) |
| 60.0 (24) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 80.0 (14) |
| 50 |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 100 |
| 48.2 (24) |
Faceoffs % | 52.8 (3) |
| 11.5 (13) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
15.7 (27) |
| NHL.com |
Why that wording in the title? Bah! I'm a little sickened with this Canucks team that STILL seems content to be a 500 hockey team. I say "content" because if they applied themselves they would be several games above 500 right now. But no! They spot the struggling Ducks a 4-0 lead before showing up for the 3rd period and almost tying it. Had they played with some mustard over the previous 40 minutes it would have been a different story. What is
with this team's psyche? When they want to play they beat up on Chicago. We keep hearing that they "play down to lesser teams" yadda yadda yadda. Play down to or just get lazy / cocky? Same shit different pile. A Cup Finals hangover? Inexcusable! I swear, these guys are coasting 50% of the time with a few players being exceptions. And I will throw Roberto Luongo into that coasting heap as well. He's not battling to stop pucks consistently. The worst part? The coach is basically letting them do it. Hey, how was that team building golf day on Trump's course? It sure worked didn't it? The boys collectively shit the bed against the Ducks after a solid game against the Kings the night before.
So yeah. Which Canucks team shows up against the Islanders? The one that scores first and controls the game? Or the one that comes out slow and plodding and spots Michael Grabner a hat trick? You know Gabs is getting up for this one. Grabner is waking up by the way. After a slow start to the season, he now has 2 goals and 1 assist in his last 2 games, both Islanders losses. This is the 2nd time he faces his old team. Last time they played back in January, Grabs had zero points, a +1 and 7 shots in a 4-3 loss to Vancouver.
PROJECTED STARTING GOALTENDERS
PROJECTED ROSTERS
CANUCKS
D. Sedin / H. Sedin / Burrows
Booth / Kesler / Higgins (America! Fuck no! This line needs to start scoring some fucking goals yea!)
Malhotra / Hodgson / Hansen (Malhotra..what the hell)
Volpatti / Lapierre / Weise
Hamhuis / Bieksa
Edler / Salo
Rome / Ballard
ISLANDERS
Moulson / Tavares / Grabner
Rolston / Nielsen / Parenteau
Comeau / Reasoner / Okposo
Martin / Bailey / Pandolfo
Streit / Staios
MacDonald / Hamonik
Eaton / Mottau
MISC / STATS
-No suspension for Aaron Rome for his hit on Ducks' Devante Smith-Pelly. You can see the hit here. The reason for the non suspension (besides the fact that Rome is an untouchable God) can be found here. What a costly penalty by Rome though. Ouch. Way to wake up the Ducks' snoozing power play.
-I wonder if Vigneault will keep Jannik Hansen with the Sedins after his 2 goal performance against the Ducks? Should he? I say YES. Leave Burrows with Kesler.
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“Everyone gives him knocks on his breakaways but I don’t think people understand how fast he’s going,” Moulson said. “That’s half the battle. He’s flying in there every time and in a flash he’s right on top of the goalie. I think that makes it really tough on him.
“But once he starts potting those, he could probably start getting 70 goal seasons.”
Haha. Oh my god, Matt Moulson, settle down! Grabner is not potting 70. Ever.
-Evgeni Nabokov has a career record of 14-6-1-2, a 2.26 GAA, a .915 save % and 1 shutout over the Canucks.
-John Tavares has 3 goals and 3 assists in 2 career games against the Canucks.
-Brian Rolston is 14-15-29 in 43 career games against Vancouver. One of those goals is totally worth watching:
Nice!
-David Booth has scored 3 goals and 8 assists in 14 career games vs the Islanders.
-Daniel Sedin: 2-8-10 and a +6 in 9 games vs NYI.
-Hank Sedin: Identical 2-8-10 scoring and a +6 in 10 career games vs NYI.
-I don't think Luongo is starting in this game, but just for shits and giggles he is 6-10-1-2 with a 2.73 GAA and .919 save % lifetime vs New York. Cory Schneider has never played against the Islanders.
-Canucks are 24-9 in their last 33 Sunday games.
-Canucks are 0-4 in their last 4 vs. a team with a winning % below .400. LOLWUT??
-Islanders are 8-3 in their last 11 vs. Northwest.
-Islanders are 7-19 in their last 26 overall. OUCH.
-Covers.com you rule!
VIDEO
-The last meeting, a 4-3 Canucks win. I had forgotten that it went to a shootout:
Oh MayRay you dog you!
Forgive him for last game, as he would forgive you. At least Rome plays hard.
