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I thought the Kings played us well. Gave our D-men no room to shoot and blocked a lot of shots.

Can't win em all.

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Originally Posted by syee (Post 6321214)

True...while I don't expect them to win every game, there's an expectation that they'll win the gimme games

Exactly. What's infuriating about the team is that last season, this is exactly the same reason why we missed the Play-Offs by a shave.

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Originally Posted by 411ken (Post 6321728)

I don't think the Kings are a bad team at all. They have young guys wanting to prove they belong and they are like 3 points behind 8th or something? so that's not bad.

Yes its a pro-team. But this pro-team is nowhere near compared to higher seed teams like DET or SJ. They're a bottom-seed team that sometimes play like a middle-seed at best.

They don't have a forward that cracks the league's top 30. They don't have a well established defense (they're up & coming at best) and they sure as hell do not have all-star goaltending. Yet they manage to get 2 PP goals, a perfect PK, and Gauthier Fitzpatricking a 2nd goal.

Canucks were shit last night but I don't think it's for a lack of effort. Seems like the effort was there but their plays were scrambly. The only 2 goals we potted where lucky ones from Burrows & Pyatt. Seems like we're back to our defensive game reminiscent of last season and of the Dec - Feb months. The only time AV allows our forwards to open up their game offensively is if either we're down a goal or 2, or we're in the last 10 mins of the game, down a goal or 2.

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Originally Posted by Noir (Post 6321816)

Canucks were shit last night but I don't think it's for a lack of effort. Seems like the effort was there but their plays were scrambly.

And I'm guessing the scrambly play is attributed to the line juggling. When you're not playing with the guys you're used to, you probably start misreading plays or are out of position. Although...with the amount of juggling done since AV has been here, you'd think that they would be able to play with just about anyone on the team :D

Yes, they had 2 lucky goals, but they had quite a few unlucky shots off the post. I guess things just weren't going their way yesterday. Hopefully they pick and up regroup for Anaheim and win that game, then go and stomp LA at home. :D

Anyone want the Luongo helmet thats from Mcdonalds? I'll trade for a Malkin one! lol :)

Quick, somebody sign this guy:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=82d_1236695872

:p

lol, holy moly.. that's friggen scary. Fluke or can he do it again and again?!

I bet his sideshow guy was hit in the face numerous times before he made that shot!

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Originally Posted by Noir (Post 6321816)

Exactly. What's infuriating about the team is that last season, this is exactly the same reason why we missed the Play-Offs by a shave.

Yes its a pro-team. But this pro-team is nowhere near compared to higher seed teams like DET or SJ. They're a bottom-seed team that sometimes play like a middle-seed at best.

They don't have a forward that cracks the league's top 30. They don't have a well established defense (they're up & coming at best) and they sure as hell do not have all-star goaltending. Yet they manage to get 2 PP goals, a perfect PK, and Gauthier Fitzpatricking a 2nd goal.

Canucks were shit last night but I don't think it's for a lack of effort. Seems like the effort was there but their plays were scrambly. The only 2 goals we potted where lucky ones from Burrows & Pyatt. Seems like we're back to our defensive game reminiscent of last season and of the Dec - Feb months. The only time AV allows our forwards to open up their game offensively is if either we're down a goal or 2, or we're in the last 10 mins of the game, down a goal or 2.

They might not have anyone in the top 30 right now but Kopitar & Frolov aren't chumps by any means. One has 26 goals and the other 27. This isn't a team that can't score. LA reminds me a lot of Chicago last year. A ton of young talent that I'd say is going to make the playoffs next year, unless they squeeze in this year. They're 3 points out from 8th place.

Canucks didn't play that well the first two periods but you can't deny they dominated in the 3rd.

I just got a call from team1040 about the tix

They're for the March 19th game vs the Blues

Section 330 R7, gotta drive down to team1040 studio to pick up the tix :p

If you break down the game last night, they had a very good start. If Pyatt could have finished on that pass from Wellwood, the Nuck's would have been up 1-0 and been in full control. That being said, once Luongo let in that bad goal, the kings had the nucks on their heels which led to the PP and their second goal.

In the second, after Burrow's scored against the flow, you figure that would have sparked the Nuck's, but it didn't. Mats took a bad penalty that led to the third goal. In all, the Nucks were shorthanded 6 times, which means the twins and the RPM line didn't get a lot of icetime as a unit.

It wasn't until the third when the Nuck's regained their composuer and played better as a team and got all those chances. But you can still see some weaknesses in their game. For 1 Pyatt's goal doesn't take away from his uselessness. There was a time when the Canuck's had the puck in the Kings end and the Kings players were getting tired. Instead of dumping the pump into the corner to start the cycle, he goes to the point and tries to finess his way around a King's player and gets checked off of the puck. The Canuck's 3rd line is their weakest line if they cannot put the puck into the net. Bernier is strong and is playing well. Wellwood is getting some chances but not finishing. Pyatt just looks totally lost out there.

If the Nuck's play against Chicago in the first round, and the third line has to play against Kane and Towes, we are in trouble.

http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/bob_mck...=topStory_main

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The NHL has come up with a novel concept to stem the rising tide of fighting - enforce an existing rule.

The primary recommendation of NHL GMs to put a dent in fighting is to simply call the existing instigator penalty more frequently.

