Not All Avalanches Are Bad: Canucks 4 Avalanche 2
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 16, 2011 11:43 PM PDT
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First of all, hat tip to jabraham for providing the above image
It was almost predictable wasn't it? The Avalanche scored 2 goals in 1.5 minutes in the 1st period to make it 2-0 before the Canucks even showed up to play. But we know how good our team is. Were they about to mail it in? Not a chance. They actually played well for about half the game (or less) and still managed to not only erase the 2-0 deficit (sans any PP's because of their general lack of effort early on), but also to score 4 consecutive goals and take complete advantage of the game. The goods?
- The Canucks went 0 for 1 on the PP but drastically improved their 5 on 5 which is still 2nd in the NHL behind the Bruins.
- Sweet hell, the Canucks improved their record when trailing after 1. They are now 17th in the NHL with a 3-7-4 record. How quickly things change. They also improved their record when trailing after 2 periods to 3-11-3 (11th) if NHL.com is quick to the draw with updating their stats.
- 10 points up on Philly and 11 points up on the Wings, who beat the Capitals tonight.
- Northwest Division clinched!
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Ahahahaha. Keep it up, boys!
- Loving the Line 4 tonight. They have gradually improved as the games have passed and tonight were finally rewarded when Maxim Lapierre bagged his first goal as a Canuck, assisted by Chris Higgins and Keith Ballard. That being said, I'm not so impressed with Jeff Tambellini. Great hustle but..that's about it.
- From what I was gathering Higgins was promoted later in the game. Is he possibly going to replace Mason Raymond on the 2nd line? MayRay only played 12:27 tonight but had 5 shots that I barely remember. Higgins played 17:18 because of his promotion. Is Raymond injured? Does Higgins kick ass? Or both?
- Hell, is Manny Malhotra alright? He took a puck to the face and never returned. Better not be a fractured orbital bone for god's sakes.
- Hamhuis, Burrows and Hank were all a +3 tonight. The Sedins and Burrows took their time to get going but managed (haha) 6 combined points on the evening.
- How about some highlights?
How about some links?
-"I thought they stayed on the right side of the puck the whole time and we didn’t get a whole lot of chances [in the first two periods]," said Henrik, who played in his 800th NHL game. "They kept us to the outside and we didn’t take the shots we needed to. A lot of times when teams push you to the outside you need to get a few shots and get the D-men to turn a little bit." - The Province. I call bullshit.
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Post-game thread, hooray!
We have a Y next to our name in the standings, weeeeeeeeeeeee.
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Kuzma
Kuzma didn’t waste any time with that one eh? Let’s at least get some news back before we start eulogizing Manny and recalling Hodgson.
Manny, by everything that’s holy, from now on, wear a visor!
In fact It’s one of the really few who don’t on Canucks roster: Glass, Rome, Torres and Malhotra!
Visors for everybody, c’est ma tournée!
Seriously
Visors, dammit
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Was it just me
or did the Manimal take an elbow in the head at the same time the puck was hitting him? Sure looked like it.
by ol'johnnycanuck on Mar 17, 2011 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Great win
Alex Motherfucking Burrows was clutch.
NW DIV BITCHES
Hopefully MM is alright.
PLAYOFFS!1
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Mar 17, 2011 1:33 AM PDT reply actions
nope
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by Sean Zandberg on Mar 17, 2011 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Good point
about Tambellini. I thought he was guaranteed a goal when he got away up the wing and fired one from his magic shooty spot, but he didn’t go short side high! Poor form, Tamby.
by ol'johnnycanuck on Mar 17, 2011 8:32 AM PDT reply actions
Martin Nash agrees about the visor:
Tough to watch my bro in law bleed all over the ice in person #needstowearavisor
by sunshine and lollipops on Mar 17, 2011 9:10 AM PDT reply actions
ahahahaha
Did anyone else see this wink from Bieksa on his Telethon ad?
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I noticed it before the game yesterday, they showed it on snet. I can’t believe no one else commented on it until now. I thought I’d see some good jokes on the game thread. It was actually really disturbing, I prefer the scowl.
by sunshine and lollipops on Mar 17, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he could have managed to be more smug about it. Smug is after all his specialty.
by Canuckelhead on Mar 17, 2011 10:13 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Oreo called up
have a good holiday manny :(
DOUBLEJGLOBALBC JAY JANOWER
Canucks have called up Victor Oreskovitch…
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ah fuck
Hopefully it’s not for too long.
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i think the fact that it's an oreo callup
and not a CoHo callup is a good sign
means they’re not looking for a permanent L3 centre option, just a warm body on forward
by Beantown Canuck on Mar 17, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
as i think about it
this could be for raymond too…something happened to him last night, cuz he was playing good before he got benched… that makes sense too, if higgins goes to two as raymond goes on IR, then they need someone on 4. Third possibility is tambo’s flaccid effort last night put him in the doghouse.
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by Twitchy2010 on Mar 17, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Where are
All the other dudes with the info!!
