Fab Bruno.

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:05:28 -0700

Latest news out of CBC and TSN this Saturday was that Fabian Brunnstrom, the SEL player that got everyone and their dog talking this past season, is pretty close to being a Canuck or at least narrowed down his choices to either the Canucks or the Red Wings.

I honestly don't know anything about this guy so I am just hoping that he is a serviceable player that scores enough points and not turn out to be a plugger. If not, since all entry-level contracts has to be 2-way deals, he'd be seeing some time with the Moose.

So let's go FAB BRUNO! :D

In other news...

Ronja Sedin: The next Captain of the Swedish Women's Hockey Team

Isn't she SO cute? XD She probably has already been taught how to cycle the puck... look at her behind the net already. :P!

I remember in an interview before, Daniel was saying how Ronja thinks her new baby brother is a toy so she's just rough with him. It's the same case with Henrik's baby, she thinks it's a toy so she roughs him up a bit, too.

You can tell she's going to be a strong woman so you bettah not mess.

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3 posts in one.

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:44:13 -0700

Edmonton @ Vancouver aka Canucks got kicked out of the playoffs

This happened a week ago, so I don't remember the exact emotions I felt while watching the game at GM Place. I know I was depressed like heck (as you will see on my facebook status) afterwards and so on... I can't remember the efforts they gave during that gam, but I do know...

THEY HAD 923848235894758394 POWERPLAYS AND THEY FAILED TO CAPITALIZE ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.

Yeah. Good work, guys. One of those powerplays was a 5-minute major.. the refs were practically GIVING the game to us, but it seems like Dwayne Roloson had other ideas.

Calgary @ Vancouver aka Canucks fans say goodbye to Trevor Linden, although he hasn't announced anything yet so he might feel even more pressured to retire now.

Another boring game. Seriously guys, it's FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT. The least you can do is score 3874829374 goals to show your appreciation to the fans, not get scored on 7 goals.

Although it's sort of like a win-win situation as a fan.. :P If they win.. yay they win.. if they lose, YAY HIGHER DRAFT PICK! But I was praying that they lost by like 10-9 or something.

So it was a very depressing game again, in more ways than one. The whole standing O Trevor Linden got was really sad and heartwarming. It was also very sweet of Iggy to take the rest of the Flames players and say their goodbyes to Linden.

But the most depressing for me is the fact that Markus Naslund may not be back as a Canuck or as a hockey player. :( I will really miss you Nazzy, if you don't sign with the Canucks. Don't worry, I'll jump on the bandwagon of whichever team you do sign with and cheer from you there... (Even if it's the Leafs or Flames... or someone I hate just as much.)

Very great of the Vancouver crowd to cheer for Iggy's 50th goal of the season. At first I thought it was only the Flames fans cheering, but they were so loud, and when they announced his 50th in the building, the cheering even got louder.

Anyway. Yeah. My friend and I ALMOST won a jersey. UGH. he guy who won Roberto Luongo's jersey is at Section 311, Row 12, Seat 9... WE WERE IN SEAT 111/112... SAME FREAKING ROW AND SECTION.

The Advantages of NOT Making the Playoffs:

I save the money that I would have spent on Playoff tickets and can use that money on girly things like clothes, shoes, purses and makeup.
Canucks get a bit higher draft pick than usual.
I can fully concentrate on studying for my final.
... I'll think of a 4th reason.

The Disadvantages of NOT Making the Playoffs:

I'd have to read the Canucks forums that's full of bitching everyday.
It's hard to be rabid when I'm not cheering for the Canucks...
I'd have to listen to Vancouver sports radio bitching about the Canucks the whole day.
... The Canucks are not in the playoffs.
... I'll think of a 5th reason.

The rest of the photos can be found on my flickr.

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Yeah... No. Orcas can't survive in the mountains with Avalanche!

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:25:49 -0700

I was typing up a long post with regards to tonight loss, but I guess it's easier to sum it up into one sentence:

I liked what the team brought to the table tonight, in terms of offensive pressure and overall defense, but I thought goaltending made a huge difference tonight. This loss isn't the same as those against Calgary, or Colorado last week. In those 2 games, the team was just NOT there after the 2nd/3rd period. Tonight, they were. They had pressure for most of the 2nd period, and even after the Avs has scored, they still kept some semblance of offensive pressure, but Theodore made the key saves, no matter how many times a Canuck crashed into him or something.

That really was the difference.

