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[DopeyFish]

Its his first NHL game he's ever seen + hes a big Kessel fan.

I still think kessel will just be suspended for preseason, no reg season

 

[Acid08]

Seems like a lot of suspensions and general animosity for it only being pre-season. Don't remember it being this bad in recent years.

 

[Razorskin]

hes a big Kessel fan.

is there any other type of Kessel?

 

[Solo]

is there any other type of Kessel?

:lol

 

[DopeyFish]

Seems like a lot of suspensions and general animosity for it only being pre-season. Don't remember it being this bad in recent years.

You forgot about the original shanabans? That first preseason with shanahan was suspension city

 

[Smiley90]

Vancouver suspensions.

Watch Kessel get nothing.

Nhlwheelofjustice.gif

Activate star mode!

Honestly, 5 games+ (8) is a bit much IMHO. It's not like he purposely hit him in the jaw. He missed his hit and his stick bounced up. Oh well. NHL punishes by damage dealt, not intent anyway. Hence Kessel will get a slap on the wrist.

On the bright side, that means that Shibkaruk will hopefully/most likely at least get 5 games with the team to start the season, which is awesome. Esp with Booth being injured, possibly.

 

[SpectreFire]

Vancouver suspensions.

Well that's fucking stupid.

Duncan Keith gets 5 games for intentionally elbowing Daniel Sedin's head.

Brad Marchand gets 5 games for intentionally clipping Sami Salo.

Zach Kassian gets 5 games for accidentally high-sticking Sam Gagner in the mouth.

2 games should've been the max, and even then, it'd be questionable. NHL continuing to suspend based on injury as opposed to intent.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

is there any other type of Kessel?

I laughed. And I'll laugh again when we crush Les Montreal Smurfitants.

 

[yyzjohn]

One of my buddies that is going to Habs/Leafs season opener with me next week is a big Leafs fan and is having a meltdown over no Clarkson and possibly no Kessel in that game. Hilarious.

Tell him its only one game. He can save his meltdowns when the Leafs are 0-5 to start the season.

 

[lamaroo]

Kassian actually got suspended for that?

 

[TUSR]

Awesome suspensions. Good work there NHL, you clowns.

 

[Smiley90]

Kassian actually got suspended for that?

Gagner broke his jaw, and Kassian isn't a star player, so yeah.

The day the NHL starts punishing on intent and not result will be a good day for the league and a bad day for Dustin Brown.

 

[TUSR]

LTE reception sucks in Victoria. Another reason to move to Van next year.

 

[SpectreFire]

Gagner broke his jaw, and Kassian isn't a star player, so yeah.

The day the NHL starts punishing on intent and not result will be a good day for the league and a bad day for Dustin Brown.

Shanahan is as delusional as Oilers fans.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

lol!

To be honest, It looked like Kessel wanted to go...

If you really think that, you might just be dumber than Scott.

Kessel did good last night. Any one of you would be saying the same if your star player had the same reaction, which is really the litmus test here. He got away from the berserk Scott, gave him a few good whacks, beat the shit out of Flynn, and then came back to give the angry gorilla a few good pokes. Fantastic.

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

Well that's fucking stupid.

Duncan Keith gets 5 games for intentionally elbowing Daniel Sedin's head.

Brad Marchand gets 5 games for intentionally clipping Sami Salo.

Zach Kassian gets 5 games for accidentally high-sticking Sam Gagner in the mouth.

2 games should've been the max, and even then, it'd be questionable. NHL continuing to suspend based on injury as opposed to intent.

Oh you're back.

The Sedin/Salo hits also resulted in concussions, which is what the league is supposed to be cracking down on. Not saying a broken jaw is nothing, but at least it's easily diagnosed and fixed.

 

[Acid08]

If you really think that, you might just be dumber than Scott.

Kessel did good last night. Any one of you would be saying the same if your star player had the same reaction, which is really the litmus test here. He got away from the berserk Scott, gave him a few good whacks, beat the shit out of Flynn, and then came back to give the angry gorilla a few good pokes. Fantastic.

Kessel shouldn't have taken those extra whacks at Scott after two dudes had already jumped him. Everything before and after was fine, the last poke was hilarious.

 

[RC]

The Kassian suspension seems a bit harsh. But if that's the precedent Kessel should at least get a game.

 

[jaybeeze]

Hopefully Shinkaruk sticks with the team for the start if the season then.

 

[CCF23]

I can't argue with longer suspensions for stupid, careless plays that result in severe injuries. I can, however, continue to bitch about the lack of consistency from the DOJ.

