That's what I'm hoping for.
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NHL '12 Playoffs |OT| "The Cup is our destiny this year."
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That's what I'm hoping for.
Wow, everyone's picking the Predators to beat the Wings. I expected less of a consensus.
Home-ice could make the difference, but Detroit has made it past the first round 5 straight years. And when they were healthy this year, they were easily in the top 4 teams in the league. Now they're pretty much healthy again.
Funny feeling to see a Wings team be the underdog in a playoff series.
Home-ice could make the difference, but Detroit has made it past the first round 5 straight years. And when they were healthy this year, they were easily in the top 4 teams in the league. Now they're pretty much healthy again.
Funny feeling to see a Wings team be the underdog in a playoff series.
MrCunningham
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The true credo of any Canucks fan...
But hey, three out of the four teams that have won the presidents trophy back to back, lost the Stanly Cup on their first try and won it the following year. It's a stupid statistic to go by... But you never know, Vancouver could be the fifth team to achieve this.
After last year I've given up on all statistics (such as the "the last team that both had most goals and least goals against won the cup!" statistic) and will just take it "One game at a time", in best Vigneault-fashion.
EDIT: He wasn't gonna win the Art Ross, that was fair enough... But he won it 2 years ago and 81 points is still great, he's assist leader too, I'm not complaining. Also, he had the biggest slump in a decade this season. -shrug-. Still a great player, I don't really know what you're complaining about.
In the same place as the Stanley Cup he promised.
tycoonheart
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kane mullet will prevail.
lol, as far as non-Caps players go, Kane is by far my favorite. Dude is awesome.
Fair enough, I figured something like that. Just wanted to make sure not everyone was "promising" another Art Ross for Henrik and I'd say nearly everyone in Vancouver is happy about the way Henrik is playing, Art Ross or not.
Yes, most recently buffalo in the next-to-last regular season game
MrCunningham
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Yup. Same here, I'm just going to enjoy this series one round at a time, and hope for the best... and also hope that Vancouver doesn't end up in a riot for a third time.
But it's going to be interesting to see if they will alternate between Schneider and Luongo during the playoffs, or if they will just keep playing Luongo on net until he cracks?
He played on April 5th against the Sabres and stopped 24 of 25. Before that he played on April 3rd against the Rangers and gave up 5 goals on 24 shots.
1-1-0, 3.05, .880 in last 2 GP.
Why would bother taking his stats from only the last two games?
Because they're bad
I'm just bored enough this evening. Got the stats from TSN's hot/cold stats line.
Bryz is schizo in goal. He could be goalie Jesus, or a flop. It's anyone's guess.
They'll start Luongo, then pull him once he crumbles, let Schneider play one full game, then put Luongo back in, and then if he crumbles again Schneider will play the rest of the playoffs (unless he crumbles too/cramps again). Calling it.
Naw, most of us love him, there's an EXTREMELY vocal minority (and the media) that hate him though and wants him gone after every bad game, even if he has 95% great games. I feel bad for Luongo, really, I don't know how he handles it. I hope once Schneider is traded those voices will die down a bit and make him feel more welcome and more appreciated for what he does :/
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
But they're playing like garbage. Holmstrom is terrible, Franzen only skates when he's already bagged two garbage goals and wants the hat trick, the defense (especially Stuart) has been absolutely awful recently, and the team can't score.
Unless they magically flip a switch, it doesn't look good.
He does wet the bed from time to time.
I'm still cautiously optimistic about the Nucks chances.
http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2012/04/05/what-was-the-dirtiest-cheap-shot-of-the-season/
Interesting poll, with both hits against Canucks players being the top2 dirtiest. -not cool-
Interesting poll, with both hits against Canucks players being the top2 dirtiest. -not cool-
The Bourque and Keith elbows were in a class of their own as far as I'm concerned. Just absolute gutless "play" that was nothing more than an attempt to injure the other player.
#9 and #10 are now the top 2?
The Hordichuk attempted elbow in the Canucks-Edmonton game would've been in the same category, if he'd hit. Probably even worse, that was TERRIBLE and 100% retaliation.
(For everyone who didn't watch the game, Lapierre threw a hit on Hordichuk that was completely legal, then Hordichuk got up, took up full speed and aimed to put his elbow into Kesler's head, Duncan Keith style. 5 seconds after the hit by Lapierre. He literally had his elbow up in the air and was going for it; luckily he missed. I hope he's gonna get a next-season suspension out of that :/)
EDIT:
Marchand clips Salo 19% 359
Keith elbows Sedin 48% 919
Click on "view" to see the votes? They listed the videos in chronological order, people are voting on them.
My bad. I thought the numbers by them were the results already. Too much skimming. :lol
CrazedArabMan
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This, they are pretty much healthy right now minus a few things but they still haven't been playing good at all. They need to go back to how they were before the injuries.
