Official: Vancouver Canucks W00T

[Loggerman]

Well ,don't really know what to say.Other than some of the guys look like they're trying alot harder than the others>Long ways to go yet though.

 

[silverpig]

Cloutier has played great this year so far. No doubts about him. The Canucks are just sucking it up right now though. They're being too fancy and just not getting it done in their own end. Sometimes they look like 12 year olds just swatting at the puck, giving it up like crazy. They should go into Montreal with instructions to play a very basic game. Dump, chase and HIT, then shoot once you get a chance... no fancy stuff. In your own end, don't look for a cute break out pass, just dump it out and go after it. Even if they don't win, if they play hard and have a good "energy game" they'll be in much better shape come next game.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Cloutier has played great this year so far.

I was at a Canucks forum and they were ripping on Cloutier all day long after the saturday game. He have currently one of the best records in the nhl. Some of you canucks fans are awefully hard on him.

btw, does anyone have that animated gif file of 3d generated cloutier letting in that beach ball? (the one Aquaman was talking aboot)

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: silverpig
Cloutier has played great this year so far.

I was at a Canucks forum and they were ripping on Cloutier all day long after the saturday game. He have currently one of the best records in the nhl. Some of you canucks fans are awefully hard on him.

btw, does anyone have that animated gif file of 3d generated cloutier letting in that beach ball? (the one Aquaman was talking aboot)

I've never seen the animated one.

Many Canucks fans are "Bandwagon" hoppers. I've been a fan of the Canucks since the mid 70's (I must admit I was a huge Habs fan when I was a kid). I've been with them in the good times (82' & 94' cup runs) and the Bad (Bill Laforge & Mike Keean) You should see the asshats on the TSN website

They want to lynch Clouts......... heck when we signed Hedberg they wanted him as #1 goalie :Q In the paper yestarday they had a poll of fans that graded the canucks players......... only 1 person got an A.......... Jason King :Q Eventhough we are near the top of the league in points :Q Also the scoring has been even across the 4 lines and our defense is #1 in points in the league so far this year.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: silverpig
Cloutier has played great this year so far.

I was at a Canucks forum and they were ripping on Cloutier all day long after the saturday game. He have currently one of the best records in the nhl. Some of you canucks fans are awefully hard on him.

btw, does anyone have that animated gif file of 3d generated cloutier letting in that beach ball? (the one Aquaman was talking aboot)

There are some at the Canucks forum that just hate Cloutier. Don't know why, but if the Canucks lose a game when he's in net he gets all the blame from certain forum members there.

 

[Aquaman]

Habs return home to face Canucks

Sports Ticker
11/25/2003

MONTREAL (Ticker) - After a win in the NHL's first outdoor game, the Montreal Canadiens host the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

Richard Zednik and Yanic Perreault each scored twice to lead the Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Zednik also scored twice in last Tuesday's 5-4 overtime loss in Vancouver.

Goaltender Jose Theodore made 34 saves Saturday and picked up his 99th career win.

Vancouver is playing the second game of a four-game road trip. The Canucks are looking to avoid their first three-game losing streak since March 7-10, 2002 after opening the trip with Monday's 2-1 setback to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Vancouver fell to 0-3-0-2 in its last five road contests.

Vancouver is unbeaten in its last seven meetings with the Canadiens (6-0-1). In last Tuesday's victory, Ed Jovanovski scored twice in the third period and fellow defenseman Mattias Ohlund tallied 3:02 into overtime.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

Canucks vs Canadiens 4:30 PST on Sports Net Pacific.

Go Canucks Go!!!

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

Woot ......... Game on in 40 minutes

Go Canucks Go!!!

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Mucman]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
Woot ......... Game on in 40 minutes

Go Canucks Go!!!

Cheers,
Aquaman

Argh! I really need to finish my essay that's due tomorrow (and I am going to a concert tonight)

 

[Loggerman]

1-1 after 1

Rhutu..........

Better put in some CLEAN hard hits to make up for that give away.

 

[Mucman]

that was worth procastinating my essay some more....

 

[sandorski]

woot 5-2 Victory!

 

[oldfoof]

We Win

 

[Aquaman]

Canucks snap road slide with win over Habs

The Canadian Press
11/25/2003

MONTREAL (CP) - The Vancouver Canucks got a big boost from their big line to end their road losing streak.
The line of Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi and Brendan Morrison combined for three goals and five assists as the Vancouver Canucks ended a five-game road losing skid with a 5-2 win Tuesday over the Montreal Canadiens. The trio has combined for 25 points over the last five games.

"When you get checked closely and you have teams trying to shut you down, it's important that you move around and that's what we're doing right now,"said Naslund, who had two goals and an assist. "When the team is struggling you kind of tend to put a little more pressure on yourself. With us getting the bulk of the ice (time), we have to be the (line) that kind of jump-starts us."