C'MON CANUCKS, PLAY LIKE YOU GIVE A SHIT!
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FIRST!!!!
hmm, let’s see…..
3-2 Canucks win, Hansen gwg.
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No kidding huh Sean?
Fucking Province tried to compare him to Bure? I like Grabs as much as the next guy, but are you fucking kidding me? If he had Bure’s hands, we would have never let him go.
And FTR, he is fast, but not Pavel fast. There are still very few in the NHL with that guy’s first step.
As for this game, I see the angry team show up. Finish every hit, score on the PP and 5 × 5.
Final score 4-1. Cody Hodgson with the game winner
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4-3 Canucks
Danny boy!
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
Islanders always Canucks fits
4-3 Nucks
Kesler wakes up….GWG
Now that Sammy is gone, who will tell Sweden to fuck off?
3-2 Nucks
Higgins GWG. Grind this one out.
This year.
Goaltender is a normal job. Sure. How would you like it if at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you? - Jacques Plante
Seriously?
-Canucks are 0-4 in their last 4 vs. a team with a winning % below .400. LOLWUT??
That is just sad
"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!"
that’s what it says at Covers.com. I am not even surprised.
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 12, 2011 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
Me neither. Team needs to mentally prepare itself better for the non-big games
"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!"
Or just games in general really
"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!"
How much preparation does it take them to not skate like slugs? They’re just being stupid and lazy
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 12, 2011 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
4-2 Nucks, Burrows
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
It grosses me out to say this, but I think the old nutter Tony Gallagher has a point here:
When you can outplay a team like that in the third period in the second game of a back-to-back at the end of a six-game road trip, it merely shows the level to which they’ve been dogging it. This team might think they’ve been working as hard as they can, but that third period showed just how much consistent effort has been lacking.
Found here
Injuries explain some of the team struggles, but not all. The lack of consistency is frustrating.
This year.
Goaltender is a normal job. Sure. How would you like it if at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you? - Jacques Plante
yeah, he’s bang on
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 12:12 AM PST up reply actions
Tony G is an doddering old fool
Yeah, he is bang on and has a point NOW. Its easy to write negative articles when there is struggling.
But please don’t praise that freak any more than you have to.
He had a good point. Even a broke clock is right once a day…
Sorry if this sounds over the top, but that guy…they are trying to promote him as some wise old hockey sage" on TEAM…and it gets so bad with his passive aggressive shit slinging that I turn them off.
He is “bang on” after a loss, or when the team is struggling, because he is the master of negative bullshit in Vancouver sports reporting.
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correction
a broken clock is right twice a day
#lawyered
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 13, 2011 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Unless it's a digital clock
Then it might just show nothing
"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!"
then it's
zero times a day
so in any event
once a day is incorrect
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 13, 2011 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
But your statement is also wrong. So you just got out-lawyered
"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!"
no my statement is not wrong
‘a broken clock’ is indeed right twice a day
not all broken clocks, but certainly at least a broken clock
and in fact a great many broken clocks (all analog clocks, in particular)
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 13, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
its a digital one
I bet on once. Tony does not look at clocks or mirrors any more ( for obvious reasons, he reminds me of Gollum in LOTR), so he scoffs at the allusion
Nuck’s Misconduct Bishop, 1st United Church of Luongod. "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Ghandi. I think he was a Canucks fan...
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Oh, I agree. Tony G is 9 times out of 10 a nut. Remember when he wrote an article in the playoffs basically suggesting that Colin Campbell might be fixing games for his son? He embarassed the whole city with that garbage.
But it seems to me that there are stretches in numerous games this year where the game is scoreless but the team is playing flat/sitting back rather than controlling the play. I’m confused by the teams intermittent ability to turn on stellar efforts. TG seems to be suggesting laziness, which I don’t buy. But I do agree that there has been some trouble with putting together a consistent high effort level. I’m not in the room so I really don’t know (nor does TG) but I have found the teams play to be perplexing as a viewer/fan.
This year.
Goaltender is a normal job. Sure. How would you like it if at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you? - Jacques Plante
Lazy. Yes I buy that
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 12:44 AM PST up reply actions
And yes, Dan, Tony G is a monkey most of the time
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 12:44 AM PST up reply actions
I get the point
and how they are not playing at peak efficiency…the quoted line is a good one.
Hell, he used to have a lot of good ones. I used to be a fan. He embarrasses me now. His shit being on TEAM is just another reason to not listen to their pregame for a while and do something else!
