How about them Canucks!
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This is unbelievable Eagle Smack - I am beyond words to describe what I am watching live from Vancouver right now and it is 10:20 here is BC. I have lost count of how many fires are burning and there are still thousands of people on the downtown streets. The Bay has been broken into, cars have been burned, a parkade is on fire.
I feel so heartbroken for all the decent people of Vancouver who are seeing their hopes and dreams of having an open and friendly city with numerous wonderful public venues literally go up in smoke.
downtown vancouver is taking a beating. it's ironic that the canuck stadium isn't being destroyed.
boston was the better team 'after' the first goal, not before, went into defense mode, which is their
strength, and their best player is their goalie, nothing penetrates him.
yeah, if goalies would have switched places, canucks would be the winners.
any team who reaches the stanley cup finals is a good team, things do happen
along the way, kesler for one is a very different player than before, so I would
imagine he has been playing injured, and has been for some time.
I saw canucks lose some of their swagger over the past while, they were not the
strong skating team they started out with in the playoffs, I think injuries took
its toll along the way.
And I repeat, thomas got into the heads of the canucks, they were pausing too much
trying to figure out how to get the puck past him, hence, they weren't playing on
spontaneous instinct, but thinking too much because of Thomas. He is a fabulous
goalie, and boston is lucky to have him, hope they appreciate how good he really is.
Boston gained confidence as they could see luongo was shaky and not the brick wall
their goalie is, they became a different team than they were in the first game,
and began believing in themselves, and at the same time canucks were losing
confidence because luongo was piling up goals against them.
Canucks could have had bigger tougher players, wouldn't have made a difference,
they still wouldn't have scored goals on thomas.
The strength of a team starts from the goaltending right up the middle. Sure
canucks won at home, but barely, just barely, luongo played well in those games,
but the scoring wasn't really there for either team, and canucks just squeaked
out those wins.
canucks power play was missing in action, a complete turnaround from previous
playoffs, and that takes away much of the sedin's game as well.
The sedins did not have a very good playoff run at all, bits and spurts of good
play, but for the mostpart, they were kept to the outside, and didn't make much
of an impact.
The goaltending has to be consistent in every game in a final series like that,
and it certainly was not, which led to other problems.
Tim Thomas would give any team the confidence to 'go for it', as they know he will
stop the puck, sure makes a difference.
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http://tunes.digitalock.com/crawlingfromthewreckage.mp3 <-- click to hear what I am listening to.
Something I have been trying to explain to the rest of Canada is that Wet Coasters think they are doing the nation some sort of favor being part of it.
I first got hit with it when I moved there out of curiosity, and was only able to stay because I got a Government job, else I would have been running back to Alberta screaming for sanity.
http://tunes.digitalock.com/kryptonite.mp3 <-- click to hear what I am hearing
The concept of concentrated sub-cultures has possibly not been studied enough.
The first time there was a post lost-the-Stanly-Cup riot in '94 me and Sharon were stuck downtown, watching it from a second-loft bar having locked the doors, such that we watched it happen on the streets below us.
Still, liquor laws required the pub to kick us out at 3:00 AM, at which point she and I had figured the way to avoid the macing and tear-gassing from the specials gone wild was to go east over the Georgia Viaduct, and catch a cab from there, which an excellent Hindi (I suspect Sikh) was able to do in order to whisk us away from there.
I know this is going to be hard to explain, but it's got something to do with the mentality of kids spawned by people doing their tricky-cleverness thing to get into what is supposed to be the best part of Canada because it doesn't snow in the winter, but in fact it's not. They just didn't know how to buy winter cloths.
In fact, in winter, most Canadians get out under the sun and ski and snowmobile and skate, with the national pride being the best clothing to do winter in.
Wet-coasters, on the other hand, spend winter huddled inside moldy houses gathering around a fire.
90% of Canadians east of the Rockies will change a province at least once in their life.
Born in Vancouver, and you will never leave. To them the rest of Canada is a theory, with only the Queen being in common.
Something I have been trying to explain to the rest of Canada is that Wet Coasters think they are doing the nation some sort of favor being part of it.
I first got hit with it when I moved there out of curiosity, and was only able to stay because I got a Government job, else I would have been running back to Alberta screaming for sanity.
http://tunes.digitalock.com/kryptonite.mp3 <-- click to hear what I am hearing
The concept of concentrated sub-cultures has possibly not been studied enough.
The first time there was a post lost-the-Stanly-Cup riot in '94 me and Sharon were stuck downtown, watching it from a second-loft bar having locked the doors, such that we watched it happen on the streets below us.
Still, liquor laws required the pub to kick us out at 3:00 AM, at which point she and I had figured the way to avoid the macing and tear-gassing from the specials gone wild was to go east over the Georgia Viaduct, and catch a cab from there, which an excellent Hindi (I suspect Sikh) was able to do in order to whisk us away from there.
