[Hondaracer]

Why wasn't he pulled fucking AV wtf..
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[Spidey]

Errrrrr..... I would be pissed if I was Luongo... seriously, I am embarrassed for him.

[AzNightmare]

Take the puck

[Not really racist!]

When was the last time a Cup Final game was this lopsided?

[Oleophobic]

stupid AV
I expected him to pull lu after the 4th one out of respect and to give schneider some ice time

way to make our #1 goalie look bad

[scottsman]

Those first two goals he let in weren't his fault.

1 or 2 goals max are Luus fault.

[wingies]

HAHAHA

[AAnthony]

50 seconds left...we got this, anything can happen!
FUUUUUUUUU :fuuuuu:

We'll take the cup Friday!

[AzNightmare]

hmmm... don't know why AV left Luongo in for so long. For sure thought 6 would have been enough.

Maybe cause there was only like 3 minutes left and thought Canucks could have just rode it to the need without letting in 3 more goals.

[BlackV62K2]

Didn't let in 8 goals all season and we do it now in the finals....sigh

[Bonka]

Oh man what a nightmare to watch tonight.

I hope nothing carries over to game 4.
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[StylinRed]

well that was nice seeing boston fans consoling and shaking hands with canucks fans instead of pouring salt on em

[b0unce. [?]]

Well Luu is definitely going to hang himself tonight. Good job.

[VooDood]

like really....wtf happend. first period was exciting as fuck and then it all went down the shithole =/

[SkinnyPupp]

hmmm... don't know why AV left Luongo in for so long. For sure thought 6 would have been enough.

Maybe cause there was only like 3 minutes left and thought Canucks could have just rode it to the need without letting in 3 more goals.
Yup I'm pretty sure the whole team was thinking that

Thing is, Luongo has a fragile ego, so this could spell disaster for at least one more game...

[AzNightmare]

1 or 2 goals max are Luus fault.

Well many goals were just soft after a certain point cause the whole team just gave up, including Lu.

Maybe even the coach gave up, which is why he left Luongo in there.

[Spidey]

It is a good wakeup call, that is all I have to say.... But who here really expected the Canucks to be up 3-0. But this def is a bad way to give up one game. on another note... myabe Boston used up all their potential goals for this series :)


sucks to be the canuck fans in boston

[palepilsenpin0y]

well that was nice seeing boston fans consoling and shaking hands with canucks fans instead of pouring salt on em

+1 for this.

Very respectful

[Iceman_2K]

Turn the page and onto the next game. We're still 1 game up on Boston.

[AzNightmare]

I hope of all people, Luongo can move on from this...

He's such an emotional goalie.

[truong]

Chicago series all over again ?

[k2_alpha]

Don cherry looks and sounds like an arrogrant prick.
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[Chronix]

hows the fans in dt lol

[Alatar]

Look at it this way. Boston just scored all their goals for the series in one game.

[Hondaracer]

meh i dont think it will carry over, the team completely collapsed and were gassed

8 doesnt really say much when they are passing cross-crease a foot in front of Lu

[SpuGen]

Counted 8 Status updates hating on Lu before 3rd Period.

Just take off your fake jersey now, Bandwagoners.

[iwantaskyline]

Poor game by the Canucks, but they did play with only 5 d-men most of the game. Luongo was able to play great in game 7 against Chicago so I don't think he is as fragile as many think to let this game get to him.

[Bonka]

I hope of all people, Luongo can move on from this...

He's such an emotional goalie.

He'll be fine. We're in the SCF and he's had blowouts along the way.

Hope the WHOLE team bounces back after all the bad that came out.
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[cliffhanger33]

T_______T
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[Harvey Specter]

We'll win on Wed, we've seen this before...Canucks lose big time and bounce back next game.

[shawn79]

spotted alot of RS"ers @ rogers arena :troll:

[jigga250]

WTF Happened to our PP? Absolute garbage. I expect a huge game from the Sedins on Weds.

Someone remind me again, why are Rome and Alberts playing over Ballard and Tanev? Rome takes 1-2 bad penalties every game, the Nucks will be better off with him suspended on Weds.

Lucic should get a game too for his punch to the back of Burrows head.

[european]

Crap. For some silly reason I feel like its my fault cause I posted a picture of a Turtle with a Canucks towel so I need to apologize (I'm terrible sorry) but whatever the reason, it doesn't matter. There are still plenty of games left and the Canucks WILL WIN THE STANLEY CUP!! Let's put out that positive vibe guys! Canucks will come back in game 4.

[Osaka]

PP hurt us more than it helped :(

[jigga250]

Oh, and Craig Simpson is a moron.

"Tim Thomas has really gotten in their heads"

[less than a second later Hansen scores]


Did you guys hear that Mark Wahlberg is filming a new movie called "the fighter"?

[shawn79]

Look at it this way. Boston just scored all their goals for the series in one game.

they scored all that for horton

[Okami]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvhlNejqrb0&feature=player_embedded

prob gonna get failed for this

but it is so true

[XplicitLuder]

come on .. no one really expected a sweep lol if you did..D: lol Nonetheless..i wasn't expecting this kind of score. My prediction still stands nucks in 5. Our D played not the greatest today and shit just happens sometimes lol Def woulda been better to play Tanev and Ballard..Tanev was amazing in his game against San Jose.

[Hondaracer]

no one "gets in their heads" after one game

[Wongtouski]

I keep waiting for a video message from Mark Wahlberg saying "Say Hello to your mother for me" on the big screen at the end of the game, it didn't come LOL

[Okami]

LOL the guy on team 1040! is ranting about "steve tambellini" XDD :troll:

[Chronix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvhlNejqrb0&feature=player_embedded

prob gonna get failed for this

but it is so true

where did he get that shirt. i want

[Spidey]

Chicago series all over again ?

reminded more of san jose in game 3.

[cliffhanger33]

Through all this, Salo gets a +1 rating
Only canucks player to get a +
what a guy :)
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[EmperorIS]

I didn't do my lucky charm today. And we lost. Fuck me.
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[AzNightmare]

We'll win on Wed, we've seen this before...Canucks lose big time and bounce back next game.

Like in Chicago when they got blown out in game 4, and made a "bounce back" in game 5. :troll:

Crap. For some silly reason I feel like its my fault cause I posted a picture of a Turtle with a Canucks towel so I need to apologize (I'm terrible sorry) but whatever the reason, it doesn't matter. There are still plenty of games left and the Canucks WILL WIN THE STANLEY CUP!! Let's put out that positive vibe guys! Canucks will come back in game 4.

Maybe it's my fault. I jinxed the team. I bought a Stanley Cup coin bank from Shoppers Drug Mart today. Early declaration of winning the cup... :whistle:


That's okay. Canucks in 5, winning the cup at home is always sweeter than winning on the road.

[murd0c]

spotted alot of RS"ers @ rogers arena :troll:

any leave early? :fullofwin:

[cliffhanger33]

Even though I'm confident with Canucks, it's such a lowblow to lose like that today.
But still, we definitely got this haha
Almost sure we will bounce back on game 4
It's just a wake up call
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[Iceman_2K]

Honestly, they played a great period 1 - how many teams survive a 5 min powerplay? They're still one game up on Boston - and the next game is Wed. We regroup, look at the replays, and tweak the process. Same thing we did in the previous games, the same thing we did after the previous 2 games. We didn't have a lot on the bench, and I'm sure AV asked Luongo what he wanted after the 4 goals, so before we go out and ask to hang any of the players or AV, remember that they've made it this far without us doing coaching from the couch. What hurts more, losing 2 to 1, or losing 8 to 1? When you lose 2 to 1, you lost because you didn't have the extra bit to make it into overtime. When you lose 8 to 1, it doesn't matter because there's the next game - and we don't care about the score anymore. At the end of the day, its about the number of games we won - and we're still 1 game up on Boston.

For the bandwagoners - especially the Premier - this is hockey - you support the team thick and thin. These guys made it this far - award after award - and it ain't going to stop now. They don't touch nothing but the Cup, and its one game at a time. If you don't like that, and can't stomach losses, then you might want to return that nice shiny jersey you just bought.

[- kT]

Lu isn't to blame at all. he played well, most evidently in that 5min major PP. i feel bad for the guy, but he was a huge reason that we won Gold in the olympics, and he'll be back to bring us to the cup

no big deal, winning the cup at home just makes it all the better!

[Domed]

for all the poeple wondering why luongo wasnt pulled. when it was 5-1 AV asked luongo if he wanted to come out luongo said dont you dare

[Iceman_2K]

It takes a big man to face that kind of game. We've talked about his ego and stuff before, but for me this makes up for it.

[Spidey]

It takes a big man to face that kind of game. We've talked about his ego and stuff before, but for me this makes up for it.

at this stage, once you have gotten this far, mentally, you can only get stronger and more up to the challenge... being embarrassed makes you want to prove yourself even more..

