[GDT] Vancouver Canucks vs Winnipeg Jets, Feb 9, 7PM PST (10PM EST) Rogers Arena, the PLAYOFFS START HERE GAME!

[Rip The Mesh]

         

[Canuck You]

33 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Nice! Big Z is found to beat down a Jet too. 

Don't make us call up Jett Woo too!

[CaribouCanuck]

I have mixed feelings about this game. I do feel good about the fact that Winnipeg played last night and is on the second of back to backs. As strange as this may sound I feel good about the fact that they won last night because if they had lost I would be worried that they were super motivated to have a good bounce back game. Here's to hoping the Jets are a tired team with low motivation. 

[AlwaysACanuckFan]

1 hour ago, Alflives said:

Add; Son sorry but you’re a friggin’ Moran! 

Kid : "how dare you daddy"

 

[AlwaysACanuckFan]

Give me Vegas in first round, we're gonna have to go through Vegas, Edmonton Colorado to get to finals so why not face them when we're fresh for the fight and let Edmonton and LA beat each other up

[Ghostsof1915]

19 minutes ago, Rip The Mesh said:

         

"Hey Deb, check this out!"

[OldFaithfulcap]

1 hour ago, King Heffy said:

Please tell me we don't get Singh tonight.

 

i loath hockey night in canada for this

[Canadian_Kanga]

11 hours ago, Rocket-68 said:

A Random Hockey Story

  Hide contents

Darcy Rota and the Vancouver Canucks’ 1982 Stanley Cup Run

November 2, 2020 by THW Archives

The Vancouver Canucks have had many great players in their history. From their first captain Orland Kurtenbach to Trevor Linden, Vancouver has been lucky to see many amazing talents grace the ice. Out of all these greats, four players have been rewarded with their numbers being hung in the rafters, and seven more are in the team’s Ring of Honor.

 

However, these 11 players could not encompass everyone, and many great players have just not quite made the cut. One player who was on that path was Darcy Rota, a winger with a knack for finding the back of the net, whose career was cut short due to injury.

Rota’s Journey to the Canucks

Rota grew up a fan of the Canucks as he played minor hockey in nearby Prince George, where he eventually was inducted into the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame. Rota’s success in junior hockey with the Edmonton Oil Kings, then playing in the WCHL, led to him being selected 13th by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1973 NHL Draft. Rota went on to be known as a gritty two-way producer for the Blackhawks as he had multiple 20-goal seasons, yet he never quite lived up to the offensive potential he had once shown in junior.

Darcy Rota, Vancouver Canucks, March 4, 1981 (Photo by Graig Abel/Getty Images)

 

After six seasons on the Blackhawks, Rota was traded to the Atlanta Flames in a large deal which included Tom Lysiak, the player that was drafted 11 picks before Rota in the 1973 NHL Draft. Rota never appeared in a full season for the Flames before he was traded once again to Vancouver, where he debuted at the end of the 1979-80 season.

Rota Returns to British Columbia

Rota was back in his native British Columbia and during his first full season for the Canucks, he scored 25 goals while recording 124 penalty minutes. The Canucks were a young franchise, but one whose fortunes were about to change as they were accumulating the players that would make up the core of their 1981-82 team, their most successful to date.

 

In 1982, the Canucks had an up and down regular season where they finished below .500, but the turning point came when head coach Harry Neale was suspended 10 games for getting into an altercation with a fan during a game in Quebec City. Assistant coach Roger Neilson assumed the head coaching duties, known as “Captain Video” for the amount of film he watched, and after leading the team to a seven-game win streak, he was handed the job. Neilson became a beloved coach in Vancouver, and today his statue stands outside Rogers Arena.

 

Roger Neilson Statue in Vancouver (cr: Carol Browne@Flickr)

 

 

The team rode this momentum heading into the playoffs, as they swept the Calgary Flames 3-0 in the first round before dispatching the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 in the next round. This set up a Conference Final matchup against Rota’s old team, the Blackhawks, for the right to represent the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup Final.

Conference Finals Against the Blackhawks: A Familiar Foe

The series against the Blackhawks was etched into Canucks lore, as it was the first time the franchise made it to the Stanley Cup Finals. Rota described the series as special for him because it was the place where his NHL career started and he had plenty of friends and family in the stands (from ‘Vancouver Canucks’ 1982: The miracle year in their own words’, Vancouver Sun, 05/18/12).