I know this is going to be hard to explain, but it's got something to do with the mentality of kids spawned by people doing their tricky-cleverness thing to get into what is supposed to be the best part of Canada because it doesn't snow in the winter, but in fact it's not. They just didn't know how to buy winter cloths.
In fact, in winter, most Canadians get out under the sun and ski and snowmobile and skate, with the national pride being the best clothing to do winter in.
Wet-coasters, on the other hand, spend winter huddled inside moldy houses gathering around a fire.
90% of Canadians east of the Rockies will change a province at least once in their life.
Born in Vancouver, and you will never leave. To them the rest of Canada is a theory, with only the Queen being in common.
---Quote (Originally by damngrumpy)---
"What a disaster, this team believed its press clippings.
They thought all they had to do was show up and they
would win. Boston is playing tonight like those great
teams from the late sixties and seventies and they are
giving Vancouver a lesson in how hockey is played. I
am a Montreal fan usually but I always cheer for the original
six when my team is gone. Vancouver went for speed
and passing, Boston went with the old fashioned great
Canadian game and it is winning.
They should trade the Lou and get a goaltender and the
sisters should go as well. How about them Canuks?
They are a waste of space with big heads and suspect talent.
I couldn't be happier tonight. Go Bruins."
At peril of disagreeing with you, I don't see it quite that way. Canucks should stick with basically the team they have. They've had a great year and great three rounds of playoffs. What we've seen the past week is a slump at the worst possible time (or maybe not or they wouldn't have got this far) We know Luongo and the Swedes are good. Thomas was just a little better. Next year. :smile:
"What a disaster, this team believed its press clippings.
They thought all they had to do was show up and they
would win. Boston is playing tonight like those great
teams from the late sixties and seventies and they are
giving Vancouver a lesson in how hockey is played. I
am a Montreal fan usually but I always cheer for the original
six when my team is gone. Vancouver went for speed
and passing, Boston went with the old fashioned great
Canadian game and it is winning.
They should trade the Lou and get a goaltender and the
sisters should go as well. How about them Canuks?
They are a waste of space with big heads and suspect talent.
I couldn't be happier tonight. Go Bruins."
At peril of disagreeing with you, I don't see it quite that way. Canucks should stick with basically the team they have. They've had a great year and great three rounds of playoffs. What we've seen the past week is a slump at the worst possible time (or maybe not or they wouldn't have got this far) We know Luongo and the Swedes are good. Thomas was just a little better. Next year. :smile:
Exactly.
How much drama do you want other than to get down to the seventh game?
If you loose it means you're silver.
Boo-frikkin-hoo.
Just get better next year. It's an honor to have grown that much.
Just out of curiosity....
Imagine if all the rioters in Vancouver had had as easy access to bud as they now get to booze, and imagine if booze was restricted the way pot is.
I dare you to ask cops which crowd they'd rather deal with.
Cripes, have you ever tried to contact the crown.
God Almighty.
In the mean time I've done contact with Russia and Japan (wherein the Russians ask me about Japanese culture and civilization,which is weird how they had the war of 1905 with them)
Christ. It means I'm going to be be mediating between Russians and Japanese, which I can do.
http://tunes.digitalock.com/Will.I.Am-AlexOnTheSpot.mp3 <-- click to hear what I am hearing.
If these guys walked in a diner in full uniform they would not be recognized. If many Bruins walked into a Boston diner they would not be recognized. Because basically you are saying because they were Vancouver Canucks they were not served. Don't be silly.
I'd refrain from calling Bostonians moronic. If I were you I really would at this point.
Get my drift?
Uh huh...
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I simply can't imagine what the Canucks are feeling this morning. To lose the Cup at home and then watch as downtown Vancouver erupts in violence must be the final blow for a team that fought hard all year. Ryan Kesler still refused to talk about his obvious injuries and was very emotional in a post-game interview. As his teammates stated, he is a warrior and I can hardly wait to watch him play again next season. Thank you Ryan for a great year. Get healthy and try to enjoy some time off.
yes, kesler obviously has been injured for a while now, when he isn't flying up and down the ice at
top speed, playing his great two way game, something is wrong, but he gave it his all, we saw that
earlier in the playoffs, especially in the nashville series, and he'll be back next year and show his great play again.
I imagine many players will be nursing their injuries throughout the summer, on both teams.
September will come along quickly, and now maybe we can realize why teams who play in the
finals, often do not have very good starts to their next seasons, it just comes along too soon.
The addition of higgins and lapierre turned out to be a very good move by gillis. I remember
someone from montreal making fun of the canucks when they acquired those two players, I wonder
what they think now.
The behavior of a small number of punks in vancouver last night is disgusting.
Out of 100,000 or so people, probably 500 behaved like idiots, and have now given
a sickening picture to the rest of the world, and of course others will view this
as the character of the city, and it isn't.
It is so disheartening to all of us to know that punks like that have the power to
make such an impact, truly disgusting.
