[spoon.ek9]

cory standing on his head

[ryugeeh]

POST!
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[murd0c]

I think that was the biggest penalty kill I have seen in recent memory

[chouchou]

HAMMERMER!!!!!!! O FUUU SO CLOSE

what a great game.

[sonick]

THATS A SLOOOOOFOOOOT!

[murd0c]

I so hope Wellwood is going to shoot!!

[satek]

shootout!! intense

[MG1]

SLEW FOOT!!!!!!!!

[Vansterdam]

haha agreed lets see welllwood vs schneider

[dL]

Is Schneider good in shooutout? :troll:

dL
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[DsZ24]

so torres shooting?

[spoon.ek9]

well hey, we've got schnieder in goal for the shootout lol.

[MG1]

Shit, Wellwood........ hoping for big fail.

[rb]

If I had a swear jar, it'd be overflowing right now. One crazy ass game

[MG1]

Is Schneider good in shooutout? :troll:

dL
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Don't know......... has he been in one with the Canucks?

[k2_alpha]

did you catch the commercial for Cialis

the "shoot out" is brought to you by Cialis

[murd0c]

at least I know my heart still works fine for now lol

[MG1]

48 to 20 shots on goal????

[spoon.ek9]

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssss

[MG1]

SSSSSSSsssssssssss........

[spoon.ek9]

i think raymond was thinking spinorama lol

[Vansterdam]

hahah take that wellwood

[DsZ24]

haha nice try wellwood

[dL]

Wellwood OWNED!!

dL
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[MG1]

NO VTAK........... faulty inertia spring

[spoon.ek9]

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssss

fuck you fatboy! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

MONSTER SO GOAL

[Vansterdam]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOONSTER

[van19]

BURRRRR
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[DsZ24]

BURROWS IS A MONSTER, shootout version haha

[satek]

MONSTERRRRRRRR

[murd0c]

CANUCKS WIN, CANUCKS WIN, CANUCKS WIN

[xxxrsxxx]

BIG WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LsquareD]

What a fucking game. WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[sonick]

SCHNEEEIIIDEERRR!!!

[604778]

Yesss!!!
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[kluk]

WE WINNNN CANUCKS WINNNNN~!!!!!!!!

[DsZ24]

schnides stops it. WE WIN, FUCK YAH

[ryugeeh]

Yes!!!! Unbelievable game! Schneids!!!!!
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[spoon.ek9]

CORY IS A RED HAIRED GOD! :bowdown:

[dL]

BURROWS IS A FUCKING MONSTER!!!

dL
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[akalic]

wow schneider is my hero.

[van19]

FUCK YEAHHH . Schneiders a beast !!
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[satek]

WINNNNNN GG best game this season

[sil-300]

Schneider won this game. Holy crap.
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[MG1]

HOLY FUCKING HEART STOPPING SHIT BAGGING CUM SWAPPING SURREY HOE CONVENTION, what a game by Schneider!

MONSTER COMES THROUGH!!!!!!!!!!


Trolled us all along, LOL

[Nechako87]

why isn't he FIRST STAR?!?!

[ZenZa]

what a crazy game

[DsZ24]

Most exciting game of the year by far

[lol]

fuck shootout. wish we coulda seen more hockey.. awesome game.. game of the year for sure!!

[pure.life]

and Charlie Sheen's pornstar Bree olsen says... WINNING!

[HonestTea]

YES!!!!

[Bonjour43MA]

Schneider stole this one for us.

[spoon.ek9]

holy man..... i'm glad we won but so many uncharacteristic mistakes!

cory saved the day for SURE tonight.

[shawn79]

if luongo was in net we would have lost that game, his post to post work is not as good as sssssssssss.......

[JKam]

trade lou? Keep Schneider? :troll:

[MG1]

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb75/89blkcivic/gotyourback.jpg

[DanHibiki]

Probably the most exciting game of the season.

[Vansterdam]

burrows redeemed himself lol

[kluk]

What a performance by the backup Schneider tonight!! Stopped all 3 penalty shots!!

[EmperorIS]

FUCKING GGGGGGGGGGGGG

[MG1]

trade lou? Keep Schneider? :troll:

Keep both.

Luigi is gonna be on fire next game. Those two goalies feed off each other.:fullofwin:


I'm loving it.

[Durrann]

Fucckkkkkkk crazy ass game
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[EmperorIS]

i am loving how the canucks are now playing like the teams they used to play against when they play the canucks

[MG1]

What a performance by the backup Schneider tonight!! Stopped all 3 shootout attempts!!

fixt

[rb]

I'm gonna say this b/c I can't get failed... I'd rather keep Cory and trade Lou :p

[DsZ24]

The Canucks win and the flames get shut out, makes for the perfect night of hockey lol :P

[Ronin]

SCHNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[tonyvu]

that was fucking intense

[sonick]

So bittersweet seeing Schneider play so well this season. I am almost melancholic watching Schneider play SO well this season.

When he was drafted, Canuck fans all thought he would be the Goalie of the future. So hopeful. After years and years of being let down by goaltending and poor draft picks, there was something Canuck fans had to look forward to in the future.

We followed him as he grew and nurtured through college and Manitoba. We were disappointed to not see him make the team last season and the season before that, but were hopeful to hear about his successes as he blossomed in the Moose. And this season, we finally get to see and experience, what we were all hoping for when the Canucks first drafted him nearly seven years ago.

However, we all know in the back of our heads, that this will very likely be the first, and last season we will ever see Cory Schneider wear a Canucks uniform.

[Levitron]

So bittersweet seeing Schneider play so well this season. I am almost melancholic watching Schneider play SO well this season.

