That can't be right. I thought the Globetrotters were at GM place on saturday.

exactly my point, who knos it might get moved out to the PNE? I did hear on radio on the way home that the canucks had the priority, and would need to find the basketball another home that nite

Haha. They can play the Nuck's game at the Coliseum for good old times.

east looks boring as FUCK!

teams in the east look deadly compared to the bottom four of the west

The West teams are just...better.

That is the stupidist excuse I've ever heard. So lets say player A plays one game and scores 5 pts then goes out for the year. Should he win MVP cuz his points per game is higher than everybody else? And is it guaranteed that Ovie will have more points than Hank if he didn't miss any games? So we should punish Hank or Sid or whoever for not getting injured or not playing reckless? Ovie has noone to blame for missing games but himself. To me, it's absurd that Ovie should even be in the running for MVP. The Caps were something ridiculous like 7-2-1 without Ovie in the lineup...that sure shows how important he is and without Ovie's 50 goals, the Caps would still be 3rd in the league in goals. Some people can even argue he's not even the best player on his team. He's just the flashiest and gets the most attention.

Ovie plays huge minutes. Compared to Hank, Ovie only played 55 minutes (or about 3 games given his average ice time) fewer.

He also plays a lot more on the power play than Henrik.

Don't forget that Ovechkin was suspended twice for 2 games each.

Also, Botchford from the Province.

http://communities.canada.com/THEPRO...-one-vote.aspx

play off schedule for canucks

#3 Vancouver vs. #6 Los Angeles

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver

Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver

Monday, April 19, 2010 - 7 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 7 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles

*Friday, April 23, 2010 - 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver

*Sunday, April 25, 2010 - TBD Vancouver at Los Angeles

*Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - TBD Los Angeles at Vancouver

(Sorry, we still can't explain Steve Bernier).


I LOL

They told the Globetrotters to GTFO.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle1530981/

http://canucks.nhl.com/club/page.htm...id=van-news-cr

Enjoy!:thumbsup:

west conference definitely gonna be more interesting than east conference ..

it can go either way for both teams ...

my thoughts:
Sharks VS Avs: crazy 1st line for the shakrs, but i am not sure if No-show Joe will step it up this year... Sharks will probably dominated the Avs and crush their playoff run

Hawks VS Sabers: This is probably the only game people can agree the Hawks will move into 2nd round

Canucks VS Kings: Canucks has good record against the Kings during regular season but with the injuries on the blueline, it could be a hard battle for the Canucks and the result can go both ways.

Coyote VS Wings: This match can go both way simply phx got a brilliant goalie, Howard is good but everyone knows he doesnt have playoff experience.

I think all matches, excluding the Hawks VS Sabers will probably end at game 6 or 7.

LOL Sabers? you mean Preds?

yup, preds...

haha

only if he didn't get himself suspended and pull of dirty plays that hurt him and he plays a lot more minutes than hank


this!

I don't think the west is "better" but its the style of each conference. West is more balanced in Offence Defence and Goal. East is almost all Offence. Therefore when East plays West. West usually dominates because of their defensive skill.

My predictions

West
Colorado over SJ
Chicago over Preds
Van Over LA
Detriot over PHX

East
Wash over MTL
Phil over NJ
Sabres over Bost
Ottawa over Pengiuns

Is anybody else confused as to why Ryan Miller is getting all the goaltending hype? Is it cuz everybody wants an American to win Vezina and Hart? Is it cuz of the way he played in the Olympics which dosen't mean a thing in the NHL. Everybody seems to be forgetting Brodeur. Here's a guy who's coming off his first major injury of his career, led the NHL in wins with 44 compared to Miller's 41, played about 400 more minutes than Miller, had 4 more shut outs than Miller and GAA was only 0.04 higher than Millers. It's not that I don't agree Miller had a fantastic year, but I think Brodeur had a better one. Lets talk offensive help, the Sabres scored 13 more goals than the Devils and the Devils are in the Atlantic which means night after night of Crosby, Malkin, Gaborik, Richards, Carter etc while nobody of that calibre comes to mind in the northeast. Lets talk team defense. Miller has Calder and Norris candidate Tyler Myers and Rivet while Brodeur's best dman is probably Paul Martin who missed 61 games. It should be clear who the better goalie is.

me too :rofl:

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For me it's Miller/Bryz>>>>>>>>the rest. The Vezina has essentially become the most valuable goaltender as well since goalies never win the hart, the last one I remember was Jose Theodore in 2002? Also last season an American did win the Vezina, Tim Thomas.

Both Brodeur and Miller have a similar winning percentage but Millers gets his team at least a single point 86% of his starts while Brodeur is at 67%. Buffalo allows 31.4 shots/game (T-8th most) while New Jersey allows 27 (2nd least). New Jersey plays a trapping style of play while Buffalo will give up a lot of quality chances (mostly because they know their goalie will bail them out). Offensively, NJ has more high-end talent than Buffalo (Parise, Elias, Zajac and Kovie vs Connolly, Vanek, Roy and Pominville) and it shows. No player on Buffalo has more than 28 goals or 69 points. Also while the Atlantic may have more superstars, the Northeast has 4 of 5 teams going to the playoffs while the Atlantic has 3.

While Brodeur had a good season after an injury and was solid, but he played on a better team and had several rough patches. Watching Miller and Bryzgalov play though, they both consistently stood on their heads and carried their team.

Bryz should get some serious consideration. The Coyotes are a force this year...and a lot of it is thanks to Bryzgalov. A team of mostly nobodies all stepped up their game and rode their hot goalie all year. Their coach is going to win the Jack Adams almost guaranteed.