How about them Canucks!
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you have to know how the gAme was played, the outcome is just the outcome, children don't understand
why things happen, but mature hockey people should. once you get over losing juan, maybe you can
think about 'how' the game went. you obviously know nothing about this l.a. team at all, or the
canuck team, you just can't stand losing, take 5 long breaths, have A stiff drink and try to relax,
maybe you will get over it by morning.
and you're still stuck on numbers in the standings, what a joke.
The game was a lot closer than the score indicated, #Juan. I watched two complete periods and part of the third. I did miss the third goal. The second was due to lack of play for a couple of seconds. Actually I thought the Canucks played quite well and there was nothing wrong with their speed. I'd be curious to know just how many goals the Canucks have put past Quick in the past 3 or 4 years. I'd guess they could be counted on one hand.
i know now, and have known for a long time that you don't see anything inside of a game of hockey,
and the final score is all that indicates to you how 'your' team played, so its a dead end to
try to talk about 'how' situations arose and how plays went and how individuals played, and why
goals were scored or not, so that is it for me, i'm not going to waste my time because its a
one way conversation, and yes, i've heard you before say that the canucks could be the best team
this year that they have ever had, and i disagreed with that because we hadn't even seen one
month of play, or i've heard you trash them for individual losses, and not comment on much else.
enjoy your team, if you can, and have a nice day
as soon as canucks were behind by the two goals, the game became increasingly harder for them to play because
l.a. ramps up their defensive game, which is awsome, and always has been, so getting shots thru to quick and
trying to make plays in their end was difficult, and canucks have some players who are barely out of the ahl,
even horvat had trouble in this game, he was being checked so close by 'big' players and he couldn't get
anything going.
we must have knowledge and respect for what l.a.s strengths are, and that is defense including quick, so getting behind them is a no no, now if canucks could have scored a couple in the first period and the
game had been the other way around, things would have been different because l.a. would have needed
goals, so their defense would not have been in the 'close down' state. canucks did play well enough in the
first period to score a couple, but just didn't happen.
i have talked about why the first 3 goals were scored, individual mistakes, and of course the 4th was an empty
netter.
even desjardin said after the game, as soon as they scored that goal right at the beginning of the 3rd
period, it made it very tough for canucks to even think about coming back, he never gives up, but he
is realistic, sees the whole game in detail as it is being played, so his only gamble was pulling the
goalie early, and that immediately backfired, so 'live and learn'.
and that third goal was another mistake, made by hamhuis, those mistakes are unforced errors, not anything
caused directly by the opposition.
everyone knows how good quick is, but you have given him far too much praise for this win, he played well, did
his job, but his team was the big problem for canucks, by keeping them away from their goalie and not allowing
plays where he had to make 'outstanding' saves, his saves were saves that lack would also have made, many of
them just into the glove.
Talloola, I played hockey at various levels for ten, fifteen, years or so. I coached hockey for at least a dozen years. I've watched the Canucks in their assorted incarnations since their inception. You have no idea what I see or don't see. The Canucks play to sold out crowds every time they play at home no matter how badly they play. It's just a game and Vancouver won't likely win any Stanley cups any time soon. Try to climb down off that high horse and see that NHL hockey is just high priced entertainment.
According to the box score it was 20 to 19 for L.A. You know sometimes a team plays very well and their shots don't go in, other times a team plays well and some pucks end up in the goal. A lot of it has to do with luck, sometimes. As Talloola has pointed out the Canucks are playing with lots of rookies. No matter what you say they are still an above 500 hockey team!
Shows how little you've watched/haven't been to games lately-the place has all kinds of empty seats and they aren't paid for as a quick check of any ticket seller shows.
But do continue to share you base ignorance with us-don't let anyone here stop you from making a fool of yourself.
you preach loud and clear how much you see in a hockey game, only own dogs, no horses. i know exactly what
the nhl is, the high priced entertainment is also highly skilled sport.
i'm tired of your spouting about your coaching, your lack of ability to discuss how a gAme was played is
so easy to see, if you were a decent coach many years ago, you have forgotton the majority of the skill
it takes to do as much.
the more one brags about how much they know, the more i 'doub't how much they know, you have told All of us
about your coaching many times, give it a rest.
tell someone else about your talent, i'm done.
