7 posts from December 2007

But Canucks fans suck more. This is their reactions after each loss:

After first 2 SO Losses against Edmonton: "ZOMG AV WHY ARE YOU USING RITCHIE! PUT NASLUND AND SEDIN IN ROAR!!!

After SO loss against Pittsburgh: "ZOMG AV WHY ARE YOU USING NASLUND AND THE SEDINS???!!111ONE THEY FUCKING BLOW! USE BURROWS ZOMG!!! AV SO STUPID!111ONETWOTHREE"

After SO loss against Edmonton last night: "ZOMG AV WHY ARE YOU USING BURROWS!!! PUT JAFFRAY AND RAYMOND IN! ZOMG SO STUPID AV! DO I HAVE TO THINK OF EVERYTHING??111 LULZZ BURROWS SUCKKKK"

My prediction after the next SO loss: "ZOMG AV WHY ARE YOU USING THE N00BS LIKE JAFFRAY AND RAYMOND! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A PUCK IS! PUT WILLIE MITCHELL IN!!!"

:P

Though I have to admit, I did give up after Horcoff scored for the Oilers. I couldn't look at the Slingbox screen for a while, and had to go out of the room to calm myself.

When I went back in, I was lucky enough to catch Mattias Ohlund's tying goal, which also serves as the record breaking goal as he is now the Canucks All Time Goal Scorer for Defencemen. Congrats, Ohllie.

I stuck around for the shootout, and when I saw AV used Trevor Linden first, I knew he wasn't going to score and even predicted that Linden will not shoot the puck like he always does just to change his routine up. True enough, Linden went for the deke move and wasn't able to get the goal.

Kes finally got his first shootout goal this year, though. Good job Kes. :D

But yeah, Canucks definitely need to practice the shootouts. Brendan Morrison has already mentioned it a few times how they never practice it and I think it's time that they do. I understand why AV is hesitant in doing so because shooting at your own goaltender doesn't guarantee that the opposing goalie would be thinking the same thing, but the players at least need to practice some moves.

Anyway, yeah I said I'm on hiatus, but I caught the 3rd period of the game over slingbox and thought I should at least blog about CDC's reaction to the loss. lulz.

Okay. The blog is probably going on a mini-hiatus for the Christmas holidays.

I am going to California to have a mini reunion with a couple of my childhood friends and spend Christmas with the family.

Although we have our slingbox set up, it would be harder to catch Canucks games online when you're out most of the time, or 4 people (aka my dad, my mom, my brother and I) are all huddled in front of a small streaming video screen in front of a laptop monitor, it'd be hard to really get a huge feel so how the game is going. Imagining the 4 of us watching that small screen is pretty funny, though... haha

I will probably listen to the radio, but amidst dinner parties and stuff, I really don't have time to blog. :(

• For a grand total of one minute, the whole of Vancouver was enamoured by Sidney Crosby. After that, they all hate his guts.
• Roberto Luongo made this loss a bit easier to swallow after proving that Lui > Cindy. Pwning him twice on the shootout, and the team on the whole holding Sid and his line pointless... Small victory, but we'll take it for now.
• Canuck shooters need to stop dekeing the freaking goalies in the shootout. Do they not watch shootout game tapes??? Do they not see how Luongo was beaten on the shootouts that we lost??? AHH.
  
• Ryan Kesler is the man. And I love the type of goals that goes off the post and in. The PING is just MAGIC. That and he and his line shut down Crosby's line.
• PK was great this game.
• PP didn't click much. There was some promise, but they just can't convert.
• Sabby was great, and he must have been glad that he won this game against us.
• Canucks were really flat in the first 30 minutes of the game, but they bounced back in the last half and took it all the way to the shootout.
• Canucks got a taste of it's old medicine in Jarkko Ruutu. It still baffles me how Isbister ended up in the penalty when he was clearly the victim in that whole event.

If my post is weird, it's because I'm doing this half asleep.

• The first period was painful to watch. Thank God for Curtis Sanford, keeping the game 1-2 Preds by the end of the first period. After letting in that weak first goal, he was pretty much rock solid throughout the game, especially when the Canucks gave away so many quality scoring chances.
  
• Markus Naslund is still the Canucks Points Leader! Linden tried, but failed. That or NHL.com decided they like Nazzy too much, so they took away Linden's assist on Alex Burrows' goal. That and Naslund scored 2 assists, too. :) Trev tried again though, and got the empty-net goal.
  
• Taylor Pyatt scored a goal.. after 938423432 games of not having one... Okay kidding. He's been hot lately. His game. Not his mug, which is all facial-hairy. Kidding. Anyway. 4 points in the last 3 games. Tonight's goal was on the powerplay. A tip-in goal from a beautiful pass by Brendan Morrison. He's been shooting a lot more since being placed on Morrison's line, and it's probably because he's playing his natural wing in the right, which he said he was more comfortable playing in as he has more options when it comes to shooting and passing.

Time to do work! And sleep! I hate finals week!

Nazzy is now #1 for the Canucks All Time Scoring! ...At least until Trevor Linden scores a few and takes the lead back, then Nazzy takes it again.. and then rinse and repeat. :D

At the rate AV is benching Linden though, I won't be surprised if he would be unable to even tie the record.

Anyway, I just saw the highlights and it was a wicked assist by Naslund. I'm just glad it wasn't a garbage point or something.

Mattias Ohlund also tied the record for All Time Goals by a Defenseman!

In other news, Canucks win over the Blackhawks, 3-2. Both Brendan Morrison and Taylor Pyatt had 2 point nights (1 G 1 A for Mo, 2 A for Py). Glad to see Pyatt scoring, although I loved him in a defensive role and I actually preferred him in our shutdown line with Kes and Iz.

... Yes. I have a thing for defensive players. Which is why my favorite players list are usually dominated by defensemen.

The Canucks.com Forums had a bit of fun in the GDT turning several players into animals: Kesler and Edler = Moosler and Moodler aka MOOSE; Pyatt became a bunny. LOLz. A BUNNY. HOW FITTING. Too bad he'll always be a cute pink unicorn in my books. Then there's BLACKHAWKS and MIKE HUNT... aka say either of those 2 words really fast and you will see just how immature CDC can be. Yep.

Thanks, NHL for allowing Markus Naslund to celebrate this milestone with the fans by adding the assist half a day late.

Congratulations to Markus Naslund though. :D