[saucywoman]

Honestly, they played a great period 1 - how many teams survive a 5 min powerplay? They're still one game up on Boston - and the next game is Wed. We regroup, look at the replays, and tweak the process. Same thing we did in the previous games, the same thing we did after the previous 2 games. We didn't have a lot on the bench, and I'm sure AV asked Luongo what he wanted after the 4 goals, so before we go out and ask to hang any of the players or AV, remember that they've made it this far without us doing coaching from the couch. What hurts more, losing 2 to 1, or losing 8 to 1? When you lose 2 to 1, you lost because you didn't have the extra bit to make it into overtime. When you lose 8 to 1, it doesn't matter because there's the next game - and we don't care about the score anymore. At the end of the day, its about the number of games we won - and we're still 1 game up on Boston.

For the bandwagoners - especially the Premier - this is hockey - you support the team thick and thin. These guys made it this far - award after award - and it ain't going to stop now. They don't touch nothing but the Cup, and its one game at a time. If you don't like that, and can't stomach losses, then you might want to return that nice shiny jersey you just bought.
I'd thank you but I'm on my phone, so just going to quote you instead. Take the wins with the losses, that's what being a true fan is all about
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[HondaGuy]

Have faith guys...we can do this.

Let boston have this one victory...after this, its all canucks!!

This loss will push canucks into stronger mode.

Believe.
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[palepilsenpin0y]

Luongo was off his game today, but he wasn't a complete wreck. Morale + momentum was against the Canucks' favor and a lot of the team just gave up early on in the 3rd period.

Lu will redeem himself in game 4. I can see it already. You gotta respect him for not wanting to get pulled out after allowing 5. That shows he's still got a lot of heart.

All the people on fb blaming him for tonight's loss should go die in a fire. We wouldn't have gotten this far in the Playoffs/Finals if it weren't for him. It's almost like people have forgotten it completely. Canuck fans my ass

The Cup will still be ours. We'll take it on Vancouver ice.

[Qmx323]

FB flamers = bandwagoners

[Iceman_2K]

Like the slogan says - we're all Canucks, and this is what we live for.

If you believe in the process, and do what you need to do, you win - its the same message AV has been saying; its the same message that the whole organization has been saying. One game at a time. No one said there wasn't going to be bumps. Think of it this way - if fans think that way, and have that mentality, and we don't even play the game, what mental strength does the team have, when they have to go out there, shift after shift, and physically win the game so we have the prevlage to cheer.

[Wongtouski]

Game 3, must win, tough home crowd, two horrific brainfart road losses, sprinkled with "karma" after Rome's hit...........8-1 is not out of the ordinary in this case. Most of the goals were from the unlucky category rather than outskilled.

[AzNightmare]

It's almost like people have forgotten it completely. Canucks fan my ass

Not forgotten...
More like all the bandwagoners were never around earlier to see what Lu brought for us in the first place.

[Mr.HappySilp]

Lu isn't to blame at all. he played well, most evidently in that 5min major PP. i feel bad for the guy, but he was a huge reason that we won Gold in the olympics, and he'll be back to bring us to the cup

no big deal, winning the cup at home just makes it all the better!

agree!

We should have pull lu out at 4 to 0. There is no point in keeping him there to burn. Now he is going to have a tough time getting his confident back for next game.

We should have pull lu out at 4 to 0 and just go all offensive. We have nothing to lose at that point anyways since we are down 4 goals already. Rough up the other team at the very least.

[Osaka]

4 games to win 2... still in our favor. Wake up call, reality check, whatever you wanna call it the Canucks will bounce back with a better effort to win the series!!

[Iceman_2K]

Lu has nothing to redeem. We lost as a team - we win as a team.

[spideyv2]

people need to stop all the talk about how we just wanna win it at home or winning at home will be that much better..of course it will be. But you never want to see your team lose 8-1 in the SCF, I wouldn't have cared if it was a hard fought close game

[Iceman_2K]

Would it matter to you if we win the next two 3-2 3-2? If we take the attitude that we lose and the world is over, then the world has been over 19 times during the regular season out of the 80 some odd games we played.

[Iceman_2K]

He asked to stay in at 5-1. It was his call - and he wouldn't have it any other way.

agree!

We should have pull lu out at 4 to 0. There is no point in keeping him there to burn. Now he is going to have a tough time getting his confident back for next game.

We should have pull lu out at 4 to 0 and just go all offensive. We have nothing to lose at that point anyways since we are down 4 goals already. Rough up the other team at the very least.

[spoon.ek9]

let's not forget who we had on d tonight:

bieksa - rome (tossed)
edler (tough night) - ehrhoff (plenty of stupid plays, brain farts and trying to be cute with the pucK)
alberts - salo

i knew going in that rome was going to be a weak link (again) but obviously didn't expect him to KO horton and get tossed. nerves got to edler again and ehrhoff was just awful IMHO. alberts was okay but obviously wasn't able to handle the extra workload easily and salo like mentioned above, still +1 in a 8-1 loss.

i REALLY hope that AV comes back with ballard/tanev for game 4 and hopefully hammer can make a return. we really need hammer's calmness and smart play in an environment like this.

[6thGear.]

People need to stop saying Luongo lost confidence, cause I'm pretty sure he's fine. He know's it and so does the whole team that everyone in front of him sucked tonight. As far as I'm concerned, Boston can take this game, since it's Neely's bday and it's the anniversary of his trade today, and they prob drew inspiration from that. It's only 1 game...

[rb]

Just came back from the viewing party

* They didn't lower the screen. Getting lower bowl tickets is a bad idea as my neck is now killing me.
* You get a free towel.
* Good atmosphere but be prepared for the typical bandwagoner comments, esp if the team is losing.

[Mercy]

If any of your guys that are saying should have pulled him. Here is a question for you. You're in game 3 of the stanly cup finals with a 2-0 lead in the series. You've never been here before. You know you're the number one goalie on the team. You're losing 5-1 in a game that's going south. Would you want to be taken out? Have any of you guys seen a goalie being pulled in the finals other than to injury? Wouldn't you guys want to experience it good or bad? I think him being taken out would of had a harder time on him mentally... Possibly thinking that he's not good enough so he got pulled in the finals? Or would you rather feel as if the team still has the confidence in you along with thr coach gm and staff. Anyway hope that stuff makes sense I can't re read it lol.
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[Iceman_2K]

There's definitely going to be lineup tweaks for sure. Rome looks to be a suspension for sure - they won't let this one go, especially with the attention that concussions are getting.

[f.]

Great first, not so great 2nd and 3rd, but whatever, Canucks in 5! I feel the wagon just got a lot lighter, more room for the real fans! GO CANUCKS GO!

[spoon.ek9]

i think a suspension is the only way AV will take rome out of the line up lol.

[VooDood]

reading some of these facebook status' and it just makes my head hurt.
http://www.memedepot.com/uploads/1000/1148_1253230725640.jpg

[fliptuner]

Couldn't agree more with Iceman_2K.

We didn't care about the score in the last 2 games so don't start giving a shit now. Win is a win, loss is a loss. I didn't expect to sweep, 1 win on this trip to Boston is just awesome.

I just want to see the boys regroup and come out and play our game, hard, for 60 minutes.

A few points though:

-Rome hit - late but clean, 5 minute major was more than enough given Horton got injured, Horton was admiring a pass and had his head down, no blindside.

-Nucks effort in the last 2 periods was so sloppy. I don't mind the final score. I hate the effort.

-PP has to pick it up.

-reffing was terrible. No excuse, we were losing before it really started to suck.

[6thGear.]

There's definitely going to be lineup tweaks for sure. Rome looks to be a suspension for sure - they won't let this one go, especially with the attention that concussions are getting.

If Rome gets a suspension, so should Lucic for that cheap head shot on Burrows. This is a good chance for the NHL to show that any type of head shots are suspendable offenses.

[spoon.ek9]

i'm kind of curious, how did daniel get a 10min misconduct for grappling a guy (ference?)

couldn't hear shit while at boston pizza..

[shawn79]

If Rome gets a suspension, so should Lucic for that cheap head shot on Burrows. This is a good chance for the NHL to show that any type of head shots are suspendable offenses.

bruins wont get suspended with horton and lucic out it will make americans viewer not want to watch hockey

[Bonjour43MA]

This was such a strange game... we played pretty well in the first and killed off a huge 5 min major, but lost a d-man just 5 minutes in. Then a couple of lucky/weird goals in the second kinda gave Boston the momentum and our D seemed to have run out of gas and stopped skating. Then in the 3rd we tried to push back but then by that time the game was starting to get out of hand and the refs started to throw people out, and we could never make a strong enough push to make it meaningful.

I did expect the loss but not like this... a little embarrassed because this is the cup finals and no team has been blown out like this for the past 15 years..

Oh well, we got the stinker out of the way and I expect us to come back strong in game 4 and win it at home on Friday night.

[6thGear.]

Really? Poor reffing? I felt they did a good job of controlling the game before it gets out of hand. Sure the Kesler penalty (elbowing) was kinda weak, but for the most part, the penalties weren't overcalled like game 1 and the refs let both sides play, for the most part. Ref's took control of th game, handng misconducts out on both side and I'm fine by that

i'm kind of curious, how did daniel get a 10min misconduct for grappling a guy (ference?)

couldn't hear shit while at boston pizza..

