Antti Niemi thinks we were lucky 2 years ago...

['NucK™]

lol he probably only remembers the one goal..

[DownUndaCanuck]

I'm sorry, there were maybe 2 lucky goals that entire series. The Canucks absolutely dominated the Sharks on the powerplay - the Sedins and Salo slapped their PK and Niemi around like a rag-doll, and Luongo stool on his head. That was the difference - special teams and goaltending.

If anything, Niemi got lucky 3 years ago when he won the Cup. Posted a 2.6-something GAA in the playoffs, got ventilated some nights but had the most stacked team in front of him in the cap-illegitimate Blackhawks scoring 5 a night in front of him. He was clutch at times, lucky at others.

[DeNiro]

We won because lu was stellar (people forget that), are pp was on fire, we had some luck, and the Jose was really banged up. This latter issue was huge, they were not healthy.

But that was two years ago and these are different teams. Jose and nucks are even in the been to the battles. Will come down to the team that can play just a bit better.

[Nevlach]

We won because lu was stellar (people forget that), are pp was on fire, we had some luck, and the Jose was really banged up. This latter issue was huge, they were not healthy.

But that was two years ago and these are different teams. Jose and nucks are even in the been to the battles. Will come down to the team that can play just a bit better.

[messier's_elbow]

Yeah Lu had like 50 saves in Game 5 or something ridiculous

[Alex the Great]

wonder what he'll have to say this year

[TimberWolf]

That last goal was lucky, sure. Also was luck that Ben Eager gave us a game in there too.

But as said above, was won in 5 games. That's not luck, that's the better team winning. A team that fought two wars before that series.

[Apples]

Still bitter I see. Let us lit him up again this year

[UFCanuck]

I think Niemi got lucky 3 years ago...having the stacked Hawks offense make up for his mistakes.

[Bure1994Mclean]

Oh I don't doubt that we were lucky, but just because you're lucky doesn't mean you aren't good.

[cmpunk]

he probably meant the OT goal and a few others, but otherwise we scored a ton against them...You need luck in the playoffs and we can say Antti Niemi just went along for the ride with the hawks in 2010 because lets get real, they were a stacked team all around

[drdeath]

We did score a few lucky goals, twenty of them in five games I seem to remember.

[etsen3]

Every team gets a few lucky goals, we definitely did get some lucky ones especially the series winner. But the Canucks outplayed the Sharks pretty heavily in that series, even with no luck we still probably would have won.

[Primus099]

[Tru_Knyte]

Every team that goes deep in the playoffs does so with a little bit of luck

[McBackup]

Also, this guy and his new mullet will have something to say to the Sharks

[Tangelos]

Yes Niemi because trash talk worked out so well for you 2 years ago *ahem* Wellwood *ahem*

[Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw]

no no, actually we were lucky. I wouldn't say the tying goal was lucky, that was sheer determination. But the Bieksa overtime winner was a fluke goal. But guess what. You have to be lucky to make it to the finals.

Game 3, Bruins were lucky Edler broke his stick at the start of the 2nd period. Had he didn't f in break his stick that first goal would have not been scored and the outcome of that game would be different.

But really..... Henrik notched 11 points against them. What ever happened to putting the past behind them? Our players do that all the time.

[Ryan kesler the beast]

We got a few lucky goals but if I can remember didnt we win a game 7-2? And the series in 5 games..... Relax Antti fear the Ebbett

[spliced]

I have to admit that was the only series in the last several years that I thought the Canucks did get lucky in. They were totally outplayed in that game with the 5 on 3's but they happened to score on them and all but ended the series there. Then the Bieksa goal to end it was unbelievable. SJ played well at home and had they won game 5(which they easily could have) there is a good chance they would have won game 6.

As opposed to the first 2 Chicago series' where the Canucks could have easily been up 3-1 in both of them but some 3rd period bad luck/blunders just killed them. Then there was that King's series Vancouver won but LA scored at will on their PP, that was sickening.