When he was drafted, Canuck fans all thought he would be the Goalie of the future. We followed him as he grew and nurtured through college and Manitoba. We were disappointed to not see him make the team last season and the season before that, but were hopeful to hear about his successes as he blossomed in the Moose. And this season, we finally get to see and experience, what we were all hoping for when the Canucks first drafted him nearly seven years ago.

However, we all know in the back of our heads, that this will very likely be the first, and last season we will ever see Cory Schneider wear a Canucks uniform.

As long as we make the finals, I don't care if he leaves next year :fullofwin:

[spoon.ek9]

So bittersweet seeing Schneider play so well this season. I am almost melancholic watching Schneider play SO well this season.

When he was drafted, Canuck fans all thought he would be the Goalie of the future. We followed him as he grew and nurtured through college and Manitoba. We were disappointed to not see him make the team last season and the season before that, but were hopeful to hear about his successes as he blossomed in the Moose. And this season, we finally get to see and experience, what we were all hoping for when the Canucks first drafted him nearly seven years ago.

However, we all know in the back of our heads, that this will very likely be the first, and last season we will ever see Cory Schneider wear a Canucks uniform.

i think you're absolutely correct. BUT! it's in cory's best interest to become a #1 goalie for another team and i wish him all the best in his future. he's simply too good to be our backup forever. we are being spoiled by two excellent goalies at the moment. and yes, i also believe that cory has pushed luongo to be better (as 89blkcivic pointed out).

[Mercy]

Sounds like i missed an epic game. Nurses arnt old white women. They're philipeno. I'm into white girls that understand me.
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[sonick]

i think you're absolutely correct. BUT! it's in cory's best interest to become a #1 goalie for another team and i wish him all the best in his future. he's simply too good to be our backup forever. we are being spoiled by two excellent goalies at the moment. and yes, i also believe that cory has pushed luongo to be better (as 89blkcivic pointed out).

Definitely, it's like seeing a kid grow up in front of your eyes and moving out on his own into the world. I am happy for him and would like to see him do well in the future, but also at the same time, sad to see him go.

[spoon.ek9]

it's times like these i wish there was no god damn salary cap!! there's nothing i would like more than to keep these two goalies :D

[PinoyDrifta]

lol some creepy dude in the crowd staring at Kesler in the penalty box, when Kesler glanced over he looked away
LOL that same creepy guy was starring @ burrows hahaha

[rb]

Definitely, it's like seeing a kid grow up in front of your eyes and moving out on his own into the world. I am happy for him and would like to see him do well in the future, but also at the same time, sad to see him go.

Kinda how I felt about Grabner.

[Bonjour43MA]

Schneider is definitely ready to be the no.1 guy on another team... I'd be sad to see him go for sure, but we all know it's coming. There's no way he's going to settle for being a backup to Lu after his performance this season...

[Hondaracer]

My prediction: schneids signs 2 year deal to win a cup
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[rb]

:lol

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/6605/255952433.jpg

[RiceIntegraRS]

lol is that kes?

[trip]

HAHAHAHA KESLER

[spoon.ek9]

lol creeper

[MG1]

Oh Tegrahhhhhhhhh............. where are you???????????

[Bonjour43MA]

is that kesler??? lol

[b0unce. [?]]

i'm going to cry the day we are forced to trade away schneids

[rb]

Yeah thats Kesler. Here's the full video
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=357518

[murd0c]

;7338079']i'm going to cry the day we are forced to trade away schneids

Trade him to Ottawa for there first round pick this year :fullofwin:


but other then a very top draft pick we cant get much more in a player for him since so close to the salary cap with our core players signed already.

[stuff99]

SAN JOSE — Vancouver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin doesn't understand why the National Hockey League exonerated Boston Bruin Zdeno Chara, but San Jose Shark Joe Thornton has an idea.

“It's just something with Boston; it seems like they have a horse shoe,” Thornton said before Thursday's game between the Canucks and Sharks.

“There's just something about Boston and the disciplinary [decisions] are on their side. I'm not sure why that is or anything. I'm not assuming that Colin's kid being on the team, that's why.”

NHL senior vice-president Colin Campbell's son, Greg, plays for the Bruins.

Campbell's assistant in the NHL justice department, Mike Murphy, ruled Wednesday that Chara would not be suspended for running Montreal Canadien Max Pacioretty into a stanchion by the player benches on Tuesday, causing head and neck injuries.

Thornton noted that only two games earlier, Bruin Milan Lucic was not suspended for a blindside cross-check to the head of Tampa's Dominic Moore, who was engaged with Bruin Nathan Horton after a whistle.

“We saw the Lucic cross-check to the head a couple of nights earlier and there's no disciplinary thing,” Thornton said. “It's just really bizarre.”

Sedin agreed with Thornton that all players know where stanchions are in rinks and understand the danger of hitting or getting hit in that area.

Sedin and Thornton are Hart Trophy winners, two of the best players in the NHL.

Citing Chara's clean disciplinary record, Murphy said the stanchion in Montreal caused Pacioretty's injury, not the Bruin pushing the Canadien towards the partition.

Presumably, then, if one player injures another by running him into a goalpost, the post is at fault?

“Exactly,” Sedin said. “What are you doing to do the next time Trevor Gillies comes down and runs a guy into the thing? You can't give him anything. And you tell the guys [Chara] has no history, so the next time he does it he still has no history because he didn't get suspended. I don't see the reasoning behind it. Give him at least something to show that's not acceptable.”

Sedin said he doesn't believe Chara intended to seriously injure Pacioretty, but it was no accident that the Canadiens player struck the pillar that supports the glass separating the benches.

Thornton said the decision not to suspend Chara reflects even worse on the NHL than the actual hit.

