OUCH!!! If you think it will distract the opponents......KnowItAll wrote:I am sorry, I am a little hard of hearing. Did you say the Canucks need more chippendales?
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TheLionKing
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To limit long-term contracts to eight years and to eliminate their front-loadedness.TheLionKing wrote:http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=418543
Someone please remind me why we had the lockout ?
Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
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Gillis need to make some changes if the Canucks hope to make an extended run in the playoffs. Should be interesting as the trade deadline nears.
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Calgary traded Jarome Iginla to Pittsburgh for 2 prospects and a 1st round draft choice. Class guy, I wish him well
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=419259
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=419259
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Toppy Vann
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Did they actually get anything of value here? I am not sure.TheLionKing wrote:Calgary traded Jarome Iginla to Pittsburgh for 2 prospects and a 1st round draft choice. Class guy, I wish him well
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=419259
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TheLionKing
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Pittsburgh 1st round pick is around 27th to 30th overall.
So the Penguins were a lot of puck pundits choice to win the Stanley Cup BEFORE they made the last three deals, finishing the trifecta with Ignila? I know you can't BUY team chemistry and win a championship but adding a few more prime parts to what was already a nice roster has to make Penguin fans happy.
What was that trainwreck of a first period? Oilers scored on their first 3 shots (first t wo on Schnieder, third on Louie). The Canucks seemed to have that 'deer in the headlights' look. Admittedly, once Taylor Hall got the hats raining down, that was it but by then it was 4-0 and Hall was breaking a Gretzsky record. The Canucks did NOT look the better of the two teams the rest of the way. IMO, they should have because they were trailing but the Oilers were the better team the rest of the way. Luongo stood on his head late in the third just to keep it from getting worse.
Coach V has his usual choice now. Do you go back to the probable #1, just having a 6 game win streak come to an end so he can get this 'mulligan' off of his back; or do you go to Luongo based on how he finished? Usual choice with a chorus of critics regardless of how things turn out....
Coach V has his usual choice now. Do you go back to the probable #1, just having a 6 game win streak come to an end so he can get this 'mulligan' off of his back; or do you go to Luongo based on how he finished? Usual choice with a chorus of critics regardless of how things turn out....
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Gillis need to add some parts. They lack scoring.
Among all 30 teams, only Vancouver and last-place Colorado have yet to make a trade this season.TheLionKing wrote:Gillis need to add some parts. They lack scoring.
Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
Robin Williams has tweeted that he wants the Canucks to start winning for mother russia
Apparently Gillis is going to bring him in to give the team a pep talk before every game.
Apparently Gillis is going to bring him in to give the team a pep talk before every game.
Every day that passes is one you can't get back
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The trade for Iginla seemed like an astute move given Crosby is out for the rest of the regular season.
All the Canucks got was Derek Roy, and Luongo is still a 
. Good luck in the playoffs.
. Good luck in the playoffs.祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放，首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事，由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放，首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事，由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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I am a fan of Roberto Luongo. Always have been.
IMO he has conducted himself with incredible class and dignity and team spirit through this very difficult time.
He can be a Canuck forever, as far as I am concerned.
I am glad that he won Gold with Team Canada in the Olympics. A Stanley Cup would be a capper.
Can the Canucks go far in the playoffs this year? Dunno ... Doesn't look like it. Scoring is a problem. Teams seem to have figured out how to neutralize the Sedins. Our talent is not in the top tier IMO. Without stellar goaltending we are very, very ordinary. It has gone back to a "clutch and grab" league IMO, and we are not suited to that. The Bruins mugged us. The Hawks mugged us a few times. That is the way it is. IMO ...
Viva Roberto. Class once again in the press conference today.
IMO he has conducted himself with incredible class and dignity and team spirit through this very difficult time.
He can be a Canuck forever, as far as I am concerned.
I am glad that he won Gold with Team Canada in the Olympics. A Stanley Cup would be a capper.
Can the Canucks go far in the playoffs this year? Dunno ... Doesn't look like it. Scoring is a problem. Teams seem to have figured out how to neutralize the Sedins. Our talent is not in the top tier IMO. Without stellar goaltending we are very, very ordinary. It has gone back to a "clutch and grab" league IMO, and we are not suited to that. The Bruins mugged us. The Hawks mugged us a few times. That is the way it is. IMO ...
Viva Roberto. Class once again in the press conference today.