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i just hope the players can see the Al Pacino's Speech

will the canucks win the next game?

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Originally Posted by ZhangFei (Post 6417759)

will the canucks win the next game?

Likely Yes...but Hawks will win series...believe it!

pyatt played good his first game back but i knew he'd be garbage again once the adrenalyne and intensity wears off for the next game.

hes taking up a locker room slot, i want to see hodgey in

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Originally Posted by alex.w *// (Post 6417752)

i just hope the players can see the Al Pacino's Speech

Doesn't inspire me one bit...........

A player in the dressing room saying something profound would/might inspire the team. Luongo, the team captain? Does he have what it takes to get the team fired up? Sundin? Kesler?

As for this season, I believe it was a big success.

all the top seeded teams are 3-2 record right now

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Originally Posted by jonogunn8 (Post 6417532)

I'm extremely proud of this team this year. It's one of the best looking teams we've had for a long while now. It's a shame however that if they don't get the job done this year, we might not have such a good chance anymore since so many players are UFA's next year.

I'd actually be very happy if they just made it to the 3rd round.

this is sad.

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Originally Posted by trip (Post 6417783)

pyatt played good his first game back but i knew he'd be garbage again once the adrenalyne and intensity wears off for the next game.

hes taking up a locker room slot, i want to see hodgey in

I think Pyatt really improves our team overall. Everyone has to play that much harder to compensate for him.

LETS GOO CANUCKSSSSS.... lets show chi-town, how vancouver does it

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Originally Posted by 89blkcivic (Post 6417786)

According to Brian Burke, that Al Pacino speech is the closest thing to what is said behind the doors.

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Originally Posted by z3toshi (Post 6417646)

I found this over on the Canucks' forum, it definitely made me feel better after last night's game so I thought I'd share it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF2prRwzyKA

GO CANUCKS GO!!

This video makes me shiver, wow. Major props of the person who made it.

if blackhawks keep dominating and we blow leads. our series might be over tmrw

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Originally Posted by alex.w *// (Post 6417964)

if blackhawks keep dominating and we blow leads. our series WILL be over tmrw

edited.

gotta play 60 minute hockey
lets go nucks, bring it back to vancouver!!!!

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Originally Posted by pandalove (Post 6417794)

all the top seeded teams are 3-2 record right now

You mean the all the higher seeded teams are down 3-2 except for detroit?

lmfao at the poster and balls video

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Originally Posted by Jah Al Zawahiri (Post 6417511)

I was wonder what you guys would call a successful season? Winning the cup? Winning the Western conf. finals? Or making it into the post season? Or would you look at the entire season and call it a success even if we lose tomorrow?

I would consider it successful if Canucks can get to the 3rd round. Of course winning the cup will be the EPIC WIN, but 3rd round, something they haven't done since 1994, will be enough to keep me satisfied and feel the team is acutally going forward.

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Originally Posted by murd0c (Post 6417515)

No matter what way you look at it, it's winning season!! at the beg of the year no one thought that the nucks were even going to make the playoffs little alone win the division. Yes were all pissed off right now on the way the last 3 games went but we did something that we havn't done in years.

There's a bright future for this team and thats something we havn't had in years!!!

I don't know how far off in the future you're talking about?
Since the 2003 playoffs when Canucks lost to the Wild, I haven't seen a better oppurtunity to get the cup since. I'm pretty sure next season, the teams gonna be quite diffferent in terms of roster. Canucks could possibly go in rebuilding mode again.

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Originally Posted by 68style (Post 6417591)

Plus I'm frustrated because there's been nothing to brag about to anyone in the entire history of the team let alone the time I've been alive and watching for. Sick and tired of even Flames fans being able to say they have ONE cup ya know?

Not to mention, they beat Canucks in the first round by cheating when Joel Otto kicked the puck in during Game7 OT. Fortunately for them, instant reply wasn't around back then.

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Originally Posted by MarkyMark (Post 6417638)

So if we don't make it out of the 2nd round, and Luongo decides this team isn't worth sticking around for after next season, where are we? Our team with no Luongo is pretty mediocore isn't it?

Most likely, yes. And I have a feeling Luongo won't be sticking around...

Canucks simply had chances to win the games.
Although a retarded game strategy, they almost pulled through a 1-0 win to make it a 3-1 series lead... but they didn't.
There's no momentum going for Canucks right now. Especially not only from the bitter loss of game 4, but now they can't even win at home.
So realistically, there is acutally no momentum going in Canucks direction right now. And they are playing in Chicago now...

I'll have to be bullshitting if I were to say I wasn't worried.

It's hard to say if Lu will stay or go. It's so hard to judge Lu from his comments because sometimes when I hear him speak I think he doesn't give a shit about the team but other times he seems beyond passionate. I think at the end of the day it'll come down to the money, the terms and his family.

The thing I'm sort of worried about now is the fall out with the Sedins if this series ends today. I know for a fact that the media will go after the Sedins and how they disappeared in this series and couldn't win the big games for the team. They already mentioned this topic on the radio and I’m sure the Sedins will be a hot topic for the local media for weeks to come. How much that will play into their discussion to stay remains to be seen and hinges on this series.

I think momentum's overrated in the playoffs. It's more about adjustments, esp with two even teams.

The season's overall been successful, but Quenneville's widely out-coached AV so far this series and that is the big disappointment. There's been enough opportunities there for us to be up 3-2 instead of down. Let's see what he does for Game 6.

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Originally Posted by goo3 (Post 6418245)

That's what the players and coaches claim but its quite obvious that momentum is in Chicago's favor big time. Ever since game 4 they've been riding a high.

Momentum can never be underrated.
One shift can make a big difference within a game,
and one game can make a big difference within a playoff series.

The teams in my opinion are not equal. Maybe on paper, but not on ice. Blackhawks are the better team. Like some have said, Canucks aren't playing defense, they seem to be trying to ride out a storm. Especially in the first 10 mins of every game.

I never see Canucks trying to make the Blackhawks look like they are riding out a storm. Making their defense look helpless, with constant attacking in their end of the ice. Canucks just come in, maybe get a good bounce here and there, take the lead, then trap and ride out the blackhawk storm... There's your "high percentage hockey" BS.