 

Game 1 went to double overtime where winger Jim Nill was the hero for the Canucks as they took a 1-0 series lead. Game 2 was one that will never be forgotten, as the Canucks fell behind early. Coach Neilson, feeling like the referees were not doing a good job being impartial, took a white towel and raised it into the air with a stick.

 

THE BIRTH OF THE TOWEL POWER MOVEMENT

Returning to Vancouver for Game 3, the fans brought towels in droves and waved them in support of the team. The Canucks did not lose another game during the series as they advanced to face the mighty Islanders in the Cup Final. Today, many professional sports teams across all leagues wave towels at their games, but it was the Vancouver Canucks and Roger Neilson who started this great tradition.

 

It was Rota that scored in Game 5 to effectively end the Blackhawks hopes of a comeback. He said, “it was the biggest goal of my life, and I couldn’t stop jumping up and down… it was chilling” (from ‘Vancouver Canucks’ 1982: The miracle year in their own words’, Vancouver Sun, 05/18/12). The team of scrappy underdogs was on its way to face off against the juggernaut Islanders in the Final.

 

Coach Roger Neilson waves the white flag.

Returning to Vancouver for Game 3, the fans brought towels in droves and waved them in support of the team. The Canucks did not lose another game during the series as they advanced to face the mighty Islanders in the Cup Final. Today, many professional sports teams across all leagues wave towels at their games, but it was the Vancouver Canucks and Roger Neilson who started this great tradition.

It was Rota that scored in Game 5 to effectively end the Blackhawks hopes of a comeback. He said, “it was the biggest goal of my life, and I couldn’t stop jumping up and down… it was chilling” (from ‘Vancouver Canucks’ 1982: The miracle year in their own words’, Vancouver Sun, 05/18/12). The team of scrappy underdogs was on its way to face off against the juggernaut Islanders in the Final.

 

The Islanders had future Hall of Famers such as Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier, and Mike Bossy on their team and were vying for their third title in a row. New York’s speed and skill proved to be too much for the scrappy Canucks to handle as the series was ended in four games.

 

The Islanders were an undisputed dynasty team. (Mike Moore – Private Collection)

 

 

Rota was a key contributor for the Canucks run as he had nine points and 54 penalty minutes in the 17 games. He used this strong play to carry momentum into the next season.

Rota’s Breakout Season

It was following this magical playoff run that Rota was placed on a line with Canucks legends Thomas Gradin and Stan Smyl. He thrived next to these two players as he broke the Canucks’ franchise record for goals with 42. The team was ecstatic that Rota had seemed to find the goalscoring prowess that he had once showed off in junior, yet this individual success did not translate to team success as the Canucks fell in the first round to the Flames.

 

Rota once again kept that momentum going during the following season, as he was in the midst of another great year when tragedy struck. He was playing so well that he was named to the All-Star Game, the first and only one of his career. However, late that season in a game against the Kings, Rota was checked by Jay Wells and suffered a neck injury. After having scored 73 points in the first 59 games of the season, the injury was a tough break for Rota, but being the warrior he is, he managed to return for the playoffs. That summer, Rota underwent fusion spinal surgery.

 

Rota continues to be active in the Vancouver community

Rota attempted to make a comeback the next season but the injury made it impossible. While its tragic that a player just finding their stride had their career cut short, Rota is still very active today in the Vancouver community as he can often be seen performing various outreach activities. After his playing career, he stayed involved with the Canucks before eventually moving on to a variety of management positions with junior hockey teams. He will forever be remembered and revered in Vancouver as one of the core pieces that bought that 1982 team of underdogs right to the Stanley Cup Final and showed the league that the Canucks could contend.

 

 

Overview

• Vegas LTIR-ed 1/3 of their team and added pretty much every player available ... LONG LIVE THE EVIL EMPIRE!
• Must Win RIGHT F-ing NOW Avs had the Avs punt a promising D-man to the barren wasteland of Buffalo in exchange for Casey M and added Sean "Johnny" Walker, BD and Yahov Trenin in an effort to bulk up.
• Winnipeg shat their drawers looking at what Colorado, Vegas and Dallas did, and scoured the barrel for help landing Tyler Toffoli to offset the C/V/D juggernauts.
• Coilers GM Holland belched out a hearty "hold my beer" and topped Vegas picking up Henrique, Carrick and Troy "plan the parade" Stecher.
• LA cannonballed into the deep end of the pool by picking up PLD before the season started and made their TDL move early by firing McLellan. "All is good" said Blake and did squat at the actual TDL.
   