“I'll tell you this: if you say that you don't know where things are around the ice, I think you're not telling the truth,” Sedin said. “You play the game for 20 years, you know it's there. It's gotten to the point, you have to suspend guys if you hit the head. You have to do it even if guys say they didn't mean to do it or it's an accident. You have to start somewhere.

“I don't think players know where the limit is. That's the bottom line.”

Sharks winger Ryane Clowe, a physical power forward, said Chara probably was just trying to recover his position when he “threw” Pacioretty.

“Chara is so big, there's so much mismatch on size,” Clowe said. “I don't know if he knew he was going to throw him that far and have so much impact. I agree you've got to be aware [of the stanchion]. You know it's there. A lot of times you don't see too many hits in that area and I think that's why — most guys kind of let up a little bit.

“Chara has hit so many guys throughout his career and never been suspended, so he's obviously not a dirty player. [But] when someone is injured that severe, whatever the hit is, you expect some kind of punishment. I think you almost need to give some kind of punishment for having a guy injured that severely. I think that's something that maybe should be put in place.”

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/stars+Henrik+Sedin+Thornton+into+Zdeno+Chara+decis ion+Bruins/4419822/story.html#ixzz1GHFjIYpg

[stuff99]

These guys have played hockey all their life. They know their way around a rink, intent was definitely there. NHL fail.

at least sedins and thornton got your back on this one. ( i agree with you btw)

[stuff99]

Sure thats great if they actually cared league wide but they only cared because it happened to the canadiens. Why not come out when Cooke ended Savards career or the Islanders game when Gillies snapped or the many other incidents in the last couple of years. My point is they are only raising a fuss because it happened in eastern canada. TSN interviewed nhl players from different teams and the greater percentage are saying that its an accident, that no legal charges should be laid and that the canadiens ownership are at as much of at fault themselves because of poor arena design. Pronger even told people that the arena is "odd" because of the design which is where Pacioretty got injured.

At least they cared...it's better than never caring at all

[b0unce. [?]]

Trade him to Ottawa for there first round pick this year :fullofwin:


but other then a very top draft pick we cant get much more in a player for him since so close to the salary cap with our core players signed already.

by the end of the season his bounty is gonna be so high :P

[MG1]

^^^In light of that evidence, I retract what I have been saying all along. Those are NHL players. Good enough to convince me. Still, they have to find a way to get rid of the stanchion. Come up with a better design. Like the goal that comes off its mounts.

[FerrariEnzo]

Schneider is definitely ready to be the no.1 guy on another team... I'd be sad to see him go for sure, but we all know it's coming. There's no way he's going to settle for being a backup to Lu after his performance this season...

if he signs with canucks for 1 more year, we can win back-to-back-cups...

this current canucks team is IMO the best team canucks ever had... the second best canucks team is the '94 when they lost to the rangers in the final... arg.. they should have won!

i hate to see any of the current canucks roster being moved...

[stuff99]

^^^In light of that evidence, I retract what I have been saying all along. Those are NHL players. Good enough to convince me. Still, they have to find a way to get rid of the stanchion. Come up with a better design. Like the goal that comes off its mounts.

What were you saying all along? lol

don't want to sift through the pages. haha

[Tim Budong]

In my honest opinion. Chara should know the Bell Center pretty damn well by now, having played the majority of his career in the NORTHEAST DIVISION, he damn well knows of the turnbuckle.

As for the NHL, it doesnt come to me as a surprise. What I do dislike is having the law come into play. There will be no way that anyone can prove if Chara intended to hurt MaxPac

[!Nhan]

if he signs with canucks for 1 more year, we can win back-to-back-cups...

this current canucks team is IMO the best team canucks ever had... the second best canucks team is the '94 when they lost to the rangers in the final... arg.. they should have won!

i hate to see any of the current canucks roster being moved...

Iunno if some of you know, but Schneider signed a two year contract extension with us and has another year left, so I don't understand when you say "if he signs for 1 more year"

[LUUUUUUUU]

kesler's a freakin troll

[AzNightmare]

if luongo was in net we would have lost that game, his post to post work is not as good as sssssssssss.......

Yeah... what's up with that? Because with his new style, he plays more deep,
so his post to post should be quicker...


it's times like these i wish there was no god damn salary cap!! there's nothing i would like more than to keep these two goalies :D

I don't think it's really cap issues. Schneider's good enough to be a starter for many other teams.
He's eventually gonna want to break out and not sit as Lou's backup forever.

[b0unce. [?]]

Yeah... what's up with that? Because with his new style, he plays more deep,
so his post to post should be quicker...




I don't think it's really cap issues. Schneider's good enough to be a starter for many other teams.
He's eventually gonna want to break out and not sit as Lou's backup forever.

post to post sure, but i mean, Luu can straight up get juked and he'll get undressed. some goalies are good at shootouts, and some arent

[shawn79]

;7338079']i'm going to cry the day we are forced to trade away schneids

colorado shoulda gave stewart to us for schneids :whistle:

[TypeRNammer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb9dIlFakHA

Horn goes off for Daniel Sedin :troll:

[RiceIntegraRS]

I remember when Jody Shelly sucker punched Andrew Alberts and got 2 games for it while Milan Lucic (Boston Bruin) did something really similiar and got nothing. If Thornton and Sedin thinks maybe the Bruins are getting some type of special treatment, it has me convinced aswell.

[quasi]

I remember when Jody Shelly sucker punched Andrew Alberts and got 2 games for it while Milan Lucic (Boston Bruin) did something really similiar and got nothing. If Thornton and Sedin thinks maybe the Bruins are getting some type of special treatment, it has me convinced aswell.