 

[Heretic]

is there any other type of Kessel?

LOL So good.

 

[Smiley90]

Hopefully Shinkaruk sticks with the team for the start if the season then.

With Kassian out and Booth potentially out too, and with how convincing he's been, I definitely hope he'll get a 5game, if not 9game tryout. He deserves it. He'll be playing on the third line tonight (I think?) to see if he can adjust to different linemates. If he can, he's probably/hopefully gonna start the season with the Canucks. Potentially on the 2nd line with Kesler&Booth or if not Booth, then maybe Hansen or Higgins.

 

[Marvie_3]

Gagner broke his jaw, and Kassian isn't a star player, so yeah.

The day the NHL starts punishing on intent and not result will be a good day for the league and a bad day for Dustin Brown.

So......never?

 

[TUSR]

With Kassian out and Booth potentially out too, and with how convincing he's been, I definitely hope he'll get a 5game, if not 9game tryout. He deserves it. He'll be playing on the third line tonight (I think?) to see if he can adjust to different linemates. If he can, he's probably/hopefully gonna start the season with the Canucks. Potentially on the 2nd line with Kesler&Booth or if not Booth, then maybe Hansen or Higgins.

I never figured out why booth is injured again. Bandaid man

 

[Fei]

Smiley, everytime you post I think you're a part of Leafs-GAF. Just saying..

 

[Samyy]

Smiley, everytime you post I think you're a part of Leafs-GAF. Just saying..

One of us....one of us......one of us

Spoiler

one.of.us

 

[Acid08]

I wonder if Booth and Havlat hang out with each other and come up with new ways to stay injured.

 

[Smiley90]

Smiley, everytime you post I think you're a part of Leafs-GAF. Just saying..

Can't have that shit.

It was time to change my avatar back anyway.

 

[jaybeeze]

With Kassian out and Booth potentially out too, and with how convincing he's been, I definitely hope he'll get a 5game, if not 9game tryout. He deserves it. He'll be playing on the third line tonight (I think?) to see if he can adjust to different linemates. If he can, he's probably/hopefully gonna start the season with the Canucks. Potentially on the 2nd line with Kesler&Booth or if not Booth, then maybe Hansen or Higgins.

Originally he was to play the third line, yeah, with Richardson and Hansen but that was before Kass and Weise got suspended. Maybe Horvat gets to slot in now.

I wonder if Torts will slide Burrows up to play with the Sedins...that would counteract his wishes of him and Kesler playing together though. Hopefully not, I want Kesler to have at least one top 6 winger alongside him to start the season if Booth doesn't recover in time.

Fuck, how the hell did things get turned upside down so fast, lol.

Edit: Canucks recalled Zach Hamill, centre who can play RW. Didn't pay attention to him in camp, is he any good?

 

[JABEE]

Hope Giroux plays in the preseason

 

[CCF23]

is he any good?

Nope.

 

[Smiley90]

Originally he was to play the third line, yeah, with Richardson and Hansen but that was before Kass and Weise got suspended. Maybe Horvat gets to slot in now.

I wonder if Torts will slide Burrows up to play with the Sedins...that would counteract his wishes of him and Kesler playing together though. Hopefully not, I want Kesler to have at least one top 6 winger alongside him to start the season if Booth doesn't recover in time.

Fuck, how the hell did things get turned upside down so fast, lol.

Edit: Canucks recalled Zach Hamill, centre who can play RW. Didn't pay attention to him in camp, is he any good?

No he's not.

 

[SpectreFire]

Originally he was to play the third line, yeah, with Richardson and Hansen but that was before Kass and Weise got suspended. Maybe Horvat gets to slot in now.

I wonder if Torts will slide Burrows up to play with the Sedins...that would counteract his wishes of him and Kesler playing together though. Hopefully not, I want Kesler to have at least one top 6 winger alongside him to start the season if Booth doesn't recover in time.

Fuck, how the hell did things get turned upside down so fast, lol.

Edit: Canucks recalled Zach Hamill, centre who can play RW. Didn't pay attention to him in camp, is he any good?

Hamill is borderline worthless. He's just going to be a pre-season body.

Canucks have been wrecked in terms of young players who can fill in on the top 9, with Jensen, Schroeder and Kassian all out.

Starting line-up could look like this:

Sedin-Sedin-Shinkaruk
Horvat-Kesler-Burrows
Higgins-Gaunce-Hansen
Sestito-Richardson-Santorelli

Ideally they would replace Sestito with Lain. If the Oilers are going to be shitheads and try to run us, I'd like to have a 6'6" giant ready to deter that.

