canso Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 you met hamhuis? that's rad. i've got nothing bad to say about the preds, nor the bruins. maybe one or two gripes with the sharks and hawks, but both great teams regardless. it bugs me to see and hear all the negativity about the canucks, it's great to see a preds fan keeping tabs on our progress and still chipping in a good word. nashville continues to impress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatDane36 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Pure class right there. I've always had a soft spot for the Preds ever since they gave the hated blackhawks a good run for their money last year. Best of luck for the 2011-2012 season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 you met hamhuis? that's rad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smackyo23 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 any word on what hamhuis's injury is and whether he will be back or not? had the pleasure of meeting him and his wife and having dinner with them back here in nashville, super cool, down to earth people, besides being a great player. they were very proud of their city, Smithers, and actually gave me a book on the town. don't know how anyone could not pull for this guy's success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pred303guy Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 figured as much smackyo, thanks. really want to see hamhuis on the ice when you guys win this thing. and to be honest, you guys are so much stronger defensively when he fills his role. was no 'accident' they generated many more scoring chances last game i didn't think. tonight, canuck fans, you guys can all but put this thing away. beat them tonight, and they ain't coming back against you, too much talent. win tonight and you can have someone start building the trophy case. of course, tonight will be tough, you know they'll come out hard and give everything they have. tonight, if you can withstand them early, you know they'll start taking chances. and if that happens, it'll give you the counter chances your team speed has got to take advantage of. expect one of your top lines to light it up if they jump into the play too often and don't score. good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pred303guy Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 well.. that certainly didn't go well.but, a team is never in real trouble in a series until they lose a game on home ice. time to come back and retake control of this series in game 5.would feel better if you guys had hamhuis back, your pairings are so much stronger up and down with him healthy. cann't believe some of the bad coverage we've seen these past two games, you guys are better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pred303guy Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 tonight could be the night.. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 <br />tonight could be the night.. good luck<br /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pred303guy Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 a predator fan here still pulling for you guys despite the anti-western and anti-canuck hype we're constantly bombarded with.one game left. one home game. just like the chicago series. you know down deep you always wanted to win this thing on home ice, well tomorrow is your chance. keep the cup in the west and away from those eastern hacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pred303guy Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 just wanted to stop by one last time. sorry for the really good fans, i can only imagine how badly this all hurt to get this close. looking around your board i see many distraught fans and threads about blowing up the team, which of course is the normal fan reaction so shortly after such heartbreak. as an outsider, i think i can see things a little more objectively than many who are still thinking with their heart and not their brain right now. so let me give an 'outsiders' quick viewpoint for what little it's worth. in my humble opinion, the real problem in this series can be summed up in three, maybe four players. 1)the injury to hamhuis hurt you guys far worse than many seem to credit. his early injury took away your best defenseman. and while you have many 'good' defensemen to fill in gaps, he was your best coverage guy. his absense was felt up and down all 3 of your pairings for the entire series. as you shuffled guys to your top pair, it in effect weakened all three pairs and hurt you badly defensively. 2)kesler's injury. you knew that boston's top pair were going to not give the sedin line any room to make their short passing finesse game work well. exactly like happened against us with suter-weber. against us though, kesler with his physical skill game simply took over against the other pairings and compensated for us focusing on the sedins with our top pair. i think he would have done the exact same thing against boston IF he'd been healthy after the last shark game. 3)burrows had to help the sedin's more than he did in this series. 4)luongo obviously. i don't quite get luongo. at times he can be unbeatable, like he was against us and in 3 of the games against boston. yet his confidence appears so fragile at times in other games, especially if scored on early. the loss of hamhuis and the subsequent poorer defensive play by the d-corp seemed to me to hit him harder than it should have. oh well, it's hockey. things happen. injuries happen. the best team doesn't always win. hold your head up. you won the president's cup. your team made game 7 of the stanley cup finals. 