I think it's more to do with the player then the team. Jody Shelly is a goon so of course they have no problem suspending him. If it was Adam Mcquaid who did the same hit that game he would have been suspended without question. The NHL generally doesn't suspend its stars unless it's for repeat offeses, ie: Ovechkin and wreckless hits.

It's BS and a double standard but it's always been there.

[Hondaracer]

Short term a first round pick for Schneider does nothing for us, this and future drafts looks pretty weak unless we get a top 5 overall for him

Canucks are best suited to try and get him on board for as long as possible, having a backup that can play 20 games and win 3/4 of them is alot more valuable than a first rounder that will take many years to develop
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[TouringTeg]

lol @ Kess. Man that game was epic. So much fun to watch!!

Agree Cory is getting too good. At least when we trade him we should get some great players in return.

[spoon.ek9]

I don't think it's really cap issues. Schneider's good enough to be a starter for many other teams.
He's eventually gonna want to break out and not sit as Lou's backup forever.

my post previous to the one you quoted:

i think you're absolutely correct. BUT! it's in cory's best interest to become a #1 goalie for another team and i wish him all the best in his future. he's simply too good to be our backup forever. we are being spoiled by two excellent goalies at the moment. and yes, i also believe that cory has pushed luongo to be better (as 89blkcivic pointed out).

i very much think the salary cap is part of the issue unless cory decides he's okay with playing the back up role and at a discount for us. this is of course, after the 2011-2012 season where cory will become a UFA. we're basically circumventing the cap right now with LTIR (or "luck" as ppl have put it :lol). we will be seeing a lot of changes next year on our D. there's no way in hell we can keep bieksa + salo + ehrhoff + ballard + hamhuis + edler on the 2011-2012 roster all year long. also, keep in mind of those 6, only edler, ballard and hamhuis are still on contract. salo, ehrhoff and bieksa are all due to be UFA's after this season. then you factor in forwards. this really reminds me of the situation chicago had after last season.

our projected cap space is $12.8 mil next year with only 14 players (out of the current 25) signed. also, currently the sum salary of all our defenseman is $25.65 mil :D

[stuff99]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — During the NHL lockout, a concerted effort was made to create a new, better game.

This game would be faster and more wide open than the hockey that had been played for the previous decade because, well, it had to be. But, in opening up the game, the league’s stakeholders were aware they were creating potential problems.

These areas were discussed at both the general manager’s level and the competition committee level and a solution was reached. If the game was faster, and therefore more dangerous, the league would have to be vigilant in policing certain kind of hits with supplementary discipline.

Everyone agreed on this. Everyone left the matter with the league and, at first, the reaction wasn’t as strong as some might have hoped. Then, early last season, Mike Richards served up the perfect test case for the NHL when he obliterated the Panthers’ David Booth with a blindside hit.

The circumstances were almost ideal. Richards was a repeat offender. He received a major and a game misconduct on the play. Booth would miss most of the season with a concussion. And with a chance, once and for all to establish a clear precedent, this is what the NHL did.

Nothing. No suspension. No clear message. Nothing. And ever since, they’ve been trying to contain a problem that is now threatening to consume the game.

This is the story everyone in the league is talking about. This has taken over the hockey narrative. Zdeno Chara’s hit on Max Pacioretty has sparked yet another firestorm around the issue of head shots, but this time it is more heated, more intense.

It’s also become a huge national story. Pacioretty speaks from his hospital bed. Air Canada fires off a letter to the NHL threatening to pull its sponsorship. Gary Bettman, who’s had an interesting week, fires right back. There’s a police investigation. There’s a reaction on Parliament Hill. It’s in the newpapers. On the airwaves.

And this story isn’t being driven by the media. It’s everywhere in the game.

“The players are concerned,” San Jose’s Ryan Clowe said before Thursday night’s game with the Vancouver Canucks.

“I’m concerned about my teammates’ health, the health of the players around the league and I’m concerned about my own health. I don’t want to see players injured like that, and I don’t want to hurt someone like that, either.

“I think the guys care. Guys aren’t voicing a strong opinion because they want to be careful what they say. But talking to guys around the league, I know they’re concerned. In some positions you’re so vulnerable you don’t want someone hitting you like that.”

But still it continues.

Clowe, in fact, should be an authoritative voice on this subject. He plays tough. He plays with an edge. He’s also disturbed by what he sees, even as he recognizes the inherent conflict within the game he loves.

“It’s got to be on the players,” he said. “But it’s hard. If you’re not playing physically, you’re getting heat from your coaches and you’ll lose your job.”

So what’s to be done?

Well, something would be a start.

If you go back to the Richards hit and suspend the Flyers’ forward for eight games, what follows? Does Matt Cooke blindside Marc Savard knowing the precedent has been established? Does David Steckel alter his course to avoid Sidney Crosby? Does Chara ease up on Pacioretty as they near the stanchion? Does Pavel Kubina raise his elbow and deliver a blow to the head of David Bolland one night later?

More to the point, does a lengthy suspension to Richards change the way players think and react? That’s what has to happen here. There has to be a fundamental change and, as Clowe said: “It’s got to be on the players.”

But they need help getting there.

This subject will come up again next week when those same general managers meet in Florida and they have a chance to go back and right a wrong. This time they have to come out with a clear purpose. This time they have to enforce sanctions to their full extent.