Don't you mean Vancouver Pizza?:troll:

Pretty sure Refs did it equally and held the game together before shit starts to fly everywhere

[Iceman_2K]

Horton's probably going to be day-to-day, and a game time decision.

[DanHibiki]

i scrabbled trying to organize everything with my friends and where to watch the game today and bam. this shit.

[6thGear.]

bruins wont get suspended with horton and lucic out it will make americans viewer not want to watch hockey

HAH! Your kinda right there. But I don't think Lucic has taken over, much like Chara hasn't and I had expected them to from game 1. Then again, they still can wake up in this series

[TRDood]

meh, I just want to see if Thomas gets his shutout or not.



why?

If only SSSSSSSSSSSsssss got a chance to play :failed:

This feels like the exact same thing as the Torres/Seabrook hit. Lit up the opponent but this time... it's only 2 wins, not 3 wins. :fuuuuu:




It's okay though GAME 4!!!!!

[kristianhay]

http://chzmemebase.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/memes-haters-gonna-hate.gif

Lu wasn't to blame for all the goals tonight, the defence looked awful. Onto game 4!

[spoon.ek9]

i'm so glad i don't have any bandwagoners on my fb!

anyways.. canucks need to focus again on that one-game-at-a-time mentality. this counts as one loss anyway you paint it. we're still up 2-1 but we need to keep our cool and play our game. losing composure is not what this team is about, tonight should be last time that occurs in this series. and of course, anyone who knows a bit of hockey knew this wasn't going to be a sweep. most importantly though:

I STILL Believe and so should YOU!

GO CANUCKS GO!

[snowball]

Just came back from the viewing party

* They didn't lower the screen. Getting lower bowl tickets is a bad idea as my neck is now killing me.
* You get a free towel.
* Good atmosphere but be prepared for the typical bandwagoner comments, esp if the team is losing.

Best spot is near the top of the lower bowl anywhere away from a corner, the upper section was kind of far away, and the worst spot is the low areas near the ice.

[fliptuner]

Hold on a sec....you watched the game where?

[jeedee]

Hold on a sec....you watched the game where?

Rogers Arena is opened for away games for people that bought tickets ($10) from TicketMaster.

Game 4 is apparently all "sold out" [thats what TicketMaster said to me on Friday and I managed to get tickets the next day :lol]

Game 6 tickets are still available

Managed to spot van19, and I'm pretty sure I've seen some RS'ers

[cliffhanger33]

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I don't want any posts saying Horton deserved that hit. Thats such a terrible thing to say, no one deserves to be injured. I sincerely hope that its nothing serious with him. Nathan Horton is a fair playing hockeyplayer, a fantastic guy off ice and I wish him the best of luck reaching game 4.

[fliptuner]

Rogers Arena is opened for away games for people that bought tickets ($10) ...........

LOL no, spoon.ek9

[SkinnyPupp]

what the fuck kind of cretin says that Horton deserved to be hurt?

[spoon.ek9]

LOL no, spoon.ek9

i was watching at "vancouver" pizza.. pretty bad venue for games i'd say and their menu is laughable.

[TRDood]

First time sitting at the club section, they have so much more food and washrooms.

The screen position was okay, sat in row 18, center ice. Surprisingly the TV was pretty clear, looking like HD.

The 2nd intermission with the kids playing hockey was pretty cool.

I thought we would get a SCF towel, but it's only a leftover playoff towel. Better than nothing.

It's definitely worth $10 to get in to hear the goal buzzers and the towel. Better than sitting/standing on the road outside CBC. The trash aftermath on the road is disgusting. Why can't people clean up after themselves?

One thing I didn't like was the damn advertisements, 1 minute the arena is all dark, another minute the arena lights up because of a fucking viagara ad.

Here are the pictures.

http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt328/shortkid_555/IMG_1114.jpg

http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt328/shortkid_555/IMG_1115.jpg

[snowball]

what the fuck kind of cretin says that Horton deserved to be hurt?

In Rogers arena there were people cheering to a motionless horton laying on the ice. Awful.

[mako]

In Rogers arena there were people cheering to a motionless horton laying on the ice. Awful.

^
people who know nothing about hockey

[SkinnyPupp]

In Rogers arena there were people cheering to a motionless horton laying on the ice. Awful.
That's disgusting

[rb]

One thing I didn't like was the damn advertisements, 1 minute the arena is all dark, another minute the arena lights up because of a fucking viagara ad.


I thought I was going to have an epileptic seizure b/c of those bright flashing lights. I was also really disappointed when people started cheering when Horton went down and was motionless. No wonder other fan bases call us classless

[tr0ubl3s0m3x]

when will the league start saying that the person getting nailed is also partly at fault for not keeping your fucking head up. cmon! in the beginning stages of playing hockey, everyone is taught keep your head on a swivel and know anything and everything thats on the ice.

Rome will probably get a game, but man, the players and the ones getting nailed have to realize that u cant go admiring your own pass, or reaching for the puck etc. be aware of your surroundings.

shitty game by the Canucks.. no jump, horrible passing. they'll be back and ready for game 4.

GO CANUCKS

[jeedee]

lol there was a guy wearing a Bergeron jersey a couple seats away from me [sec 107] and he started clapping. 2 rows down a lady goes "SCREW YOU!" and he goes quiet from there.

I wonder if he left Rogers Arena unscathed :lol

[6thGear.]

Repost? I'm to lazy to scan through 30+ pages..lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isIkUvW7nlQ&feature=topvideos_sports



No wonder other fan bases call us classless

lol there was a guy wearing a Bergeron jersey a couple seats away from me [sec 107] and he started clapping. 2 rows down a lady goes "SCREW YOU!" and he goes quiet from there.

I wonder if he left Rogers Arena unscathed :lol

I'm surprised and have a lot more respect for some bruins fans, after seeing some of them shake hands with canuck fans after the game was over. That deserves respect. I wish I can say the same with the crowd here....

[AzNightmare]

:lol Shea Weber is active on Raymond's FB right now.

You guys should talk to him before he logs off.


"I hope Vancouver wins! I'm from B.C. And Boston is east coast.. I don't like it East Coast. ;)"

-Weber.

Guess he's not bitter?

[twitchyzero]

when i saw the stretcher coming out for horton i thought about the Bertuzzi incident on Steve Moore

[MR_BIGGS]

I didn't like seeing Horton laying their like he did.

It was a late hit and my thinking is that the Refs took care of it by calling 5 and a game. I feel there should not be any more discipline.

Canucks were down to 5 dmen and many Canucks had a bad game.

They have to regroup and adjust their gameplan.

Bruins broke Canucks forecheck to easy tonight.

[shawn79]

:lol Shea Weber is active on Raymond's FB right now.

You guys should talk to him before he logs off.


"I hope Vancouver wins! I'm from B.C. And Boston is east coast.. I don't like it East Coast. ;)"

-Weber.

Guess he's not bitter?

hes coming to vancouver, him and hamhuis are best of friends in nashville :troll:
weber > salo on the point

[MWR34]

i'm kind of curious, how did daniel get a 10min misconduct for grappling a guy (ference?)

couldn't hear shit while at Vancouver pizza..

fixed.


including the misconducts we got 60 Penalty minutes... and 5 players removed from the game. and boston got 5 players and 1 injury from the game.

This is the definition of blood sweat and tears that defines true Stanley cup Contenders. Even thou it was a blowout, everyone played with the desire we all should see at this time of year.

[Tim Budong]

home from RogersArena and all the post game jazz...
gotta say, the crowds inside made it less painful

[bing]

In Rogers arena there were people cheering to a motionless horton laying on the ice. Awful.

people were doing it at "downtown surrey" too.

damn bandwagoners

[Noir]

Couldn't agree more with Iceman_2K.

We didn't care about the score in the last 2 games so don't start giving a shit now. Win is a win, loss is a loss. I didn't expect to sweep, 1 win on this trip to Boston is just awesome.


B,b,b,but the prophecy "supposed" Canuck fans was spouting was Chicago in 7, Nashville in 6, San Jose in 5, and Boston in 4?

I also thought Tim Thomas was supposed to suck?



Not knockin' you flip, but I just couldn't pass up the chance to prove how certain other vocal "supposed best Canuck fans" that they don't know shit about hockey.

Sure you can scream the loudest, brag the most, and can drop X amount of money in Canuck merchandise, but some of you guys still don't know shit. :thumbsup:

[b0unce. [?]]

:lol Shea Weber is active on Raymond's FB right now.

You guys should talk to him before he logs off.


"I hope Vancouver wins! I'm from B.C. And Boston is east coast.. I don't like it East Coast. ;)"

-Weber.

Guess he's not bitter?

lol

Always nice to see lots of goals Kay Thomas. And with the risk of saying this. Was nice to see Kevin Christopher Bieksa give away a couple. Considering his big mouth. was that the new way of making juice?