28 other teams would give up anything to have been in your place. you have a great corps of players and will be right back in the mix next year. i know many hate your team, but that in itself becomes a team building thing. it developes that 'us against the world' mentality that helps unite. hopefully the city and team learned a valuable lesson about the 'outdoor viewing'. you simply cann't expect to invite 100k rabid fans into a small area of downtown and not expect trouble to result from the 1000 idiots that will be in the mix. when september rolls around, i of course will be a pred fan. therefore i won't necessarily be for you guys, just what benefits my team the most. but to the many true good fans i've met, i wish you the best. good luck next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRem Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 pred303guy, It is a real pleasure to hear from someone outside our organization(fans included) who doesn't simply spout vitriol and hate towards the Canucks. I think I enjoyed the Nashville series the most out of this years playoff run, not only because we won, but because of how the entire series was nothing but good solid hockey. No reffing controversy, no cheapshots, no BS. Here's to you and your club, you stay classy Nashville. Sincerly, Longtime Canucks fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 The post was pretty much bang on all the way across the board predguy. (Notice, Canuck "fans" that he didn't list the head coach as one of the problems) I especially agree with the point about Hammer. He was the Canucks' best shut-down guy all season long and without him, the d-corps were all asked to do a bit more than they were comfortable doing and it showed. (especially in Boston) See you next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 This Preds fan is pure class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 <br />just wanted to stop by one last time. sorry for the really good fans, i can only imagine how badly this all hurt to get this close. looking around your board i see many distraught fans and threads about blowing up the team, which of course is the normal fan reaction so shortly after such heartbreak. <br /><br />as an outsider, i think i can see things a little more objectively than many who are still thinking with their heart and not their brain right now. so let me give an 'outsiders' quick viewpoint for what little it's worth.<br /><br />in my humble opinion, the real problem in this series can be summed up in three, maybe four players.<br /><br />1)the injury to hamhuis hurt you guys far worse than many seem to credit. his early injury took away your best defenseman. and while you have many 'good' defensemen to fill in gaps, he was your best coverage guy. his absense was felt up and down all 3 of your pairings for the entire series. as you shuffled guys to your top pair, it in effect weakened all three pairs and hurt you badly defensively.<br /><br />2)kesler's injury. you knew that boston's top pair were going to not give the sedin line any room to make their short passing finesse game work well. exactly like happened against us with suter-weber. against us though, kesler with his physical skill game simply took over against the other pairings and compensated for us focusing on the sedins with our top pair. i think he would have done the exact same thing against boston IF he'd been healthy after the last shark game.<br /><br />3)burrows had to help the sedin's more than he did in this series.<br /><br />4)luongo obviously. i don't quite get luongo. at times he can be unbeatable, like he was against us and in 3 of the games against boston. yet his confidence appears so fragile at times in other games, especially if scored on early. the loss of hamhuis and the subsequent poorer defensive play by the d-corp seemed to me to hit him harder than it should have.<br /><br />oh well, it's hockey. things happen. injuries happen. the best team doesn't always win. <br /><br />hold your head up. you won the president's cup. your team made game 7 of the stanley cup finals. 28 other teams would give up anything to have been in your place. you have a great corps of players and will be right back in the mix next year.<br /><br />i know many hate your team, but that in itself becomes a team building thing. it developes that 'us against the world' mentality that helps unite. hopefully the city and team learned a valuable lesson about the 'outdoor viewing'. you simply cann't expect to invite 100k rabid fans into a small area of downtown and not expect trouble to result from the 1000 idiots that will be in the mix.<br /><br />when september rolls around, i of course will be a pred fan. therefore i won't necessarily be for you guys, just what benefits my team the most. but to the many true good fans i've met, i wish you the best. good luck next year.<br /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pred303guy Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Great to hear from you again .. just so you know .. we really want Mr Weber to come home this summer .. I know his family but have not asked .. lol .. please still be friends even if Shea is a Canuck soon .. (wishful thinking) .. enjoy yer summer .. <img src='http://content.forum.canucks.com/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /><br /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianp Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Thanks PredGuy!! As others have said, nice to have the outsider's perspective. I also believe the injury to Hamhuis was the start of the end. See ya in October Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />sorry, you cann't have weber lol. you already got hamhuis from us, what else do you want? lol<br /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick-in-Rink Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Thanks so much for the post, it actually made me feel better. It's great to hear your non-biased point of view on the series and I agree with all of it. It's great to hear from an outsider and not just from upset moody fans haha. It was great to play you guys, and play actual hockey. Not biting guys, mocking guys about biting guys, hacking people's knees, or any of that dirty stuff. That was some real hockey that no one could say was dirty. I told myself before 2nd round that if we lost, I'd probably root for Nashville because you guys have such a respectable franchise and deserve to win one. I really hope a Cup comes to Vancity soon enough. Not so a stupid riot doesn't happen.. but to fulfill those who have breathed and lived hockey during a whole regular season and play-offs. Don't worry about Weber trades, that's all fantasy. He's all yours, I wouldn't mind having Joel Ward though. Jokesjokes, I hope you guys are having fun with O'Brien, he's a character. Thanks for the post again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Pretty sure preds303 is barry trotz. wouldn't that be awesome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pred303guy Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 well september rolls around again. heading to our camp here in a few days. wish you guys well this year. well not against us, lol, but you know how that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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