Gawdzukes Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 3 hours ago, tas said: edmonton was the best one. oh no, they're only 10 points back with 5 games in hand! errr... 4 games in hand now. 2 games in hand? are all the people quaking in their boots about Edmonton winning the division still afwaid now? I don't think anyone was in a panic at all. It was just a very interesting season and race. Only the emotionally fragile needed to defend the Canucks every step of the way. Edmonton certainly made a fantastic run at it. Almost epic. We just matched them all the way. A fantastic effort and credit to the team and just an absolutely awesome season. When you're on a sports team your best course of action is to always assume the other team wins their games in hand and then shoot to beat that. Both teams should be quite happy with how things turned out. Time to get zeroed in on the playoffs. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckMan Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 This Lindholm trade just gets better and better. So we traded for some damaged goods. That’s a pretty big blunder on someone’s part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 last game; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barn Burner Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 3 hours ago, Sativika said: Beat LA. Kill the Kings! And Slay their asses to oblivion! LET'S GO CANUCKS GO!!!!!!!!! That's my buddy playing keyboards in the Rainbow video! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barn Burner Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 3 hours ago, tas said: I can think of at least one person (cough stawns cough) doom-saying about the oilers having a "very good chance" of winning the division as recently as a couple games ago. laughable. To hell with him. He's a friggin' monkey grinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Let’s win the west! F the prez though 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Geterdone..................................................................................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gawdzukes Posted March 25 Popular Post Share Posted March 25 (edited) 3 hours ago, CanucksJay said: Funny, those comments were still very much alive even just 2 games ago... Dec 21st, Oilers were 18 pts behind with 4 games in hand Since then they've had a 16 game winning streak including a perfect Jan and are still 10 pts behind with 2 games in hand Ppl ignored they've since come back down to earth with an abysmal 6-5-1 in Feb followed by 6-3-3 in March That's a 96 pt place the past 2 months. Meanwhile, canucks had a HORRIBLE Feb going 5-6-1 but recovered in March going 7-1-1 and playing at a 101 pt pace since Feb 1. These 2 teams are trending in a completely different direction. Oilers peaked in Jan and have first round exit written all over them. Kudos to them that they fought their way back and will likely make the playoffs but it was laughable to think they had a high chance of catching the canucks and winning the division. As they should have been. They still had a somewhat decent chance just several days ago. We squeaked by Buffalo, beat Montreal, and the Calgary game came down to the wire. If we lose 2 of those and Edmonton wins their last 2 (Toronto and Ottawa) we're only 2 points up, and yes they would have the (ridiculed for some reason here) 2 games in hand. How is this so hard to acknowledge for some people? It's just the simple truth, and math. It doesn't mean you don't like the Canucks or some weird idea like that. Edited March 25 by Gawdzukes 1 3 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darius Posted March 25 Popular Post Share Posted March 25 On a different note, just to make some of you feel old, like i do....the movie the Canucks Goal Song is from made this reference that is now 40 years old: 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Bit of a dilemma tonight; I want to see the Canucks be the first team to clinch, but I do not like seeing Vegas win & would love to see them miss the playoffs. I guess just take care of business against LA & then it's a win-win regardless. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barn Burner Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 44 minutes ago, spook007 said: Nice tilt with Miller and Kempe....Miller handed Kempes ass to him... That's hilarious, in the 2nd video with the brawl, Jim Robson says... "Smyl's very strong, but he's not a particularly good fighter," and then... BAM, Smyl upper cuts the schmuck and rocks 'em! That's why you want guy's like Steamer on your team. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Joshua.Guy Posted March 25 Popular Post Share Posted March 25 4 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said: As they should have been. They still had a somewhat decent chance just several days ago. We squeaked by Buffalo, beat Montreal, and the Calgary game came down to the wire. If we lose 2 of those and Edmonton wins their last 2 (Toronto and Ottawa) we're only 2 points up, and yes they would have the (ridiculed for some reason here) 2 games in hand. How is this so hard to acknowledge for some people? It's just the simple truth, and math. It doesn't mean you don't like the Canucks or some weird idea like that. It was the certainty with which it was said that we mock. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.Tallhouse Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 This was disturbing… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 52 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said: I don't think anyone was in a panic at all. It was just a very interesting season and race. Only the emotionally fragile needed to defend the Canucks every step of the way. Edmonton certainly made a fantastic run at it. Almost epic. We just matched them all the way. A fantastic effort and credit to the team and just an absolutely awesome season. When you're on a sports team your best course of action is to always assume the other team wins their games in hand and then shoot to beat that. Both teams should be quite happy with how things turned out. Time to get zeroed in on the playoffs. Ahem, they were the ones that had to match us. Just pointing out a fact there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker67 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 5 minutes ago, Rip The Mesh said: No one on the team has played a playoff game at Rogers Arena. I can't wait, it's going to be so exciting, every game is so important. Miller's going to carry this team on his back to win. