Game 26: Flames At Canucks Preview: Taking No Prisoners Taking No Shorts
by Sean Zandberg on Dec 3, 2011 11:09 PM PST
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| Time | Sun. 6:00 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pac. |
| Season Series | 1 - 0 Canucks |
Last Meeting |
5-1 Canucks Nov.01/11 |
| The Enemy | Matchsticks And Gasoline | Scoring Leaders | D. Sedin: 8-21-29 Tanguay: 4-13-17 |
| Flames |
Category | Canucks |
| 11-12-2 | Season Record | 14-10-1 |
| 13th |
Conference Position | 8th |
| Won 1 |
Streak | Lost 1 |
| 6-7-0 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
6-4-1 |
| 5-4-1 |
Last 10 | 7-3-0 |
| -8 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +12 |
| 59 (26) |
Goals Scored | 78 (6) |
| 66 (13) |
Goals Against |
65 (13) |
| 1.08 (10) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.04 (12) |
| 14.5 (23) |
Power Play % |
25.7 (1) |
| 82.4 (17) |
Penalty Kill % |
84.7 (11) |
| 62.5 (16) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 80.0 (4) |
| 71.4 (20) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 87.5 (6) |
| 90.0 |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 100 |
| 44.8 (30) |
Faceoffs % | 52.2 (6) |
| 445 (29) |
Hits |
551 (15) |
| 361 (15) |
Blocked Shots |
275 (30) |
| 267 (3) |
Giveaways |
162 (24) |
| 204 (5) |
Takeaways |
161 (21) |
| 10.9 (10) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
13.0 (24) |
| NHL.com |
Good things come to those who...
play the Calgary Flames. Well the Vancouver Canucks anyway. The Canucks are 8-0-2 in their last 10 against the Lames, outscoring them 38-20. Total domination. The Flames beat the Oilers 5-3 tonight, even without their stud d-man Mark Giordano in the lineup. Cue newbie Derek Smith, who scored a goal and added an assist against Edmonton. Watch out for him Sunday night.
Calgary is 1-1-0 in back-to-back games this season.
It will be exciting to see Mason Raymond return to the ice, and also interesting to see where he will slot in and if there will be any hesitation in his game. I seriously doubt it. The guy is tough as nails. Will he reclaim his spot on the 2nd line?
For the first time in weeks Roberto Luongo is starting a game! No pressure, Lou. Yeah right. Life under a microscope. And it's a really big microscope right now.
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Booth-Kesler-Higgins
Malhotra-Hodgson-Raymond
Hansen-Lapierre-Weise
Bieksa-Hammer
Edler-Salo
Ballard-Rome
Henrik Karlsson
#35 / Goalie / Calgary Flames
6-5
200
Will wish he was never born on Nov 27, 1983.
See that look on his face? Yeah he knows the Canucks are coming. That look
is him shitting in his pants.
Tanguay-Horak-Bourque
Comeau-Backlund-Stempniak
Kostopoulos-Stajan-Jackman
Bouwmeester-Butler
Hannan-Brodie
Derek Smith - Joe Piskula
With 1 goal and no assists in 10 games this season, it looks like Brendan Morrison is riding the pine.
STATS / BRAIN CANDY
- Roberto Luongo is 21-10-2 with a 2,59 GAA, .918 save percentage and 1 shutout vs Calgary.
- Mason Raymond has scored 8 goals and 15 points in 19 career games against the Flames. 2 hat tricks. Killer. Oh hey, both hat tricks came in December. Continue the trend MayRay.
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Daniel Sedin has a whopping 23 goals and 65 points in 63 games vs Cgy. He's the real Flames killer.
- Henrik Sedin is 11-44-55 in 63 career games.
- Jarome Iginla has 27 goals and 68 points in 81 career games against the Canucks. Imagine that. He has played the equivalent of a full season AGAINST us.
- Tim Jackman......screw Tim Jackman.
- Henrik Karlsson is 0-0-1 career vs Van.
- Alex Tanguay is 18-37-55 in 57 career games against the Canucks.
- Damn it. Covers.com site is down. So much for the wacky insane team stats.
VIDEO
November 1, 2011: Canucks kick Calgary's ass:
Oh. Hell. Yes.:
Ooo! How about some Flames-Canucks Game 7 highlights from 1994?
Kesler vs Iginla 2006:
Damn this song! It's always stuck in my head. It's definitely a song with false lyrics:
Speaking of songs: the title of this post is brought to you by Public Enemy:
This image never leaves my mind either:
So awesome.
Something I keep forgetting:
Poor bastard. I'm sure The Professor tries to forget that too.
GO CANUCKS GO!
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No shorts?
So it’s a no-pants party kind of game, huh?
"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!"
not in this damned cold!
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 3, 2011 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
Cold?
It’s wonderful here in Maui
"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 shit?