This time they have to change the way the game is played. A lot is riding on their response.

ewilles@theprovince.com

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[jerche]

The thing that worries me is that our prospects arent going to get the chance they deserves...we have a stacked team, how are we going to incorporate all the young prospects in our team in the coming years?
hodson, schroeder, lack, tanev, connaugton just to name a few are rising stars imo

we already traded grabner and oberg away already

i want to keep schieds but with luongo on our roster, it's slim

just my 2 cents

[Hondaracer]

You entice players to stick around by winning and running a quality franchise that has a shot year in year out, ie Detroit
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[stuff99]

Globe On Hockey
Bettman not afraid to play rough

Bettman holds new contract and all the cards
DAVID SHOALTS
From Friday's Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Mar. 11, 2011 12:34AM EST
Last updated Friday, Mar. 11, 2011 12:06PM EST

Even as the NHL comes under attack, commissioner Gary Bettman won’t have to worry about lacking support from the board of governors. That is because he quietly negotiated a five-year contract extension last November.

Bettman’s current contract pays him $7.2-million (all currency U.S.) per year and was to end this summer, although the governors may have earlier picked up an option that extended it to 2012. One source said the contract extension was unanimously approved by the nine-member executive committee.

Bettman fights back against critics What will surely fire up the conspiracy theorists, who have been venting loudly on all forms of media following Zdeno Chara’s hit on Max Pacioretty of the Montreal Canadiens, is the identity of the driving force behind Bettman’s new contract. It is Jeremy Jacobs, the NHL’s chairman of the board of governors who just happens to own the Boston Bruins, the team that employs Chara. However, as chairman, one of Jacobs’s duties is to keep the commissioner and the other key executives of the NHL under contract.

Bettman confirmed via e-mail he received an extension. “Old news. I believe my contract has been extended four times, each time with the approval of the board of governors,” he said.

One governor said he believes Bettman also reached an understanding with the executive committee that deputy commissioner Bill Daly and chief operating officer John Collins will also be retained beyond this season. Daly, who earned $1.9-million last season, would only say he does not have a contract.

Jacobs and Bettman are thought to have a close relationship and at least one owner thinks the contract extension smacks of cronyism but some of his fellow governors differ. One said Jacobs made the move with an eye toward the end of the collective agreement in September, 2012.

The governor, who did not wish to be identified because Bettman does not allow governors to speak publicly about the inner workings of the NHL, said the board wants to head into negotiations with the NHL Players’ Association with solidarity on the management front. It does not want any perception Bettman could be a lame-duck commissioner if he does not have a new contract.

However, the criticisms of the NHL by team owners in recent weeks are unusual. The first was Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner Mario Lemieux, who felt suspensions handed to two New York Islanders players for attacks on Penguins players were too lenient.

On Thursday, Habs owner Geoff Molson released a public letter to Canadiens fans in which the team owner knocked the NHL for refusing to suspend Chara for the hit that left Pacioretty, a Canadiens forward, with a fractured vertebra and a concussion. Molson called on Bettman to make player safety a priority at the annual NHL general managers’ meetings in Florida next week and volunteered to be a leader in the effort.

“I am asking for the support of the 29 other NHL owners, to address urgently this safety issue,” Molson said. “And I am willing to play a leadership role in co-ordinating this group effort.”

There was another letter Thursday that drew headlines and the ire of Bettman, that one coming from an Air Canada executive. The airline threatened to withdraw its sponsorship from the league if steps were not taken to reduce violent hits to the head.

Since Air Canada also is the official carrier for all six Canadian NHL teams and five based in the United States, which brings in more than $20-million a year for the airline, Bettman issued a counter-threat.

“Air Canada is a great brand as is the National Hockey League and if they decide that they need to do other things with their sponsorship dollars, that’s their prerogative,” Bettman said. “It is the prerogative of our clubs that fly on Air Canada to make other arrangements if they don’t think Air Canada is giving them the appropriate level of service.”

Bettman staunchly backed the league’s decision to impose no additional punishment on Boston’s captain, who was assessed a five-minute penalty for interference and a game misconduct while Pacioretty lay motionless, face down on the ice for more than five minutes before being immobilized on a spinal board and taken by ambulance to hospital.

“It was a horrific injury; we’re sorry it happened in our fast-paced, physical game,” Bettman said on Capitol Hill. But he said the decision not to further sanction Chara for the hit during the Canadiens-Bruins game in Montreal on Tuesday was widely praised by the other teams.

With a report from Paul Koring in Washington, D.C.

[highfive]

More Kesler cameos.

http://video.canucks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=102362

[spoon.ek9]

hahahaha fucking hilarious :rofl:

[Greenstoner]

im call him Kes:troll: from now on lawl

[Gumby]

Haha he keeps on showing up in the background without his shirt on...

[fliptuner]

im call him Kes:troll: from now on lawl

Shit, ch28 deleted his pic of goal celeb Kes with the troll face...

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1821/kesler.jpg

[spoon.ek9]

^ that's fuck yea face :p

[fliptuner]

Yeah I know. ch28 made one with the troll face but deleted it.:troll:

[AzNightmare]

Kesler should Troll in one of AV's interviews... :fullofwin:

[TheKingdom2000]

Thought this was a good read;
OC News Paper talking about the Canucks fans on the road in Cali.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ducks-290971-canucks-vancouver.html

I loved this comment, "...I had one guy rudely comment on my jersey, but im a 5 foot tall girl, im not going to punch some 200lb Canadian guy in the face lol"

[Tegra_Devil]

Oh Tegrahhhhhhhhh............. where are you???????????

right here...where are u?

[fliptuner]

right here...where are u?

WAY UP HERE!!!!!


:fullofwin:

[shawn79]

flames are 16-2-2 in last 20 games

[Tegra_Devil]

WAY UP HERE!!!!!


:fullofwin:


good, its more fun to watch u fall from a higher location

flames are 16-2-2 in last 20 games

is that what it is? i havent been keepin track...

always a proud flames fan

[fliptuner]

LOL

Should be a good game tomorrow.

