yea i doubt it bure is done for his leg is screwed up and i bet that it's just an april fool's hoax. If only we had the bure of old we would be killer awesome :) NUx for Cup 2009!
I wonder though, how good would a quasi-mobile Bure be on the power play in todays game? I'm sure he can still glide around with one knee, and he should still have that rocket of a shot...
I think the only argument that supports Lu is our record with and without him. I really don't think hes played enough games to be considered though. Its really too bad, he was playing so well before he got hurt too. I sure hope you're right though =D
PS: Someone should show Ward some love, so heres to his 30 some odd wins and his stellar play as of late
yeah its a long shot for luongo lots of guys deserve consideration, ward has played real well too pekke rinne is another guy, he should b calder finalist for sure
i still stand by my prediction of tho of mason/thomas/nabby and my playoff predictions of cbj/dal/edm isnt lookin too good lol
It was Wheeler and Havlat for me, and I'd probably vote Wheeler. Dogged determination. Note the nice stick save on the initial shot by whoever was in net for the Blues. I didn't go with Ovvie because I feel Price let in a softy. However nice and creative the initial play was, if Price had stopped that like he should have, it wouldn't be here. Same kinda goes along the same line with Kovalchuk, except I'd consider his more amazing since he was clearly tripped.
and I'm contempt to think anything spectacular from Ryan Smyth that is non-tip in related is accidental =D
i meant the play by play commentary by the cbc guys
like when canucks were in the oiler zone, a forward passed back to d and it hopped over the stick to the neutral zone and the cbc guy said the oilers cleared the puck down the ice <- thats just blatantly poor commentary
oh yah I misread what you said, I hated the commentary tonight too. Mark Lee, what a fucking joke. He missed 2 delayed penalties that I noticed, called Daniel "Daniel Sundin" (seriously, die in a grease fire on this one, they've been in the league for 8 or 9 years now) Although, gotta admit, Crawford is getting better and better as the colour guy
wishful thinking, but i hope we get jim hughston to do the play by play for some of the canuck games maybe if we get on a run and the other canadian teams get knocked out
i have a feeling he'd be doing the (east) montreal games for the first round and will be with them until they get bounced
god, fucking Dive's Homers I watched the game off a stream online and the Avs broadcast had the better quality (compared to TSN stream, since I dont have TSN the channel) and wow are they retarded... During the play, they were talking about Keith Primeau donating his brain to science because of recurring concussion problems, one of the announcers said he tried to donate his brain to science but they wouldn't take it *both announcers chuckle and have a little laugh* then the original announcer continues and says nothing like knowing its just too big and people won't learn any.. and then he kind of trails off realizing what he had just said, and went back to saying something about the game (I shit you not, this happened)
Complaining about officiating in back to back games kinda suck, but heres what was missed tonight: - Bieksa getting high sticked late in the first behind the Canucks net (last minute) - Right before the Avs 3rd goal when it was 4 on 4 and 2-0, puck was clearly shot straight out, no penalty called on what could have been a 4 on 3 power play with a short 5 on 3 in the end. Big potential game changer here - Late in the 3rd, when it was 4-1 and Canucks on the pp, Burrows gets his stick slashed and it snapped in half, of course no call
it's the refs... they feel sorry for the avs being the worst team in the west so they will tend to favour them a bit more. It's ok just hope La can beat the flames tomorrow night and we'll see a first place showdown on tuesday. If the nucks lose that then the flames will take 3rd.
i watched a couple of games off the av's feed this year and it was really weird cause they would always have some side conversation going then briefly comment on the game, and be back to chit chat that was their style apparently
just a few notes about the game/team in general -defensive coverage/lapses the last few games have been brutal, but i think this can be remedied, seems more like focus/effort, so leads me to my next pt
-still think the team is 'fine' despite the last few losses, im not overly concerned (i dont even think we need to win against calgary, just show up and make it competitive at least)
-sundin is not gonna get any better, its obvious we've seen the max of his abilities, so ppl that hope he can 'turn it up a notch' for the playoffs, will probably get disappointed he does bring certain things to the table like face off and a big body in the cycle game (not to mention a decent #2 C option to stabilize our line), but its obvious hes lost at least a step and a lot of his past glory is gone
-the nw title is still up for grabs, we've played outta our minds going at a .750+ clip (until the last few games) and still we're neck and neck @ this point with 3 games to go; just goes to show how difficult it was a position for us to come back to win the title when we were discussing it a while ago we still have the better 'matchups' and calgary has back/back gm's so its still bodes well
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This image is just dying for someone to make a demotivational poster out of it.