Imagine that, a sunny day in paradise…who knew?
;-)
Only one shutout for Lui vs the Flames? Time for another.
4-0.
Let’s go total storybook and say Raymond with the GWG
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5-2 Canucks
Salo with a blast from the past to win it!
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
by Canuckles on Dec 4, 2011 12:59 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
I haven't guessed in a while
since we were on that streak and I didn’t want to jinx it. But screw it, it’s the Flames dammit!
5-1 Canucks
Professor with some payback and the GWG.
"Let's be honest - I watched you walk away
You went off to find - anything else - anything less
On your own..."
WINNER!
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2011 11:46 PM PST up reply actions
5-1 vancouver
Keslord ftw. Seriously, fuck the flames. Nobody in the NHL I hate more. It’s completely insane how much I hate that team. Even when they’re bottom feeders and suck so hard they could be a porn star, I just can’t pity them. Blame their fans.
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 4, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
I think as a younger Canucks fan I have far more hatred for the Blackhawks than the Flames.
Set your sights to improve...And rest inside the flames.
Same. Dislike the Flames, but it’s Blackhawks as the undisputed #1. I hope they lose every single game for the rest of this season. : )
Andrew Alberts once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels.
Well let me help!
The names Otto and Peplinski make me wanna kick a kitten into a meat grinder.
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 4, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I should do up a quick post about that actually. Release my anger :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 4, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
arrrggghhhhhhhhhh SEAN
Y U POST UNHAPPY MEMORIES
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
Actually I’ll skip the post. Kent and Jordan already have posts up today.
Sorry, Canuckles. Just trying to help out the newbs
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 4, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
BROWN AHEAD TO BURE
NANANANANANNAnANANA I CAN’T HEAR THAT UNHAPPY PLAY BY PLAY YOU POSTED
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
Well for starters I was born in 1989 lol. I do have vague memories of the 94 finals, as a little dude,. I went to Vancouver that year to visit family and I got my first Linden T-shirt. But how do you think those two losses to the Flames compare in magnitude of back to back losses to the Blackhawks? I get the BC vs Alberta thing. But I mean, in back to back years, that has to count for something! I think my generation of Canuck fans will wish unspeakable evils on the Hawks for a long time. Not to stir the pot on bad memories, but I wouldn’t mind being taken to school either…
Set your sights to improve...And rest inside the flames.
Well, Calgary is in our division, so that keeps the fire going
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 4, 2011 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
True, but they dont represent much of a threat now. How big can a rivalry get if you usually handle playing them well? I think right now, especially with the history form the last 3-4 years, the biggest rival is the Hawks. God I hate them (that includes you too Byfluglien). As for someone older than me…well obviously their opinion will differ.
Set your sights to improve...And rest inside the flames.
I agree on the Hawks thing. While I don’t like Calgary, at all (2004 is not that long ago), and their fans can definitely be annoying. I suppose it’s just sort of the direction (LOL) that team has been going in the last few years that makes it tough to truly hate them.
Edmonton definitely has been grinding my gears this year and I think they’ve surpassed Calgary on my shitlist. Combination of Taylor Hall being a baby, Hordichuk/Eager well… existing, and the continuous knob-slobbing from CBC all the time.
San Jose, for a team that I actually liked at one point has sure shot up the “dislike” ranks quickly on account of their overall whiny bitchy attitude.
I dislike the Hawks a lot, including lots of their fans and media, but I respect them at the end of the day and I absolutely LOVE the rivalry that’s developed between the two teams. It’s just fantastic.
As far as I’m concerned though, #1 for me is the Bruins and it’s not really close, at all. Part of that is bitterness, part of that is I just hate everything about them. I don’t feel the need to explain myself further on this.
the rivallry certainly hasn't been all that much lately
when Calgary was a better team early 2000’s the Canucks were abysmal. Now the Canucks being so dominant and the flames are the laughing stock of the NHL.
But as Sean posted, for a lot of us, there were epic battles between the flames and canucks in the 80’s and 90’s. They were probably even more heated than the current Canucks/Hawks rivalry of today, which is also somewhat drummed up by the media “Kesler do you hate Chicago?” “Toews do you hate Vancouver?” “Luongo is Chicago in your head?” “Kane do you think you’ll score a billion or two billion tonight?”
The old rivalry was based on fucking wars on the ice every single game.
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
Well I'm an 89 as well so I can't really vouch for that.....
But as far as “fucking wars on the ice”, the line brawl a couple years ago, combined with “questionable” hits from Torres, Mitchell, Eager, Ladd, etc… I just think the overall combination of fantastic games, great talent on both sides, an openly expressed hatred, and enough cheap shots and questionable shit make this such a good rivalry.
Food for thought though; imagine playing the Bruins three consecutive years in the playoffs. Just think about that.