It took a long time to put the 94 problem behind us, and now it has raised its ugly
head, and overshadows everything wonderful leading up to yesterday.
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I have to say I was impressed by the consistency displayed by the Bruins all series: their losses were all 1 goal games, including 1 OT. Their D played Vancouver hard even when the O didn't work, and when they were able to put the puck in the net, they pulled away from the Canucks. I think thats the lesson for the Cannucks: your team defense has to be solid ALL the time. Its not just about Luongo, its about forwards always coming back and the defencemen standing their ground. I think that was the real story of the final: Boston's blue-liners consistently excelled where Vancouver's had ups and downs. I'm not trynig to take anything away from Timmy Thomas, who was his usual Energizer Bunny self, but swapping the net-minders might not have been all the Cannucks needed to do.
It will be interesting to see if they can come back next year: the injuries always add up and its as much luck as skill that a team can get through the meat grinder to get to the Finals. I also have to shake my head at the hooligans rioting in downtown Vancouver: why does this happen no where else? Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa all lost finals in the past decade but none of them went ape-s*** like this... I just don't get it.
It will be interesting to see if they can come back next year: the injuries always add up and its as much luck as skill that a team can get through the meat grinder to get to the Finals. I also have to shake my head at the hooligans rioting in downtown Vancouver: why does this happen no where else? Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa all lost finals in the past decade but none of them went ape-s*** like this... I just don't get it.
Probably nowhere near as bad as we would imagine- the handwriting was on the wall after the two back to back shellackings in Boston and they came into game 7 outgunned about 17/6. Of course the loss of Rome and Raymond were just two more nails in the coffin. Of course they were favoured in the early going, but by early in round 7 they were clearly the underdog. Next year for sure! :smile:
Yep, Lapierre is a keeper for sure, lots of moxie that boy! :smile:
So a Canuck player making an accusation makes it factual? Shouldn't there be facts involved?
It was something just to get you all pumped up.
We're not pure... but you clearly were painting us all with a broad brush and wanted to win it in Boston just to rub it in our faces. Remember?
Oh, and you're right... I don't believe him.
It was something just to get you all pumped up.
We're not pure... but you clearly were painting us all with a broad brush and wanted to win it in Boston just to rub it in our faces. Remember?
Oh, and you're right... I don't believe him.
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So they got to the seventh game, that is revealing, this was the team
favoured to win the cup. They were supposed to get to the seventh
game, and win it. In short they choked, again just like the series with
the Rangers. I would think they might learn a lesson, they need some
muscle, and drive. The Sisters have some drive, but no muscle.
The rest of them have that, if we are not winning we sulk and lose.
It happened in Boston and last night it happened again. Lou the siv
is hot and cold and is not the great hope they thought he was.
Time for a trade, and get rid of the weak spots this team has.
I was for Boston for only one reason, they are from the original six and
I always go with those teams.
Vancouver has this label thing, they are trying to pass themselves off
as Canuk Nation. It is a term that came naturally when referring to the
Saskatchewan Roughriders and it does not apply here.
Oh they have fans in other cities, but in Alberta, and other areas like
NS, they can't stand them. The problem is they haven't proven
themselves. Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and Montreal have all done
that and Vancouver always finds a way to lose the big game. It is a
shame really, because a cup makes a team come of age and it could
be a long time before the Canuks make it to the seventh game of the
final, Unfortunately this team is not as good as most people think and
many of the teams they play are getting better all the time. Without
changes the Canuks are not.
favoured to win the cup. They were supposed to get to the seventh
game, and win it. In short they choked, again just like the series with
the Rangers. I would think they might learn a lesson, they need some
muscle, and drive. The Sisters have some drive, but no muscle.
The rest of them have that, if we are not winning we sulk and lose.
It happened in Boston and last night it happened again. Lou the siv
is hot and cold and is not the great hope they thought he was.
Time for a trade, and get rid of the weak spots this team has.
I was for Boston for only one reason, they are from the original six and
I always go with those teams.
Vancouver has this label thing, they are trying to pass themselves off
as Canuk Nation. It is a term that came naturally when referring to the
Saskatchewan Roughriders and it does not apply here.
Oh they have fans in other cities, but in Alberta, and other areas like
NS, they can't stand them. The problem is they haven't proven
themselves. Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and Montreal have all done
that and Vancouver always finds a way to lose the big game. It is a
shame really, because a cup makes a team come of age and it could
be a long time before the Canuks make it to the seventh game of the
final, Unfortunately this team is not as good as most people think and
many of the teams they play are getting better all the time. Without
changes the Canuks are not.
My god its not the end of the world, just a loss that ends their season,
and no cup, the way you describe it, the canuck nation might as well all
jump off a bridge, well, in case you haven't noticed, next season is
only 3 months away, canucks will be back, and a new season will start, and
the team will give it another go.
Your dramatics are unbelievable, try and relax, life does go on.