Morning Buzz: Officially Tanev Time; the Sedins in shootouts; Bruins fan attacks mascot
by Jordan Clarke on Jan 19, 2012 7:58 AM PST
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I think I've found the solution to the Canucks' "lack of toughness", and it can be solved from within the organization. No trade will be necessary.
Make it team policy that anyone who plays for the Canucks has to get a face tattoo.
The perception that the team lacks toughness would evaporate instantly. I dare any NHL player to take a run at a guy with a face tattoo, or any NHL referee to make a bad call against them. That would be like juggling sticks of dynamite. It's a simple fact of nature that a man willing to tattoo something on his face is capable of flying off the handle at the drop of a hat. Does anyone mess with Weezy or Tyson? Exactly.
Problem solved. Onto the links.
Vancouver Canucks news & notes
Chris Tanev has been called up from the Chicago Wolves. I'm just relieved that one of my "Canucks to Watch in 2011-12" is now actually on the Canucks. How's Marco Sturm doing? [Canucks.com]
Mike Gillis was on the TEAM yesterday and commented on everything from Kesler, Schneider in shootouts, helmets in warm-up, the team's play since Boston, potential trade options and Salo's condition. [The White Towel]
Sounds like the Sedins both want another crack at the shootout. I proposed this in the post after the Tampa game. Since the twins were last utilized in the skills competition, they've both won scoring titles. Remember when you were a kid and you couldn't stand eating mushrooms, and then all of a sudden you're 25 and you realize you haven't tried them in 15 years? You just might end up liking them. [The Province]
Maybe the Canucks biggest need at the trade deadline this year? Salo insurance. The stats with and without him in the lineup are hard to argue with. I'm not sure this is so much a result of losing Sami himself or just what it does to the D pairings when he's not there. [The White Towel]
With only 3 games in the next 12 days, Alain Vigneault is talkin' 'bout practise. [Vancouver Sun]
John Cullen with some quick Canuck thoughts. I like his bit about the Boston game:
You pour too much into a game that doesn't mean enough in the long run, and it's impossible to argue that game hasn't cost them, both in points and in confidence.
Chris Higgins has just 3 goals in his past 22 games. It was unlikely he would maintain his near 30-goal pace from November, but considering who he's playing with on a nightly basis he should be doing better. [PITB]
Today in Canucks History
[Jan 19, 1971] Rookie defenceman Dale Tallon is the first player to represent Vancouver in the NHL All-Star Game, played at Boston Garden.
NHL news & notes
Yesterday's biggest story was somehow also its most meaningless — Zdeno Chara and Daniel Alfredsson were selected as All-Star captains. [Sportsnet]
Marian Hossa may wear an 'A' in the ASG. Though he's now on his fifth team, the majority of his career so far has been played in Ottawa. [ProHockeyTalk]
Brian Elliott has received a 2-year, 3.6M contract extension with the Blues. He sits 2nd in the NHL in both GAA and Save % (tied), and he's going to the All-Star Game because of it. Well deserved. [CBC]
Gary Bettman was in Anaheim last night taking in the Ducks-Coyotes game. While I was hoping they'd show a crowd shot of him in his Coyotes jersey and Coyotes hat waving a giant Coyotes finger, instead he was taking questions about the new CBA. He hopes talks will begin after the All-Star break. [NHL.com]
Meet Warren Peters, the new #1 center for the Minnesota Wild. [Sportsnet]
Wow, since his five game suspension for his cheap shot on Sami Salo, Brad Marchand has really let himself go. Watch him attack the helpless Tampa Bay Lightning mascot. [Puck Daddy]
Note for Bruins fans: That was a joke. That is not actually Brad Marchand. He has much better taste in shirts.
Last night the Canadiens played the Capitals, and Rene Bourque had to answer the bell for the elbow he threw on Nicklas Backstrom back on Jan 3 that left the Capitals star concussed. Bourque threw down with Matt Hendricks, and did a pretty decent job of holding his own. [HockeyFights.com]
I'll end things off with a sweet John Stewart takedown of the Bruins [thanks @ArtemChubarov]
Today in NHL History
[Jan 19, 1995] The NHL Board of Governors approved the sale of the Winnipeg Jets, officially clearing the way for the team to move to Phoenix for the 1996-97 season.
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gotta be honest
if someone did that to us like this, I would still love it. It’s creative and intelligent. And if this was about the Habs or us, the Bruins fans would worship this like a golden statue of Lucic’s jockstrap.
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Tanev up
“Yay!” —Chris Tanev
“Yay!” —Keith Ballard
“…” —Chicago Wolves fans
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Wow, awesome work on that Stewart clip!
That’s some good editing right there, that guy did a great job on it.
Work hard, play harder, rest easy.
it's a form of regression
FriedgeHNIC Elliotte Friedman
Now understand why Wild are struggling. Taylor Swift is playing in team’s dressing room. Can’t imagine that fires up a group.
