KESBURRLOU3

Hello Fellow Canuck Fans! As I am writing this the NHL draft has begun and so to has an end come to the 2010-2011 season. But it was definitely a YEAR to remember as a Canuck fan. I know it didn't end the way most people expected. And I don't know about you, BUT I did not prepare myself in any way for the loss of game 7. I will admit I really thought it would go differently. But it didn't and that's just the way it is. Despite the devastating loss, it was a year that I will never forget. Not because the Canucks lost game 7 but because of the AMAZING season that it really was! If someone had told me at the beginning of last season that the Canucks would be in the Stanley Cup Final, I don't know that I would have believed it. They WON their 4th NW division in 5 years!, WON the Western Conference(in the Reg. season). KES & DANNY each notched 41 goals!, DANNY earned the ART ROSS(a year after HANK accomplished the same feat!!!) not to mention those 3 hat tricks that Kesler had! There was also the epic way that the Canucks absolutely dominated against Dallas this season!! That run after we lost in a blowout(7-1 to Chicago) and went on a run where Lou went 16-0-5(and as a team they only lost once in regulation in more than a month)... Lou, Daniel, & Kes set new career bests.117 points!(a previous high was 105!), they won 54 games(27 at home & a high 27 on the road!!!) KESLER finally WON the Selke(not that it was really a contest this year...he was a beast!), Danny WON the Lindsay(2nd Canuck after Nazzy!), LOU & SCHNEIDS earned the Jennings for being the BEST goalie duo!!!(they were incredible!) This was our greatest year so far, yet I think the best is yet to come. Every team will have their glory. They WON the PRESIDENTS TROPHY for the 1st time in franchise history(and went 4 rounds!...even though most people said that they wouldn't!) And yes maybe the playoffs fell slightly short at the end, but it was a GREAT ride for this city to a part of(except of course those idiots who wreaked havoc downtown! that was absurdly ridiculous!!) Seriously round 1 against Chicago?! I remember thinking...great! just great....! and thinking that if we couldn't get past them then the Canucks had no business being in the playoffs...and then GAME 7 happened...in OT...with BURR getting a HUGE goal! It was epic. Round 2 versus Nashville brought the emergence of MR. RYAN KESLER as a BEAST!!!!!!!! Anyone else remember that goal from game 4 where he broke between the defence?! That was nuts! and fantastic all at once!! Round 3 showed everyone that the SEDINS are indeed capable of playoff magic...and SALO's 2 goals in 16 seconds?! not to mention the beast KESLER'S goal with 14 seconds left in regulation to lead up to BIEKSA'S DOUBLE OT goal in Game 5!!! A little help from Edler and the stanchion...it was fantastic and the goal that sent this city's cheering through the ROOF!!!! Round 4 may not have ended the way that us Canuck fans wanted, but it did deliver some great moments before it ended. RAFFI's game 1 winner with 18 seconds left?! Are you kidding me?! and THEN BURR's beautiful wrap around goal 11 seconds into OT?! LAPPY'S goal in game 5?! LOU'S 2 shutouts! And yes ultimately in the end the dream came up short but it was one heck of a RIDE! And I'm glad that we got to be a part of it. And I know that next season the Canucks will come back even hungrier because of this experience. Like I said before every team gets their turn and ours is COMING SOON! I truly believe that with the team Gillis has put together it has made the Canucks legitimate contenders for the next few years. You don't have to agree with me, that doesn't really matter. It's just simply what I think. I love hockey and I love the CANUCKS and I always will. 2010-2011 truly was an epic year. One that I shall remember for all its ups and downs. There is ONE major thing that bothers me about round 4....Rome got 4 games for the hit on Horton...and yes I know the league wants to get rid of hits to the head. BUT what about hits that seriously threaten to cause paralysis?! Raymond broke his back and Pacioretty had a broken neck thanks to BOYCHUK and CHARA...and yet NO punishment whatsoever to EITHER one?! What happens when the next time one of these guys gets paralyzed or worse dies?! There will not be a league much longer if Bettman continues to work this way heavily favoring certain players just because of the teams they play for despite tragic injuries that they cause. That's it...that's my rant. Its going to take me while to get over the complete biased politics that currently runs as Bettman's control. That is all I have to say. It was an epic year. Bettman and his politics drive me crazy. And like many other Canuck fans I am ALREADY counting down the days to October 6th!!!! I look forward to seeing what the Canucks do in 2011-2012!!