[Volvoman]

Maybe they were clapping in support when they lifted him up? I was clapping as well. I also clapped when this dude came out.

http://members.shaw.ca/volvoman/index/Pictures/canucks/DSC_0698.jpg

Few more snapshots

http://members.shaw.ca/volvoman/index/Pictures/canucks/DSC_0630.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/volvoman/index/Pictures/canucks/DSC_0687.jpg

[TRDood]

Home jersey???

Game 2?

Maybe they were clapping in support when they lifted him up? I was clapping as well. I also clapped when this dude came out.

http://members.shaw.ca/volvoman/index/Pictures/canucks/DSC_0698.jpg

Few more snapshots

http://members.shaw.ca/volvoman/index/Pictures/canucks/DSC_0630.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/volvoman/index/Pictures/canucks/DSC_0687.jpg
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[Tim Budong]

I will once again say this. some people will not agree, but this is truth

You come down the middle, admire your pass, id say 8/10 defensemen will lay u out. Doesn't matter how it's done, the hit will come.

not a very good example, but it works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLbLiGXqHIA

then theres this, if this happened pre lockout NHL. It might not even be looked at.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiDJ1y7cGIw

and then this

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

but to be honest, both of these hits make Rome's hits look amateur

then theres this too, from last season
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQOiEslbr7k

[mickz]

Just came back from the viewing party

* They didn't lower the screen. Getting lower bowl tickets is a bad idea as my neck is now killing me.
* You get a free towel.
* Good atmosphere but be prepared for the typical bandwagoner comments, esp if the team is losing.

Where I was sitting there were girls who made comments like, "Wow, I've never seen players get kicked out of the game before." For future games I will definitely watch it downtown instead.

[G]

Spotted Darthchilli and his cup ;)

Will be there on Wednesday, RS meet up? Haha.


ANYONE SEE THAT LITTLE KID DURING INTERMISSION? HIGHLIGHT REEL GOAL !!


Edit:

I also heard that Alain wanted to pull Luongo (forgot after which goal).. but Luongo said he wanted to stay in and Alain said okay..... Not sure if this is true, but if it is then I kind of feel bad for Luongo.

[Noir]

(meant to quote chilli but its long)

Horton hit was a bad one but it wasn't dirty IMO.

He just stood his ground on the blue line and the best guess I can surmise is that he miscalculated (or misread) when Horton was going to dump/pass the puck.

It just seemed he already committed to the hit while Horton was still in possession but I'm guessing he just followed through because I assume that since he's slowing down, if he didn't stand him up and let him through instead, Rome would've been burned on the play defensively.

The major plus game ejection is fine, and good on the Canucks to give Horton the stick tap when he was being carted off but it'd be sad to see if people see this as another example of what's wrong with hockey.

[Tim Budong]

Spotted Darthchilli and his cup ;)

Will be there on Wednesday, RS meet up? Haha.


ANYONE SEE THAT LITTLE KID DURING INTERMISSION? HIGHLIGHT REEL GOAL !!


Edit:

I also heard that Alain wanted to pull Luongo (forgot after which goal).. but Luongo said he wanted to stay in and Alain said okay..... Not sure if this is true, but if it is then I kind of feel bad for Luongo.

The kids game was great! and yes, Wyshynski of PuckDaddy did tweet the above info.

The Canucks gave me these seats, Sec323 RW1
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5807636860_7cbd7d481c_z.jpg

(meant to quote chilli but its long)

Horton hit was a bad one but it wasn't dirty IMO.

He just stood his ground on the blue line and the best guess I can surmise is that he miscalculated (or misread) when Horton was going to dump/pass the puck.

It just seemed he already committed to the hit while Horton was still in possession but I'm guessing he just followed through because I assume that since he's slowing down, if he didn't stand him up and let him through instead, Rome would've been burned on the play defensively.

The major plus game ejection is fine, and good on the Canucks to give Horton the stick tap when he was being carted off but it'd be sad to see if people see this as another example of what's wrong with hockey.

Thats exactly how I see it. Funny how the hockey panels don't mention this fact. I 100% agree

btw..look who I saw BWAHAHAHAH

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5807640418_30cc1fcd43_z.jpg

[fliptuner]

Yup, said the exact same things during the game.

You wanna see concussion inducing shoulder checks that injure, just youtube "Scott Stevens Greatest Hits" (some are clean, some are head shots). Maybe not acceptable in todays game but I still don't think Rome's is suspendable, especially since he was given a misconduct.

edit...here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U7jUbKQYdw


Also, I don't think it's been mentioned but from what I've seen, the hit isn't what injured Horton, his head smacked the ice when he landed. That's why I say the intent to injure isn't there.

And yeah, Noir, I try to avoid predictions - it's pretty cocky and only makes you look like an idiot when you're wrong. I can always say what the team has accomplished, what they've proven and what I hope will happen. As a fan, especially this season, I mainly just want the boys to play their best (because it IS the best) and stay healthy. Bad bounces, crappy calls etc. will come but I'll never fault the team if they're giving 100%.

[Ch28]

Spotted Darthchilli and his cup ;)

Will be there on Wednesday, RS meet up? Haha.


ANYONE SEE THAT LITTLE KID DURING INTERMISSION? HIGHLIGHT REEL GOAL !!

I'm going to be sitting in section 103. Been awhile since I've sat lower bowl.

The best part of the entire game was watching the mini game that the kids had during the intermissions. They were a hell of a lot of fun to watch! :thumbsup:

[TRDood]

Double...

[TRDood]

I see myself. Hahaha
The kids game was great! and yes, Wyshynski of PuckDaddy did tweet the above info.

The Canucks gave me these seats, Sec323 RW1
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5807636860_7cbd7d481c_z.jpg



Thats exactly how I see it. Funny how the hockey panels don't mention this fact. I 100% agree

btw..look who I saw BWAHAHAHAH

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5807640418_30cc1fcd43_z.jpg
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[Tim Budong]

btw, props to Claude Jullien on calling out Lucic and Recchi on their post whistle antics

[Tim Budong]

I'm going to be sitting in section 103. Been awhile since I've sat lower bowl.

The best part of the entire game was watching the mini game that the kids had during the intermissions. They were a hell of a lot of fun to watch! :thumbsup:

Im gonna see if i can get hooked up again. HAHAHA then move ya'll up back to rw1

[VooDood]

anyone else think oreskovich looked great today?

[K-Dub]

Im gonna see if i can get hooked up again. HAHAHA then move ya'll up back to rw1
wanna get me one too?! :D

[Grandmaster TSE]

Spotted Darthchilli and his cup ;)

Will be there on Wednesday, RS meet up? Haha.


ANYONE SEE THAT LITTLE KID DURING INTERMISSION? HIGHLIGHT REEL GOAL !!


Edit:

I also heard that Alain wanted to pull Luongo (forgot after which goal).. but Luongo said he wanted to stay in and Alain said okay..... Not sure if this is true, but if it is then I kind of feel bad for Luongo.

number 2 on the vipers and his crazy deke :fuckyea:

[Grandmaster TSE]

nothing wrong with lower bowl, i got the finals towel instead of the regular one haha

[spideyv2]

tonight was just fucky..look at that goal when edler's stick broke, that was bullshit.
Kesler scoring on himself on that pk, bad luck

we got this next game

[van19]

Rogers Arena is opened for away games for people that bought tickets ($10) from TicketMaster.

Game 4 is apparently all "sold out" [thats what TicketMaster said to me on Friday and I managed to get tickets the next day :lol]

Game 6 tickets are still available

Managed to spot van19, and I'm pretty sure I've seen some RS'ers

Oh really ? Haha, who is this ?

had some good seats, 2nd last row in lower bowl. perfect sight

[Gh0stRider]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gPZare9vpI

[fliptuner]

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/5/27/128879386869226300.jpg

[Tim Budong]

Heres teh Bure Interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EayuyVCbHg4

[spideyv2]

Claude Julien looks so goofy. Whenever they focus on him at games I try so hard not to laugh

[Harvey Specter]

So a lot of talk on the radio about Kesler been mauled by 4 Boston players after the whistle and the only player coming to his aid was Salo, Sedin's skated off. This was when the score was 4-0 and the Canucks were on the PP.

My opinion is you should stay on the ice and help your teammate, not skate off to the bench but I'm going to try to see if I can find a clip and see exactly what went down.

[K-Dub]

So Burrows gets slashed & punched by Lucic and he gets 12 minutes in penalty, and then 2 minutes for standing up to Chara.

Hmmm...I'm not quite sure I understand the concept of a penalty anymore.

[G]

So Burrows gets slashed & punched by Lucic and he gets 12 minutes in penalty, and then 2 minutes for standing up to Chara.

Hmmm...I'm not quite sure I understand the concept of a penalty anymore.

He did slash Thomas's glove hand.... But, officiating is definitely one of the key advantages/disadvantages that can go for each team.

Personally, I think that it was advantageous for Bruins tonight.

