well it's simple. canucks played one excellent period, oilers played two.
and that equals a win for oilers.
I was sort of keeping an eye on the score but not really watching it. When they are up by a couple of goals then I start to pay attention.
well it's simple. canucks played one excellent period, oilers played two.
and that equals a win for oilers.
canucks had a good win tonight, dimitra played well with the twins, they should
leave them together again till they dry up like they did last time, then make a
change.
Ottawa looked awful, what a dissapointing transformation from a top team in the
league, to a very unorganized team, with poor defence, I know the good forwards
aren't doing much, but they have no defence to get the play started, so that puts
those good forwards in a tough position, so they need to go back to the drawing
board and start again, they remind me of tampa bay, very talented up front, but
nothing for defence, just won't get it done.
Our team cut their stupid penalties way down tonight, and it made a big difference, neil was trying quite often to goad our players into a fight, but
it didn't happen till the third period, and we weren't short handed because of
it, so no harm done.
The game was quite scrambly at times, but it is hard to have a smooth flow to
the game, when the other team is very unorganized, it creates scrambly play,
but we managed to maintain our position and power over them to win the game.
Sanford had his best game, starting to look very solid in goal now.
Roberto who? ;-)
No, just kidding, he is going to start skating this week, and hopefully this
time his groin will heal up, and we will see him, maybe in a couple of weeks.
GO CANUCKS GO
Vancouver played well last night.:smile:
However, they were only playing Ottawa which is fast becoming the laughing-stock of the East. They have no offense, and more importantly they have no heart. They need to make some trades, and lots of changes, as it has now been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Emery was NOT the cause for their collapse last year. I wonder who their scapegoat will be this time?;-) One good thing out of all of this, is that they are making my beloved Leafs look a lot better.:lol:
Is toronto and ottawa going to fight over 'tavaras'?;-) They will have other
teams to go into the lottery with, so it won't be a slam dunk.
Toronto looks good sometimes and other times they look horrible.
I really do not want them to tank the season. If they got Tavaras that would be great, but I want the team to try and win their games.;-)
Canucks will have their hands full tonight against phillidelphia, lots of talented forwards, our defensive side of our game better be at it's best tonight, including
the forwards back checking, or we will be toast.
And sanford will have to be luongo tonight.
Watched Sundin's press conference, media asked all of the usual questions, then
repeated them over and over, but he was very gracious and patient, and is
sincerely glad to be here. He won't be playing tonight or going on the two game
road trip to Nashville and Atlanta, Jan 1 and 2, back to back, he will stay behind
and practice. He had one practice with them this morning.
He has his head screwed on straight, as most of the players do, it's the media who
get everything all twisted and make up their own version of things.
I had to laugh at the media guy after interview, said that he sounded a lot like naslund,
oh well, he's a swede, he said. Doesn't anyone listen to pyatt's interviews, he mumbles
and can't wait to leave, nothing said about him.
Sundin sounded very articulate and interested in what's going on, nothing like naslund,
and he even has less accent than naslund.
yep, and we didn't do it again tonight, although I liked the way the canucks played,
had a bunch of chances, and could have easily come away the victors.
They are off to nashville tomorrow, play on new years day, then to atlanta on the
2nd.
Just hope Calgary lose tomorrow so we can stay within reach of them.
We now have a new goalie, jason la barbera from los angelos, he will meet
them in Nashville. Sanford started this game with a stiff groin area, and it
got worse as period went on, schneider came in and played 'great', I'm so glad
as he can gain some confidence now.
So, now we have two completely different goalies than we started the season with,
so that is the way it goes, injuries are a part of the game, and they just have
to keep going with whoever is in goal.
I guess you are happy tonight, talloola, I'm quite happy, I watched a bit of the game but that goal by Nashville kind of turned me off - it was a soft one, I think, so after that just kind of kept an eye on it from a distance so to speak- main thing is a 2/1 win and on the road and against one of the up and coming better teams. Good way to start '09.
Keanan will need to challenge someone soon and screw things up.
hope he does, they are getting too good, made san jose look quite ordinary last night.
Sundin was getting his sea legs tonight.
yeah, he was fine, played a very safe game, didn't want to get caught up ice at any
time.
The Oilers don't lookn as impressive as they were the last few years. Lots of talent but maybe not enough toughness.
They also didn't have hemske, who has been playing excellent this season.
Good punch by Souray though.
Yeah, did you notice Ohlund took his eye off the ball, and was trying to take
souray's helmet off, wasn't looking where he should have been, payed the price.
Probably will have a black eye in the game on friday.
They can't avoid a fight like that, don't know why they get all uppity when a good
body check is given out, guess that's the way it goes.
canucks played a poor game tonight, it is a costly loss, as they now have to play
san jose tomorrow, which is a much more challanging foe, so, unless they play
fantastic and beat them, they will have two losses in a row.
I hear luongo is coming back in a couple of games, that is good, but how rusty
will he be, and how long will it take him to get back to top form.
There were lots of bad passes tonight from lots of different players, so can't
single out anyone, sundin took penalty near end of game for slashing, too bad
the guys stick broke, those sticks are crap anyway. Then hanson took stupid
penalty for diving, and he did, so we were hooped then.
Forget it and move on, that's all they can do, vineault will sort it out.
Luongo will be back in a couple of games? That is good news. He should help, as the players know that he can be counted on to make the big save, no matter how rusty he is.
Tonight the wheels fell off in the third period. St. Louis is not a great team by any stretch, so this loss is surprising. They can beat San Jose, as San Jose has not been as dominant the past few games as they have been at the start, but they will have to play hard, and play hard for the entire game.