With the CFF Soother-Sucking Trolls poised to shit all over PA/JR no matter what they did, they had to be satisfied with "what no Crosby (see the 5 pages devoted to that rumor) and poor Kessel, he got Rogered but properly by PA (see the 50+ pages devoted to that topic)"

 

Vancouver stood pat (see what I did there) and did nothing. I for one believe (1) doing anything isn't the same as doing something smart and (2) sometimes your misses are gifts in disguise. With 19 games left before the real season starts, Vancouver is going in with a team on the other side of about 20 trades / moves made by PA/JR since they took over from Jim "I-haven't-seen-an-albatross-contract-I-haven't-liked" Benning.

 

The Canucks moved, in one form or another:

Out: Kuzmenko, Horfat Wallet, OEL, Bueavillier, Bear, Studnicka, Lazar, Burroughs, Pearson, Pederson, Stillman, Dermott, Lockwood, Delia, Martin, Schenn ... plus some on Abby

Out (Picks): 2024 1st, 2nd, 5th ... 2025 3rd ... 2026 3rd ... 7th ...... oh ya, a 2024 4th that becomes a 3rd if Canucks make it to the 2024 Conference Finals. CONFERENCE FINALS! IF THE CANUCKS MAKE IT TO THE CONFERENCE FINALS WITH THIS GROUP, I ALONG WITH PA/JR/AQUAMAN AND 95% OF CFF POSTERS COULD GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THIS PICK! GO CANUCKS GO!

 

In: Joshua, Mikheyev, Suter, Blueger, Lafferty, Cole, Big Zeke, Linholm, Soucy, Fried-Green-Tomatoes, Bains

In (Picks): 2024 6th

Up From Abby: Pizza Delivery Dude, Karlsson, Aman, Raty

In to Abby: movement was made

 

Signings: Petey, Huggy, JT Miller ... none would have been possible without prudent moves made by PA / JR!

 

Jets lost to the Kraken at home and rolled into Seattle seeking revenge, and got it. They are looking to keep the winning ways going and improve on their 19-9-3 road record. However, they are about to run into a brick wall that starts with Demko, rolls up through Big Zeke and Soucy and onwards through JT and the rest of the forwards. GO CANUCKS GO!

 

For the Canucks, well the playoffs start right now and we shall see how PA / JR's strategy of getting their man early to give time for gelling pays off. It starts with a heavyweight at Rogers Place - the Winnipeg Jets. Here are my dates for the "measuring stick" games:

 

March 9 vs Jets ... March 13 vs Avs ... March 25 vs Kings ... March 28 vs Stars ... Apr 2 @ Knights ... Apr 6 @ Kings ... April 8 vs Knights ..... the Oilers game in April is a booked win for the good guys so who cares.                            

 

Quote of the day:

Allvin when asked about trade rumors, "I feel bad for those players' names out there. I don't think that's the respect or integrity of the league, and sometimes it's just very unfortunate. There's a guessing game. Yeah, it's not fair".

 

“He was pretty good,” assessed Tocchet. “There were some good moments. If he holds on to pucks and gets on the forecheck, that’s something we’re looking for.” ... talking about Podz.

 

Media

You know the drill, BUY A TICKET and go support our Boyz, bring your Signs, VUVUZELAS, Accordians, etc , and see if we can't raise the decibel level to 140dB's. Otherwise go to your local watering hole to support your team and swill some beer.

 

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, CHC HNIC, CityTV TVA Sports 2

Radio: SportsNet 650

Streaming: lots on various Reddit threads, here are a few sites (results may vary)

https://reddit.nhlbite.com/live

https://nhlwebcast.com/

https://v2.sportsurge.to/nhlstreams

https://nhlstream.net/

 

By the Numbers

  Reveal hidden contents

Source: https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/teams/vancouver-canucks-players-2023-24-nhl-stats.html

 

Source: https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/teams/winnipeg-jets-players-2023-24-nhl-stats.html

 

What the Bookies are Saying

  Hide contents

Jets vs. Canucks Prediction: Who Will Win, Cover the Spread

We have used innovative machine learning and data to simulate the result of Saturday's NHL matchup between the Jets and Canucks 10,000 times, in line with our coverage of NHL picks.

Our popular predictive analytics model currently gives the Canucks a 55% chance of beating the Jets.

According to our model, the Jets (+1.5) have a 65% chance of covering the puck line, while the Over/Under total of 5.5 goals has a 54% chance of going over.