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That Stewart clip
fucking priceless right there. Grinning so big my face hurts.
"Let's be honest - I watched you walk away
You went off to find - anything else - anything less
On your own..."
It begs to be linked to SCOC.
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by Vancouverguy on Jan 19, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not suicidal either.
Where’s Zandberg?
"Let's be honest - I watched you walk away
You went off to find - anything else - anything less
On your own..."
by spriteofice on Jan 19, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
I’m on it
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 19, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 19, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I asked Dirk Hoag @ OTF
about his view of hypothetical trade
Weber for Raymond and Ballard.
His opinion ~ “Absurd”
So let’s all stop thinking of that package as feasible at least for Nashville.
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to be fair
anything that doesn’t include the best player on our team coming back to them will be unacceptable in their eyes
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That would be a terrible trade for Nashville IMO. Ballard does not replace Weber in any kind of way, and Raymond is not an elite enough talent to offset the loss on the blue line.
If I was to get my rosterbation on, I don’t see it happening without Edler in the mix and probably someone like CoHo or Raymond and a First Rounder.
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by nucksandpucks on Jan 19, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Not a chance. I wouldn’t be surprised if negotiations started off with at least Edler going back… or a big package including Hodgson+++.
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by Vancouverguy on Jan 19, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
…. and I just doubled up what nucksandpucks said… sorry there! I had my post previewed, but not sent!
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by Vancouverguy on Jan 19, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Great minds...
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by nucksandpucks on Jan 19, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Famous last words...
by Marchand – sorry, the Bruins fan – as he was ejected from the building were something to the effect of, “Yeah, stupid. Smart enough to win a cup.” points at shirt
Well, I guess that ends that argument.
holy hell
Taylor Hall gets a free pass on criticism from me for the rest of the year
http://twitpic.com/8977dp
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That is brutal. Someone on Twitter (can’t remember who) called him “The Boy Who Lived”
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by nucksandpucks on Jan 19, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
he's got nothing on Borje Salming though
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it’s too bad that it wasn’t corey potter who got that scar
/Sectumsempra!
by Passive Voice on Jan 19, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
tis brutal
just saw it on TSN’s fb.
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i don't think i can spare him
i just realized the coincidences:
-Monday night: I finish reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
-Tuesday night: This happens to Taylor Hall.
-at some point towards the end of the weekend / beginning of next week: I have to prep a Canucks-Oilers gamethread.
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Remember when you were a kid and you couldn’t stand eating mushrooms, and then all of a sudden you’re 25 and you realize you haven’t tried them in 15 years? You just might end up liking them.
Not after that one bad trip I had when I was 10…
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by nucksandpucks on Jan 19, 2012 10:15 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I actually feel for that bruins fan
Silly string is one of the most dangerous materials on the planet. It’s not as if you can just brush it off of you. It’s been known to eat through clothes and skin. In a recent experiment they covered a lab rat in silly string and within 24 hours he was completely gone! I’m sure that guy feared for his life and wasn’t just overcompensating for a fingernail sized wiener.
with what I know about the situation, it was a really dick thing to spray the dude with silly string.
though I would not be surprised to learn he was being an obnoxious ass and generally rude Bostonianover the course of the entire game and deserved everything that happened to him that night.
I was joking
Silly string has to ba about the most harmless thing in the world and while I think it’s a little overboard for a mascot to spray stuff at fans. Getting physical with the mascot is about the most juvenile thing you could do.
by Canuckelhead on Jan 19, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I think both of them look like asses in this
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I thought
That you already had. In fact I chuckled when I read your comment for that exact reason.
by Canuckelhead on Jan 19, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Bruin fan attacking T-Bay mascot video was yanked
I screencapped the crap out of it though, in case you missed it and are dying to visualize what happened.
and a fine piece of work it is
It’s kind of funny, in a way, we don’t have to put in tons of effort to make the Bruins and their fans look bad lately. They’re doing all the work for us…
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Yeah it’s pretty awesome. It feels nice. Having everyone in the league hold their pom poms last year was a bit tiring.
by The Stanchion on Jan 19, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
really we just need a few more fanbases to riot
by Passive Voice on Jan 19, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Boston's had 4 riots
in the last 20 years… just another way people chose to ignore things on their side to attack the Canucks
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Why say they last 20 years? All 4 have happened in the last decade. Combined with the occupy riot they had recently, you might as well consider them bi-annual.
I wasn't sure if it was
actually in the last decade. I read the article but didn’t wanna go back to it again and verify. but yeah, the hypocrisy of last June was beyond ridiculous
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Coming Soon
The Bruins supplant the Canucks as the most hated team in the NHL:)
Hodgson on Hansen--
"I've never played with a guy who creates so many offensive turnovers.
I really enjoy playing with him."
by Bobby Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
Didn't think I could like Stewart any more
but that segment is perfect.
He probably paid for it with Cobert’s campaign money.
Umm…I thought we were trying to convince SCOC it was real?