This season, the two-minute minor for instigating has been called in only five to six per cent of all fights. That number should have been significantly higher because there has been a significant increase in fights where one player was using a fight to avenge a clean hit on one of his teammates.

NHL statistics indicated that 20 per cent of all fights this season in the NHL started because of a clean hit. The ensuing fight is the very definition of “instigating,” yet the instigators was rarely invoked.

That, and that alone, could significantly reduce the number of fights in the NHL. If the referees are going to assess the instigator more often, players will think twice before they stick up for a teammate who has been legally checked. If the team, not just the fighter, is penalized, the chances of amending behavior patterns will be much better.

A further decrease could potentially be achieved with the other recommendation from the GMs - punishing staged fights, or those immediately after the puck is dropped at a faceoff, with an additional 10-minute misconduct. More than 21 per cent - or about one of five - of all NHL fights this season were ''staged'' off a faceoff.

It would be up to the referee to determine what qualifies as a ''staged'' fight, but if the NHL were truly serious about this issue, it would have gone to a game misconduct as opposed to a 10-minute misconduct. For NHL heavyweights who predominantly fight and do little or nothing else, the 10-minute misconduct may not be much of a deterrent. And if two enforcers wish to “stage” a fight, they need only do a better job of making it look as though the fight is part of the ongoing play.

This recommended rule change appears to be more lip service - smoke and mirrors - than any real concerted effort to get rid of “appointment” fighting, where two players know before the game starts that they will fight. The player need only dress it up to avoid the 10-minute misconduct and many of them won't care about the misconduct anyway.

But a stricter enforcement of the instigator could actually serve to reduce fighting numbers.

Perhaps the officials will even be instructed to call the additional two-minute minor for instigating while wearing a visor. That specific type of instigator has been called exactly once this season - on Calgary forward Rene Bourque, who gave the Washington Capitals a nine-minute power play when he got two for instigating, two for instigating with a visor and a five-minute fighting major - even though 60 per cent of the players in the NHL currently wear visors.

These recommendations must go to the Competition Committee, and ultimately the NHL board of governors, for approval and won't take effect until next season.

The GMs also talked about safety initiatives with regards to fighting - discussing the OHL-style rules on not allowing players to remove their helmets or stopping all fights when a helmet does come off - but the league said only that it will study it further.

Some interesting fight statistics:

- There have been 1.2 fighting majors per game this season (or about .6 fights for every NHL game played), which is up considerably from the first two years after the lockout when it was .8 fighting majors per game (or about .4 fights per game) but down from the NHL's all-time high of 2.1 fighting majors per game (or more than one fight for every game played) in the 1987-88 season. There have been more fighting majors at this point this season than there was in all of last season.

- When the Big Bad Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 1972, the entire team had 24 fighting majors. Columbus tough guy Jared Boll already has 20 fighting majors this season. The 1974 Philadelpia Flyers, aka the Broad Street Bullies, had 58 fighting majors the year they won the Cup.

In other business, the NHL will be seeking approval from the NHL Players' Association to amend the Collective Bargaining Agreement to allow for compensatory draft picks to be awarded in the event of the death of a player. This became an issue after Russian prospect Alexei Cherepanov died and the New York Rangers raised the issue with the league. If the NHLPA signs off on it, a team would receive a second round pick if one of their prospects dies before signing a contract with the NHL club.

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Originally Posted by iwantaskyline (Post 6322295)

I think a comparison to Chicago is being too generous. I'd say LA ranks alongside teams like STL or PHX. They have some up and comers for sure but are still some ways away from being considered a mid-tier team.

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Originally Posted by invader (Post 6322307)

I just got a call from team1040 about the tix

They're for the March 19th game vs the Blues

Section 330 R7, gotta drive down to team1040 studio to pick up the tix :p

Congrats.

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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul (Post 6322024)

Quick, somebody sign this guy:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=82d_1236695872

:p

:eek:

We were bound to lose one. We've been on an absolute tear the last 13 games or so.
As long as the Canucks are putting in the effort I don't mind them losing close ones.

Good news; Flames about to drop their third straight, Minny and Dallas both losing.
Bad news: All 3 teams playing vs Eastern conf teams...Jackets winning 1-0 vs Boston, Oilers up by a goal vs Montreal and Nashville winning 1-0 vs the Caps.

Yeah i dont want Canucks to face CBJ, Mason kid is too good. another Shutout.. wow amazing.

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Originally Posted by Noir (Post 6322341)

They are pretty damn close. Chicago missed the playoffs last year by 3 points. LA is 3 points out from a playoff position right now. They got a bunch of young talented forwards and two studs on defense (Doughty & Johnson). Doughty's a rookie and he logged 20 mins of ice time against the Canucks. They also have a ton of cap space and with the right free agent signing this summer, I see them making the playoffs next year.

remember we still have 2 more games than columbus

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Originally Posted by invader (Post 6322588)

Spezza caught with illegal stick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uib2G...layer_embedded

BUSTED LOLLL

lol i was at the game, the leafs fans were cheering and sens fans were booooing... fights ensued

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Originally Posted by hotjoint (Post 6323303)

ppv game today :)

Which usually means we lose.

Read the news today... apparently the Sedins and the Canucks have again halted re-signing talks.