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  1. they're only struggling tonight because they're playing afraid, knowing what's at stake and that thatcher is nowhere near 100%. if halak was still in this game would be out of reach.
  2. anybody know if halak's 14 saves put him over .905 to get his bonus? I'll be here adjusting my tin foil hat.
  3. and yet if lucic gets loooooched in calgary, why shouldn't Schenn receive the same here? just accept that you were being needlessly negative.
  4. none of that is relevant. what's the harm in showing him some love while he's here? the guy has been amazing for this group. just more typical hypercritical naysaying from canucks "fans". weak.
  5. canucks absolutely need the next goal. allowing one against the flow of play right now would be a back breaker.
  6. nothing like fans that actually want to make the team's players feel unwanted. a placeholder for a real fan.
  7. I was under the impression that alf thought demko was the team's weakest link anyway.
  8. comparing sakic to the twins, yes, sakic was a far superior player. he's one of the greatest players of all time. and comparing his historic season (I believe still the oldest player to ever hit 100 points?) to the sedins before they peaked seems like a fairly disingenuous comparison. selanne is an interesting example too, since it's no coincidence that his rookie year was by far his best. as the league got better around him, he stood out less. in fact, you should check any of those 90s greats and see where they peaked. of course production will (almost) always decline with age, but compare sakic's numbers from the 90s to his numbers in the 00s. he put up way more points in the 90s when the league was worse than he did in the 2000s, even when he was still in his prime competing for cups. the top end talent wasn't better, but the rest of the league was worse, which made them look better. the gap between elite and average was huge whereas now it's small. back then, guys who were doing offseason training and paying attention to fitness and nutrition and doing skills development were the exception, only the elite who were looking to set themselves apart. now every 14 year old who has even the slightest dream of playing in the league is doing those things.
  9. skating and puck skills are universally superior now. just because guys were allowed to destroy and impede others back then unfettered doesn't mean the talent level was higher. did players need to be tougher? sure. but the talent level is by far better now.
  10. the stats you mentioned and that I quoted are from 92-93, which is what I thought we were talking about. gretzky as leading scorer with ten 100 point guys was 93-94. edit: also, the talent level now is by far the best it's ever been, but there is far less disparity between the best players and the worst. teams now would blow early 90s teams out of the water.
  11. it's a different game. that year, there were 21 different players over 100 points and 10 of them had 123 or more. bure's 60 goals were only good enough for 5th -- two guys with 76 and mario with 69 in 60 games (a pace that exactly matches gretzky's 92 goal season). pre-buttefly goalies were exciting to watch, but compared to even the worst goalie in the league now, they were sieves.
  12. if they had won those 3 games would they have had the pedal to the metal like they have the last bit? these hypotheticals are never that simple.
  13. that's kinda weird. you sound like a bruce groupie. are you a brupie?
  14. there isn't a single person here making a big deal about or "losing sleep" over it. I just like seeing idiots get what's coming to them. makes me feel like the world isn't a total loss.
  15. it's about respect. act like a clown, get treated like a clown. I hope he's banned from not just canucks games but any other event at rogers arena.
  16. why doesn't it make sense? 7:30 pacific is the start time, which isn't very uncommon.
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