Eight games left in the regular season and the Vancouver Canucks, my Canucks, have virtually locked up the number-1 seed in the West. They're now 10 points clear of Detroit and 11 clear of San Jose to lead the conference. So we'll have to play whatever 8th seed there is.
Even Daniel Sedin's brand-new baby girl wants him to win the Art Ross. She cooperated and was born on Monday night. Daniel flew out by himself to Detroit on Tuesday night. He participated in the game-day skate on Wednesday and played. And boy, did he ever. He got the Canucks' only 2 goals and almost got a third, ringing one off the iron in the third period.
Daniel continues to lead the league in scoring with 95 points now. He's 7 clear of Henrik (who is now 2nd in league scoring) and 9 clear of Stamkos, who's hit a bit of a dry spell here at the best time (for Henrik and Daniel). I don't think it can be understated how amazing of a story this will be. I mean, I dreamt about this happening at the beginning of the season, but you're just thinking, "What if?" Now it's actually, truly going to happen, barring a huge cold spell for Danny and a red-hot spell for Stamkos. But seeing as Daniel's longest point drought of the season was only 3 games, I think it's a foregone conclusion that he's pretty much a lock for the Art Ross as of now.
And yes, he also has a VERY good chance for the Hart trophy. He has 40 goals now on the season, only 3 behind Stamkos, so he could conceivably pass Stamkos and win the Rocket Richard! Now, with 8 games left (I don't know how many for Stamkos) it's highly unlikely that will happen. But, it's not impossible. And if you'd asked anyone 4-5, even 3 years ago about the possibility of either Sedin winning the Art Ross or the Hart, they'd look at you like, "Are you crazy?" Anything's possible, never underestimate the skills of the Sedins.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Hockey Hottie of the Week
I know... lots of guys may hate me for this (and some girls, too) but Sidney Crosby is just hot. You can't deny it. He's out with a concussion right now, but he's skating again, so that's good. Get well soon, Sid! But not too soon, I want Daniel Sedin to win the Art Ross. :)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
For Once, Salo Is Okay
On Monday night (Harold Snepsts' ROH induction night) Sami Salo's left arm was hit with a puck near the end of the first period. Canucks fans everywhere were torn between sighing or just laughing about the ridiculousness of it all. Pass it to Bulis had a great stat: Salo has averaged one injury per 16.6 games over his career. That was his sixteenth game back. Right on target. But it wasn't broken, and Salo is scheduled to play tonight vs. the Colorado Avalanche. Canucks fans, breathe a sigh of relief. For once in his career, Sami Salo is okay. Savour this moment, folks; it may not come again soon. SALO'S OK!! WHOOOOO!!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Hockey Hottie of the Week
Today's HHOTW is Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens. The fans had little faith in the young goalie when playoff superstar Jaroslav Halak was traded during the offseason, but Carey has played his way into the hearts of Habs fans, and even in to Vezina trophy consideration. BC-born Carey has proved that he is up to the task of backstopping the Montreal Canadiens. He's also the first goalie we've had on Hockey Hottie of the Week. Congrats Carey!!
Nice muscles there Carey!
Nice muscles there Carey!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Last Night's Game
Last night's game was the first time this year's Canucks came back when trailing after 20. Shocking, ain't it? The Coyotes got their first goal when Sami Salo lost the puck between his skates in front of the net. Belanger goal. Bettman must've had something to do with this. Anyways, then the Coyotes got a power play on a Daniel Sedin penalty. (Interesting stat: both Sedins had a minor penalty in this game.) Canucks killed off most of the penalty really well, until they got scored on. It went off Tanev's leg and in. The camera panned to Tanev's face after the 2-0 goal and his lips were faaaaar too readable. Let's just say the rookie has a potty mouth. A couple of times over.
I had the game on the PVR, so after the 2-0 goal, I skipped a bit. Seeing Canuck fans cheering, I skipped back and lo and behold, 17 seconds after the Phoenix goal, Dan Hamhuis had opened the scoring for the Canucks! What a good response. After that, the Canucks were able to generate some more scoring opportunities, came close, but didn't score again in the opening frame.
Coming out hard in the second, the game was tied on a goal by Henrik Sedin after a crease clearing attempt by Adrian Aucoin landed right on the stick of Henrik. (On the power play.) The next thing it hit was the back of the net. Not more than 3 minutes later, Sami Salo threw the puck at the net, a shot going way wide hit Rozsival in front, banked off him like in a pinball machine and put the Canucks up 3-2. But with 43 seconds left in the 2nd period, Alex Burrows got beaten to the puck and Lauri Korpikoski chipped it up over Luongo. Tie game.
