danjr

Why even bother being here then. Watch either the last game the Canucks play in the playoffs to see if they win the cup or see who wins the cup. So no sense posting with that kind of attitude.

Thanks. First compliment I have received for it. I don't even recall what year I made it. Made me curious. Searched my files and I did it April 5 2007. It's not perfect but shrunken down it looks good.

SUB PAR? That is an insult to all the John Garret's, Suitcase Smith's, Dan Cloutier's and other REAL sub par goalies of the world.

I been so busy with my job and a side reno job, haven't seen any hockey news at all. Missed the entire trade deadline. Thanks for the info.

I just do not understand this move. He is one of the teams best energy players. There are about 5 other players on the bottom six I'd rather see let go. Pure baffled!

50 years ago there was no radio let alone video. (just kidding) There were few goals scored in the early years, unless you are looking at the goals scored against us lol. That's why I love technology now, you don't miss any goals. I remember still in the late 80 and early 90's when some games had no camera's at all. I wonder if that was certain cities.

94 cup run was amazing. At the same also kind of frustrating. Going down in the first series was crushing. The finals hurt so bad. I recorded all the Finals games on tape. To this day I have not had the heart to re-watch them.

I could care less. With Naslund, we had a mind blowing team with the WCE. Henrik brought us one game away from the promised land, plus two presidents trophies and scoring champions (he and danny). Maybe Bo will take us to the final dance. If he gets us to the final, it's job well done. You don't have to chop the heads off all your enemies to be a great leader. Gretzky didn't have to say a word, and everyone fell in line.

Well, 50 years, 4000 games played. I would say I have watched a thousand games, listened to maybe 500 more. Tough not being in the province I was born in, and catching broadcasts. In all those years and games, there have been some great memories. Our Record. 4000GP 1675W 1769L 391T 165OT 75 shoot out wins 12217goals 13079goals against .488% wins percentage. Our win percentage is 30th WORST in that time period. Just because of that single stat I give us a flat out fail. Fav memory of that 5 decades is winning the first Presidents trophy. Next is Daniel's goal, from Henrik. (guess which LOL) I would love to hear your takeaways from these 4000 games.

He is an amazing player. There is one flaw in his game, that if fixed could bring him up another level. He needs to really go all in on the occasional rush. Make other teams understand that he can push it all the way in. He slows his travel in and is looking for passes. This allows all the defending players to load the blue line and grab a man. If he goes all in on a rush, he now speeds up play and doesn't allow the blue line to get clogged. Now players are defending players are turning, allowing players to step to either side of them. Giving our players a chance to lose coverage, and get an out manned situation. So now if he does push in all the way, that is another situational defence that a team has to prepare for. That in turn makes them have to have d prepared to drop back further than clogging the line. The more tools in your box the harder it is for other teams to counter your game.

I'm tired of all of this winning! Said no one ever!

Almost let the game get away from us. Some good character to keep fighting through it.

I totally forgot about Mike Palmateer. He used to grab the puck with his catcher and throw it in the air, then bat it down the ice with the shaft of his goalie stick.

I loved Jyrki Lumme. For a long long time I considered him my Fav D-man in Nucks history

Hmmm I think it was Garret?!?!?!?! I don't recall now. Anyways "The broadcast team got it right!"

I definitely think this is a team that can change the style up like WCE. The more weapons in your bag, the better you can control play. Exactly like you say, if a team pushes hard on a forecheck and you lob it over the heads of their two forwards, 3 on 2's all night long. Especially with a player as clever as Quinn, who can absorb those forwards pushing him back, to over extend them even further than they should. Quinn launches a quick lob, now there is very poor back pressure as our forwards are moving up. Can't wait to see more of this. Loved how one puck was played into a corner late in the game via lob. The D man bobbled it in the corner and Brock just pounced on him and created a play. Yea the two line offside play sure slowed the game down. I think that was one of the best ever rule changes. It sure creates a lot more open ice. Back then I just watched hockey, I did not pay attention to strategies.

Yep things are a bit brighter for a fan.

I love Motte. such energy.

Vintage Canuck........ Don't put those out in the Universe, or the Universe will answer.

Love how the bounces are going our way now. Post and out on Demko. Instead of _________ off the post/crossbar

Plus a few of the other inches that the stats guys added to his profile.

Into the wobbly pops?

Don't know how many of you have been paying attention to the new system/style of play. It is a thing of beauty. The Aerial pass is amazing. Lots of creative players use it for getting a breaking pass to the player when other options don't work. Adapting it for a playing style has been something I have talked about with my friends for a while. It is almost the best offensive system. There are so many advantages. #1 you force the D-men to back in way earlier. #2 They have to look up to see where the puck is going. #3 with the new rules they can't obstruct players rushing in. #4 forces the D to turn earlier to see where the pucks is going to bounce to. #5 any player can lob it in, a forward rushing up ice, or a D-man way behind the play. The best advantages follow #6 gives the players way more time to retrieve it, rather than dump and chase where it's usually slapped in. #7 bounces. You can't predict where the puck will bounce. The d-man has to look for this puck, when all his career he's been told to watch the man. The advantage goes to the skater, he can scan for the puck going forward, but the d-man has to watch the man or the puck, not both. #8 which no one has used yet, is dropping it into the no-go-zone. This takes the goalie out of making a play on the puck, especially those goalies who are such good puck handlers like Mike Smith. Disadvantages. A. You give up the puck B. You don't know exactly where it is going to go. C. intense puck battles to retrieve it more often. D. dangerous pass on occasion. E. outmanned on occasion This system/style of play is a long time in coming. I am so curious why no one has implemented it as of yet. Teams with amazing speed would do well with it. Oilers with McDavid (me being in Alberta wonders daily, why don't they let him loose. This system in my opinion has more advantages when used properly than most other systems. Though I am not a coach. Watching tonight's game versus Carolina showed me once again how good it is, when someone dumped a puck to the blue line. The D-man failed to knocked it down in front of him. Podz grabbed it and almost walked in. It's plays like that show how good talented team could take advantage of those bounces. Let me know your observations

Now, two in a row. For our new coach Bruce Boudreau. I now want ice skates. (Haiku for your pleasure)

Chaisson did something good!