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Also
Everybody wear go’dam visors from now on.
And I don’t think they have the cap space to call up CoHo anyways though
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Bieksa is still on LTIR
if he’s not back Friday then they still easily have space for CoHo
by Beantown Canuck on Mar 17, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Really
impressed with the fourth line. Lapierre has grit!
His defensive game may be sometimes sketchy, but he makes great plays in the offensive zone. He plays with zest, works hard on every shift, and is very disciplined. When he was pushed and knocked down behind the net, after the whistle, he did not retaliate and take a penalty.
With him and Higgins, our fourth-line got a huge boost. Now we have four lines that can score. Great additions by Gillis. I thought that this team cannot get any better before the trade deadline, but I was wrong.
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Tamby says
“I came here to win and if Higgins is my fourth line left winger, then life is good.”
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by Bobby Canuck on Mar 17, 2011 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Tamby
even though his production has dried up faster than a… oh man, I really shouldn’t make that joke…
<3 Boobies!
Hey sean
photoshop assignment…the four horsemen of the Canuckalypse. Make it so!
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Stamkos
Is still in the lead for the Hart, I believe. Anyone else think Daniel should win it, but Stamkos will win it?
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Why Stamkos?
Dank has more points and has lead his team to a better position.
by Canuckelhead on Mar 17, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
And you can’t play the “He has worse teammates to work with card”, when he’s playing with St. Louis.
He can’t play the “he makes his teammates better” card either, because Burrows isn’t scoring 30+ goals w/o the Sedins.
I can’t see Dank losing to Stamkos, and he does, I’m calling it out on Eastern Bias.
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by Vancouverguy on Mar 17, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
It's kind of a weird year
Cause it seems like there’s no clear cut candidates. Usually there’s one or two guys who are obvious but I don’t think anyone is. I think a lot of people would vote Dank just for the cool factor of having two twins win it in consecutive years and he’s just as deserving as anyone.
by Canuckelhead on Mar 17, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
There are no clear cut candidates. To me, the fact that Henrik won it last year hampers Daniel’s chances. Hard to justify Danny being the MVP when last year’s MVP plays with him pretty much every second of every game. To be clear, I think Daniel should win, I just don’t think he will.
The new dark horse favourite is now Toews. He has been phenomenal lately.
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But I don't think he will get serious consideration
he won’t have the numbers to get enough of the vote.
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He’s been lights out in the second half of the season…. no doubt. But, his numbers will pale by comparison, I think, just because his first half wasn’t great.
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by Vancouverguy on Mar 17, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
SO one player
means he isn’t playing with worse players? He doesn’t have a Ryan Kesler to join himself and St Louis on the PP he doesn’t have nearly the defensive depth and certainly they don’t have one goalie as good as our back up yet they are going to end up being a 5 seed when most people didn’t have them making the playoffs. If Stamkos wins it has nothing to do with Eastern bias and everything to do with there being several guys deserving of the award and Stamkos being adjudged the most deserving.
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by Section 312 on Mar 17, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
His goalies suck, yes. His D depth isn’t nearly as bad as years past, and he’s playing with a pretty decent line mates. I just don’t quite think he has quite the same merit as Dank that’s all.
I also see him losing quite a few votes because of the Capital’s recent rise to the top of their division.
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by Vancouverguy on Mar 17, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I see him having much more merit
St Louis is a great player but his stats were on the decline until Stamkos showed up and made him better. And St Louis is no where near as good as Henrik. Burrows is also a much better player than Downie. So yeah, Dank has better linemates. The D depth in Tampa may be better than years past. That doesn’t mean it’s anywhere close to as good as the Canucks. They certainly don’t have an Ehrhoff who can run a PP and put up points which really helps the forwards. Stamkos’ plus 6 is also VERY impressive considering his team’s goal differential is actually -1 and he leads the league with 17 power play markers. Danny is plus 26 but his team’s goal differential is like plus 70 or close to it now.
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by Section 312 on Mar 17, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Goal Diff
is at +68 now I think
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Mar 17, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is close to +70
;)
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Maybe part of the reason st louis was on the decline was because he didn’t have anyone to play with anymore.
by Canuckelhead on Mar 17, 2011 2:15 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Or because pretty much
every player sees a decline in their output when they reach his age? It’s a pretty well documented trend in hockey statistics. He is a good player, no doubt about that, but Stammer has helped him get back to a point level that he wouldn’t have got to otherwise.
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by Section 312 on Mar 17, 2011 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
He's a late bloomer tho
Didn’t he have a 100 plus point season 3 seasons ago?
by Canuckelhead on Mar 17, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
06-07 yeah
but then he followed it up with 83 and 80 points before Stammer blossomed.
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by Section 312 on Mar 17, 2011 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I never said Stamkos should win it, but there’s a lot more hype surrounding him in the media. The perception is that the Lightning would not be a playoff team without Stamkos, whereas the Canucks are deep at every position. Seeing as the media votes, I’d say Stamkos has the edge right now.
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