 

[Red_Man]

That Kassian suspension seems ridiculous considering it was an accident..... The NHL is so bush league in policing themselves, what a joke.

How has Weber been so far Smiley / other Canuck fans who've watched him?

 

[CCF23]

Hamill is borderline worthless. He's just going to be a pre-season body.

Canucks have been wrecked in terms of young players who can fill in on the top 9, with Jensen, Schroeder and Kassian all out.

Starting line-up could look like this:

Sedin-Sedin-Shinkaruk
Horvat-Kesler-Burrows
Higgins-Gaunce-Hansen
Sestito-Richardson-Santorelli

Ideally they would replace Sestito with Lain. If the Oilers are going to be shitheads and try to run us, I'd like to have a 6'6" giant ready to deter that.

I don't think Horvat sticks. He has been invisible. I think Booth will probably be ready.

How has Weber been so far Smiley / other Canuck fans who've watched him?

I've actually been pleasantly surprised. He's not fantastic, but he's miles ahead of Alberts for the number 7 spot with the way they've both played, in my eyes.

 

[sazabirules]

That Recker/Lucic fight was great.

 

[SpectreFire]

I don't think Horvat sticks. He has been invisible. I think Booth will probably be ready.

I agree with that, it's only in-case Booth doesn't play. If Booth plays, then they just switch up. I think Shinkaruk will be given an opportunity to play on the top line.

 

[CCF23]

I agree with that, it's only in-case Booth doesn't play. If Booth plays, then they just switch up. I think Shinkaruk will be given an opportunity to play on the top line.

I think we might see, until Kassian is back:

Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Booth - Kesler - Shinkaruk
Higgins - Richardson - Hansen
shitty 4th line that probably has Gaunce on it.

and then when Kassian is back Shinkaruk sent to Jr unless he's REALLY lighting it up, Kassian goes with the twins, 7 - 17 - 14 2nd line, same bottom 6.

 

[Smiley90]

Hamill is borderline worthless. He's just going to be a pre-season body.

Canucks have been wrecked in terms of young players who can fill in on the top 9, with Jensen, Schroeder and Kassian all out.

Starting line-up could look like this:

Sedin-Sedin-Shinkaruk
Horvat-Kesler-Burrows
Higgins-Gaunce-Hansen
Sestito-Richardson-Santorelli

Ideally they would replace Sestito with Lain. If the Oilers are going to be shitheads and try to run us, I'd like to have a 6'6" giant ready to deter that.

Horvat isn't quite ready yet, I think. More realistically we'd have something like:

Sedin-Sedin-Burrows
Shinkaruk-Kesler-Hansen
Higgins-Gaunce-Weise
Santorelli-Lain-Richardson

Then as soon as Kassian is back, Burrows, Hansen and Weise move one line down each, while Richardson takes over 3C from Gaunce and Gaunce gets sent down. Then once Booth is back, he replaces Shinkaruk.

That's how imagine our first 9 games, at least. Not sure who of Hansen/Higgins will make a better 2nd line RW, but I just went with Hansen for simplicity's sake.

I think we might see, until Kassian is back:

Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Booth - Kesler - Shinkaruk
Higgins - Richardson - Hansen
shitty 4th line that probably has Gaunce on it.

I think Gaunce starts as 3C and Richardson on the 4th. At least I hope so.

That Kassian suspension seems ridiculous considering it was an accident..... The NHL is so bush league in policing themselves, what a joke.

How has Weber been so far Smiley / other Canuck fans who've watched him?

He's been like the 7C he'll probably be for us. Has shown promise, but quite a few moments where he's made very poor decisions defensively. It's getting better though, so it might just be getting used to teammates/the system. He'll probably play once our D corps inevitably gets injured.

 

[SpectreFire]

Horvat isn't quite ready yet, I think. More realistically we'd have something like:

Sedin-Sedin-Burrows
Shinkaruk-Kesler-Hansen
Higgins-Gaunce-Weise
Santorelli-Lain-Richardson

Then as soon as Kassian is back, Burrows, Hansen and Weise move one line down each, while Richardson takes over 3C from Gaunce and Gaunce gets sent down. Then once Booth is back, he replaces Shinkaruk.

That's how imagine our first 9 games, at least. Not sure who of Hansen/Higgins will make a better 2nd line RW, but I just went with Hansen for simplicity's sake.

I can't imagine Weise being on that 3rd line over Santorelli or Richardson. He certainly hasn't played better than either of them.

Torts REALLY wants Burrows and Kesler together, which is why I put Shinkaruk up on that top line. Either way. Kassian being suspended is only good news for Gaunce and Shinkaruk.