[HonestTea]

So a lot of talk on the radio about Kesler been mauled by 4 Boston players after the whistle and the only player coming to his aid was Salo, Sedin's skated off. This was when the score was 4-0 and the Canucks were on the PP.

My opinion is you should stay on the ice and help your teammate, not skate off to the bench but I'm going to try to see if I can find a clip and see exactly what went down.

Whoa... If that's true, then damn! Good on Salo for helping Kesler out!

[shawn79]

Darthchili if thats ur friend with the canucks snapback kissing the cup on fb, please ask him where he got that hat. TIA

[spideyv2]

He did slash Thomas's glove hand.... But, officiating is definitely one of the key advantages/disadvantages that can go for each team.

Personally, I think that it was advantageous for Bruins tonight.

Didn't we have 8-9 powerplay opportunities? And how many shorthanded goals did we let in?

Can't really blame the refs here

[SkinnyPupp]

BTW did AV really ask Luongo if he wanted to sit out? First he was the "honorary" captain of the team, now he's the coach? What the fuck...

[Tim Budong]

Didn't we have 8-9 powerplay opportunities? And how many shorthanded goals did we let in?

Can't really blame the refs here

Bruins had 8shots on the PENALTY KILL vs 12 shots from Vancouver on the PP

go figure. The refs did what they could. Why were players being ejected? if they didn't this game would get out of hand.

[Tim Budong]

Darthchili if thats ur friend with the canucks snapback kissing the cup on fb, please ask him where he got that hat. TIA

DIPT
we talked about that hahaha

[AzNightmare]

BTW did AV really ask Luongo if he wanted to sit out? First he was the "honorary" captain of the team, now he's the coach? What the fuck...

A bit more reassuring though knowing that Luongo made the decision to stay in on his own.
We all initially thought AV just hung Lu out there to dry.

[spideyv2]

lool i can't imagine what downtown is gonna be like on Friday.

Saturday was a shit show, so many high fives and 'we want some tits' chants

[SkinnyPupp]

I dunno, I think it's much worse to let the goalie have the decision whether he gets pulled or not...

[Vansterdam]

number 2 on the vipers and his crazy deke :fuckyea:

That goal was nuts!!!
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[spideyv2]

I dunno, I think it's much worse to let the goalie have the decision whether he gets pulled or not...

especially with Lu's ego..but I guess it's nice to know that your goalie is confident and wants to finish the game

[Manic!]

Finally a Punjabi Canucks song. About time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJC0bu5sYSs&feature=player_embedded

[AzNightmare]

I dunno, I think it's much worse to let the goalie have the decision whether he gets pulled or not...

Well I think it's just a matter of confidence. AV letting him make the decision shows he trusts Luongo.
Luongo deciding to stay in to tough it out shows he's confident with himself.

The game really wouldn't have turned around with Schneider in net, and Lu would rather stay in than sulk in the locker room or bench.
The frustration's now on himself, or the team, and not at the coach.

I don't really see it as a sign of AV losing control of his goalie.

[SkinnyPupp]

I don't think it's a sign of AV losing control of his goalie either. I think AV never had control of his goalie in the first place.

Letting the other team run up the score, they know they have the ability to score as many as it takes to win. On the other hand, the Canucks can't score more than 2 goals a game on average against TT. This is a potential huge mental boost for Boston, let along a potential ego crush for Luongo.

That isn't even taking into consideration the possibility of injury for no good reason...

I really think AV is an amazing coach, and the team is really well coached. I trust all his decisions, including how he deals with Ballard. But to let your goalie (who used to be the CAPTAIN for some reason) decide if he wants to stay in.. that just seems to go against all common sense.

[spideyv2]

i'm still confident the canucks can get it together, i hope they come out firing on all cylinders wednesday and shut the bruins up

[mb_]

Everyone already said what I would have said so I'm not gonna repeat them. With that being said, this will be forgotten come Friday. I expect a bounce back game tomorrow, I don't give a shit if we win 1-0 or a blow out, a win will put us 1 win away from the holy grail. THIS IS WHAT WE LIVE FOR, GO CANUCKS GO!
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[n3wb]

I'd rather have lost 8-1 today than something like 3-2....IMO, a close score shows that they can definitely beat us when we're near our best....8-1 shows nothing except the fact that we were off our game....Game 4, more likely than not, will be a much different story...

[Chronix]

Still looking for a pair of game 4 tixs! Will meet up today to get it! PM!

[CorneringArtist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gPZare9vpI

This was bullshit. Can't clock the goalie, but he has the ability to clock you? I understand small hits if a player is screening, but honestly, I've never seen something like this.

[Vansterdam]

is there a site for me to watch the last 5-10 minutes of the 3rd period?

[RacingMetro92]

is there a site for me to watch the last 5-10 minutes of the 3rd period?

CBC usually puts up a recording of the stream from games, so it could be there?

[Gh0stRider]

TSN.ca ALERT: Boston Bruins announce that F Nathan Horton will miss the remainder of the playoffs due to a severe concussion.
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[7seven]

TSN.ca ALERT: Boston Bruins announce that F Nathan Horton will miss the remainder of the playoffs due to a severe concussion.
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That really sucks for Horton, feel bad for the guy, it looked like a career altering hit :(

Rome will be suspended, Bob McKenzie posted this

TSNBobMcKenzie Bob McKenzie
Rome hit on Horton way late. 28 digital frames from release to hit. 30 frames=1 second. NHL standard for late hit is longer than .5 second.

I've seen the frame by frame breakdown and the initial point of contact was to Horton's head and the hit was late. Unfortunate result for Horton, but it wasn't a blindside hit and Rome didn't leave his feet at the initial point of contact. Rome will be suspended and it doesn't appear that Hamhuis will be ready to go, thank god for our D depth in Ballard and if need be Tanev.

[taylor192]

I've seen the frame by frame breakdown and the initial point of contact was to Horton's head and the hit was late. Unfortunate result for Horton, but it wasn't a blindside hit and Rome didn't leave his feet at the initial point of contact. Rome will be suspended and it doesn't appear that Hamhuis will be ready to go, thank god for our D depth in Ballard and if need be Tanev.

The head shot is unfortunate. In the frame by frame you can see Rome has Horton's shoulder lined up with his shoulder initially for a wicked Scott Stevens style hit.

[7seven]

The head shot is unfortunate. In the frame by frame you can see Rome has Horton's shoulder lined up with his shoulder initially for a wicked Scott Stevens style hit.

Yup, Rome isn't a dirty player and he's been on the receiving end of two of these types of dangerous hits recently, from McGinn and Pyatt, so I really doubt he wanted to put any other player in that result.

That being said, Rome will get suspended due to the severity of Horton's injury that resulted from an illegal play (late hit to the head).

Danger for the Canucks now is that this could serve as a rallying point for the Bruins, but I believe the Canucks can weather the storm.

[Oleophobic]

ugh severe concussion...
hate to see that happen to any player.
Here's to a full recovery for Horton and that this concussion won't affect his career/quality of life too much

[highfive]

There are so many possibilities that can happen.

-Boston use Horton to rally against the Canucks
-Boston are confident now that they can score on Luongo.
-That makes them either harder to play against or easier if they get overconfident and relax and sit back.

[Greenstoner]

i was watching at villa casino last night.

after the game end, a dude on a slot machine was "Hey canucks jersey, whats the final score, 4-0 ?"

ME "No, its 8-1. Blow out"

Slot guy "Wow, that sucks"

I ended the conversation and turn around about to leave

Slot guy " hey, canucks"

I turn around and see him doing a thumb down " its all going down hill now, buddy"

I exploded "Just like your slot machine" and a thumb down back for him

he was stun, " thx a lot !! "


I really hate hearing those bandwagnore comments when watching games in public, it just doesnt feel good

[murd0c]

Just read on Bob McKenzie's twitter that Rome's hearing lasted 20mins. No word on the result yet

[Great68]

I think what pissed me off the most is that the Canucks totally lost their composure and focussed more on chipping and fighting than trying to get back in the game and at that point the Bruins knew that they broke the Canucks.

[punkwax]

We'll bounce back.

[fsy82]

Aaron Rome suspended for 4 games as per sportsnet

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2011/06/07/canucks_rome_suspended/

[murd0c]

Yep I think that is way too much, it should of been two max. First thing you learn in hockey is keep your fucken head up. I guess they are thinking since Horton is out for the rest of the playoffs Rome should be out as well.

[BlackV62K2]

Aaron Rome suspended for 4 games as per sportsnet

Holy shit.....4 games!

[gdoh]

im thinking hes out for the rest of the playoffs is because hortan is and the fact that he left his feet

[fsy82]

I agree 4 is too much. If you watch the reply Horton was admiring his pass. He should kept his head up and realized he was in a vulnerable position on the ice.

[mb_]

4 games??!?! A bit too much. Looks like Ballard in and/or Hamhuis will be rushed back into the line up

[BlackV62K2]

Lol Sportsnet headline fail

"NHL suspends Bruins defenceman Aaron Rome 4 games for Game 3 hit"

[Ch28]

Hopefully this means Ballard & Tanev draw in while Alberts comes out

[b0unce. [?]]