Jets vs. Canucks Odds

We have researched the best betting odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Jets vs. Canucks Picks

Our predictions, matched with the current odds, reveal the top betting picks to make on this game, detailed in our NHL best bets, crafted from expert modeling and analysis:

While the Canucks are more likely to win the game, taking the Jets moneyline is the best option due to the edge identified when comparing our data-led probabilities to the sportsbooks' odds currently available.

Jets vs. Canucks Player Props

Who will score the first goal in Jets vs. Canucks?

According to our model, Vancouver's J.T. Miller is most likely to score the first goal in Jets vs. Canucks.

Our projections give Miller a 7.8% chance of scoring the first goal at Rogers Arena, while the Canucks star is a 35.5% chance of netting an anytime goal.

First Goal Scorer Predictions

Winnipeg Jets

 

 

Matchup Info

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

Da Roster

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

Not sure where Tofu will go or who will come out, so Game Time Decision (thoughts?)

Tofu probably starts on the 2nd unit on a "see how we go basis" displacing Nino (who knows)

 

 

 

Da Zebras

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

Now for some fun stuff

Jets - Canucks rough stuff 2/9/95

 

 

 

A great start to game day!

 

thanks so much. 

[Boudrias]

6 minutes ago, Canadian_Kanga said:

 

A great start to game day!

 

thanks so much. 

Darcy Rota was a great guy. His mother and uncle lived in Creston and he visited often. 

[Jetliner]

10 hours ago, Jaimito said:

Big test even without Tiffoli. 

 

Jets played yesterday, 0-0 into the third then pulled away from Kraken 3-0.  

 

Expect hard checking game without much chances.   Helly will be in net. 

Fk tofoli that overrated POS

[-dlc-]

 

[-dlc-]

36 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

"Hey Deb, check this out!"

Perfect

[Rick_theRyper]

1 minute ago, -dlc- said:

 

Love it I have a good feeling about Podkolzin, gonna prove he belongs in the big league

[-dlc-]

Where my girls at?

 

@NucksFan @Crimson JH @brilac @Redhdlois etc. etc.

[Ghostsof1915]

I think it's time to lose the hot dog.

[Rick_theRyper]

These Refs gotta tell the Bozos in the NHL if they wanna embellish calls to go play soccer, then just say "quit whining and get ready for the puck drop Nancy" the ref should influencing the game in the right way!! Ffs! Enough of the gosht tripping/hooking calls. Call the dangerous shit Everytime, let's get back to respectable shit if it's embellished just let it go. God damnit. Hate that crap!

 

Go Canucks! Kick some names and take some ass!

[-dlc-]

4 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

I think it's time to lose the hot dog.

Replace it with a pizza?

 

Or maybe a Big Z burger (for those who knew Zellers)?

[JIAHN]

OK.....now I make enough  mistakes om here.......BUT............it is March isn't it?  

 

 

 

 

Edited March 9 by JIAHN

[Rocket-68]

For those interested, Canucks are at the top end of the mushy-middle tough/easy schedule remaining, win these games Boyz, win the tough games.

 

Edited March 9 by Rocket-68

[Rip The Mesh]

 

[RWMc1]

The management showed faith in these guys by not forcing a move. It sounds like other teams thought we would be desperate to improve and asked for too much. We just beat LA and Vegas and still have Joshua and Myers waiting in the wings. Podkolzin and Bains showed well and we have other guys who could probably step in if needed.

 

Canucks win 3-2.

 

Go Canucks Go!!!

[PeteyBoeser]

5 minutes ago, Rocket-68 said:

For those interested, Canucks are at the top end of the mushy-middle tough/easy schedule remaining, win these games Boyz, win the tough games.

 

I like how our team is categorized as hard team! Last year we’d be on the easiest side 

[I.AM.THE.WALRUS]

4 hours ago, Alflives said:

Empties are predicting another big win. Jets crash and burn. 

Just a random Alf pic 

No rhyme or reason 

just felt like it…

 

don’t know why…

[Rick_theRyper]

4 minutes ago, Rocket-68 said:

For those interested, Canucks are at the top end of the mushy-middle tough/easy schedule remaining, win these games Boyz, win the tough games.

 

So 8 easier games coming up if they can win 6/8 that gets us to 101 points there alone.  Even if we go 5/9 vs the tougher teams that's 111 points. They've done so well to be in such a good place for the seasons end. Crazy! Never saw this coming. Give or take on the wins/losses very good possibility to finish over 110 points 

[Rip The Mesh]