(1) Vancouver Canucks vs (5) Nashville Predators - Series Thread

[jstewismybastardson]

Spaling in too?

 

[puckhead]

Spaling in too?

my sources* haven't revealed that yet



*Ian Walker tweet

 

[mattola]

my sources* haven't revealed that yet



*Ian Walker tweet

in case this goes the way of the shitter.



you better keep Wed Open.....

 

[puckhead]

in case this goes the way of the shitter.



you better keep Wed Open.....

don't think that way. it ends tonight!!
(but thanks!!)



Spaling is in the line-up too (/Farhan)
Tamby could be on 4th for Sammuelsson

 

[mattola]

don't think that way. it ends tonight!!
(but thanks!!)



Spaling is in the line-up too (/Farhan)

dont take it the wrong though Im hoping I dont see you Wed

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Higgins left the morning skate ... problems skating ... bad foot after blocking a weber shot last game

Oreskovich on second line

Tamby on 4th

Id almost rather have a Bolduc or a Desbiens in there as opposed to Tamby who hasnt dressed for a game in over a month but Meese play there game 7 tonight

damn!

 

[dash]

Ballard still a healthy scratch?!?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

oh Gallagher!!!

NASHVILLE--Stephen Walkom and Penticton's Steve Kozari are the assigned referees tonight for the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators game six as these guys vie for the next round just as much as the players do.

Generally speaking the later in a series officials work, the better the chances they will proceed on to the next round as the field narrows and fewer officials are needed for fewer games. Walkom is a former supervisor of officials who wanted to get back onto the ice and away from desk work and he's generally considered one of the best, although not necessarily a fellow who calls a lot of penalties. Kozari is considered one of the good young ones coming up through the system, although there are too many young ones who could not be considered particularly good which is part of the difficulty the officials have exprerienced during these playoffs.

For every round an official works, no matter how many games in which he participates, he is paid extra money. They are not paid by the game. For a referee, he is paid an extra $18,000 per round over and above what his salary is and for linesman it's an extra $12,000 per round. So moving on is of vital importance. Obviously whether or not you proceed depends greatly upon your performance in the round in which you are currently working so minimizing mistakes is foremost on the agenda of these gentlemen who are always under scrutiny, not only from the fans and general managers of the teams involved, but much more importantly to them, their own supervisors at the league

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Ballard still a healthy scratch?!?

yup crazy imo

but he switched Ehrhoff and Salo

Edler/Salo
Ehrhoff/ROME : yikes!

 

[mattola]

Higgins left the morning skate ... problems skating ... bad foot after blocking a weber shot last game

Oreskovich on second line

Tamby on 4th

Id almost rather have a Bolduc or a Desbiens in there as opposed to Tamby who hasnt dressed for a game in over a month but Meese play there game 7 tonight

damn!

fresh line might be needed.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

if Higgins goes tonight ... Oreskovich on 4th line

 

[mooger_35]

late to the party so not sure if this was posted (probably was) but the cut out of themselves doing a handstand IS/WAS epic!

 

[jstewismybastardson]

the best one that i havent seen subsequent video of was when SOB got the 3rd period penalty and they grabbed some kids sign that said "which way to the roxy"

They then pulled out a martini shaker and started shaking it and it looked like sullivan poured a drink into a martini glass for Force



/people can say what they want about them but they did a fine job of breaking the tension/stress for the fans in that 3rd period

 

[puckhead]

if Higgins goes tonight ... Oreskovich on 4th line

Higgins confirmed to play tonight.
so close for tamby.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

lol Pang and Anders Lindback

 

[puckhead]

lol Pang and Anders Lindback

d'oh

didn't see this one.
went for a wider audience.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

fun with numbers under the headline

"The Canucks need 220% from the Sedins"

It takes 12 wins to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals. Bearing this in mind, after exactly 12 games, why aren’t the Canucks there yet? Why, I ask you, are they still toiling away in the second round, a round they could have completed as many as four games ago? The answer is simple: because Daniel and Henrik Sedin are a combined minus-14.

If you want to blame anybody for the fact that the Canucks have yet to win a Stanley Cup in 40 attempts, blame the Sedins, who have apparently been on the ice for 14 goals against. It’s a shocking statistic, made even more shocking by combining it with Christian Ehrhoff’s plus minus for some reason. Now, the Sedins and Ehrhoff are a combined minus-21.

21 goals against? Why is Alain Vigneault even playing these guys?

Worse, why is he playing these guys for a combined 41:05 a night, over two-thirds of the game? It’s a travesty, really, and Alain Vigneault seems incapable of keeping their time on ice low. In fact, their total icetime seems to increase with each game they play.

This is in direct contravention to Vigneault’s first round strategy, in which he claimed he would be attempting to limit the Sedins’ shifts to between 30 and 35 seconds, no doubt because they’re terrible. Instead, their average shift length this postseason is a combined 1:21!

Fire this coach.

Despite such ineptness, however, the Canucks remain one of only eight teams in the playoffs. How is this even possible when the statistics belie their Stanley Cup potential?

Because Ryan Kesler has emerged as a bona fide superstar, carrying the team on his back all through the second round. It’s a remarkable feat, but it’s also dangerous, and cannot be expected to continue. Assuming a person is physically of normal height to weight ratio ranges, he can reasonably be expected to be capably of carrying 50% of his body weight across the road. Now, as a trained athlete, Kesler may have a greater hauling capacity, but the combined weight of the Vancouver Canucks is roughly 3,841 pounds. Ryan Kesler can not be expected to carry nearly two tons worth of teammates every game. The average hockey player skates about 13 miles per game; that’s a much greater distance than across the road.

I guess the Sedins can’t be expected to help carry the load. Their arms are full of Art Ross and Hart trophies, which must be pretty easy to win if Joel Ward can match their point totals, combined. Joel Ward makes a paltry $8,065 a day. The Sedins make a combined $12,200,000 a year. It’s a shocking disparity. Needless to say, the Sedins need to play to their combined paygrade.

They need to play bigger. They’re a combined 12 feet tall, but you’d never know it from the way they play. They need to shoot the puck more. Their playoff shooting percentage is a combined 13.6. Coupled with the 14.3 percentage of Alex Burrows, who has been returned to their wing, the shooting percentage of Vancouver’s top line is 27.9, so they should score on every fourth shot they take tonight.

If you combine the letters on the back of their jerseys (H. Sedin + D. Sedin), then rearrange them, you get Send Hindside. If the Canucks want to put the Predators behind them, they’ll have to get 220% from the Sedins

 

[BlueandWhiteForever]

Don't have a good feeling about tonight's game for Vancouver. I'm taking 4-1 Preds, Canucks goal will come late in the 3rd when it doesn't matter.

 

[mattola]

Don't have a good feeling about tonight's game for Vancouver. I'm taking 4-1 Preds, Canucks goal will come late in the 3rd when it doesn't matter.

whatever would give you that idea. or is that just what you want

I Don't have a good feeling about tonight's game for Nashville. I'm taking 6-1 Canucks, Preds goal will come late in the 3rd when it doesn't matter.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I'm pulling for the Preds, but I predict a Canucks OT victory.