ThaBestPlaceOnEarth
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I can't believe that the Province is already slagging Trevor freakin Linden. One of the most popular guys in British Columbia, and he gets less than a day on the job before they publish an anonymous editorial calling him a liar. Why? Because he didn't confirm his position to some random reporter the day before the introductory press conference! What a bunch of freaking jokers over there, if I still lived in Van I would go down there and give them a piece of my mind. Those scum would write a hit piece on their own mothers if it got a couple of pageviews, the best thing the Canucks organization could do would be to refuse any and all comment to any Province employee. Hit em where it hurts!
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There's preferential treatment for some teams, it sure looks like it to me. Teams whose success would be beneficial to the league sure seem to end up having an inordinate amount of success. Teams whose success does not matter one way or another to the league always seem to be fighting against the current. There's something of a favourite sons/abused stepchildren dichotomy to the way the NHL treats its franchises, and it comes down to where there are profits to be realized. Remember Bettman comes from the NBA background, and the NBA was notorious for boosting the favoured sons, remember when Sacramento almost upset the Lakers until the league intervened? That's the environment Bettman comes from. It's not that the outcomes are predetermined, but when you see certain matchups you know ahead of time that one team is gonna have to go above and beyond in order to overcome those in-built biases. It's not so much "the fix is in" sort of business, it's more swimming with the current or against it, that's the metaphor I'd use.
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CBC doesn't ignore the Canucks at all, they bash the Canucks every chance they get!
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If Willes is so scared of Tortorella that he's saying this garbage before he's even been officially announced as coach...well, all I have to say is, Willes is more than welcome to quit his job and leave town, we don't need his sort associated with this team.
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Some key differences:
1. Keenan stopped the Canucks in Game Seven of the Finals, after Vancouver's epic first-round victory over the hated Calgary Flames...Tortorella stopped the hated Calgary Flames in Game Seven of the Finals, after the Canucks' crushing first-round defeat.
2. Keenan was once fired and replaced by Tom Renney. Tom Renney was once fired and replaced with John Tortorella.
I hope Tortorella's first order of business is to go down to The Province, physically demolish their sports-page offices, and throw everyone out on their backside. If they replaced all those hacks with random people they found down on Skid Row it would noticeably improve the quality of sports journalism in this city. Have we forgotten how Willes in particular, and others of his ilk stabbed this team in the back and offered nothing but criticism during the Finals? I have not forgotten, nor will I ever.
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So looks like Eakins just got hired to coach Edmonton, he is out of the running for the Canucks job and will instead be coaching against us! What is the deal with that?
Oh well, I think a first-time NHL head coach is probably a better fit for a young, up-and-coming team like the Oilers than for a veteran team like the Canucks, we should go with someone who has done the job before, preferably in a big media market.
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Instead of having silent credits, they should have had Billy Joel playing over top...Roose Bolton with some Godfather II stuff there, "Michael Corleone says hello!"
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Yeah. You're done. Touchy feely worked just great out here. Letting the players take care of their accountability worked out soooo great. ~yeah...note my dripping sarcasm!~ If you're happy with status quo...GOODY for you. Watched this team for 42 going on 43 years. Getting tired of 43 years NO CUP. Would like them to win at least once before I'm pushing up daisies.
Oh, BTW... "Big Brother" is something that people with limited attention spans watch. I watch documentaries on science and work in wildlife photography where I sit for hours waiting on the shot.
You watched the team that long, you oughta know it could be a lot worse than it's been the last couple decades, a LOT worse. The West Coast Express teams with Crawford, and the Sedin/Luongo teams with Vigneault have been the only legitimate contenders we've had other than '94. I've been a fan ever since I figured how to work the radio back in the 80s, and I say we are doing alright. It'd be a shame if this demanding fanbase and media environment, and the excessively high expectations in this city, tore apart another solid team like happened after '94. All's we can ask as fans is to have a good shot at playoff success every season, there are so many factors that contribute to going after a Cup, if you have a good team every year and get a shot at it, eventually it'll pay out. You don't want to go all-in and end up spending a decade recovering, just be getting in the playoffs and maybe the team can put together a run some year.
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They laughed me off of HFboards for saying it, but my top three remains: Tortorella, Jacques Martin, and Ted Nolan...I would NOT like to see Eakins, Ruff, or Gulutzan.
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Mayor Ford is comedy gold, and his rivalry with the Star is a thing of beauty. That football .gif, my goodness, the laughter!
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I pictured The King Beyond The Wall as a much younger guy, maybe 30? 35? Oh well. Say, does anybody else see that GoT is a soap opera? It's a soap opera, right? Cut through the fantasy/HBO stuff, that's just setting and tone. Plotwise, it's a soap opera, I thought so even reading the books, I thought, "this reads more like a script than a novel," you can tell Martin was a screenwriter before he wrote it. The way he kills people off, then brings them back, the whole "powerful families vie for dominance" angle...classic soap opera stuff. I don't mean that as a put-down, I love that stuff.
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Let's not exaggerate things, Garrison was decent to start with, he's seen modest improvement, his role is increasing and he's getting more comfortable with the team and his place on it. He's playing well right now, a dependable guy on the blueline.
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He's been good, and improving steadily. The blueline as a whole hasn't really meshed yet but Garrison's been as good as anyone. His shot is really good and I'd like to see him on the #1 powerplay, he has that knack for getting shots on net that creates chances for other guys off rebounds and tips.
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When does season 3 start?
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I got a bug that's really messing with me, I can't use any crafting stations (or similar things, like lumber mills and stuff). The game seems to think I'm in combat when I'm totally not, also it doesn't go away even after numerous re-loads/area transitions/sleeps/waits, or after being in combat then not for a while, then combat again and so forth. I'm playing on PS3 so I can't do console commands. My last savegame without this going on is SOOOO far back from where I am now.
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I watched the first few episodes of this show and knew I had to read the books. I've got through three already. They are really, really good. That said, it annoys me the people compare them to Tolkien. They are nothing like Tolkien. Tolkien's gift was for myth-making and language, Martin's is for plot and characterization. Martin's books have way more in common with Herbert's Dune Saga, that's what I immediately thought of when the Starks started dying, it was just like when they killed off the Atreides in Dune.
Also did you know there's a character in the books named Dickon Manwoody? Really? I had to stop reading and go outside to laugh it off.
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what!?!? Downie has 20 goals?
First guy to get 20/200 since Theo Fleury, I heard.
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Okay so Burrows has got 34 goals, 111 PIM.
The next closest guys are Ovechkin (46, 83) Bobby Ryan (31, 79) Mike Richards (28, 79) Corey Perry (26, 105) Rene Bourque (24, 88) and Evgeny Malkin (24, 88)
Steve Downie of Tampa Bay is the only guy with 20+ goals and 200+ PIM.
Pretty impressive stuff there.
Quit being gullible, you are the problem with this team.
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Eh, maybe three to five years ago when we were in solid contention, you could say that the hateful, self-important local media, the aggressively bi-polar fanbase, and the conspiracy of international jewry were the main obstacles to the Canucks getting over the hump...but now we have much bigger problems, such as a lack of young talent, lack of overall depth, shaky goaltending situation, three coaches in three seasons, and major front-office transition.
Hell, maybe an extended period of sucky play and finishing out of the playoffs is exactly what the Canucks need to shed of some of the ignorant bandwagoners and spoiled frontrunners who are giving our core fanbase a bad name.