Game 47: Kings At Canucks Preview: Locusts Fly, Signaling Doom
by Sean Zandberg on Jan 16, 2012 9:49 PM PST
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Print| KINGS |
CANUCKS | ||||
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| Time | Tues. 7:00 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pac. |
| Season Series | 1 - 1 |
Last Meeting |
4-1 Kings Dec.31/11 |
| The Enemy | Jewels From The Crown | Scoring Leaders | H. Sedin: 11-41-52 Kopitar: 14-23-42 |
| Kings |
Category | Canucks |
| 22-15-9 | Season Record | 28-15-3 |
| 7th |
Conference Position | 2nd |
| Lost 1 |
Streak | Lost 1 |
| 9-5-6 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
12-6-2 |
| 5-1-4 |
Last 10 | 6-3-1 |
| -1 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +35 |
| 2.15 (30) |
Goals Per Game Average |
3.20 (4) |
| 2.13 (4) |
Goals Against Per Game Average |
2.41 (8) - |
| 0.88 (21) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.14 (6) |
| 14.7 (21) |
Power Play % |
23.8 (1) |
| 87.6 (3) |
Penalty Kill % |
86.7 (4) |
| 50.8 (9) |
Faceoffs % | 51.7 (7) + |
| 1244 (2) |
Hits |
1014 (11) |
| 568 (22) |
Blocked Shots |
535 (27) + |
| 496 (2) |
Giveaways |
310 (20) |
| 237 (29) |
Takeaways |
286 (21) |
| 12.0 (17) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
14.5 (27) + |
| NHL.com |
The title of the post is sarcasm, and lyrics to an awesome Testament song that is stuck in my head (see video section below). I do have minor concerns about the Canucks team lately and it involves their lack of consistent efforts game to game and within a game itself. This squad is deep enough right now where a solid effort for 60-70% of games from the skaters is good enough to get a W. I think we can thank the goaltending for that mostly. But it
doesn't always work that way. See the last game against the Ducks. A disjointed clusterf---.
So...cue another Pacific Division team that enters The Rog as an improving team. The Kings have a 3-1-3 record since they humiliated us on December 31. If the Canucks wanna diddle daddle and *&#! the dog like last game, then they may just get their asses beat again. I expect the opposite from them against LA.
Note: When Anze Kopitar scored a goal against the Canucks on New Year's Eve, it was his first goal in over a month (November 22). Since December 31 Uncle Fester has 3 goals and 4 assists in 7 games.
PROJECTED ROSTERS
Chris "The Professor" Higgins - KesLORD - David Booooth
MayRay - Cody "Chinook" Hodgson -Jannik "Beaker" Hansen
Maxim "Lappy" Lapierre - Money Mo Malhotra - Dale Weiser
Dan "The Hammer" Hamhuis - Kevin "Juice" Bieksa
Alex "E-Money Edler" - Keith "Hips Don't Lie" Ballard
Andrew "A-Train" Alberts - Aaron "God" Rome
Brown - Kopitar - Williams
Penner - Richards - Stoll
Clifford - Fraser - Hunter
Richardson - Loktionov - Lewis
Scuderi - Doughty
Johnson - Green
Mitchell - Slava Voynov
INJURIES
TRENDS
- Kings are 5-2 in their last 7 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Kings are 16-7 in their last 23 Tuesday games.
- Kings are 3-7 in their last 10 vs. Northwest.
- Kings are 5-12 in their last 17 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation.
- Kings are 2-5 in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Kings are 1-4 in their last 5 in the third game of a 3-in-4 situation.
- Canucks are 4-1 in their last 5 Tuesday games.
- Canucks are 6-2 in their last 8 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Canucks are 12-5 in their last 17 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- More at Covers.com.
QUOTED
"I think he (Ryan Kesler) has to use the players around him a little bit more so that he can get into open space and create the type of offensive chances and be the type of defensive player that he can be," Vigneault said.
"Me utilize my players?" Kesler said, "Obviously, I don't know what he means by that and if he wants to say that he can come to me and talk to me about it.
"I am going to play my game, the things that have made me successful. I know what that is and if he wants to come talk to me he is more than welcome."
Dan Murphy called this media fabricated spat "humorous" as they only told Kesler the negative part of what AV said.
Le sigh. Wankers.
VIDEO
Watching the highlights of last time these teams met on New Year's Eve reminded me of something:
Oh that's right, the shitty effort against the Ducks last game.
AV talks struggles:
The title of this post is brought to you by Testament:
Does that song get you outta your seat or what? Well, except for all you Bieberheads.