.....Or should be. The teams I coached usually won and I still get cards from those players years after they've left the game.....But carry on. You know everything...or think you do.....cheers
you hAve repeated over and over about your wonderful coaching cAreer, i think you are trying to
convince yourself. others here have told you where the 'bear sh*t in the buckwheat', not just I,
but you live in your own glory about yourself. and you also seem convinced within your own mind
that none of us have knowledge or many years of experience As well, carry on, a legend in your own
mind.
That was a funny game, I have mixed feelings about it. I don't think the outcome was ever in doubt and Canucks played well for half the game. However I wouldn't have necessarily expected the same result had they played that way against the Habs or Rangers. Too many bullsh*t penalties that were uncalled for. In my estimation. Lack, Horvat, Higgins and Dorsett played well. Sedins were not quite as visible.
Canucks may have one tough game in the next four!
(Unless of course they are acting stupid)
One thing the nay sayers should keep in mind is for the 68 games they've played so far they are playing over .600 hockey!
Canucks may have one tough game in the next four!
(Unless of course they are acting stupid) One thing the nay sayers should keep in mind is for the 68 games they've played so far they are playing over .600 hockey!
I was just wondering if anyone has heard anything about Gino Odjick lately. Last I heard he was in hospital with some disease that ws supposed to be imminently fatal. I've heard nothing on the news since- has anyone?
Gino has a fatal heart condition last year his MD gave him 12-18 months to live but lately his prognosis has improved-so he may live longer but there is still no cure.
Well, that was one of the best games the Canucks have played this year. I can't see anything for the naysayers to complain about. Gotta love Burrows, Edler and Lack!
With the advances in technology these days you just never know, a cure could be a week or a month away. I wonder if he's thought about a heart transplant. They are doing those every day in B.C. and AB. now.
With the advances in technology these days you just never know, a cure could be a week or a month away. I wonder if he's thought about a heart transplant. They are doing those every day in B.C. and AB. now.
i can't totally remember what his condition is called, but i think they said that the desease he has,
attacks the heart, so it must be something outside of the heart, so i'm assuming, without knowing anything
about it at all, that a transplanted heart would be attacked too.
yes, i heard that he is doing better, hope they cAn keep him going, i wish him well.
WOW, its sure empty in this house, whatsa matter canuck fans, have you thrown in the towel? lol
doesn't bother me at all, but i know its bothering the players a lot, and i do have compAssion for them,
they have to figure it out, they hAve to live with it, but there is a positive side to this, and that
is, that their 'not so good' play of late is exposed now, and they will address it.
i just want them to make the playoffs, And if they play 500 hockey or better from here on in, they
should do that, that is the goal, after that, for me it doesn't matter, it'll be all about next
year, and the continueing building of this team.
i don't expect them to win in l.a. on saturday, but as long as they show up and play well, that is
the key, and a win could happen, not likely.
l.a. have trouble scoring goAls, so if canucks play solid defense, starting with the goalie, either
team could pot a goal now and then, and one of them could win 2-1, or 1-0, just can't make those
giveaways like they did last time they played l.a., those are freebies.
they have to figure it out, they hAve to live with it, but there is a positive side to this, and that
is, that their 'not so good' play of late is exposed now, and they will address it.
i just want them to make the playoffs, And if they play 500 hockey or better from here on in, they
should do that, that is the goal, after that, for me it doesn't matter, it'll be all about next
year, and the continueing building of this team.
i don't expect them to win in l.a. on saturday, but as long as they show up and play well, that is
the key, and a win could happen, not likely.
l.a. have trouble scoring goAls, so if canucks play solid defense, starting with the goalie, either
team could pot a goal now and then, and one of them could win 2-1, or 1-0, just can't make those
giveaways like they did last time they played l.a., those are freebies.