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Somewhere outside of cyberspace
Canucklehead is prepping his “I told you so” lines for us haha
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
3-2 Canucks
ALEX MOTHERFUCKING BURROWS WITH THE WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Nov 13, 2011 1:31 AM PST reply actions
pissed off old man post
coming up later today. Gallagher may be older than me, but he’s not crazier than me. So um, heads up…
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4-3 Nucks
Hansen
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by jabraham on Nov 13, 2011 8:07 AM PST via mobile reply actions
4-1 angry nucks
booth ftw…god knows he’s got to do something soon. Losing patience with his soft shots and half assed attempts when he’s 1 on 0 vs the goalie.
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
just about
rec’d for timeliness.
Booth has the next few games for me to start putting them in. ( he gets lots of chances though! Maybe needs to start using another guy’s stick, or something. )
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Not Edler's
"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!"
Rome's?
This year.
Goaltender is a normal job. Sure. How would you like it if at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you? - Jacques Plante
Kesler's
borrow one and steal the “pattern” happens all the time.
Nuck’s Misconduct Bishop, 1st United Church of Luongod. "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Ghandi. I think he was a Canucks fan...
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Hi, guys!
Wow, I’m surprised you’re calling the game to be that close. ;-) As I believe many of you know, I always pull for you guys after my beloved team starts golfing. So my main hope for this game is that neither team gets a key injury.
I might drop by to say hi during the first period. Cheers!
Yet another Moulson brother-in-law.
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Nov 13, 2011 11:46 AM PST reply actions
woooooooo
I love awesome fans from other teams visiting!
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
+1
Welcome :) we’d love to have you visit during any period :) And I also hope there are no injuries :)
Go Canucks Go!
Welcome! How’s Grabs doing?
This year.
Goaltender is a normal job. Sure. How would you like it if at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you? - Jacques Plante
He seems to be coming around
He’s always been streaky.
OK, I’ll drop by for a while. For now, I have to go back to screaming at my other beloved team (the NY Giants).
Cheers!
Yet another Moulson brother-in-law.
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Nov 13, 2011 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
8-1 Isles
Tonelli (3), Trottier (3), Potvin, Nystrom (gwg)
Rota with the lone marker for the Canucks.
Well if I was in Van right now I’d give you $1.50 for them
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
lol if I was in Van I would buy them :) I don’t care who they are playing I just want to go to a game :) Haven’t been to an NHL game yet
Go Canucks Go!
Already spent my Canucks tickets budget for this season. Those suckers are expensive! Going to a game in December, and then again in April.
This year.
Goaltender is a normal job. Sure. How would you like it if at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you? - Jacques Plante
I was supposed to go to the
Caps game (and damn that would have been a great first NHL game for me to have been at) but stuff came up :(
but maybe some time this season I will get a chance to attend my first NHL game lol
Go Canucks Go!
You mean the eighties?
"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!"
1993? Hello??
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
According to Isles fans that run was very unexpected and screwed them over
"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!"
That run was awesome. They took out Pittsburgh
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
But I think there was still some nostalgia around them at that point iirc.
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
especially for Canucks fans
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
4-1 Canucks
Higgy.
Grabner gets a hattrick of breakaways but only gets one goal
"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!"
OT
Hey did anyone see the goon hit by Lucic in the Boston game? guy deliberately slammed the Sabres goalie.
Nice to see Boston is playing their usual game…
And great article Sean, my sentiments exactly…team is waay too satisfied with “also ran” status. I am hoping they are going to wake up later in the season as we get closer to playoffs
I hope it's not too late
If you play lazy for most of the season those bad habits are going to stick around in the playoffs too. They can’t wait until the second half to stop the lackadaisical play
"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!"
by Semi_Colon on Nov 13, 2011 3:02 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
this is true. Playing like this…lots of different bad habits come into play. Thanks btw canuckgirl
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
3--2 Canucks
AMFB FTW
Go Nucks Go!
Let's Go Pens! Let's Go Nucks!
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by HockeyFanInColorado on Nov 13, 2011 2:57 PM PST reply actions
YOU!! STOP GETTING POINTS!
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 13, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
I think I might just start waiting to see what he predicts and then copy it :p
either this will start getting me points OR it will give him my shitty luck in this contest…it’s a win/win for me either way :P
Go Canucks Go!
it's actually
a ‘she’, but yeah.. I’ve been struggling to keep up with her myself.
"Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."
oops lol
if it makes her feel any better most people assume I am a guy also because my username is ambiguous :) But I am a she also :)
Go Canucks Go!
4-2 Canucks
Hamhuis gets the winner.
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 Nov 13, 2011 5:28 PM PST via mobile reply actions
4-1 Canucks
Keslord ftw
"Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."
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