That sucks for Horton :( I hope he fully recovers and he can play hockey again.
I'm not too worried about the Canucks' loss. Shit happens and we had a collective collapse last night.

Personally I'm a fan of Tanev. I hope we play him now that we have the opportunity.

[BlackV62K2]

What's Hamhuis status? Day to Day?

[b0unce. [?]]

lol i bet the nhl gave rome 4 games to even it out. since horton is going to miss the rest of the playoffs, so will you.

[fsy82]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2011/06/07/canucks_rome_suspended/

[TouringTeg]

Let's hope the Canucks are embarrassed and use this as motivation to bounce back.

Wow... 4 games. Severity of the injury.

[AzNightmare]

;7462864']lol i bet the nhl gave rome 4 games to even it out. since horton is going to miss the rest of the playoffs, so will you.

A trade-off I would take anyday. :fullofwin:

Anyway, hope Horton's health recovers.

[Greenstoner]

unleash the secret weapon : Ballard

Hip checking the shit out of the Bruins ... :D

4 games is alright, to avoid any revenge from Bruin's players. Things could get ugly if he stays in the series

justice is served

[SkinnyPupp]

Holy shit they really threw the book at Rome.. 4 games for being 0.7 seconds late with a hit? he didn't run him, he didn't blindside him, he didn't jump before contact... Horton landed on his head.

This must have more to do with the Burrows bite than anything else.

Oh wells at least we have Ballard waiting :D

[danny_d19]

Pretty sure I remember very clearly in the first year of hitting hockey to keep my head up after a pass or shot instead of staring and admiring it.

[spoon.ek9]

i hope the d for game 4 is:

bieksa-salo
edler-ehrhoff
ballard-tanev

although, edler is a lot steadier when he plays with salo. i'm not sure if i've ever seen bieksa paired with ehrhoff though and AV definitely won't pair ballard with bieksa.

[krazynuck]

For Rome to have 4 games I think is good in the fact that it does not let Boston complain about anything....if he had got only two games people may look to give advantages to Boston but a 4 game evens everything out

Next game though they got to get their shit together....produce on the power play and don't get involved in any needless crap that can tarnish what they have accomplished

I am pretty sure that we will recover and take game 4

[pastarocket]

Our team will respond in game 4. Every player has to play with controlled aggression and stick with the game plan. There's gonna be a beat down in Beantown from our team.

Orcas maul bears!

[mb_]

Hopefully this suspension means he'll be suspended for the first 2 games of the regular season :D
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[highfive]

I'm listening to 1040 right now. God tony gallagher is fucking annoying. Why can't the NHL suspend him for 4 games?

[Spectre_Cdn]

unleash the secret weapon : Ballard

Hip checking the shit out of the Bruins ... :D

4 games is alright, to avoid any revenge from Bruin's players. Things could get ugly if he stays in the series

justice is served
http://www.doyoubleedblue.com/wp-content/uploads/wpid-ballardhipcheckgetty.png
http://i.imgur.com/yqscB.jpgPower!

[Tim Budong]

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Burrows-0-Bites.jpg

oh Americans..

regardless...Rome is in there cuz he digs pucks outta corners alot better than Ballard can. Hell Ballard did play his way outta the line up. Yea, we all know ballard can play better, but he didn't show his worth early on and well. depth is why we are such a good team

[blum2001]

I'm listening to 1040 right now. God tony gallagher is fucking annoying. Why can't the NHL suspend him for 4 games?

Agreed. I'm listening too and I can't stand his whiny voice.

[alwaysideways]

I missed the post game interviews....did Claude Julien say anything about Lucic waving his fingers in Burrows face? Thought his team was above that? :fullofwin:

[JD¹³]

With all due respect I've lost some for the NHL. 4 games for a clean hit? In the Stanley Cup Final? Absolute bullshit.

There was no intent to injure, there was no head-hunting, no elbow. It was a shoulder to shoulder crushing of a guy who was watching his pass instead of keeping his head up in the neutral zone. Finishing a check one second after someone has moved the puck in a game of this intensity is completely within reason. The blow to Horton's head didn't come from the hit, it came from hitting the ice.

So are players not supposed to finish their checks now? If one second is too late then by the end of the first period half the players should have been ejected. Shame on the NHL.

[palepilsenpin0y]

Not sure if someone has posted this already (my apologies if it's a repost), but seriously...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jimZ1tSdPY0

if Aaron Rome gets a four game suspension for a slightly late but relatively clean hit, and Chara doesn't even get ejected from this game for this very late and extremely dirty-ass hit, then the NHL can go fuck themselves.

[krazynuck]

I missed the post game interviews....did Claude Julien say anything about Lucic waving his fingers in Burrows face? Thought his team was above that? :fullofwin:

he said "i told them not to do it" and something like I can't stop what they do though

[7seven]

I missed the post game interviews....did Claude Julien say anything about Lucic waving his fingers in Burrows face? Thought his team was above that? :fullofwin:

He wasn't happy, he reamed out both Lucic and Recchi for doing that both directly to them and publicly.

Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Mike Murphy just told me that he's told both clubs the next player who does the finger wagging in a scrum gets 2 min plus 10-min misconduct

[G]

^You can watch all the post game stuff online on NHL website.


Look around here
http://video.canucks.nhl.com/videocenter/console

[TouringTeg]

Thank god they are going to clean up this series. The finger wagging is getting played out

[Tim Budong]

With all due respect I've lost some for the NHL. 4 games for a clean hit? In the Stanley Cup Final? Absolute bullshit.

There was no intent to injure, there was no head-hunting, no elbow. It was a shoulder to shoulder crushing of a guy who was watching his pass instead of keeping his head up in the neutral zone. Finishing a check one second after someone has moved the puck in a game of this intensity is completely within reason. The blow to Horton's head didn't come from the hit, it came from hitting the ice.

So are players not supposed to finish their checks now? If one second is too late then by the end of the first period half the players should have been ejected. Shame on the NHL.

yea but the guys working with/under or was u can say with Collie kinda suck?
Im hoping Brendan Shanahan does the right thing next year.

but given the situation, this didnt shock me. The moment Horton went down like that, I knew in the back of my mind he was done. His head snapped on impact.

The NHL ruled it a Blindside, becuz it was ruled as a late hit under Rule48. At the same time, Rome did leave his feet....

I can't stress this enough though, i've seen it all too much in hockey at all levels.

IF YOUR GONNA SKATE DOWN THE MIDDLE, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.

but hey, Rome defended his blue line, he did the "right thing"

[G]

When you first play hockey, the first thing to remember is to "keep your head up". :P

Bad call, good call, it's been called already. I'm just hoping that next game will be similiar to game 1 where it was an intense game with no fight outbreaks or taunting. Just a clean, hard game.

[spoon.ek9]

if the canucks get back to playing their style of hockey, they will win game 4. at the very least, i'd like to see a better effort collectively and see them keep their composure no matter what the result. win or lose, hit them where it hurts most, up above on the scoreboard.

[fliptuner]

Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Mike Murphy just told me that he's told both clubs the next player who does the finger wagging in a scrum gets 2 min plus 10-min misconduct

LOL now they're going to make a biting motion.

This is the last time I'm going to post about the Rome hit and then I'm moving on as I hope the team is. After their performance last night, they have more important things pressing.

I stand by what I wrote yesterday: late hit but clean. Horton's injury came from hitting the ice. If his head doesn't hit the ice that way, Rome gets a 2 minute interference and that's it. Given that he got injured so badly, I accepeted the misconduct.

Now, 4 games for that hit, after it was thoroughly reviewed by the NHL? Terrible, terrible call. Not even a 48. I wouldn't be surprised if they handed it out right after finding out Horton was out for the season.

NHL trying to set a new precedent?
---Not at this time of year. Not given what's gone down in SCF in the past.

NHL trying to give the East an edge?
---Maybe, maybe not

NHL trying to protect Rome from retaliation from the Bruins?
---Stupid way to do it. I highly doubt AV would've played him in Game 4 and Rome would taken his chance if he did.

We're deep enough in D that it shouldn't make a noticeable difference and the new look we give Boston in Game 4 could very well work in our favour.

Here, much worse hit with a better outcome for the hitee, 1 game suspension:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bJXgDCbICM

I just want the team to regroup and come out fresh and play their game tomorrow. A tall order given only 1 day but for this team, this year, very doable.

[shawn79]

why dont we just remove scott stevens from the hall of hame. Hes a criminal!!!!

[Tim Budong]

I stand by what I wrote yesterday: late hit but clean. Horton's injury came from hitting the ice. If his head doesn't hit the ice that way, Rome gets a 2 minute interference and that's it. Given that he got injured so badly, I accepeted the misconduct.



But blindside under rule 48. aiiiiii this kinda sucks...but read this!

