*Canucks Talk on RFD*

[1226]

Canucks lost 3-2 in OT to Anaheim. Considering the Ducks had Bryzgalov and we used Sanford and McIntyre, I can live with that.

BTW, neither team used their starter and Sanford actually has the most NHL (and pro) experience of the 3.

[MVP1]

Why are there 2 Canucks threads?

[Lone_Prodigy]

Why are there 2 Canucks threads?

OP of the other thread got banned so we started a new one to keep it updated.

Wooh 4-0 Canucks.

[sonick]

Cloutier Waived LOL

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=218857&hubname=

Ouch

[Lone_Prodigy]

Cloutier Waived LOL

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=218857&hubname=

Ouch

Didn't LA pay quite a bit for him too? It's like Chouniard.

Canucks won 5-4 against Edmonton last night.

[sonick]

Didn't LA pay quite a bit for him too? It's like Chouniard.

Canucks won 5-4 against Edmonton last night.

Nice goal by Kesler.. and the tic-tac-toe play on the fly with Kesler, Raymond and Grabner was awesome as well. Good showing by Kesler overall.

[Rometiklan]

Cloutier Waived LOL

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=218857&hubname=

Ouch

I feel kind of bad for Clouts. He's competitive, but this has got to be a real setback in his career. He faltered badly during pivotal games for the Canucks but he gave them some good regular seasons though. I thought LA would be the place for him to redeem himself, but he is so injury prone that he could never play 65+ games like other starters. At this stage of his career, he is probably only an experienced back-up at best.

[Lone_Prodigy]

10 shots against the Sharks. Nice.

My brother was reading the paper the other day...

Him: Linden, Kesler, Morrison, and Mitchell all tweaked their groins.
Me: ...at the same time? That sounds dirty.

[MrWizard]

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=9648

Luongo to retire?

[Rometiklan]

Asked why the nets have to be bigger, Bettman replied, "Look at the size of soccer nets...they are huge, yet soccer scores are so low. I want our nets to be twice the size of soccer nets. Hopefully, scoring will go up and maybe we will also bring in the soccer fans."

In all seriousness, I hope Luongo just had a knee jerk reaction to a ridiculous proposal to make the nets bigger.

[Lone_Prodigy]

Asked why the nets have to be bigger, Bettman replied, "Look at the size of soccer nets...they are huge, yet soccer scores are so low. I want our nets to be twice the size of soccer nets. Hopefully, scoring will go up and maybe we will also bring in the soccer fans."

In all seriousness, I hope Luongo just had a knee jerk reaction to a ridiculous proposal to make the nets bigger.

That makes no sense whatsoever. Soccer nets are huge and scoring is low. By having soccer-sized nets he wants scoring to go UP. And soccer fans will watch because of the soccer-sized nets?

You want more scoring? Get rid of 12 power plays a game for each team. There are no highlight-reel goals scored on the power play: only on shorthanded breakaways. The cutting down on obstruction is good, but when teams are short-handed for half the game, the fans don't get to see the stars play.

The NHL has really gone to the dogs the past couple years: from one extreme (trap) to the next (excessive penalizing.)

[GTI]

Season openner tonight 7pm. Anyone going? I heard the 50/50 money pool is big with all the unclaimed money from last season.

[Lone_Prodigy]

I've never been to a Canucks game: the tickets are way too pricey for my tastes.

Updated OP with scores, and added record to title.

[Dealio]

I've never been to a Canucks game: the tickets are way too pricey for my tastes.

Updated OP with scores, and added record to title.

Even though pricey, you should really check out a live game at least once if you're a fan. The atmosphere is amazing (well, depending if we're getting slaughtered or not) and all seats are decent at GM Place. I try to go to at least a couple games a season. Really though, if you go even just once it will probably be a memorable experience.

[MVP1]

Even though pricey, you should really check out a live game at least once if you're a fan. The atmosphere is amazing (well, depending if we're getting slaughtered or not) and all seats are decent at GM Place. I try to go to at least a couple games a season. Really though, if you go even just once it will probably be a memorable experience.

I usually go to 1 or 2 games a season and then spend my money on playoff tickets. The ticket prices are pretty crazy though.

I still don't really get why there are 2 threads? The other one is bigger and should be used imo.