PREDICTIONS
- The PS3 NHL 12 Sim says: 7-3 Kings, Justin Williams with the winner. Clearly the game is pooched.
- I say: 3-2 Canucks with Raymond getting the winner.
WITCHES! BURN THEM!
GO CANUCKS GO!
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3-1 Canucks Kesler GWG Revenge to AV's comments post-practice
Sean,
I think you made a mistake in your preview. You said the Kings goals differential was -1 but then you said the Kings have scored 99 times and allowed 98 goals, wouldn’t that make the goal differential +1? Or did you mean to say the Kings have scored 98x, allowed 99?
Huh, NHL.com ees fukt.
See here
then here.
Must be a shootout thing.
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@Tina, either way I’ll have to change the table up
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 16, 2012 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
Kings have less problem playing D as a team. Just can’t score enough, obviously
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 16, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
Also
Quick is pretty damn good himself
"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 Jan 17, 2012 5:34 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
5-1 Canucks
Kesler with the angry winner
"Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do."
Dropping F-bombs since the early 70's.
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4-3 Canucks
Edler GWG
The continents don't drift. They back away slowly from Ryan Kesler.
"Want to be liked? Start losing and everybody will love you" -Hitchcock
I hope to see alot of this
“They just scored” face.
You suck Doughty : )
The continents don't drift. They back away slowly from Ryan Kesler.
"Want to be liked? Start losing and everybody will love you" -Hitchcock
4-3 Canucks
Dank GWG
"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."
4-1 Canucks
one Jannik Hansen with the GWG….and one dive (at least) for the Tubby defenseman Doughty
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." Gandhi. I think he was a Canucks fan...
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4-2 daniel
"I remember trying to open presents before Daniel because we always got the same presents. I wanted to have the surprise."
— Henrik Sedin
by eightyseven on Jan 17, 2012 3:57 AM PST via mobile reply actions
3-2 Higgins
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
3-1 Kings
I didn’t see a lot of good things the past few games.
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by westy99 on Jan 17, 2012 5:54 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
3-2 Canucks
KesLORD
The sexiest Canucks Fan in Mississauga, Ontario. Or something like that.
4-1 Kings
Brown
"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 Jan 17, 2012 7:20 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions 1 recs
I do have minor concerns about the Canucks team lately and it involves their lack of consistent efforts game to game and within a game itself.
Me too. If it’s just a minor funk that’s fine, but I want to see a lot more consistency from the team in the coming weeks and months.
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I WILL BE AT THIS GAME
FUCK I HOPE WE WIN
2-1 CANUCKS, ALEX MOTHERFUCKING BURROWS WITH THE WINNER.
"I'll play on one leg, I don't care." - Ryan Kesler
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jan 17, 2012 11:20 AM PST reply actions
Sorry Sean, your NHL game is clearly defective.
Let’s try 4-1 Canucks Kesler again
Have you accepted Aaron Rome as your Lord and Savior?
a bit OT and not trolling at all..
but I’m always surprised by you guys making scoreline predictions before games.. if you tried that on SCH you’d be dead in seconds, buried under a pile of hurled Rabbits Feet, tripped up by Black Cats and having a gigantic Four-Leaf Clover fall on you… are VAN fans not Superstitious/Hockey-Gods-Atheists or just generally confident as all-get-out?
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
p.s.
Awesome Testament tune!
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
heheh
it’s a contest around here.
2 points for calling both the winning score and team, 1 extra point for calling which player scores the gamewinner.
points accumulate over the season for bragging rights.
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Note to self: there's always a dirty joke somewhere in there....
@NM_missy
ah! I see!
and I presume that being wrong all the time also leads to getting abuse (for those unlucky sods!)..
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
not really.
we just give heck to those numbskulls who predict Canuck losses.
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@NM_missy
ha!
like that could ever happen, amirite?… but seriously.. that actually sounds like fun.. not a snowball’s chance of being first pitch in a Hell vs Gehennah Underworld Series game of that ever getting introduced at SCH, where we like to keep it Medieval..
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Calling the score
was always a curse until “gambling” made it ok. Before I used to predict the weather in each city. Ie It’ll rain three inches in Vancouver and 1 Inch in LA would be 3-1 Vancouver. Oh superstitions.
by mechanixfetch on Jan 17, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Do you guys keep track of the score for people who pick the other team? Or is it only following a Vancouver win?
either / or. Numbskullery gets rewarded here :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
You get 1 point for the correct score, 2 if you guess the correct score AND team, and 3 if you guess the correct score, team AND GWG scorer.
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
Not trolling either
but clearly we here at NM have moved beyond all that ignorant medieval crap. It’s part of why we’re so (justifiably) arrogant as a fan base.