Bertuzzi had a goal and two assists while Jason King and Mike Keane also scored for the Canucks (13-6-2-2), who extended their unbeaten streak against Montreal to eight games (7-0-1) dating back to Nov. 30, 2000.

Ryan Kesler, Vancouver's first round pick in the 2003 draft, got his first career point, taking a hard check along the boards to earn an assist on Keane's first goal in a Vancouver uniform.

"He's very mature," Naslund said of Kesler. "He's skating well and he's making good plays. It's good to see."

Niklas Sundstrom got his first of the year and Richard Zednik scored his fifth in four games on an assist from Saku Koivu for the Canadiens (9-11-1-1), who were outshot 40-27 in the contest in front of a sellout crowd of 21,273 at the Bell Centre.

"When you don't compete," said Habs coach Claude Julien, "that team can make you look pretty bad."

Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey gave his quarter-season report card to reporters Tuesday morning and called on Koivu to increase his production.

Gainey said Koivu had played "maybe two solid games" since his return from a knee injury Nov. 7.

"I don't think you can be satisfied with the offence that we have right now, and with myself," said Koivu, who claimed to be unaware of Gainey's comments.

Jose Theodore stopped 35 shots in the Montreal goal, including 30 of 32 shots through two periods, but still remained at 99 career wins. Canucks goalie Dan Cloutier made 25 saves.

Habs centre Mike Ribeiro's seven-game point streak came to an end.

Vancouver took the lead on Keane's first of the season, a one-timer from the slot off a Brad May feed at 6:46 of the first. It was the Canucks' seventh shot of the game, while the Canadiens had yet to test Cloutier.

Montreal tied it up at 10:07 on Zednik's seventh of the year. After a Tuomo Ruutu giveaway in the neutral zone, Zednik one-timed a Koivu feed that was blocked by Sopel. Zednik got the puck again and immediately wired a shot upstairs on Cloutier.

"We limited the turnovers," Canucks coach Marc Crawford said. "We had one in the first period and they capitalized on it when Zednik scored. Apart from that we didn't give up the puck too much."

Naslund's ninth of the year re-established Vancouver's lead at 14:57 of the second. His backhand from the side of the net off a nifty Morrison feed eluded a scrambling Theodore.

The Canucks took over in the third, with Bertuzzi getting his eighth on a soft shot from the high slot at 3:15 and King scoring his 11th on assists from Daniel and Henrik Sedin at 6:50.

Montreal almost got back in it on Sundstrom's goal at 12:43, but Vancouver struck 50 seconds later when Naslund deked Theodore from in tight.

"They're talented guys," Crawford said of his top line. "Bertuzzi's a handful for anyone, and Morrison and Naslund are really great shooters, and they were on the puck tonight. It was a special game tonight, we needed a big-time performance from their line."

Notes: The Canucks were wearing their vintage blue jerseys from the 1972-73 season, while the Habs wore their whites from the 1945-46 season. Former Habs Butch Bouchard, Bob Fillion, Kenny Mosdell and Gerry Plamondon were honoured as members of that team prior to the game ... Winger Pierre Dagenais and defenceman Mike Komisarek were recalled by the Canadiens on Monday from the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs, and Dagenais played a few shifts on the second line with his old junior linemate Mike Ribeiro and Yanic Perreault. Komisarek did not dressed ... Magnus Arvedson dressed for the first time in five games for the Canucks. He had been nursing a groin injury.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[silverpig]

w00t! Canucks!

Yeah, everyone here is hard on the Canucks. I mean, they're first overall and they've been getting ripped lately. True, they haven't played well, but still. I actually find myself to be critisizing them albeit silently. They've just seemed flat over the past few games until tonight. I guess there's a lot of expectation about their performance this season, and people here REALLY want a cup.

 

[Loggerman]

Good to see the BOY's have a good game.Exciting to watch.

The ref's only made a few wierd calls.

May they have the same output from everyone in the next game.

Surprised no-one hit/went after Langdon though.:|

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: Aquaman

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: silverpig
Cloutier has played great this year so far.

I was at a Canucks forum and they were ripping on Cloutier all day long after the saturday game. He have currently one of the best records in the nhl. Some of you canucks fans are awefully hard on him.

btw, does anyone have that animated gif file of 3d generated cloutier letting in that beach ball? (the one Aquaman was talking aboot)

I've never seen the animated one.

Many Canucks fans are "Bandwagon" hoppers. I've been a fan of the Canucks since the mid 70's (I must admit I was a huge Habs fan when I was a kid). I've been with them in the good times (82' & 94' cup runs) and the Bad (Bill Laforge & Mike Keean) You should see the asshats on the TSN website

They want to lynch Clouts......... heck when we signed Hedberg they wanted him as #1 goalie :Q In the paper yestarday they had a poll of fans that graded the canucks players......... only 1 person got an A.......... Jason King :Q Eventhough we are near the top of the league in points :Q Also the scoring has been even across the 4 lines and our defense is #1 in points in the league so far this year.