I agree with that. Had Hordichuk connected it would've been the worst by far. Just a disgusting attempt to injure that luckily failed.
Man is there anything worst than the Sportsnet panel, that host is the douchiest douche that has ever walked this douchy planet . Its sooo bad, plus add in Kyprios, Damien Cox, Maclean and you got yourself the worst panel a man can assemble.
Would rather listen to my dog fart on my carpet than this shit of a network.
Would rather listen to my dog fart on my carpet than this shit of a network.
They'll be ready. It's playing in Nashville that worries me because even when we were playing like the top team in the league we couldn't win on the road. If we steal one of the first two in Nashville we're moving on to the second round. The problem is that there's only two ways that could happen:
1. Some crazy ass weird bounces in our favor leading to goals. (those only happen to other teams)
2. Datsyuk decides that he wants to win one.
One of my major concerns is Stuart. He scores on us every year, so I'm sure he'll find a way to fuck up again.
SuperSonic1305
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Lupul was injured for almost a quarter of the season. More points than any Habs player. Also what happened to Kessel not being in the top 10 in scoring?
Dubbedinenglish
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Naw we're good. Markstrom is coming in due time.We'll take him back.
Crazymoogle
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Keenan as a GM...smh.
smh.
Our media is a pile of rotting garbage though. They always do this, going back as far as slamming Bure after his rookie year. They like to pre-fire the coach years ahead of time. I'm sure if you looked far enough into the Province archives there would probably be a piece slamming management for giving up on Stojanov so quickly.
smh.
Our media is a pile of rotting garbage though. They always do this, going back as far as slamming Bure after his rookie year. They like to pre-fire the coach years ahead of time. I'm sure if you looked far enough into the Province archives there would probably be a piece slamming management for giving up on Stojanov so quickly.
But you're correct. I'm just not feeling this team this year. And even if they do get past the first round, to win 3 more seems like the biggest mountain climb ever. Maybe they do flip the switch and dominate at both ends, but the Nashville PP being #1 in the NHL and our PK sitting at like 17th is not something I look forward to seeing. Quincey will be taking so many bad penalties that I bet he'll end up being scratched around game 4 or 5 in favor of Kindl.
Not having Helm in the line up also kills us. That 3rd and 4th line are just stop gaps until Pavel and Z regain their breath and can go back out there. Emmerton, Holmstrom, and Mursak really are worthless at this point. None have any offensive upside or are big enough to bang and crash and wear down the other teams top lines. I would rather our 4th line be Miller/Abby/Eaves, with Helm centering Cleary and Bertuzzi, but that's not possible.
Wow. I actually prefer the Sportsnet Hockeycentral panel to anything TSN ever does. I love the personalities, and for TSN I can't stand James Duthie.
KernelPanic
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Even though Rangers will win I thought it was cute to see Potvin pick Sens in 6, nice to get a homer vote of confidence at least.
CrazedArabMan
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Is that the switch they have attached to Franzen, because it makes way too much sense.
They have shown many times that they know how to flip the switch. I can't say I've never been more confident about the team, but anyone thinking they'll just lay down and die in 4 or 5 games doesn't understand how the Red Wings work. This is when their season starts.
Oh, and I'm not worried about our D. It's been great this year. Our 3rd and 4th lines are easily our biggest weakness, along with our road game. In a way it's good we start in Nashville, puts pressure on them to right off the bat find a solution to the road issue.
CrazedArabMan
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Well like we said, they either find that solution, or it will be that they go down in 4 or 5 games.
Haha.
It wasn't that, it was the that dumbass host that kept asking what if they faced Boston, and kept asking it and not letting anyone talk, what kind of fucking dumbass question is that? What if Unicorns were real and they gave handjobs for free?
AngmarsKing701
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Well, with my new hometown team (Canes) out of it, I have to fall back on where I was raised (Pittsburgh). Never paid much heed to hockey growing up, but gotta pick someone in this mess.
Fucking Canes better get their shit together and start making the playoffs. 3 damn years in a row golfing in April. Fuckers.
Fucking Canes better get their shit together and start making the playoffs. 3 damn years in a row golfing in April. Fuckers.
Bruins fans had their hearts set on Ottawa. Thomas has dominated against them for a long time. It might have been beneficial to play a quick series and get some guys a little rest before round two.
Florida and Ottawa can ride the low expectations going into this season if they get knocked out in round one. If that happens to the Caps, heads will roll. That kind of desperation could help with them stealing an early game and establishing some confidence. With their home record this could drag out into a long and physical series.
This happens in Edmonton too. The print media tries to stir the shit and are constantly trying to get a negative response. They treat coaches and players like crap and then complain that they get only generic answers. Sports media are slime, especially newspaper beat writers. Newspapers are nothing but tabloid garbage now desperately doing anything to sell papers and justify their existence.