The Brutal Truth from Yahoo Sports
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=An76czGOpEmizMEfRmSzkr4JfwM6?slug=nc-cotsonika_bruins_use_horton_injury_as_inspiration_ to_beat_canucks060611

BOSTON – He lay on his back on the logo, his body aligned with the “t” in the words “Stanley Cup Final.” His stick lay at his feet. His right hand stayed stuck in the air for a moment, grotesquely, before falling slowly to his side.

“I skated by once, and his eyes were rolled back,” teammate Dennis Seidenberg said. “It didn’t look good.”

It was as ugly as it gets. After a long season of head shots and concussions and heated debates, Nathan Horton had taken the latest nasty hit here on the NHL’s biggest stage – a hit that changed the course of this game and this series, a hit we can only hope doesn’t change the course of his career.

The Boston Bruins watched Horton carted off on a stretcher in a hushed TD Garden. They heard that he went to the hospital moving his extremities. Then they poured their emotion into an 8-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 3 on Monday night, fighting back from a 2-0 series deficit, fighting for their fallen teammate.

“Really big,” Bruins winger Brad Marchand called it. “We just wanted to make sure that we didn’t let him down, and we came together and won tonight for him.”

In that sense it was deeply satisfying for the Bruins, and it should be a little scary for the Canucks, who saw a similar scenario play out in the first round. They held a 2-0 series lead over the Chicago Blackhawks when Raffi Torres smoked Brent Seabrook in Game 3. After the NHL declined to suspended Torres, the ’Hawks woke up, won Game 4 by a 7-2 score and erased a 3-0 series deficit.

But remember: The Canucks ended up winning that series in seven games, and even if this incident woke up the Bruins, even if it results in a stiff suspension for defenseman Aaron Rome, it should work to their advantage in the long run. That’s the brutal truth.

Rome is a depth defenseman, and the Canucks have comparable replacements in Keith Ballard and Chris Tanev. Horton is a scorer on a team that often starves for goals. He has three game-winners in these playoffs, including two in Game 7s. The Bruins have no comparable replacement for him, and with center Marc Savard sitting out with his career threatened by concussions, they know the picture is even bigger than that.


“Your immediate concern is for your teammate,” Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference said. “I mean, it’s not for yourself about missing a guy. It’s about his health and him being taken care of. It’s first and foremost. So until we kind of know the status of that, you don’t start thinking about the hockey side of it until he’s all right.”

It happened 5:07 into the first period. Horton skated up ice, passed the puck to his left and kept his head turned to watch it. He took two steps. He was in the process of taking a third step – almost a full second after releasing the puck – when he got blasted by a shoulder to the head at the Vancouver blue line. As he fell backward, his head smacked onto the ice.

Rome struck Horton from the front in terms of Horton’s torso, so he apparently did not violate Rule 48, which the league instituted last year to ban blindside hits to the head. Horton did not have his head up, which he is still responsible for doing under the rules as they are written today. But the hit was late, and Rome jumped into it, leaving his feet as he made contact, his left elbow elevating on the follow through.

I don’t know what went through Rome’s mind at that split-second. He’s a quiet guy. He’s not known as a dirty player. He was suspected of having a concussion himself in the Western Conference final. But Rome’s instinct was to hit Horton high instead of drilling his shoulder into his chest, and that speaks to a larger problem.

It just so happens that the NHL’s blue-ribbon panel led by league executive Brendan Shanahan, who will handle supplementary discipline starting next season, will present its recommendations on expanding Rule 48 when the general managers meet Wednesday in Boston. The league must do more to protect defenseless players.

“The culture of our game, that’s the stuff we need to get out of the game, the head shots,” Bruins forward Shawn Thornton said. “It’s in the league’s hands now, and I’m sure they’ll take a look at it and do the right thing.”

NHL senior vice-president Mike Murphy ought to suspend Rome. The right call was made on the ice – a five-minute major for interference and a game misconduct.

After watching Horton lay flat on his back for several minutes, after hearing the fans chant his name, after watching him carted off on the stretcher, the Bruins failed to capitalize on the power play and failed to register a single shot the rest of the period. But in the dressing room during the first intermission, they heard he was moving his arms and legs.

“You always make mention about the guy that’s gone to the hospital, that I’m sure, being there, he’d like to see this team win this hockey game,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. “It’s always something to motivate yourself with.”

Said Bruins winger Mark Recchi: “There wasn’t a lot of talk. It was more of, ‘Let’s make sure we do this for Hortie. Hortie has been a great teammate for us all year. Let’s get this win for him tonight.’ ”

And so they did.


They caught a break at the start of the second. The Canucks won the opening faceoff, but defenseman Alex Edler’s stick broke. The Bruins gained the zone, and Ference ended up scoring on a floater from the left point. The floodgates opened from there – a power play goal, a shorthanded goal and more.

After scoring a total of three goals in their past three games, the Bruins scored four in the second and four in the third. Canucks coach Alain Vigneault kept goaltender Roberto Luongo in net for all of it, possibly damaging the confidence Luongo had worked so hard to rebuild since faltering in the first round.

The officials tried to keep the game from getting out of hand in the third period, but the Bruins’ bitterness bubbled over anyway. The highlights: Goaltender Tim Thomas shoving Canucks captain Henrik Sedin to the ice while making a save, and winger Milan Lucic offering his fingers to Alex Burrows to bite after Burrows slashed Thomas.

Burrows, of course, bit the Bruins’ Patrice Bergeron in Game 1, and the Canucks’ Max Lapierre offered his fingers to Bergeron in Game 2. Julien said Monday morning that Lapierre’s behavior would be unacceptable in Boston, and to his credit, he blasted Recchi – who did something similar in the first period – and Lucic in the dressing room after the game.

Emotion helped get the Bruins back in this series, but emotion will keep them in it only if they keep it under control. Their margin for error continues to be slim. It’s even slimmer now that Horton has been sent to the hospital.

“I’m sure they don’t like us, and we don’t like them,” Lucic said. “There’s a lot on the line. I think that’s what makes this a fun series to be a part of. But going forward as a team, as far as we’re concerned, we’re still down in the series and we need to carry over what we did here today.”

[Gh0stRider]

Wow 4 games for rome. Was expecting 2 games
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[EmperorIS]

Whatevs rome out means the dream team is in

BALLARD MALHOTRA! awaiting hamhuis

[Bouncing Bettys]

Rome's hit reminded me of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owpYYNjWnro

[Durrann]

Alberts had some good hits in yesterday

[Spidey]

Rome's hit reminded me of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owpYYNjWnro

not even close buddy.

the thing about that hit is that it wouldn't have even been a penalty if horton got up right away.. i hate how suspensions and penalties are basically a direct result of how badly injured the player is. forecheckers who finish their hit on d men on the endboards hit waaayyyyy later than that.. Forecheckers literally finish their check a good 1-2 seconds after the d man has upped the puck off the boards, and yet they were complaining this was late just because it was open ice? yes it was late, no it wasn't dirty. I am sure the hit Hamhuis too from Getzlaf was later than this hit.

With that said, I am not pissed at all since I was never a Rome fan. Go Ballard!

[Gumby]

Yeah Rome gets 4 (in the SCF?), whereas Chara gets 0 (during regular season)? I accept the suspension, just not the length.

[trancehead]

LOL now they're going to make a biting motion.

This is the last time I'm going to post about the Rome hit and then I'm moving on as I hope the team is. After their performance last night, they have more important things pressing.

I stand by what I wrote yesterday: late hit but clean. Horton's injury came from hitting the ice. If his head doesn't hit the ice that way, Rome gets a 2 minute interference and that's it. Given that he got injured so badly, I accepeted the misconduct.

Now, 4 games for that hit, after it was thoroughly reviewed by the NHL? Terrible, terrible call. Not even a 48. I wouldn't be surprised if they handed it out right after finding out Horton was out for the season.

NHL trying to set a new precedent?
---Not at this time of year. Not given what's gone down in SCF in the past.

NHL trying to give the East an edge?
---Maybe, maybe not

NHL trying to protect Rome from retaliation from the Bruins?
---Stupid way to do it. I highly doubt AV would've played him in Game 4 and Rome would taken his chance if he did.

We're deep enough in D that it shouldn't make a noticeable difference and the new look we give Boston in Game 4 could very well work in our favour.

Here, much worse hit with a better outcome for the hitee, 1 game suspension:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bJXgDCbICM

I just want the team to regroup and come out fresh and play their game tomorrow. A tall order given only 1 day but for this team, this year, very doable.

that Pronger hit was the first thing i thought of when i heard about the 4 game suspension. It definitely had malicious intent, yet only 1 game. And its from a repeat offender in PRONGER.

Cmon, relaively Aaron Rome is squeaky clean. Pronger makes him look like a saint

[MR_BIGGS]

Wow almost 1500 pages.