Cheers,
Aquaman

Heres the link.

I heard about the grading thing during the game. Peter Mcguire was talking about that. Honestly the first line is A players with props going to Sedins-king line (I got Naslund and Morrison in my hockey pool so i follow them a lot).
I know all about TSN fans. Most of them are idiots bandwagoners with one liners.

 

[Aquaman]

Canucks vs Sens 4:30 PST on Sportsnet Pacific

Go Canucks Go!!!

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[sandorski]

woot

Go Canucks go!

 

[silverpig]

w00t! I'll be here working on my project that was assigned over a month ago and is due tomorrow morning and I'm just starting now. I fvcking rule...

Thank god for ATI All in Wonder cards. My homework would suffer without it.

 

[Sealy]

Come on Canucks!!!

 

[Loggerman]

Time's a tickin',
just under a couple to go!!!

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: silverpig
w00t! I'll be here working on my project that was assigned over a month ago and is due tomorrow morning and I'm just starting now. I fvcking rule...

Thank god for ATI All in Wonder cards. My homework would suffer without it.

It is rather unfortunate that all procrastination must eventually end.

 

[Aquaman]

Reputations make life tougher for Canucks, Senators

Kevin Woodley
For mytelus.com

VANCOUVER ? The Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators face a similar foe in their quest to stay among the National Hockey League?s elite: their own reputations.

Canada?s top two teams are also considered among the league?s top two up- and- comers; a pair of highly skilled, hard-skating squads capable of filling the net. It?s a reputation both teams wear like a target, one that brings out the best in opponents who know anything less will leave them looking their worst.

The more success they have, the bigger the target gets. The bigger the target gets, the harder it is to maintain the reputation, something the Senators are discovering.

?We?ve learned that every team in the National Hockey League enjoys playing us,? general manager John Muckler said during a radio interview on The Sports Zone, AM 730?s afternoon sports show. The Canucks play in Ottawa tonight (4:30 p.m. Pacific on Sportsnet and CKNW).

After winning the President?s Trophy as the top regular season team and advancing to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals last year, the Senators are struggling under the burden of increased expectations.

Many a pundit's pre-season favourite to win the Stanley Cup (they would have been subject to the Sports Illustrated jinx, but the magazine didn?t think enough of hockey to put it on the cover of this season?s preview issue), Ottawa is barely above .500 at 9-7-2-2.

The Senators have just four wins in the last 13 games ? and that?s after rallying from a 3-0 deficit to beat Atlanta 6-3 Tuesday night.

?I guess we have to live with that, and we just haven?t been able to learn how to handle it because every time you play a team they?re going to play their best game against you,? Muckler said after seeing his team fall behind 1-0 in 10 straight games, a statistic hardly conducive to the Senators? defence-first approach.

?We're learning that we have to be prepared every night."

Muckler?s sentiments will strike a chord with the Canucks, who after racing into top spot early this season face similar attention on an almost nightly basis.

Vancouver has the added disadvantage of being a team others like to play because they don?t trap exclusively. The Canucks don?t mind opening it up a little and trading chances, a style that had players and media in both Boston and Philadelphia raving endlessly about overtime victories against the Canucks.

Visiting media often leave the Vancouver press box talking about one of the best games they?ve watched this season. Opposing players echo those sentiments on a regular basis, and it doesn?t take long for those reviews to get around the league.

Add in the NHL-wide reputation of Vancouver?s top trio of Markus Naslund, Brendan Morrison and Todd Bertuzzi ? easily the longest lasting line in the league ? and the Canucks know to expect the best out of their opponents.

?It?s something we?ve had to deal with the last couple of years,? said Morrison, who along with Bertuzzi and Naslund has already combined for 26 goals, 72 points, and a plus-46 rating despite struggling on the power play. ?It?s a challenge to go out every night and compete against guys that are looking to shut you down.?

Ironically Muckler added to the list of teams gearing up publicly to play Vancouver.

?We?d better be ready because the Vancouver hockey club is playing the best hockey of any team in the National Hockey League right now,? said Muckler, perhaps ignoring the fact Tuesday?s 5-2 win over Montreal was Vancouver?s first victory in six road games.

?We look at ourselves maybe for the first time as underdogs and we?re going to have to be at the height of our game to be competitive.?

The Canucks, like the Senators, are learning to expect nothing less.

ICE CHIPS: Injuries have also played a role in the Senators' problems. C Mike Fisher hasn't played a game this year after having two surgeries on his elbow, while C Bryan Smolinski (shoulder) and winger Martin Havlat (hamstring) are both out of the lineup tonight against Vancouver. ? Matt Cooke (shoulder) and Artem Chubarov (back) are both game-time decisions tonight. C Nathan Smith was sent back down to Manitoba of the AHL after Magnus Arvedson returned to the lineup Tuesday.

CHhers,
Aquaman

 

[Mucman]

yay! Get to miss this game to sit in a lecture for 3 hours