17 posts tagged “canucks vs oilers”
Trevor Linden Jersey Retirement + Oilers 2 - Canucks 4
Sadly, the parentals want to do more shopping and just told me to watch the PVR of the game. *CRY* I'll try to blast through my way home and mow down anyone who gets in my way!
Welcome back to the world of hockey, Rinslet. Thanks to UBC and the eastern time zone, I haven't seen a Canucks game for over a week! It's horrible!!!
So this game came out flatter than I expected... I was thinking that there would have been a lot more scoring since Hodgson, Demitra, Bernier, Grabner, Hansen were all in the lineup, but we got the total opposite. It was more defensive than anything... Not to mention the Canucks spent so much time on the penalty kill........
Anyway, in terms of defense and hockey sense, Hodgson pretty much excels, but I think you can kinda see the "knock" in his skating? I mean it isn't that bad, but in terms of initial speed, it's definitely slower than what we usually see. Once he gets going though, there really isn't any problems. Puck-handling was great, though I thought he held back a bit during 5 on 5 play and usually went for the safe option? (Which is better than taking the risky play and kill the whole team defensively.)
Steve Bernier was getting rocked left, right and centre tonight... He's parking his bum in front of Rolobitch's crease and he ain't liking it. He must have been punched every single time he was on the ice. I think the Oilers were just jealoud of his long, flowing hair. :PPPPPP
I was very pleased with his physical play though. So far, it's very different from what we see from Pyatt. Bernier is a far better looking skater than Pyatt (same speed, just that Pyatt looks like he's hunched down when he skates), and you can definitely see a big difference in skill in handling the puck? He was also, so far, more consistent in terms of physical play...
Other Canucks that caught my eye are obviously Jannik Hansen, Ryan Johnson, Darcy Hordichuk and Alex Burrows. Jannik Hansen should definitely make the team in terms of a combination of speed, skill and defensive awareness. man can he skate. :P Ryan Johnson caught my eye the moment he went down to block a shot during the first Oil PP. I have a weakness for shot blockers. Hehe
Hordi! SCORED! Haha. So awesome. Burr with the assist. :D
Michael Grabner also scored the winning goal. Mostly the wheels of Hansen there at work, but good on Grabby to go to the net to score the goalz.
Anyway, pretty much a good game for the Canucks. Our baby defense were obviously shaky, but you got to give them the time to develop since the D position involves a lot of thinking. The vets looked good though, but I got to say...........
SHOOT THE FUCKING PUCK.
Seriously on the powerplay. Bieksa.. SHOOT. You always used to shoot. The PP was still cycling there's no tomorrow... You're not going to score if you don't put pucks on net. Gah.
Oh yeah... on one of our PKs, we got 2 breakways... both Burrows and Bolduc were unable to score on both chances. GAH!
What else... this game had 3 "fights"... Nothing really came out of it except a lot of hugging...
What is this? The Vancouver Canucks beating the Edmonton Oilers in a shootout???
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.
Oh. Wow.
How do you describe this game?
That was the best game I've seen in a while and I don't really even know where to begin.
It started out rough, and it ended pretty much the same way. Right from the first puck drop to the very end, the Oilers and the Canucks wanted to murder each other.
... I really can't find enough words to adequately describe the feeling I got after watching it, it's one of those things that you have to watch to understand how entertaining it was.
- Markus Naslund had a goal and an assist. Although his goal was flukey, his assist was not. I think Ladislav Smid must have hated Markus Naslund by the end of this game. First, Nazzy's goal deflected off his stick. Then he got called for 2 penalties against Naslund, one of which put the Canucks on a 5 on 3, eventually letting them take a 2-1 lead.
- Taylor Pyatt got injured on a hit by Stortini. :\ Yeah, I hope it isn't too bad. It would really kill the Canucks if Pyatt is injured for a long time.
- At the end of the game, I saw Markus Naslund jawing at Ethan Moreau. I really got to wonder.. what the heck does Naslund say when he trash talks someone??? I really can't imagine him trashtalking anyone.
- Ryan Kesler vs Ales Hemsky was epic. That whole Kes line did a terrific job against Hemskey and his line. I swear, Brad Isbister makes that line 10 times better than when Matt Cooke is on that line. Maybe it's the size? I don't know, but Izzlebizzle has been great. Not to mention defending Kes after he got hit by Matt Greene.
- I could mention all the rough stuff in the game, but... I won't. Since there's a lot. The rough stuff WAS the game.
- Sam Gagner vs Ryan Kesler though. Probably a slight edge to Gagner, but most of the punches he threw at the end didn't land on Kes.
- WTF MacT. Good job on putting Stortini and your goons in the last 20 seconds. It must really feel great that they match up well against Ryan Shannon and Mason Raymond.
- Willie Mitchell vs Brodziak though.. XD Willie was just all :DDDDDDDDDDD >DDDDDDDDDDD the whole time. I love when the ref gave him a pat on the helmet after the fight.
Ugh. I have so much more I want to say, but I just can't find the right words right now. XD I am still very high over this game.
The best news is... with the Canucks win, they currently sit on the 8th place spot.
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.
So, I once again declare my hatred for school, keeping me from watching the Canucks.
Basically, this post has no substance except to say...