[shawn79]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/Kid_Roll/kerslerbomb.jpg

[trancehead]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/Kid_Roll/kerslerbomb.jpg

hahhaaha

[fliptuner]

Nice. But I thought the Flames were 6-3-1 in their last 10?

[cressydrift]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K0_1pKzXaI

[Ronin]

flames are 16-2-2 in last 20 games

The #Canucks have 97 points. 7 clear for the President's, 9 points ahead for the West, 16 points ahead for the division...and 42 points ahead of last place Edmonton.

We have 225 goals, best in the NHL.

162 goals have been scored against us. 2nd in the NHL (Nashville = 1st)

Our goal differential is +63, best BY FAR in the NHL. Boston is at +41.

24.2% means our PP is the best in the NHL.

86.3% means our PK is 2nd best in the NHL (Pens are at 86.8%)

Our combined special teams is 110.5%, best in the NHL. Montreal is 2nd at 104.3%.

Our goalies are in the top 5 for every statistical category except shutouts.

Schneider is a crazy ass 13-3-2. Obviously, I'm not saying if he played 82 games, he'd have the same numbers but if he did that's 59-14-9. (Luongo would be a 50-21-11).

The Canucks have not lost consecutive games in regulation in 2011 and only twice all year (at the beginning of the season). However, during this time, what's everyone talking about? The Canucks are in a SLUMP.

Between December 8th and January 13th, the Canucks were 14-0-3.

Daniel is the league's leading scorer. Henrik isn't far behind. Kesler has 33 goals. A Canucks player is near the top of every statistical category. ...regardless of our D's health and how 3853197 people have played on the 4th line rather than just cloning Tanner Glass.

IN SHORT

Don't give us your silly Flames stats. The Canucks have been doing that shit all year long.

[AzNightmare]

^ With those stats... it's hard not to be greedy...
I'll admit if Canucks don't win the cup this season... I'll be quite disappointed.

Even if initially, our goal was only to get to the semi finals this season (or maybe make it to the finals)

Seems like all these regular season stats will all be meaningless if Canucks choke when it matters most.
Let's not waste this epic team we finally have.

[trip]

i personally wouldnt be content with anything below a western conference title.

anything below that is starting to compare us to san jose's post season fail

[iwantaskyline]

The thing that worries me is that our prospects arent going to get the chance they deserves...we have a stacked team, how are we going to incorporate all the young prospects in our team in the coming years?
hodson, schroeder, lack, tanev, connaugton just to name a few are rising stars imo

we already traded grabner and oberg away already

i want to keep schieds but with luongo on our roster, it's slim

just my 2 cents


Torres is gone next year, Sammy gone after next year as well. Our prospects will get a chance but they're gonna have to EARN their way up. Look at players like Zetterberg and Datsuyk, they started off as 3rd liners on Detroit and worked their way up. If Hodgson or Shroeder want a spot on the team, they'll have to start at the bottom. Our bottom 9 guys are quite versatile as well. Manny or Hansen are both capable of playing on the 4th line if thats required.

No need to worry about Schneider. Even after next year he's still a RFA. If I'm Gillis I'd keep him as long we can. If he only commits to a one year deal after next season and Lu is still playing like an all-star thats when I start looking for a possible deal.

[Noir]

Torres is gone next year, Sammy gone after next year as well. Our prospects will get a chance but they're gonna have to EARN their way up. Look at players like Zetterberg and Datsuyk, they started off as 3rd liners on Detroit and worked their way up. If Hodgson or Shroeder want a spot on the team, they'll have to start at the bottom. Our bottom 9 guys are quite versatile as well. Manny or Hansen are both capable of playing on the 4th line if thats required.

No need to worry about Schneider. Even after next year he's still a RFA. If I'm Gillis I'd keep him as long we can. If he only commits to a one year deal after next season and Lu is still playing like an all-star thats when I start looking for a possible deal.

Werd

I don't get this concern about our propsects BS. Sure we're not seeing them immediately, but aren't our fans glad we're not like EDM, NYI, etc where their rosters are such crap that their prospects almost make an immediate show.

The fact that even a highly touted prospect (like hodgson, shroeder, grabner) don't get recieve a "gimme" spot on the club speaks about the quality of the club.

[Gh0stRider]

Glass is out tonight with an upper body injury, listed as day-to-day. Tambellini back in the line-up.

[spoon.ek9]

oooo fuck yeah! we play calgary tonight heh..

[jigga250]

I hope the Nucks don't take the night off and assume it will be easy, or just be content with a 4-1 road trip. I want them to lay a beatdown on those Flamers in front of their home fans.

[MR_BIGGS]

In Edmonton tonight watching the Canucks Flames game with a coworker..

I'll be wearing my canucks jersey, he'll be wearing his flamers jersey..should be a good tilt..

Don't get to view this board very often now, but everytime it gets me pumped..the playoffs can't start soon enough!

[tiger_handheld]

The #Canucks have 97 points. 7 clear for the President's, 9 points ahead for the West, 16 points ahead for the division...and 42 points ahead of last place Edmonton.

We have 225 goals, best in the NHL.

162 goals have been scored against us. 2nd in the NHL (Nashville = 1st)

Our goal differential is +63, best BY FAR in the NHL. Boston is at +41.

24.2% means our PP is the best in the NHL.

86.3% means our PK is 2nd best in the NHL (Pens are at 86.8%)

Our combined special teams is 110.5%, best in the NHL. Montreal is 2nd at 104.3%.

Our goalies are in the top 5 for every statistical category except shutouts.

Schneider is a crazy ass 13-3-2. Obviously, I'm not saying if he played 82 games, he'd have the same numbers but if he did that's 59-14-9. (Luongo would be a 50-21-11).

The Canucks have not lost consecutive games in regulation in 2011 and only twice all year (at the beginning of the season). However, during this time, what's everyone talking about? The Canucks are in a SLUMP.