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh90 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 If the canucks can go 6 - 5 rest of the season than the Oilers would have to go 11-1-1 or 12-1-0 to overtake us in the division. I think its pretty safe to say the canucks will end up with the division title. With that in mind I hope the Canucks start giving Podz, Juulsen, Aman, Bains, Karlsson, Raty a chance and some real minutes as you never know if we may need them in the playoffs I.e. injuries 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Joshua.Guy said: It was the certainty with which it was said that we mock. Ah, okay I must have missed that part. I thought it was an odd argument all around but didn't say anything. Hockey tends to go down to the wire whether you're fighting for first overall or a wildcard. Every team has a good chance if they win more than their adversary down the stretch, until they run out of games. It was definitely still very much a possibility this last week. Now it's a little more clear after Edmonton lost two very winnable games. They could still get close ... but I think all the games are catching up with them finally. 17 minutes ago, Bob Long said: Ahem, they were the ones that had to match us. Just pointing out a fact there. My apologies for not phrasing it the way you like. Tough crowd lol. Edited March 25 by Gawdzukes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 48 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said: As they should have been. They still had a somewhat decent chance just several days ago. We squeaked by Buffalo, beat Montreal, and the Calgary game came down to the wire. If we lose 2 of those and Edmonton wins their last 2 (Toronto and Ottawa) we're only 2 points up, and yes they would have the (ridiculed for some reason here) 2 games in hand. How is this so hard to acknowledge for some people? It's just the simple truth, and math. It doesn't mean you don't like the Canucks or some weird idea like that. I already broke down the math even before the last 2 games. Projections, even counting their historic 16 game win streak as part of the trend starting Dec 21st, would leave them 2-3 pts out of the division title. That trend would be nearly impossible to continue but I still gave them the benefit of the doubt and even with that in mind, probabilities showed it was highly unlikely they would win the division. Too funny. Oilers are first round exit material. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Crossbar Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Gawdzukes said: Only the emotionally fragile needed to defend the Canucks every step of the way. No one has defended them every step of the way. Especially during losses, the mistake filled periods, the lack of discipline at times, the awful Minnesota game, the slump, etc. But when we're winning and on our game ... It actually takes strength to defend the Canucks in the midst of ongoing attempts by some who try to marginalize the team's success in such a successful season. I would urge more to do it actually. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteyBoeser Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Canucks could go winless and oilers win rest of the year. Let’s not be happy til we actually win the division. I’d hate to be cocky and lose it to oilers after all this time at the top 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gawdzukes Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Just now, Dr. Crossbar said: No one has defended them every step of the way. Especially during losses, the mistake filled periods, the lack of discipline at times, the awful Minnesota game, the slump, etc. But when we're winning and on our game ... It actually takes strength to defend the Canucks in the midst of ongoing attempts by some who try to marginalize the team's success in such a successful season. I would urge more to do it actually. I meant this specific circumstance of defending them to the point that they ignore simple math ... like getting upset when someone points out that 5 games in hand equals 10 possible points, minus a 10 point lead, equals a 0 point lead. To me that's a little overboard. Nothing wrong with correctly addressing where you are in the standings in my opinion. In fact, as an athlete and competitor it's vital to winning and understanding what you need to do in order to win. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OldFaithfulcap Posted March 25 Popular Post Share Posted March 25 4 minutes ago, Dr. Crossbar said: No one has defended them every step of the way. Especially during losses, the mistake filled periods, the lack of discipline at times, the awful Minnesota game, the slump, etc. But when we're winning and on our game ... It actually takes strength to defend the Canucks in the midst of ongoing attempts by some who try to marginalize the team's success in such a successful season. I would urge more to do it actually. It's not easy. Years of failure. I expected us to regress badly this year but screw it. This team has come back from downs and won big games and broken records all year. I just want them to play their game and come through when it matters this year. We never have, so why not this year. Experience be damned, go and take it, it's a wide open league, why fear anyone, let them fear us. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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