[Bouncing Bettys]

not even close buddy.
I didn't say they were identical but they have similarities and the resulting suspension of Rome likely occcured to prevent what happened after the Moore hit.
the similarities:
1. two scrub players hitting star players while having no real priors.
2. Horton not keeping his head up, admiring his pass at mid ice.
- Naslund not keeping his head up, reaching for a puck at mid ice
3. Both Horton and Naslund receiving concussions from their hits.
4. Rome's hit = clean if not for timing. Moore's hit considered clean at the time (blindside now)

What resulted from Steve Moore not receiving a penalty or a suspension for his hit on Naslund was the infamous Bertuzzi Incident. Rome likely received the suspension he did, effectively taking him out of the playoffs, to prevent a similar Bertuzzi Incident from possibly occuring in retaliation for Horton.

[kristianhay]

Excited for tomorrows game despite yesterday, always gotta look forwards and I think the boys will come out with a big effort!

[MR_BIGGS]

Murphy's reasoning for 4 game suspension:

1) Late hit
2) Seriousness of injury to Horton
3) Has nothing to do with rule 48

So usually 1 playoff game is 2 regular season games. So would this be about 9 games including the game misconduct. If this suspension is going to set the precedent, i'm fine with it. If however, it isn't, absolute fail on the NHL's part.

[MR_BIGGS]

So Burke was consulted about the suspension apparently? How is that not a conflict of interest? Burke was fired from the Canucks. WTF.

[AzNightmare]

My only opinion now is that I feel bad for Rome as a player,
who probably didn't deserve a 4 game suspension.

That being said, I personally could really care less.
I don't care about the inconsistencies relative from other suspensions.
I'm just simply going to move on.

Acknowledge we basically traded Rome for Horton. The 4 game suspension makes
the Boston team less irate, less chance of retaliation on one of our star players,
and we have the opportunity to see a better dman who probably deserves to be playing more than Rome did.

If anything, the 4 game suspension is probably more helpful to us than if it was only a 2 game suspension.

[JD¹³]

The ignorant comments I'm reading both in the media and on social media are staggering. So many armchair hockey players that have no idea what it's like to play hockey at a high level.

[gdoh]

The ignorant comments I'm reading both in the media and on social media are staggering. So many armchair hockey players that have no idea what it's like to play hockey at a high level.

pfft armchair hockey players...ive been playing since NHL 98' :troll:

[n3wb]

I absolutely hate how the NHL bases it's suspensions/penalties on result rather than cause.

I high stick you in the face and there's no blood, I get 2 minutes.
I high stick you in the face and draw blood, I get 4 minutes.

How does that make sense?? Some areas on the face are more easily cut than others. What does drawing blood have to do with the act itself. Fucking stupid.

It's the same thing with suspensions. I make an extremely dirty hit on you, you get up right away, I recieve 2 minutes. I make an extremely dirty hit on you, you lie on the ice for the next year, have a siezure, need a stretcher to come take you off, I'm ejected from the game and suspended for the next year.

NHL needs to figure its shit out. Suspensions/Penalties should be handed out based on the original act, not the result of it...

[Spidey]

pfft armchair hockey players...ive been playing since NHL 98' :troll:

noob... nhlpa hockey... aka nhl 1993

[carisear]

i agree n3wb -- you can take the same hit on someone like, say, kevin bieksa, and he'll stand right back up, and there wouldn't even be a penalty call. but take out a soft player like horton, and it's a 4 game suspension. that's BS to me. this is just gonna make hockey into european football =(

[Jsunu]

Rome should've at most recieved a 2 gamer, I just don't like Rome as a player and our D is deep enough that we can fill his spot pretty easily. We just need Hammer back :(

[ajax]

Word has it Hamhuis has a high ankle sprain and is out atleast a week or more.
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[MarkyMark]

Hopefully ballard makes the lineup now
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[StylinRed]

4 games! jesus..... that's cruel :/

does he even get to come on the ice when we win the cup? :D



Horton for Rome... wasn't worth it :/

[Spidey]

4 games! jesus..... that's cruel :/

does he even get to come on the ice when we win the cup? :D



Horton for Rome... wasn't worth it :/

ummm ya it was worth it.. Horton is the leading scorer for Boston... Rome is a plug.

[StylinRed]

meh id rather see Rome still in it with a big troll face whenever he passes Horton for hurting him instead of the both of them being out (what you guys failing prefer it the way it is with both of them out of the game? and Horton seriously injured? :crazy2:)

[!YaoShi]

Rome isn't a superstar. Of course he gets 4 games. If he was one playing for an american team maybe have that suspension cut in half if anything.

But also maybe they didn't want the B's to target rome and make him public enemy whenever hes on the ice.

[fliptuner]

Page 1500...woohooo

I'm watching darts today. I want to see a Phil Taylor 9 darter.

[spoon.ek9]

i'm so nervous and anxious waiting for game 4.. i just want the canucks to play their game and not get sucked into the physicality that boston thrives on. we need to regain focus on playing between whistles... we did that earlier on and throughout the season. i just hope they realize it's a matter of them choosing what they want to do the rest of this series.

[Ch28]

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/734444/cheapshot.gif.pagespeed.ce.avk6dcyspe.gif

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/631029/KTFOSEDIN.gif

http://i.imgur.com/YIzoY.png

[gdoh]

so does this mean its fair game to hit thomas when he comes out of his crease?

[JD¹³]

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/734444/cheapshot.gif.pagespeed.ce.avk6dcyspe.gif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzfY-aXGcBY

[shawn79]

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/734444/cheapshot.gif.pagespeed.ce.avk6dcyspe.gif

this hit is clean, dont care what u guys say. the nhl suspend rome due to comments and injury AFTER THE HIT WAS MADE!!!

[b0unce. [?]]

north -> south hit. clean imo.

[willystyle]

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/734444/cheapshot.gif.pagespeed.ce.avk6dcyspe.gif

this hit is clean, dont care what u guys say. the nhl suspend rome due to comments and injury AFTER THE HIT WAS MADE!!!
It's interference no matter how you look at it. The hit was LATE.

It's a 4-game suspension cause Horton is critically injured and had to be carried out of a stretcher, and Rome is a plug.

If that was Shea Weber being the perpetrator, it would've been 1 game MAX.

[shawn79]

yeah its "interference" which is a 2 min penalty but suspension was base on the comments and injury after the hit is what im saying. NHL worry too much about what the fans think.

If you are judging this hit all you need is this gif to make judgements...

[spoon.ek9]

it's clear that the length of the suspension was based on the severity of the injury. it's already been talked to death, let's move on. it's done.

[bloodmack]

I think this is a double edged sword here, horton taunted rome earlier, and rome foolishy reacted with a big hit. 4 Game suspension is ridiculous, just shows how buddy buddy the bruins are with the NHL commity. And theres replays of horton trying to get up a few moments after while being forced down by the medical staff.. These guys are pro athletes that take big hits all the time, yet they are treating them like babies..

[Great68]

ummm ya it was worth it.. Horton is the leading scorer for Boston... Rome is a plug.

Considering Boston scored 8 goals without him, Boston showed that they don't really need Horton.

[JD¹³]

And theres replays of horton trying to get up a few moments after while being forced down by the medical staff.. These guys are pro athletes that take big hits all the time, yet they are treating them like babies..
If you're referring to the medical staff preventing Horton from moving that is absolutely the right thing to do. Guys often want to get up and not look weak but are so out of it they don't know how severe their injuries may be. He was c-spined for a reason: he was knocked out very badly and probably has a level three concussion. That's not treating a pro athlete like a baby.

[shawn79]

cressydrift u failed my post, what facts do you have to back up your fail?

hit was clean and suspension was fair
2 games for severe injury
2 game for late hit and message sending out to the rest of the nhl this is unacceptable

[Spidey]

Considering Boston scored 8 goals without him, Boston showed that they don't really need Horton.

It had more to do with the Canucks failed pp/lack of backcheck on the pp, and a couple of lucky goals. The rest of the series will speak for itself. I would be surprised if the Bruins could keep that type of intensity and puck luck for the next possible 4 games.

[willystyle]

yeah its "interference" which is a 2 min penalty but suspension was base on the comments and injury after the hit is what im saying.
You basically just re-wrote what I said. I am glad we've come to terms.

[Okami]

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[spideyv2]

personally, i think there are waaaay too many Canuck songs now. The Terrel Safadi and Kyrpios ones were the best imo. What do you guys think of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH0EX0xI36Y

[spideyv2]

btw 4 game suspension is bullshit, Rome had NO intent to injure and it wasn't a head shot.
Horton didn't keep his head up and he paid for it. NHL needs to stop basing their suspensions on the severity of the injury and start focusing on the intent of the hit. If Horton didn't get injured, Rome would've been left with a 2 minute interference call.

Fucking bullshit.

[InvisibleSoul]

The NHL ruled it a Blindside, becuz it was ruled as a late hit under Rule48. At the same time, Rome did leave his feet....
It was ruled completely NOT blindside hit.

Q. Without speculating too much, had that hit occurred quicker, a split second after he released it, would that hit have been deemed legal under Rule 48?
MIKE MURPHY: This has nothing to do with Rule 48. This is just an interference penalty, an interference hit. If it was immediate after he released the puck, it would be a legal hit. We have them all the time.

Full Q&A: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/mike-murphys-qa-on-the-suspension/article2050487/page1/