Between December 8th and January 13th, the Canucks were 14-0-3.

Daniel is the league's leading scorer. Henrik isn't far behind. Kesler has 33 goals. A Canucks player is near the top of every statistical category. ...regardless of our D's health and how 3853197 people have played on the 4th line rather than just cloning Tanner Glass.

MY NAME IS RONIN AND I AM A CANUCK!

/fixed

[Oleophobic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-5R6TLorDY&

[JesseBlue]

/fixed
/added...

MY NAME IS JESSEBLUE AND I AM A CANUCK!
:fullofwin:

[b0unce. [?]]

pumped for the game tonight. eat shit tegra! :D

[Harvey Specter]

It's almost playoff time!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xL3_T9NAww

[spideyv2]

good, its more fun to watch u fall from a higher location



is that what it is? i havent been keepin track...

always a proud flames fan

that sucks

[Tegra_Devil]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Stranded_Orca.jpg/800px-Stranded_Orca.jpg





















































................'nough said

[murd0c]

a beached whale? got a big date tonight I take it :troll:

[Derek_N84]

^ :lol

[Tegra_Devil]

a beached whale? got a big date tonight I take it :troll:

well, i lied the other day when i said ur sister didnt meet me at the game....


she is treating me tonight :troll:

[b0unce. [?]]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Stranded_Orca.jpg/800px-Stranded_Orca.jpg



................'nough said

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EzdXsSJ_cZo/TWMcRZMw14I/AAAAAAAAGBk/5ilfgL49N7E/s1600/calgary%2Bflames.jpg

it's like an army of ronald mcdonald's

[Tegra_Devil]

;7340471']http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EzdXsSJ_cZo/TWMcRZMw14I/AAAAAAAAGBk/5ilfgL49N7E/s1600/calgary%2Bflames.jpg

it's like an army of ronald mcdonald's

http://designinformer.com/wp-content/uploads/mc-donalds/6-evil-mc-donald.jpg

[BlackV62K2]

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p307/Juicyj69_2007/n611625363_233176_387.jpg

[murd0c]

well, i lied the other day when i said ur sister didnt meet me at the game....


she is treating me tonight :troll:

not to burst your bubble but she isn't a flamer :fullofwin:

[Tegra_Devil]

not to burst your bubble but she isn't a flamer :fullofwin:

she has dirty secrets

[Roach]

Cherry just profiled Schneider's performance in San Jose on HNIC.

Some well deserved recognition.

Kev

[Hondaracer]

fuck the NHL thread on bodybuilding.com hurts my head

really this thread is the only thread i can actually feel like i'm conversing with intellectual equals and people who see/know finer points of the game and the business of the NHL

[Tegra_Devil]

well off unfortunately to a canucks fans house to watch the game...bastard has a bigger tv, with HD cable, sick sound system...................................and beer

so you wont see me posting for a while.....all to your delight ;)

[Not really racist!]

well off unfortunately to a canucks fans house to watch the game...bastard has a bigger tv, with HD cable, sick sound system...................................and beer

so you wont see me posting for a while.....all to your delight ;)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[spoon.ek9]

we can just multi-quote all the smack talk so tegra doesn't miss it. i don't care what he posts anymore because i just skip it and stare at his avatar :lol

[Hondaracer]

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/200395_10150119788139732_280702824731_6209542_5471 38_n.jpg

[Alatar]

we can just multi-quote all the smack talk so tegra doesn't miss it. i don't care what he posts anymore because i just skip it and stare at his avatar :lol

Sorry, what was that? I was staring at nipples.

[van19]

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/200395_10150119788139732_280702824731_6209542_5471 38_n.jpg



Just the NHL one

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/183260_10150120536879732_280702824731_6215895_7950 718_n.jpg

[kluk]

TIMMMMMMM JACKKKMANNNNN

MATTTTT STAAAAAJAANNNNNNNNNN

lulz

[kluk]

SAMUELSON FUCK

[dL]

GJ SAMUELSSON!!

dL

[BlackZRoadster]

Fffffffffuuuuuuu
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[DsZ24]

horrible just horrible

[Tegra_Devil]

Schooled by our rookie
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[spoon.ek9]

fuckin.... why are none of the feeds working?!?!?! :fuuuuu:

[604778]

Wtf?!
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[kluk]

what the fuck is going on.

[DsZ24]

ffffuuuuuuuuuuu

[604778]

......
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[dL]

LMAO.

dL

[Tegra_Devil]

Ggggoooooaaalllll
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[DsZ24]

fuckin.... why are none of the feeds working?!?!?! :fuuuuu:

The allsorts one is but i know you don't like his :P

[DsZ24]

Ggggoooooaaalllll
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I thought you weren't going to be posting for a while? :P

[BlackZRoadster]

I take a fucking dump , and they score 2 goals
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[Vansterdam]

just woke up and wtf 0-2!!

[scottsman]

all the feeds are terrible today. Even allsorts is laggy as hell.

[MG1]

Sorry, what was that? I was staring at nipples.

those nipples are so hard they can pierce kevlar........I want, I want.......

[spoon.ek9]

The allsorts one is but i know you don't like his :P

i actually tried his, not working for me either.

[MG1]

And we want to face them in the first round?

smack the person who wanted that........

[orange7]

great.. now we are gonna play catch up
-___-

[sonick]

And we want to face them in the first round?

smack the person who wanted that........

Half a period does not a playoff series make.
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[Aleks]

Finally Kes!

[kluk]

KESLERRRRR FUCK YEAH

[DsZ24]

KESLER SCORES, 2-1

[604778]

Wooo! Kesler!!!
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[MG1]

BEAST!!!!!!!!!

