The Colt 45s

Stunning and beautiful.

It is tough to say. When I think of shutdown I think of Burr and Kesler. Worked fantastic together despite playing on the first two lines. I don't think Sutter rises to that standard.

We have a Canucks plate on our car.

It is a year we have a chance. All we need are two things: get in and stay healthy.

Immediately thought it was Kyle Wellwood, and then started thinking about cheeseburgers.

Aside from me, for at least one shift...an old guy from Canada living in the USA... Miller because he could set up Elias, who has a deadly shot.

Living in the US for 20 years, I have been to many Canucks road games. Best road game was the Canucks playoff game in Dallas--that series was a blast. I have been to Calgary, Edmonton, San Jose, Dallas, and seen a Kings And Coyotes preseason game in Oklahoma City. I will probably go to the Canucks versus St. Louis and/or Nashville this year. But hockey is blurry for me. I worked for the Flames in the mid 1990s before I moved to Oklahoma. Just seen a lot. And because of that I am very optimistic for our Canucks' future.

I think that Jake's development was rushed and this has been detrimental to his game. The time he needed to spend cutting teeth in the AHL would have done wonders to help him. But he is here, and hopefully he will continue to develop. This year could be a transformative year for him.

I remember watching a practice in Dallas years ago. Burr was the first on the ice and the last off. For most of the practice he worked doing one-on-one skills with the goalie. I was highly impressed at his work ethic.

Our pick is only 17.

Best two ever

Love it

Interesting but it all depends on the cost.

Whoever worked on this needs a head slap.

Gino, and when Gino took on the entire St. Louis Blues.

They were the underdogs and knew it. There was no reasonable expectations they would beat the Islanders.

And the Canucks keep looking better every day.

This possible trajectory into the Gulf has all of us paying attention. But here on the Houston front, even today, the flooding has gone up in new places and down in others. At least all we had was a leak in the roof and some sheetrock that will need to be replaced. Take into account that it is nearly 33C outside and quite humid, mould grows fast.

Well, I love living down here in H-Town. I have not seen any price gouging. Sure, there may be anecdotal examples but the phrase, "Don't mess with Texas" means something. The state takes this issue very seriously. Fines, jail time and loss of business licenses are not worth it. But, the one issue, when it comes to hotels, there is a posted rack rate that they are allowed to charge. It might not seem fair to pay $359 a night for a 2-star LaQuinta, and it may seem outrageous, but that is legal.

It is an amazing thing he is doing. The people here already loved him. We all will be endeared to him for the rest of our lives. Same for Mattress Mack who turned all of his furniture stores into shelters for people.

#TexasStrong If anyone doubts why Texas is the greatest state in the union and why we carry our chin's so COCKY and high, please watch the upcoming weeks in the news. After one of the WORST hurricanes to make landfall on the Texas coast in many years, we won't beg for help. We won't blame the president. We won't ask why me. We won't hang our heads. We will go to work to help rebuild small town gems like Santa Fe, Dickinson, Rockport, Port Lavaca, Matagorda, and everywhere else that needs the help. There is never a task too big for a Texan and we never shy away from helping out our neighbor. We will get through this together. Copy & pasted from a friend, but too good not to share. GOD BLESS TEXAS!!!

Those people were moved today. See my previous post. There are 6.5-million people here spread over 10,000 square miles. For comparison sake, the Vancouver metro area is about 1,000 square miles.

Things are pretty chaotic here. Major freeways are closed, about 300,000 homes without power. I have had friends evacuated by airboat because they were trapped in their home. Our church is flooded because nearly two feet of water fell in less than two days. Tropical storm is being pushed back out to the Gulf, may strengthen again, and will make landfall a second time by Wednesday. One thing the people back home in BC need to understand that there are nearly 6.5-million people here, and the Houston metro is over 10,000 square miles in size. There are problems all over the city. But that being said, Texans are a proud and strong people. We are #texasstrongandfiercelyindependent

People of Texas of very strong and independent. We also have the castle doctrine. If you trespass or want to pillage, you will probably get shot.

#texasstrongandfiercelyindependent We live a quarter mile off the beach and partially behind the seawall. Lots of erosion. Power was off for a couple of hours. The wind and rain were angry. Still two more days of this as it moves up the coast. There are parts of town that are flooded and we have 10cm on the road outside our place. Water is being pushed into Galveston Bay. But we have lots of food and water, and I cleaned my AR15 on Thursday.