I knew it was too good to last (Tony Gallagher)

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You really wonder what Gallagher is smokin'...

NHL should've known that Classic wouldn't go

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Gallagher:

Henrik Sedins slapshot is "as depressing as a series of overcast days"

 

[mattola]

Gallagher:

Henrik Sedins slapshot is "as depressing as a series of overcast days"

well he is right on that one

 

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Gallagher:

Henrik Sedins slapshot is "as depressing as a series of overcast days"

well he is right on that one

It's harder that a JayBo slapper though...

 

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Canucks are tanking, according to Tony...

Gallagher: It?s a waiting game for next season as Canucks continue to tank

 

[mattola]

Canucks are tanking, according to Tony...

Gallagher: It?s a waiting game for next season as Canucks continue to tank

so what are they doing then? nothing looks good on this team. we had a nice 6 game run this year. everything else has been way below average. lots of time to fix this but something has to change this week to do it.

 

[puckhead]

he makes some reasonable points of concern but then just has pull the old hyperbole sky is falling crap out of his ass.

the games are flying by so quickly and the points slipping through their fingers so surely that making the post-season now is increasingly beginning to look like a long shot.

long shot to make the playoffs? fuck off. 2 points out of division lead with 19 to go. in a very tough stretch now with a patsy April coming up.
and two of PHO / DAL / EDM / NSH / CBJ / CAL / COL need to rise up to pass us and SJ.
possible sure, but playoffs are a far fucking cry from "increasingly beginning to look like a long shot"


fucking troll.

 

[mattola]

he makes some reasonable points of concern but then just has pull the old hyperbole sky is falling crap out of his ass.

the games are flying by so quickly and the points slipping through their fingers so surely that making the post-season now is increasingly beginning to look like a long shot.

long shot to make the playoffs? fuck off. 2 points out of division lead with 19 to go. in a very tough stretch now with a patsy April coming up.
and two of PHO / DAL / EDM / NSH / CBJ / CAL / COL need to rise up to pass us and SJ.
possible sure, but playoffs are a far fucking cry from "increasingly beginning to look like a long shot"


fucking troll.

oh but puck we cant just hope to make the playoffs can we? and hope we do a Kings run? what in this team do we see that could do that?

/chicken little

 

[puckhead]

oh but puck we cant just hope to make the playoffs can we? and hope we do a Kings run? what in this team do we see that could do that?

/chicken little

we outplayed the last two teams and got nothing for it, and that brings out a column saying we are basically doomed to miss the playoffs? fuck that.
we are waiting, yes. for a trade, for a 2nd line to return - it's an awkward situation.
and for luck to change.... Vancouver's PDO over the last 10 games is 0.967.
that's some god awful luck, and is bound to normalize.

for the playoffs, this year no one is touching the Hawks or Ducks out of the west unless something changes with them.
the rest are just also-rans, and right now we are grouped into that. such is life.
maybe getting into the playoffs as an underdog for a change isn't a bad thing.

 

[mattola]

we outplayed the last two teams and got nothing for it, and that brings out a column saying we are basically doomed to miss the playoffs? fuck that.
we are waiting, yes. for a trade, for a 2nd line to return - it's an awkward situation.
and for luck to change.... Vancouver's PDO over the last 10 games is 0.967.
that's some god awful luck, and is bound to normalize.

for the playoffs, this year no one is touching the Hawks or Ducks out of the west unless something changes with them.
the rest are just also-rans, and right now we are grouped into that. such is life.
maybe getting into the playoffs as an underdog for a change isn't a bad thing.

fair enough

 

[mattola]

HAHAH

Gallagher: Canucks’ trade for Derek Roy pushes slumbering club into contention in the West | The Province

 

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HAHAH

Gallagher: Canucks’ trade for Derek Roy pushes slumbering club into contention in the West | The Province

On Team 1040 yesterday, Gallagher said that the Canucks could give the Hawks a run for their money in a playoff series (obviously before they nabbed Derek Roy today)

 

[jstewismybastardson]

On Team 1040 yesterday, Gallagher said that the Canucks could give the Hawks a run for their money in a playoff series (obviously before they nabbed Derek Roy today)

/Gillis could have made any trade and Gallagher would have been first to wax poetic about how good his boy Gillis was for the canucks ... now if they falter in the next couple weeks ... its all on Vigneault ... that Gallagher "its all Vigneaults fault" story has probably already been written and is in the can waiting for release to the masses
lol

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Gallagher going to the wall defending Gillis draft history right now


Sekeres: "You have Sauve playing in the echl"
Gallagher: "well ... he did get hit by a car"

 

[jstewismybastardson]

the last resort (scrapping the contract) is possible under the cba according to Gallagher


When Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis said that Roberto Luongo may have said some things that in the light of day he might not express the same way in less stressful conditions, he may have had a point.

Luongo said he would “scrap” his contract if he could, and that his “contract sucks” given the situation he found himself in Wednesday afternoon when he remained a Canuck when he probably had high hopes his situation would clear up and he’d be able to take over as a starter with another team.

Of course, there is a way Lui could actually have a chance to have his bluff called and scrap his contract. It won’t happen, but if this contract were in fact as onerous as people claim it is, Luongo could get himself free.

It could (but it won’t, of course) happen this way. Lui could tell the Canucks he’s fed up and that he won’t be reporting this summer, or even now were he so disposed. The Canucks could then put him on $125 unconditional waivers for purposes of his release and wait. If nobody claimed him (as so many doomsday types think could happen) they could send him notice that his contract has been terminated and he would then be an unrestricted free agent. Ergo, his contract is scrapped.
Won’t happen for a myriad of reasons of course, but Lui had perhaps be a little more careful about his livelihood, because if his contract is as sucky as he and so many of Wednesday commentators were saying, it’s not completely impossible he would have that opportunity


Read more: Gallagher: Scrap that sucky contract? Not likely for Luongo

 

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It's a social event, a status symbol of sorts - Actually, I agree with Tony.

Canucks are just a big social event, not a real hockey game

 

[mattola]

It's a social event, a status symbol of sorts - Actually, I agree with Tony.

Canucks are just a big social event, not a real hockey game

are you referring to vancouver alone dash or overall in the NHL?

Tony has a point

 

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are you referring to vancouver alone dash or overall in the NHL?

Tony has a point

Overall in the NHL - Tickets are so damn expensive now that you need all these gimmicks in order to make up for the product on the ice (which is pretty bad some nights). I applaud guys like you and sbb that have season tickets, man that's quite the investment each and every season.

 

[mattola]

Overall in the NHL - Tickets are so damn expensive now that you need all these gimmicks in order to make up for the product on the ice (which is pretty bad some nights). I applaud guys like you and sbb that have season tickets, man that's quite the investment each and every season.

dont applaud me too much this year. I sold 75% of my tickets. Donated a couple games to charity and went to the rest. grand total of wins seen live this year.....

2.


just got my renewal in the mail. I have 3 people wanting to buy 75% of those already. not sure what my plan is I need some tickets for clients but like you said its expensive. cant really call it an investment anymore

 

[puckhead]

grand total of wins seen live this year.....

2.

I hereby rescind the invitation to the Chicago game