OMG ALEXANDER EDLER SCORED HIS FIRST GOAL THIS SEASON, AND ALSO NOTCHED AN ASSIST ON NAZZY'S GOAL!!! BOOYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Brad Isbister had another goal, and from the replays, Alex Burrows scored another beauty.
The Canucks lost on the shootout again, where only Trevor Linden was able to put the puck in net. The good news though is that we are actually scoring goals.
Usually a 3-1 lead for the other team would be hard to overcome for the Canucks, but at one point in this game, we were leading 4-3.
Markus Naslund had another fantastic night tonight, apparently. He also now has a 3 game goal/point streak and his 2nd game in a row where he score 2 points. Keep up the good work, Nazzy.
Next stop: Minnesota Wild.
I hate PPV.
The game started with a bang; Cowan vs Stortini, 5 seconds into the game, right after the faceoff. It wasn't a good fight, just a lot of hugging between the two fighters, but it did set the tone early in the game, especially for the Canucks.
They came out flying as the Sedin line looked good, and Naslund's line looked even better. Brendan Morrison and Ryan Kesler had a mini two-on-one going on that showed a lot of promise, if only Steve Staios didn't block Kesler's return pass to Mo.
Mo did score later on though. At the end of the first period, Markus Naslund blocked a clearing attempt by the boards, passed the puck to Morrison, who was practically left open and undefended in the front of the Oilers net, and scored. Nice read by Nazzy in this play as he anticipated the around the board clearing attempt and immediately got the puck to Mo.
The Canucks score 2 more goals courtesy of the amazing play by the Twins. They controlled the play for over 2 minutes in the powerplay and it was just type of shift where you know they had to/will score. They just dominated that shift, with the help of Mattias Ohlund, Lukas Krajicek and Ryan Kesler, as they controlled the puck and the Oiler PKers can't even switch. Even after the powerplay run out, they were still in control until Daniel eventually scored.
Afterwards, the Canucks were awarded with another powerplay, and this time the Twins combined again for a powerplay goal, giving the team a 3-0 lead.
Taylor Pyatt also scored his first of the season in the 3rd period, and what's really nice (and sort of ironic) is that he created that play and is not really a direct result of the Sedin's own play. He was on a one-on-two against two Oil defencemen, and it really looked like a harmless play, but he shot the puck towards the net and Roloson let out a huge rebound which ended up on Henrik's stick. Henrik shot it, but it was blocked by Roloson, but unfortunately for him, he let out a huge rebound which Pyatt gobbled up for the goal.
Anyway, yes, good game. Way better game for the Canucks this time, winning the first game at home. The fans are back in the bandwagon, and everything is right again in the world.
Defensively, there's still lots of room for improvement. There were still long periods of time where we were hemmed in our own zone, sometimes due to lazy puck clearing attempts, etc. Otherwise, good overall. The offense has been pretty good, the Sedins are in shape, Nazzy and Mo are still determined to bounce back this year, and looking good with Kesler...
Let's just hope they keep this up against the Sharks.
I really can't comment much on the game since I was only able to catch the last few minutes of the 2nd period and then the 3rd period, but I am very pleased that they bounced back from the loss and continue to dominate over Edmonton.
- Looks like Roberto Luongo had a huge bounceback after the horrible game he (and the whole team) played last Wednesday. I saw some of the saves he made in the highlights and they were beautiful. I especially like the save he and Morrison made on Steve Staios' shot. I was listening in on the radio at that time, and I was so sure it would have gone in and Shorty was about to say that Staios scored or something, but he and Mo's joint effort saved the day.
- The funniest moment of the game? Edmonton scored on the powerplay in the 2nd period, just as Shorty and Tom paused for a moment on the radio so we can listen to the goal announcement in Edmonton, right in the middle of it, Shorty just said so loudly, "AND MORRISON SCORES ON THE OTHER END" and the goal announcement was cut off. HAHA. Yeah, I laughed out loud in the car.
- Alex Burrows doesn't score a lot, but when he does, they deserve to be on the highlight reel. And no, it's not because it's so rare that you have to show it every chance you got, but because he scores some sick goals. I think the refs last year made an agreement that they'll disallow all "ugly/weak" Burrows goals... since all the goals they allowed were nice.
- I want to see Taylor Pyatt use his wrist shot more. And I want him to learn how to shoot it top corner. Or something. The "ping" was music to my ears, knowing it was Pyatt using his wrist shot.
- Markus Naslund? King of goofy goals? Both goals by Nazzy this year is not what you'd expect from him... Maybe this is why goalies have such a hard time dealing with it. Good job, though Naz.
- Oh yeah, good news! Rick Rypien didn't get injured this game!
- Is this the last we'd see of Mason Raymond and Trevor Linden? I sure hope not! I'd honestly see both Raymond and Linden over Cooke/Isbister/Cowan/Burrows right now. I wish they rotate between those 4 players instead of rotating Trev and Mase in and out of the lineup. :\
Well, the Oilers will face the Canucks again tomorrow and try to avenge their loss. Meanwhile, the Canucks are still winless at home, but they hope to amend that tomorrow with another win against the Oil.
Oilers recalled Schremp and Stortini from Springfield, while sending down Nilsson and Jacques.