And I hope saying that doesn’t jinx our chances for tonight (touch wood).
heh
I merely ask because, yes, there is a significant population at SCH that are really and truly superstitious so there are actual rules in place to avoid angering the Hockey Gods (mentioning a Shutout for your team while a game is in progress, referring to that large shiny trophy (no, NOT the President’s Cup ;]) by name… these things will get you in trouble)
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
we are still a little skeptical about the words “shutout” and “hat trick”, but otherwise we don’t care for superstitions anymore.
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Note to self: there's always a dirty joke somewhere in there....
@NM_missy
like.
there was a horribly sucky event earlier this year where a commentor at SCH got so much abuse for ‘jinxing’ a game that he quit the blog.. (not a general thing, just some specific people).. ugly and unpleasant..
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
there was a horribly sucky event earlier this year where a commentor at SCH got so much abuse for ‘jinxing’ a game that he quit the blog.. (not a general thing, just some specific people).. ugly and unpleasant..
That’s fucking pathetic and very unfortunate.
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
that's too bad
I haven’t really spent much time at SCH as they used to be nice up until around the beginning of last year’s playoffs. Still some great people over there though, so I kinda miss them…
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
come back
there’s still mostly good folks there… and we miss our “guests”.. just ignore the assholes
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
yeah
I felt a ton of shame too…
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
I think the whole don’t say the “s” word is the only superstition I adhere to..
I would have to think I have some magical cosmic connection the my favourite hockey team to believe anything I could possibly do would affect them in the slightest.
Except the “s” word.. dont say it !
Have you accepted Aaron Rome as your Lord and Savior?
I did a scientific test last year...
Every time I said “shutout” when we had one going late in the 3rd, the other team scored a late snack goal.
On the other hand, every time I avoided saying “shutout” the other team scored a late snack goal.
Conclusion: Both saying “shutout” and not saying “shutout” are really bad luck.
does that mean the team never got a shutout last year?
because that seems highly unlikely.
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Note to self: there's always a dirty joke somewhere in there....
@NM_missy
Nope
It means I never saw them get a shutout.
(And I may have been slightly exaggerating…for science!)
and comedy!
don’t forget the comedy!
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
and, going OT again
I never really saw what you guys think about the ‘cancellation’ of realignment.. (forgive me if this has been debated to death elsewhere)
The WC is being its usual hyper-competetive self this year… and you were headed for a division where pretty much VAN and SJ would fight for top spot.. now you have another year of fighting it out with Detroit, some team from Chicago and all those other nasty Central teams..happy/sad/disinterested?
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
the Chi/Det/Van/SJ square is still too good right now.
we get at least another year with more games against Chi and Det.
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Note to self: there's always a dirty joke somewhere in there....
@NM_missy
yup
I agree with this.. I like our rivalry and though it would still exist under realignment it’d be more ‘Playoff-Based’.., it’s cool with me that we all get to tear each other’s throats out for another year…
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
so clearly it's not what YOU say, but whether or not you watch the game
henceforth, you are banned from watching the Canucks and morally obligated to watch all Bruins games.
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
can you plz
also watch lots of wings as well?
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
no!
No Helping the Chicago Blackhawks!
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
amen to that. EFF THEM HAWKS
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
Eff you too, Buddy!
(in the voice of the Canadian Ambassador)
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
Not fair! I watched a ton of Canuck wins!
Just more than my share of snack goals…
The weird part is that I usually watch on tape delay, so clearly some kind of wibbley wobbley timey wimey thing is going on.
ah!
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
no they aren't!
cricket jumpers full of question marks.. now that’s an outfir I can get behind!
#PeterDavisonWasMyDoctor
#YesI’mOld..
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
I think we are logical. Where Hawks fans aren’t. haha.
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
well, clearly! I thought that
went without saying!
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
3-2 Canucks
Godson with the winner
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
3-1 canucks kesler gwg
you can't wear your heart on your sleeve, if you're just gonna leave...
by kiyotok on Jan 17, 2012 12:46 PM PST via mobile reply actions
3--2 Canucks
Higgins GWG
Let's Go Pens! Let's Go Nucks!
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by HockeyFanInColorado on Jan 17, 2012 1:44 PM PST reply actions
I know how it is you are winning. I see your schematics. I am on to you.
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
yes, I am on to you indeed
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2012 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
Honk or Donk?
how could anyone tell?
“Vancouver score on the powerplay! A Ginger Swede with a semi-beard looks happy!”
"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"
by mightymike D on Jan 17, 2012 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
it cursed us!!
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 17, 2012 10:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
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