Then fall asleep waking up to Calgary Flames, baby.....
You mean three good games? Fuck the Predators!
As a Canucks fan, I was happy with the outcome.
to be honest though I wish they didn't run the score up like that. Give 3rd and 4th liners some play time.
Its amazing how if you look at Edmonton's draft history, they never seem to focus on good goalies and dmen. Aside from the 80s dynasty of Coffey and overrated flopping Fuhr (Moog was better), it's like 40 years focusing on forwards. even when everyone knows they need D and G, they'll usually skew to a forward as their top pick.As a Canucks fan, I was happy with the outcome.
Yeah I hear you man, but the NHL wants the speedy game. They stopped the trap defense, they stopped the goalie playing the puck in the corner, they removed the 2 line pass penalty. The nhl wants the game sped up because its exciting. I seriously thought the Oilers and their magical power play were going to win the cup last year. In all my years of watching hockey, I don't think I have ever seen a team with power play units that were *that* good. It was crazy!
Ha. I'm not even an Oilers fan. Worse. Leafs.
At least they beat Habs opening night. It's got to a point all us Leaf fans just go with it. Expectations are basically solid regular season, and if another early round exit happens thats expected. No knowledgeable fan thinks all these tiny 3rd and 4th line tweaks, and trade deadline rentals will be enough to win a cup. As soon as JT finally leaves that can free up money for better D.
Its a fantastic sport. Hard hitting, highly skilled, intense as fuck, and fast. Also the ultimate team sport. Pick a team and start following.
Watching the Canucks play from like 2005 to 2012 was awesome. This is one of my favorite Canucks moments:
Vancouver on fire. Scoring is through the roof and Demko is rock solid.
As a Canucks fan, I watched that game and the Oilers came out rocking. The first 11 minutes of the game they had a goal and 20 shots on goal I think. Then the canucks scored 3 goals in I think about 3 minutes. The first was an own goal. After the 3rd goal, the team just deflated. They had moments of awesomeness but then they just kept doing stupid crap that landed them in the penalty box. Even their coach got thrown out of the game and McDavid ended up with a 10 minute. It will be interesting to see how the Oilers do against the sharks who can't seem to play period. Their goalie's GAA is over 5 and the top 3 minus leaders are all Sharks with minuses in the teens...
Oilers are bad so far, but Sharks are on another level of bad although they might beat Philly tonight (as i type they are actually winning 1-0). If Oilers lose to Sharks, the coach has got to get fired. Even though it's not always the coaches fault, the coach always goes first just to shake up the team.
If you scroll up, you can see where I was just hoping they make the playoffs. I am about as surprised as any Canucks' fan. It isn't they are just playing weak teams, they are holding their own against good teams as well.
Demko is playing incredible. when I've watched their games late night, it's hard to tell how good defensively they are as it's so much easier to isolate if forwards or goalies are good or not, and whether Hughes is zipping around.
Dude, Vegas is killing it.
Do they really have a chance? It's so unpredictable, I mean, last year I was certain that Boston would win...
No, but I live in Washington State. My family has been following the Canucks for so long that we refuse to cheer for the Kraken until the Canucks win a cup. At least that is the way I feel
Probably not. Colorado and Vegas seem too good. But if they make it to second or third round I think that's achievable.
Canucks done. He's now out week to week. Pretty much out for series. DeSmith is an avg goalie at best and isnt the type of guy to get hot and carry a team.Demko is hurt again so out for game 2. Canucks put deSmith in. 1st shot less than 2 minutes into the 1st period goes by desmith. 2 more have gone by him.
This was me asking the goalie gods why they have forsaken the Canucks:
Dude, for some odd reason we always have goalie drama. It's never a winger or defenseman. Salo was always injured for one bad reason or another but the other D always picked up the slack. However our offense needs to score too.
