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NHL April 2013 |OT| Darren Dreger: The NHL's Shane Kim

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Let's imagine, for a moment, that the scale in measuring passing is a ball.

People assume that passing is a strict progression of getting the puck from one stick to another, but actually, in a roundabout way, the puck actually remains still, and everything else is moving around it. Players that best "pass" the puck are the ones who are able to bend the space around them to get the passing recipient closer to the puck.

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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Let's imagine, for a moment, that the scale in measuring passing is a ball.

People assume that passing is a strict progression of getting the puck from one stick to another, but actually, in a roundabout way, the puck actually remains still, and everything else is moving around it. Players that best "pass" the puck are the ones who are able to bend the space around them to get the passing recipient closer to the puck.

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Sounds like Futurama/Hitchhiker's space drives to me
 

DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
So if Kadri is one of the best Dopey has ever seen.. then Gardiner has to be THE best that has ever existed and will ever exist, right?

if only the great passes that connected that were never scored on were actually worth archiving... but alas... here's some that resulted in goals, anyways.... from this year only because i'm too lazy to look any further

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmSaOU9hxI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPGqTB0u2cc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INQeBCVkAgw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasI_1AMCPs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rVtSY4rvd0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbsMFSJI-Nk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E37CVXTHRsY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n869CVjz3NA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXuqkPuYG6Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfUcLSQC15U
 

Red_Man

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
Kadri has played great, and taken huge strides in becoming a great player, but he's not even in the top 20 of passers in the league right now.
 

Tabris

Member
Man, I dunno, there's a certain something in the air now. I'm feeling good about the Canucks even with those last couple of bad games. KB and CH coming back, Roy and Kesler in full form, I dunno.
 

CCF23

Member
Is it crazy for me to think the Canucks would actually have a better shot to beat the Hawks than they do a big, punishing team like the Kings or Blues?

*looks at possible first round opponents...Kings and Blues two of the likely three*

Fuck.
 

Sibylus

Banned
If Tabris ever examined anything with a critical eye in his lifetime, I think I'd shit myself and promptly buy a lottery ticket.

Go Nucks go!
 

Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Is it crazy for me to think the Canucks would actually have a better shot to beat the Hawks than they do a big, punishing team like the Kings or Blues?

*looks at possible first round opponents...Kings and Blues two of the likely three*

Fuck.

I think SJ is our best possible matchup. LA would be baaaad. STL would be close. Wild would be amazing, but won't happen :lol
 

Tabris

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Is it crazy for me to think the Canucks actually have a better shot to beat the Hawks than they do a big, punishing team like the Kings or Blues?

I think people are overrating the Blues chances against us due to that one game. We had just got done playing in Nashville the night before and we didn't have KB, CT, or CH. And we still took them to overtime.
 

Tabris

Member
I want to play LA Kings first. I want to show them what playing a complete* Vancouver Canucks is like in the playoffs. If we lose, then we had no right to going forward then.

*We do have to play Chicago tomorrow and they are all dirty looking to injure players, so as long as we get through that dirty team we'll be OK.
 

CCF23

Member
I think people are overrating the Blues chances against us due to that one game. We had just got done playing in Nashville the night before and we didn't have KB, CT, or CH. And we still took them to overtime.

It'd be a long, grinding, punishing series. We might come out on top, but we wouldn't come out on top healthy.

SJ is definitely the best possible matchup of the three that are most likely right now. It looks like it's down to STL or SJ with an outside shot of LA or Minnesota.

*We do have to play Chicago tomorrow and they are all dirty looking to injure players, so as long as we get through that dirty team we'll be OK.

Wait...What?

I mean I know Keith took out Daniel last year, but their team isn't really dirty.
 

Acid08

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I think SJ is our best possible matchup. LA would be baaaad. STL would be close. Wild would be amazing, but won't happen :lol
SJ-Van would be a fun series. It's kind of a toss up between Nucks and Kings at this point. Feel like we have an equal shot against both. Although I think Quick has a better chance of stoning us than Lu or Schneider do.
 

CCF23

Member
SJ-Van would be a fun series. It's kind of a toss up between Nucks and Kings at this point. Feel like we have an equal shot against both. Although I think Quick has a better chance of stoning us than Lu or Schneider do.

Quick has a .901 SV% this year, Schneider has .926

Quick just hasn't been the same this year...Unless he's been godly against you this year or something and I just don't know about it.
 

Acid08

Banned
Quick has a .901 SV% this year, Schneider has .926

Quick just hasn't been the same this year...Unless he's been godly against you this year or something and I just don't know about it.
He hasn't been stellar but I don't doubt his ability to turn it on out of nowhere. More scared of Quick's top end play than Schneider or Lu.
 

Revenant

Member
Wait...What?

I mean I know Keith took out Daniel last year, but their team isn't really dirty.

hey man chicago may only have 6 hits on the stat sheet every game, but it's the fucking pain train pulling into the station every time.

you wanna run into this guy in a dark alley?

2206.JPG
 

Tabris

Member
he certainly sunk your battleship last season.

Duncan Keith did. That's why I want a rematch right off the bat. To prove that it was the Blackhawks who eliminated us, not the LA Kings.

Hahahahahaha you edited the right team in. Great job dum dum.

I stopped watching the playoffs when my team was eliminated, out of anger and sadness.
 

bremon

Member
Not even sure who I'd want to see the Canucks play in the first round... probably San Jose though.

On another note, I would love for the Blue Jackets to grab 8th seed and for the Rangers to slip into 9th. That would give me something to laugh about if my team gets beat up in the first round and sees another early exit.

Also might as well give a quick congrats to GAF-Leaf Nation... you've waited long enough. I do hope you get bounced early though. I've already got enough calls from two provinces away about how the "flying Leafs" are going to hoist the Cup. My Facebook feed is enough to make me ill.
 

Marvie_3

Banned
Duncan Keith did. That's why I want a rematch right off the bat. To prove that it was the Blackhawks who eliminated us, not the LA Kings.

I've love this rematch too. It would mean nobody would have to put up with your stupid bullshit after the first round.
 

Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
I've love this rematch too. It would mean nobody would have to put up with your stupid bullshit after the first round.

Under these circumstances, I would be okay with a loss. It would hurt, but it would have an upside.
 
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