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Canucks are great again~

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:02:10 -0700

Some random notes about last night's very enjoyable to watch game:

Markus Naslund's game tying goal came at 19:19. :D HEE! Goal scored by #19 on 19 minutes and 19 seconds. YEAH.
Gah. Trevor Linden could have gotten a hat trick. Oh well, huge two goals from him, including the game winner. AV was double shifting him in the 3rd period powerplays just to get the 3rd goal.
Taylor Pyatt played like a monster last night. Seriously, how many times did we see him bulldoze his way into the offensive zone? Then win puck battles by pushing guys around. I think Pyatt just hates Jim Vandermeer. And since Vandermeer is part of the Flames, he hates the Flames, too. HAHA And on that PK. XD Seriously awesome.
All 4 lines scored tonight, I believe. Always a good thing.
Mike-ro-Weave scored his first point as a Canuck!!! Apparently the guys were telling him that Canucks are 1-0 when he scores a point. Keep em coming!
HAHA. I love when Jarome Iginla gets pissy at Burrows and Kesler.. and Mitchell and everyone. HAHA.
I was watching the post game player interviews... XD! When they were interviewing Weaver on the bike, someone kept patting him on the back and Bieksa just had the huge smile on his face. XD

Uhm. That's all I can remember.

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Ugh.

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:27:00 -0700

I should have never turned on the TV.

I got home just after the 2nd period started, and just as I was settling in on the couch, making myself comfortable to watch the game, the Colorado Avalanche scored 4 goals.

I don't even know how I survived until the 15 minute mark of the 3rd period where I then switched the channel to America's Next Top Model...

It was just painful to watch. I don't want to think about it anymore because it just breaks my heart.

Not to mention that Brendan Morrison left the game with a leg injury. Just great.

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Anger is what I feel, 3-2 Canucks loss

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:16:47 -0700

Wow. Maybe I should have continued live blogging the game, it might have kept the Canucks energetic throughout the last 2 periods. Or maybe I should stop watching Canucks PPV games, because honestly, all the games that I have actually watched a significant amount of, the Canucks has lost in terrible fashion.

My mom even pointed it out. I rebutted by saying "I WATCHED THE PHOENIX GAME LAST TIME!" and she reminded me that I only watched a portion of the 3rd period before it blacked out and .. it's true.

PPV Games I've seen this year:
vs Flyers (8-2 loss)
vs Wild (2-1 loss)
vs Rangers (3-0 win) [I was watching at a restaurant with friends, so it sorta doesn't count]
vs Ducks (4-1 loss)
vs Flames (3-2 loss)

Anyway, back to the game.

What the fuck.

Seriously. WTF happened there?

I know Canucks aren't the 'toughest' team in the league (despite their huge amount of penalty minutes), but usually when the game gets physical against a divisional rival, they can usually answer the bell and at least hit back a little. But 7 hits to Calgary's 29???! WTF!

Not to mention, the 1st period was all nice and peachy, they were skating well, passes were going tape to tape, they were taking away pucks from Flamers left, right and center, they were creating chances, and suddenly, it stopped.

A big factor was the sustained pressure Calgary placed, but it's like the moment they received the puck on their stick, they're lost and doesn't know what the heck to do with it. Then they get hit. A lot. And then they lose the puck and they're stuck in their own zone again.

And the penalties. God the penalties. Okay, to be honest I don't have a huge issue with a lot of the penalties, since it's the Canucks fault they got in that mess in the first place. BUT THE DUMB PENALTIES. MY GOD. Too many men on the ice??? Delay of game by knocking your own net off??? Burrows you have to be smarter than that, please. Don't do it when you know you're on the penalty kill and take your team 5 on 3.

And God, Bieksa on the winning goal by Phaneuf. You're the only man back, I know you broke your stick, but read the play properly and make sure someone will cover your ass if you decide to leave. But he totally misread it, and he opens up the zone for Phaneuf to receive the pass and well.. goal.

I think he needs to be treated to a healthy dose of a healthy scratch just to give him a wake up call. It's okay to make mistakes especially when you're not a veteran yet, but if you repeatedly make the same mistake over and over (and I'm not talking about just leaving, but his giveaways) without any sign of learning, you have to take desperate measures. Seriously bench his ass for just one game just so he knows that this is not acceptable.

God I wish Ohlund was back so we can afford to do this. Scratching Bieksa would mean putting Luc Bourdon in, but at this rate, at least Luc has the excuse of it being rookie mistakes if he give sup the same errors as Bieksa.

I don't hate the guy but gah.

Every Canuck had a good first period, and I thought Taylor Pyatt, Willie Mitchell, the Sedins, Markus Naslund and Matt Pettinger had a really good game.

