WCF - (1) Vancouver Canucks vs (2) San Jose Sharks Series Thread

[Winged_Wheel88]

You know what they say...what happens near a Las Vegas advertisement stays near a Las Vegas advertisement.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

speak of the devil (err... Duck).
Emerson Etem just signed a 3-year entry deal.

CapGeek.com :: It's a numbers game :: NHL Player Contract Salary History :: Emerson Etem

I guess you'll have to pick someone else. The QUACKS aren't going to give up a So Cal kid so easily.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

If the Sharks lose the series will the team be blown up?

 

[SLY]

If the Sharks lose the series will the team be blown up?

It'll mean...

Killer Whales > Sharks

 

[mattola]

well yet another test of the Canucks killer instinct. can they do it tonight?

GO CANUCKS GO

 

[dash]

First round took 7 games
Second round took 6 games
Third round 5 games?!?

 

[wolfgang]

First round took 7 games
Second round took 6 games
Third round 5 games?!?

Wow would that be a HAPPY TREND! (lol)

BTW I missed most of game 3, how did Ehrhoff get injured?

 

[mattola]

Wow would that be a HAPPY TREND! (lol)

BTW I missed most of game 3, how did Ehrhoff get injured?

hit by Mcginn against the boards. Shoulder kind of went in awkward. he was practicing yesterday (full) so he is gametime decision I believe.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

First round took 7 games
Second round took 6 games
Third round 5 games?!?

lots of trends

Predator Ridge > Canucks Ridge
Shark Club > Vancouver Shark Club

if they get to the finals and the Bruins make it you know whats happening with this

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[Tacoma_canuck]

I just hope the Canucks can break one trend by winning a game 5 series clincher at home. This cardiac stuff is brutal. They can't give the Sharks life and the extra time off to rest would be great again if they can do it. Not counting the Sharks out, though. Go Canucks.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I can say as a Nucks fan that I don't care much for Raffi Torres. His intensity and all is great to have on the team but sometimes he annoys me when he goes way out of his way to run guys. I know the coaches don't want to take away his edge but the charge on Murray at the end of the first was stupidity, not intensity. You can debate all day on whether it was a charge and it doesn't matter. The refs will call that one every time because of the guys attitude and history and it hurts his team even though we killed the penalty. How often do we see the guy go for the hit when one of his teammates already has neutralized the guy and he can get the puck? Instead, he ignores the puck and tries to run a guy. That, to me is dumb hockey. You have to pick your spots when they are there, not go looking for it. What's sad is in game 1 & 2, he was more disciplined and really good so I know he can do it.

semantics again? run = hit

until they make hitting illegal or more specifically, dispossessing a player of the puck via hit, I have no problem with Torres going out there and knocking the shit out of people

The players themselves said it yesterday that the Torres hit (and the ballard hipcheck) was a huge emotional lift. Even as a fan i accept that penalty he took for the charge more so than any other hit the canucks took in the first period during game 4 (especially over those lazy penalties by Tanner Glass). And the guys said it themselves, if the refs wanna call the Torres hit a penalty, the team will do everything in their power to kill those all day because its a statement hit for the team.

 

[mattola]

i guess Mcginn is also Dirty? he plays the same game as Torres on his hits/runs.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

i guess Mcginn is also Dirty? he plays the same game as Torres on his hits/runs.

Bieksa:

"You could call charging on that (Sharks forward Jamie) McGinn every time he steps on the ice, I don't think he touched the puck once tonight," said the Canuck defenceman. "Just flying around trying to headhunt, just like he did last game, just like he did in the L.A. series."

 

[Tacoma_canuck]

I guess you're right jst, it is semantics on my part. It's just when the guy gets himself way out of position just for a hit, it bugs me a little. Puts the other players in a bad spot sometimes. A lot of players do it, though so I guess it shouldn't bug me so much and Torres is a good enough skater to get back where he needs to be. You are right about the team mates being okay but that's always the case with guys like that. You hate them on any other team but love them on yours.

 

[dash]

In my opinion, we're seeing IIHF officiating decisions creep it's way in the NHL game. Refs are calling penalties based on sound and how long a guy stays down rather than the actual hit itself. I thought Eager's hit on Daniel Sedin into the boards was way worse than McGinn's hit on Rome, yet Eager only got two and McGinn got five and a game. Daniel bouncing right back up was probably the main reason Eager didn't get tossed.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

In my opinion, we're seeing IIHF officiating decisions creep it's way in the NHL game. Refs are calling penalties based on sound and how long a guy stays down rather than the actual hit itself. I thought Eager's hit on Daniel Sedin into the boards was way worse than McGinn's hit on Rome, yet Eager only got two and McGinn got five and a game. Daniel bouncing right back up was probably the main reason Eager didn't get tossed.

i need to rep this

2 minutes for hitting too hard

sorry ... the whole spreading thing ... the thing that gets me on the Eager hit of Daniel in game 2 ... Eager skates across the ice with a direct line on DSedin AFTER SPENDING THE PRECEDING MINUTES AFTER THE MARLEAU FIGHT CHALLENGING THE CANUCKS BENCH ... refs didnt think he had bad intentions?

in the Chicago series. John Scott and Raffi Torres line up next to each other at a faceoff, beak at each other a bit and boom both get 10 minute misconducts ... refs knew enough to stop the idiocy there but couldnt in game 2 ???

 

[Tacoma_canuck]

In my opinion, we're seeing IIHF officiating decisions creep it's way in the NHL game. Refs are calling penalties based on sound and how long a guy stays down rather than the actual hit itself. I thought Eager's hit on Daniel Sedin into the boards was way worse than McGinn's hit on Rome, yet Eager only got two and McGinn got five and a game. Daniel bouncing right back up was probably the main reason Eager didn't get tossed.

I completely agree. In my view, there was way more intent by Eager but even it was the right call, 2 mins. I liked that Daniel got back up that quickly. A lot of guys would have milked that one for all it's worth which is another big problem in the game today. That's a character issue though and, unfortunately, is hard to regulate.

 

[xalbox]

Hopefully last game in the series tonight. Time for some shark repellent bat spray =)

YouTube - 1960s Batman - The Shark

Go Canucks Go!

 

[wolfgang]

I hope tonights game is NOT a special teams contest. Lets see these squads play 5 on 5 for most of the game (ahem refs...).

 

[mattola]

Hopefully last game in the series tonight. Time for some shark repellent bat spray =)

YouTube - 1960s Batman - The Shark

Go Canucks Go!

nice to see you around xalbox