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  1. Probably the right decision for her party. She didn't get any traction last election and got pummeled by the NDP's ground game on Vancouver Island. They are the only party in parliament that doesn't have enough MP's to be a coalition partner. She also put on a pretty tired performance at the debates.
  2. I wouldn't take much out of that, the shot total was due to score effects (trailing late in a close game). The Flames were up 2-0 in the 3rd, took their foot off the gas and took a couple of penalties and the Canucks managed to get some shots on net. Otherwise, the Flames were in the driver's seat all game. The Oilers are a far worse team than the Flames, and McDavid only needed to show up for one shift to win that game, he was off his game all night. This was a bad road trip for the Canucks, hard to sugar-coat it.
  3. hay thanks for the response on messier it's good to know what happened

  4. No Pavel Bure even in the ring of honor? He played the best years of his career here, and as much as I liked Linden back in the early 90's, Bure was the one filling the net on that '94 playoff run. It's time to put the bitterness aside over how he left, and recognize his accomplishments here. Also, the ring of honor is a consolation prize to getting your jersey retired IMO, no need to honor Linden and Smyl again.
  5. During the game you said (on twitter) that he played poorly for the past month, including during the Olympics. I have to disagree with your assessment. Two of our top four D-men (Bieksa and Mitchell) have been out since January, and we've had Rome and Lukowich in as replacements. Lukowich has dropped off from last season with the Sharks, and Rome is only marginally better. To top it off, we've been on a 14 game road trip with a weakened defense. Home teams come out flying usually, and road teams usually have to weather the storm in the first period. While I agree that he's let in a couple goals he'd like to have back, there are even more blown coverages that our over-played depth D-men have given up. Alberts is a stop-gap that will hold the fort until we get Mitchell back, but he's had a couple of blown coverages already in the few games he's been here. As for Luongo's Olympic performance, what about it was there not to like? Does one bad goal against Slovakia = a bad tournament? I think most people would disagree with that. Let's see, he shut out Norway, which no one else managed to do. (VIKINGSTAD!) He let in two against Germany after Canada had put the game out of reach and had checked out mentally and physically. The next night, he let in 3 goals against Russia, the second best offensive team (depth-wise) in the tournament. He let in 2 against Slovakia, which had enough weapons to turn that game on a dime. He still weathered the storm at the end, absolutely robbing Demitra. Remember that one? Gold medal game, in OT, Scott Niedermayer gives the puck away to Pavelski. Pavelski has a clear break-away from the TV-right faceoff dot. Luongo stands up out of his butterfly stance and bats the puck away with his elbow, a shot on which most goalies in this league would have let in top corner. The puck gets cleared down the ice onto Miller. He steers it into the corner. Crosby and Iginla dig it out in the corner boards. The puck squirts loose from Iginla to Crosby, and he puts it away for the 'Golden Goal'. In case you missed it Mozy, that Gold-medal preserving save came approx 25 seconds before Crosby scores the winner. If Luongo doesn't make that save, we'd be dealing with 4 years of American non-hockey fans gloating in the media right now. I think you should be focusing more on the defensive coverage during games instead of defaulting to throwing Luongo under the bus.
  6. I didn't think this was a good deal for the Leafs, even if they locked down a 40 goal scorer. I think they got a bit hosed by the Bruins. Leafs fans generally don't have patient for a full tear down and rebuild, so they need to compete for the playoffs every season. I suppose that these picks could have eventually panned out for the Leafs, but I'm not so sure that Brian Burke's job would be safe for that long if they aren't competitive in the meantime.
  7. I agree with the last line of your blog. Don't get rid of the 'loser point', instead they should devalue an OT/SO win, so go with the 3-2-1 format. 3 for a regulation win, 2 for an OT/SO win, and 1 for an OT/SO loss. There would be more incentive for teams to press hard to win games in regulation. Too many teams sit back and wait for OT so that if they lose, at least they get the loser point.
  8. 'Top shelf where mom keeps the peanut butter!'
  9. Happy B-day!! again :P

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