Well, I thought Nazzy had a good game during the few moments we see him on the ice, which is sadly a few since we took 83748237423 penalties in the 2nd and the 3rd he hardly got any ice time.

Despite Pyatt taking 2 penalties, I also thought he played pretty well since he is one of those guys who actually created offensive chances whenever we got the opportunity to in the Flames zone. The Twins also set him up with a chances to score on Kipper, but no dice, still played well, powerforward style. (Seriously, we need to get someone to fight/hit/piss off Pyatt before every game. He plays that much better.)

Hmm yeah. penalties suck. Dumb penalties suck even more and the Canucks need to learn how to keep it down. Ugh. Though the penalties aren't even the issue, they won't be getting penalized if they can just clear the puck and just ugh. clear the puck.

For a bit of good news... The Baby Canucks feasted on the Baby Avalanche, winning the game 7-2. Let's hope the Parent!Canucks do the same to the Avalanche tomorrow.

Goal scorers include the Sniping Viking, Jannik Hansen and the ever Grabtastic, Michael Grabner. Good job Moose!

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Half a live blog, Canucks @ Cowtown

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:34:21 -0700

[06:30] Nazzy and Danny SCORES. SWEETNESS!!!

LOL. I thought Nazzy's goal is nice.. I love when he holds on to the puck and just shoots after everyone else falls down. LOL

Then Danny. Poor guy XD;; His 2 goals to 'end' his goal scoring drought are both lucky goals.

I see Nazzy yelling someone out from the bench. Oooh Nazzy really letting the refs hear it. Probably arguing about the location of the faceoff.

[06:35] Cowan and Goodard colliding 'accidentally'. Yeah right.

[06:40] HAHA Yes. Another penalty for Eriksson.

[06:42] I love how you hear lot of "Go Canucks Go" amidst the "Go Flames Go!"

Edler's shot was almost placed in the Calgary goal by the defenceman.

[06:45] Hehe nice effort by Petting Zoo and Cowan, keeping the puck in the Flames zone.

I hate how i keep hearing Vandermeer's name. I'm glad Taylor Pyatt beat up his ugly mug.

And freaking clear the puck.

Thank you for clearing the puck for us.

Yes another penalty for Calgary. The Canucks better take advantage of this. UGH.

[06:47] Haha. Pyatt powermove. :B On Vandermeer.

I wonder how they started their fight?

Vandermeer: Hey pretty boy? Remember me? The one who tried to make you ugly while I was in Chicago?
Pyatt: Hey jealous boy! Remember me? The one who made your ugly mug uglier?
Vandermeer: DID YOU JUST CALL ME UGLY YOU BITCH?
Pyatt: Yeah I did, jealous? :P
Vandermeer: THAT'S IT DROP THE GLOVES. I'LL PUNCH YOUR FACE IN.
Pyatt: NO PROBLEMO, AT LEAST I KNOW MY UGLY FACE LOOKS PRETTIER THAN YOUR NORMAL FACE. BRING IT ONE BITCH.
Vandermeer: IT'S ALREADY BEEN BROUGHTEN!

*drop gloves*

Too lazy to continue this live blog. I'm not made for the live blog business. I need to concentrate.

And Pyatt takes the Canucks off the powerplay.

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Pyatt <3

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:12:53 -0700

Pyatt!! I love you when you fight!! Heehee.

XDDDDDD *swoons*

Excuse me while I go faint.

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Pyatt <3

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:12:53 -0700

Pyatt!! I love you when you fight!! Heehee.

XDDDDDD *swoons*

Excuse me while I go faint.

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Willie Wednesdays!

nobody@vox.com(Rinslet) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:17 -0700

I am a dumb, idiotic Willie Mitchell fan.

I knew that last year, Rick Ball had the "Willie Wednesdays" segment on his Canucks Lunch afternoon show, but what I did not know was that it is still on this season. GAH!!

Well, I can't really blame myself since I'm at work at around that time, and I regularly forget to download his podcasts... but MAN!!! T_T I missed out on a lot of Willie!

Anyway... my favorite bit.

The Moj was asking Willie Mitchell what he does to get away from hockey (this is paraphrasing)

Willie: Well I'm a very culinary guy [he says more but you get the idea]
Moj: Hey Willie do you like to cook?
Willie: *laughs* ... I like other people's cooking......................
Moj: Oh you don't cook?
Willie: Well, I barbecue!

XDDDDDDDD!

I love you Willie. <3

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