[MarkyMark]

Ok so Luongo loses the first two games in the playoffs, we put schneider in net and he plays awesome, do they ride him until he plays a shitty game?

[dL]

BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dL

[d1]

Game on

[fliptuner]

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1821/kesler.jpg

[van19]

YESSs kesler .
Time for him to get an interview ? :D

That was also Henrik's 500th assist !!

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[Vansterdam]

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1821/kesler.jpg


:fuckyea:

[spoon.ek9]

man... missing the entire game here.. at least it's been ugly so far.

[DsZ24]

man... missing the entire game here.. at least it's been ugly so far.

Are you at least listening to it on the radio?

[MG1]

Half a period does not a playoff series make.
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Course not........ I just think they are the kind of team that can give us problems.

[MG1]

Attention viewers, please do not adjust your television....... those Calgary jerseys really are that pukey!

[carisear]

fuckin.... why are none of the feeds working?!?!?! :fuuuuu:

any reason why you aren't looking directly at cbc.ca?

i LOVE cbc.

[spoon.ek9]

Are you at least listening to it on the radio?

i am now! thanks for the reminder

any reason why you aren't looking directly at cbc.ca?

i LOVE cbc.

i have already, it keeps freezing my browser and playing nothing buy fuckin chevy cruze ads. fuck you cruze!

[dbaz]

man... missing the entire game here.. at least it's been ugly so far.

did you try cbc stream?

[AzNightmare]

Ok so Luongo loses the first two games in the playoffs, we put schneider in net and he plays awesome, do they ride him until he plays a shitty game?

Not sure will Schneider even get an opportunity in the third game.
That'll take a lot of balls for AV to pull that off... although I can see him doing it... maybe.

I have a feeling there's a big enough "anti-Luongo" (and Schneid bandwagon) fan support in this city anyway.
Fans are always pissed off about the goalies in this city.

[spoon.ek9]

did you try cbc stream?

yes :speechless:

[dbaz]

really its working for me perfectly no lag, try it again
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/Live_Streaming/1248955900/ID=1576187064

[MG1]

Fans are always pissed off about the goalies in this city.

I'm not pissed off at SSSSSSSsssssssss..........


or Kirk McLean

or Richard Brodeur

or Glen Hanlon

or Andrew Raycroft

or Dunc Wilson

or even John Garrett

[carisear]

yes :speechless:

what browser are you using? try a different one!

[spoon.ek9]

really its working for me perfectly no lag

i dunno what's going on cuz all it does is freeze my browser (tried IE and firefox).

[dbaz]

i dunno what's going on cuz all it does is freeze my browser (tried IE and firefox).

it froze for me at start then works, and im on firefox.. im also using the page that doesnt have stupid live chat crap beside it

[spoon.ek9]

i tried your link, no dice. froze firefox again and i had to end task.

[MG1]

Yay, Cloud!!!!!!!!


ooops, wrong forum.

[TheKingdom2000]

yes :speechless:

it's working for me on chrome.

Try restarting your computer. That usually solves most of my little trivial problems.

[spoon.ek9]

it's working for me on chrome.

Try restarting your computer. That usually solves most of my little trivial problems.

i did! still no go!

[TheKingdom2000]

Clear your cache?
or just try downloading another browser?

or try uninstalling adobe and reinstalling it? Though, i'm not sure if that's the player/plugin they're using?
edit; ok so cbc is indeed using adobe.. uninstall the plugin in your control panel and reinstall it.

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

try that.

[spoon.ek9]

thanks, but i'm at work so i'm unable to install/download anything.

[DanHibiki]

fuck exciting hockey

[DsZ24]

DANIEL, fuck yah

[kluk]

GOALLLLLLL

[van19]

WOOOOOOOOOO twins
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[604778]

Sedin!!!
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[spoon.ek9]

woot woot 2-2

[satek]

d sedinnnn

[RCubed]

fuck yeah daniel

[dL]

SEDIN MAGIC!

dL

[Greenstoner]

Yes !!!
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[DanHibiki]

OMG DAT PASS WAS SO PURDYYDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYY :bowrofl:

:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowr ofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:: bowrofl::bowrofl:

[Vansterdam]

:fuckyea:

[dL]

FAIL WHAT A BAD GOAL.

dL

[RCubed]

wtf was that

[MG1]

twin powers activate!


how do I attach a file that was uploaded before? like the power twins jpg I uploaded the last game.

[604778]

Wtf...?
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[spoon.ek9]

wut

[DsZ24]

fuuuuuu, no quick whistle there

[TheKingdom2000]

fuuuuuu, no quick whistle there

it was legit though. lu didn't have it.

[orange7]

i hope this goes into OT.

[DsZ24]

yah i know. I meant a quick whistle coulda saved us haha. oh well we'll come back

[TheKingdom2000]

Didn't the puck hit kesler when he was outside the blue line though?
And kesler didn't intentionally bring it back into our zone. So shouldn't that have been offside?

[dL]

BURROWS IS A MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dL

[d1]

uh oh

[kluk]

BuRROWSSSSSS MONSTERRRRR

[DsZ24]

BURROWS IS A MONSTER, nice tip in

[RCubed]

BURROWS FUCK YEAH

[van19]

MONSTERRRRRR . BURR
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[satek]

MONSTERRRR

[ryugeeh]

MONSTERRRRRRR
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[604778]

Yee! Burrows!
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[spoon.ek9]

MONSTER!

[MG1]

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb75/89blkcivic/Canucks/monsterqj.jpg

[Not really racist!]

BURROWS IS A MONSTER

[d1]

Another 2+ points for daniel.. good luck, stamkos!

[Vansterdam]

mooooooonster