Anyway, given that the last time I was in the US, the sports report put darts ahead of hockey, it would be too good to be true to get that kind of coverage. But the Daily Show has a lot of Canadians on it so you never know!
No no, I was playing with SCOC in regards to it being real
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 19, 2012 7:41 PM PST up reply actions
OT and on a sad note
Sarah Burke died this morning.
R.I.P.
"Let's be honest - I watched you walk away
You went off to find - anything else - anything less
On your own..."
very sad.
apparently her family incurred $500, 000 med expenses and are fundraising. I’ll chime in with $10, soon as the page loads…
It must be pretty hung up with people getting on their site, I’ve been trying for about half an hour and it just won’t load.
by sunshine and lollipops on Jan 19, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Coverage
Base don the video, Jon Stewart has now given provided more NHL coverage this season than ESPN.
That video is absolutely going viral, by the way.
I posted it on Facebook this morning as soon as I saw it, and it’s been shared about 7 times since.
The republican race
has provided so many classic Jon Stewart reaction shots that there may be many more Jon Stewart hockey videos to come.
I’m surprised I haven’t seen more of these. I’m kind of sick of the Hitler meme.
I'm just going to say it
Can we stop talking about Boston already? That ship sailed so long ago it’s already run aground on some small Italian island.
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by Semi_Colon on Jan 19, 2012 1:40 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
too soon?
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
I don't think so, for I chuckled.
But I can be pretty mean. :P
"Let's be honest - I watched you walk away
You went off to find - anything else - anything less
On your own..."
I really do think
it’s slowing down on our side. They don’t wanna let it die though, that’s for sure.
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Like I Said...
Seriously. This makes me laugh. Keep making asses of yourselves, Boston. It’s made the pain go away for me.
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A guy who never has a hope of going to an All-Star Game shouldn’t be making fun of whoever gets picked last.
by Jordan Clarke on Jan 19, 2012 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
So what? If you’re a Canuck would you pick a Bruin? It good ol’ rivalry. Also:
Thornton also had some drafting advice with regards to his and Chara’s former Bruins teammate, Phil Kessel. Kessel was Mr. Irrelevant a year ago — taken last overall, a somewhat humiliating moment — and Thornton thinks it’d be funny for Kessel to get it again.
"Absolutely, and for no other reason then I would think it was funny that he got picked last for a couple years in a row," he said. "I would try to keep it going for as long as possible."
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 19, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
What I don’t get is that the Bruins, their fans and their media are even getting into all this crap. They won the freakin’ series, even if it was closer than they’d like to admit. All they have to do is say “well we actually won, so y’know we don’t really care what Vancouver players/fans/media say.” But they don’t. They act like immature kids who are looking to get shots in wherever/whenever possible.
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by nucksandpucks on Jan 19, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
worst. winners. ever.
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Chicago is a super-heated rival
and is nothing like this. The only hate i can muster is based basically on this respect for them being our foil/nemesis. There’s the odd jab here and there, but nothing like this.
<3 Boobies!
notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
i think
Chicago was unable to be like this because they traded half their players to Atlanta only a week after winning their Cup.
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man i dunno. i feel like i hear bruins talk here every day. it’s been boring for about 10 days now.
by Passive Voice on Jan 19, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm as sick of it as anyone
But if stuff like the Bruins fan and the mascot or the Jon Stewart video are floating around, I have to post it.
by Jordan Clarke on Jan 19, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
At first I was annoyed. But as the clip went on I found myself laughing so hard! Classic stuff! Jon Stewart…you da man!
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 19, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
another reason Boston fans are going to get more and more abuse as time goes on
they just don’t get it…
BostonNation76 WeAreBostonNation
WELCOME BACK BRAD!! Five games for dodging a bigger guy, I hope you haven’t learned your lesson. GO BRUINS!!! wearebostonnation.com
Guess they ran out of characters on twitter or there would have been something about self-defence in there too
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by Kent Basky on Jan 19, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
@WharnsCBCSPORTS Dougie Hamilton, a #Bruins prospect, has been suspended 10 games for a head check.
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and more Marchand
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I guess
When you’re Marchand and believe the knees start from the upper thigh, it is the same hit. For the rest of us sane non-rodents, the only thing similar with the hits is it occurs during a hockey game.
how anyone
could possibly see those two hits and think they’re the same is beyond me. Hip to hip vs hip to knee…MASSIVE difference on so many levels. Also folino went in butt first, not diving into the guys ankles shoulder first. Fuck me boston players must think people are blind and stupid.
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Devils strike first, Sykora scores!
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Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell scored in a 35-second span in a four-goal third period that carried the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 19, 2012 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
Toronto up 2-0 on Minny :)
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make that 3-0 :)
Toronto is an ally right now
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Jackets signed Lebda, PPP crowd invades The Cannon’s gamethread.
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PPP must be loving it. Lebda is out to screw another franchise… not that CBJ could do much worse.
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