I think once Kassian is back, and Booth is healthy, lines should look like this:

Sedin-Sedin-Kassian
Booth-Kesler-Burrows
Higgins-Gaunce-Hansen
Santorelli-Richardson-Weise

Which gives us a pretty good look 4th line.

 

[Smiley90]

I can't imagine Weise being on that 3rd line over Santorelli or Richardson. He certainly hasn't played better than either of them.

Torts REALLY wants Burrows and Kesler together, which is why I put Shinkaruk up on that top line. Either way. Kassian being suspended is only good news for Gaunce and Shinkaruk.

He might try Shinkaruk with the Sedins for a preseason game to see what happens. Now is the time to experiment. Question is, can Shinkaruk play RW?

If so, then

Sedin-Sedin-Burrows/Shinkaruk
Booth-Kesler-Burrows/Shinkaruk
Higgins-Gaunce-Hansen
Santorelli-Richardson-Weise

to start the season doesn't seem so bad. then after tryouts are "over", assuming both get sent down, Richardson will probably be 3C and Lain becomes 4C. Kassian takes 1RW and Burrows 2RW.

And yeah you're probably right, Richardson > Santorelli > Weise given their preseason play.

I liked the idea of having three Centers as our 4th line :lol


EDIT: You SOB edited your post with lines. I agree.

 

[SpectreFire]

Santorelli-Richardson-Lain?

 

[jaybeeze]

I'd rather not use Gaunce as a centre, as his 'success' has been because of him playing wing.


Sedins / Kass
Shink / Kesler / Burrows
Booth / Santo / Higgins
Gaunce / Richardson / Hansen.

Eh. The 4th line needs some work, I just wanted an all ex-Panthers line, haha.

 

[Red_Man]

Tinordi HAS to start in Montreal.

Edit: Prust fighting in preseason again? =/

At least he fed the other guy but still

I've actually been pleasantly surprised. He's not fantastic, but he's miles ahead of Alberts for the number 7 spot with the way they've both played, in my eyes.

Thats good to hear, hopefully he can work into the Canucks top 6.

 

[ZeroGravity]

So Clarkson officially suspended for 10 regular season games, but can play the rest of the preseason lol

 

[Cake Boss]

So the jackoffs that make up Ottawa radio are claiming that Bobby Ryan is out of shape and the Sun says he doesn't shoot the puck enough. HE'S PLAYED TWO FUCKING GAMES !!!

Sean Simpsons is a fuckwad, guy randomly makes up shit on players, last year he was all over Anderson, Weircioch, Turris and Zibenejad. All of them had great seasons. This year it seems hes all over Conacher, Ryan, McArthur over 2 pre season games.

Lets make a joke and laugh at my own joke for 10 min straight on local radio.

 

[Smiley90]

Thats good to hear, hopefully he can work into the Canucks top 6.

Our top 6 is essentially set with

Garrison-Bieksa
Edler-Tanev
Hamhuis-Corrado

we don't have proper 1st pairing/2nd pairing/3rd pairing, as shown by our 1D playing with our 6D (Hamhuis and Corrado) :lol But it's just the way things have seemed to work out, so we have 3 solid pairings. Weber will probably get his fair share of time as soon as injuries strike.

 

[lamaroo]

Tinordi HAS to start in Montreal.

Edit: Prust fighting in preseason again? =/

At least he fed the other guy but still

Thats good to hear, hopefully he can work into the Canucks top 6.

Seems like good guy Prust is obliging some of the nobodies who are trying to make their team.

 

[Acid08]

Torres is injured, they're waiting on some tests to see if it's a knee sprain or a full on tear. 6 weeks of recovery if sprained, surgery and 3-4 months of recover if torn. hrtc or dstrdl, how's Etem doing?

At least this gives one of our skilled prospects like Nieto or Hamilton a chance to get in the lineup!

McLellan says replacing Torres in #SJSharks lineup not limited to young guys like Hamilton/Nieto. Maybe likes of McCarthy, Kearns or Pelech.

.....or TMac's favorite goons will get the ice time instead. Fuck off.

 

[Heretic]

Torres is injured, they're waiting on some tests to see if it's a knee sprain or a full on tear. 6 weeks of recovery if sprained, surgery and 3-4 months of recover if torn. hrtc or dstrdl, how's Etem doing?

At least this gives one of our skilled prospects like Nieto or Hamilton a chance to get in the lineup!



.....or TMac's favorite goons will get the ice time instead. Fuck off.

Etem is day to day according to Bruce.