When I say battles
I don’t mean stupid line brawls etc… I mean the hockey equivalent of trench warfare. Every last inch you have to fight for. Blowouts weren’t common occurances. Remember last year that 4-3 game we won, where Lu was amazing, the sedins were passionate etc…? And the Hawks never giving up? That’s the sort of game I’m talking about. 60 mins of intensity. Imagine that every. single. game. No quarter asked and none given.
They didn’t run their mouths off the ice, they left it all on the ice. Not saying today isn’t a good rivalry, but you have no idea what those years were like.
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
yeah all the rules and penalties nowadays make the game wuss. Back then you lost your teeth and played on wrecked legs.
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 4, 2011 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
just loosing your teeth
was considered a good day at the rink
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
89?
Good lord I’m older than people here.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 4, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
5-2 Nucks, Danny with the GWG.
Let us hope Lui gets it done. How many other players in hockey and other sports consistently require a certain length of time AFTER training camp to get into shape? Whaddup wit dat?
Occupy Vancouver!
you mean?
the entirely increasingly untenable heights we expect of the guy kinda “game shape”?
Or just the regular kind? ;-/
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4-1 canucks higgins gwg
you can't wear your heart on your sleeve, if you're just gonna leave...
by kiyotok on Dec 4, 2011 11:05 AM PST via mobile reply actions
4-2 Nucks.
Raymond will score in his return — GWG.
5-3 Canucks
Dank ftw. MayRay, Kesler, Salo and AMFB also score.
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I was watching the g7 video Sean posted
and Canucklehead will understand what I’m saying here, but the way the Canucks back then battled back after a kind of weak goal on McLean and never gave up is something I just don’t see our team now doing. Back then every player kept going and they were never out. Even when they gave up the lead and went to OT, they just kept battling. Think about SCF G7. The first BOS goal bounces off a skate in an unpredictable manner and in the net. And that’s it. After that, the team just looked shaken and unable to respond, as if they didn’t know what to do if they weren’t winning. They need a very serious attitude adjustment now. The talent level on this team is way over and above what that 1994 team could put out, and yet the 1994 was even closer to a cup.
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
Even Bure, reputedly the one with no heart
just seemed to give 120% no matter the situation.
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
Think about SCF G7. The first BOS goal bounces off a skate in an unpredictable manner and in the net. And that’s it. After that, the team just looked shaken and unable to respond, as if they didn’t know what to do if they weren’t winning. They need a very serious attitude adjustment now
Heheh, you’re continually angered hey? Yeah, I wonder about that team’s mindset as well. I think they lost the mental war to Tim Thomas and his horde of defencemen in front of him.
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 4, 2011 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Fuck yeah I'm angered
You know, the goal was a fucking fluke. it happens. Pucks bounce in and even the best goalies can’t know that all the time. So get your heads out of your collective asses and put your heart into the game. Give it 110%. Throw the body. Go to the net. Fight for pucks. Even Lui looked a little rattled. They just sort of threw in the towel after that one goal. It was as if once they realized that they weren’t entitled to the win, they questioned themselves and gave up. Boston was the better team that series and deserved to win. But they weren’t the better team in the grand scheme of things. The Canucks imploded, something that 1994 team was incapable of doing.
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
Hey Sean
you should post that Video of Iggy leading his team out to shake hands with Linden after his last game. Honestly, I cannot hate Iginla, no matter how hard I try, after he did that. It was pure class. On every level. The Canucks better do the same for him when he retires. The guy may have battled against us and broken our hearts in the past, but I have nothing but respect for a guy who played with the class and heart that Iggy has over all these years.
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
Ah yes! I had forgotten about that! That was very classy. Screw Iggy though. He’s dead to me while he wears that jersey :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 4, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
hahahaha fair enough
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
Iggy is awesome
the rest of the Flames can go fuck themselves.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 4, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
What a sick pass by Hank and goal by Dank
I remember screaming “HOLY FUCKING SHIT” when he pulled that off.
That being said, 4-1 Canucks, Keslord GWG.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Dec 4, 2011 2:42 PM PST reply actions
Karlsson?
Have they decided to ‘compete’ for a high draft pick going with the backup in divisional games?
5-1 Nucks
Mayray GWG (assuming the paperwork has been filed correctly).
Karlsson is no suck. You’ll see
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 4, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Canucks vs
bottom feeder. Wouldn’t be the first time they made a team that should be easy to beat look good.
I know Karlsson is a decent goalie but still seems odd to use Kipper vs the Oil and give Karlsson our game.
WOAAAA!!!
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by Sean Zandberg on Dec 5, 2011 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
3--2 Canucks
Higgins GWG
Let's Go Pens! Let's Go Nucks!
What a slacker...that Crosby guy is back.
Twitter as PensNucksDenver.
by HockeyFanInColorado on Dec 4, 2011 5:08 PM PST reply actions
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