wow.
hearing some *very* interesting stuff on the radio
its all but official, pavel bure is coming back to the canucks, been rehabbing for a long time and apparently is gonna suit up for the canucks
guess now we know why gillis didnt spend to the cap
gonna be weird to see him back but *hopefully* he still has half decent wheels so he can do something in the lineup (if he makes it lol)
was a really good one tho, bure was in on it and everything
shootout specialist at best lol, no use in the playoffs
playing ducks tonite, they have been playing really well as of late, and first game back after a long road trip for us
a few more great games from luongo and he *might* sneak into the vezina finalists maybe?
PS: Someone should show Ward some love, so heres to his 30 some odd wins and his stellar play as of late
lots of guys deserve consideration, ward has played real well too
pekke rinne is another guy, he should b calder finalist for sure
i still stand by my prediction of tho of mason/thomas/nabby
and my playoff predictions of cbj/dal/edm isnt lookin too good lol
Who did I pick, CBJ EDM and MINN? 1/3 here too ooot!
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=273526
came down to alex and wheeler on this one for me, i voted ovechkin
I didn't go with Ovvie because I feel Price let in a softy. However nice and creative the initial play was, if Price had stopped that like he should have, it wouldn't be here.
Same kinda goes along the same line with Kovalchuk, except I'd consider his more amazing since he was clearly tripped.
and I'm contempt to think anything spectacular from Ryan Smyth that is non-tip in related is accidental =D
5 ppl in that taxi, 3 still critical i think
i didnt like the play by play today, they were really sloppy and that bugged the hell outta me lol
like when canucks were in the oiler zone, a forward passed back to d and it hopped over the stick to the neutral zone and the cbc guy said the oilers cleared the puck down the ice <- thats just blatantly poor commentary
the nucks played ok, just not well enough
Although, gotta admit, Crawford is getting better and better as the colour guy
maybe if we get on a run and the other canadian teams get knocked out
i have a feeling he'd be doing the (east) montreal games for the first round and will be with them until they get bounced
I watched the game off a stream online and the Avs broadcast had the better quality (compared to TSN stream, since I dont have TSN the channel) and wow are they retarded...
During the play, they were talking about Keith Primeau donating his brain to science because of recurring concussion problems, one of the announcers said he tried to donate his brain to science but they wouldn't take it *both announcers chuckle and have a little laugh* then the original announcer continues and says nothing like knowing its just too big and people won't learn any.. and then he kind of trails off realizing what he had just said, and went back to saying something about the game (I shit you not, this happened)
Complaining about officiating in back to back games kinda suck, but heres what was missed tonight:
- Bieksa getting high sticked late in the first behind the Canucks net (last minute)
- Right before the Avs 3rd goal when it was 4 on 4 and 2-0, puck was clearly shot straight out, no penalty called on what could have been a 4 on 3 power play with a short 5 on 3 in the end. Big potential game changer here
- Late in the 3rd, when it was 4-1 and Canucks on the pp, Burrows gets his stick slashed and it snapped in half, of course no call
that was their style apparently
just a few notes about the game/team in general
-defensive coverage/lapses the last few games have been brutal, but i think this can be remedied, seems more like focus/effort, so leads me to my next pt
-still think the team is 'fine' despite the last few losses, im not overly concerned (i dont even think we need to win against calgary, just show up and make it competitive at least)
-sundin is not gonna get any better, its obvious we've seen the max of his abilities, so ppl that hope he can 'turn it up a notch' for the playoffs, will probably get disappointed
he does bring certain things to the table like face off and a big body in the cycle game (not to mention a decent #2 C option to stabilize our line), but its obvious hes lost at least a step and a lot of his past glory is gone
-the nw title is still up for grabs, we've played outta our minds going at a .750+ clip (until the last few games) and still we're neck and neck @ this point with 3 games to go; just goes to show how difficult it was a position for us to come back to win the title when we were discussing it a while ago
we still have the better 'matchups' and calgary has back/back gm's so its still bodes well