Third period was filled with lots of chances for both teams, but the score stayed the same. So it was off to overtime we went. Less than a minute into overtime, Alex Burrows got around Michael Rozsival and got pulled down. Penalty shot. In overtime. But the backhand was predictable and Bryzgalov knew where he was gonna go all the way. Deflected wide off Bryzgalov's pad. But it didn't matter, because a couple minutes later Hamhuis scored his SECOND goal of the night (!!!) to win the game 4-3 in OT. Asked after the game when his last multi-goal game was, he couldn't remember. It was his first 2-goal game in the NHL, and his 5th and 6th goals of the season. 3-game winning streak for our beloved Canucks!
I had the game on the PVR, so after the 2-0 goal, I skipped a bit. Seeing Canuck fans cheering, I skipped back and lo and behold, 17 seconds after the Phoenix goal, Dan Hamhuis had opened the scoring for the Canucks! What a good response. After that, the Canucks were able to generate some more scoring opportunities, came close, but didn't score again in the opening frame.
Coming out hard in the second, the game was tied on a goal by Henrik Sedin after a crease clearing attempt by Adrian Aucoin landed right on the stick of Henrik. (On the power play.) The next thing it hit was the back of the net. Not more than 3 minutes later, Sami Salo threw the puck at the net, a shot going way wide hit Rozsival in front, banked off him like in a pinball machine and put the Canucks up 3-2. But with 43 seconds left in the 2nd period, Alex Burrows got beaten to the puck and Lauri Korpikoski chipped it up over Luongo. Tie game.
Third period was filled with lots of chances for both teams, but the score stayed the same. So it was off to overtime we went. Less than a minute into overtime, Alex Burrows got around Michael Rozsival and got pulled down. Penalty shot. In overtime. But the backhand was predictable and Bryzgalov knew where he was gonna go all the way. Deflected wide off Bryzgalov's pad. But it didn't matter, because a couple minutes later Hamhuis scored his SECOND goal of the night (!!!) to win the game 4-3 in OT. Asked after the game when his last multi-goal game was, he couldn't remember. It was his first 2-goal game in the NHL, and his 5th and 6th goals of the season. 3-game winning streak for our beloved Canucks!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Hockey Hottie of the Week
Saturday, March 5, 2011
More LOLHockey
'Cause you know how much you love it!
Sorry, not as many this time. But I think they're also funnier, so it all evens out.
(By the way, I know I'm supposed to do Around the League today, but I can't look at Nhl.com because the Canucks game is on the PVR and then I'll see the score. So I'll do it after I watch the game. If I have time!)
Sorry, not as many this time. But I think they're also funnier, so it all evens out.
(By the way, I know I'm supposed to do Around the League today, but I can't look at Nhl.com because the Canucks game is on the PVR and then I'll see the score. So I'll do it after I watch the game. If I have time!)
Why Do Non-Canucks Fans Hate The Sedins?
While surfing the Internet, I obviously come across hockey blogs by non-Canucks fans. That's to be expected. But why do they say things like, "They're gay", "They're creepy", and other (inappropriate) nasty comments. Why do people say that? They're brothers for goodness sakes! How could they be gay?
And what's creepy about twins? If you see a couple of adorable twin girls toddling about at the beach, you would be all over them! Henrik and Daniel are two brothers who look exactly the same and share all their DNA. There's nothing creepy about that. Twins are all over the world.
And so, they do everything together. How does that make them gay? They've known each other all their lives, and are not only twin brothers, but best friends. I don't think it's right to call the Sedin twins gay.
And how about this sisters thing? Sure, when they first came into the NHL they were a little weaker, needed to put on some muscle still. Even now, they're not real big hitters, they don't agitate or frustrate. But you know what, haters? You have to be tough to play hockey. And you have to be tough to fight through numerous crosschecks to the back, punches, hits, high-sticks, and all other sorts of should-be-penalties that the refs don't notice, because the twins are such good sports.
Plus, the twins are genuinely nice guys. They lead the team really well, the do a lot of charity work and have even donated over a million dollars to the BC Children's hospital. They're not cocky or proud, in fact they're unbelievably humble.
And finally, to all you haters out there, last year Henrik Sedin beat out Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, and all the other elite players in the league to win not only the Art Ross, but also the Hart as the league's MVP. This year, Daniel's leading the scoring race with 18 games left to play, beating Ovechkin, Stamkos, and an injured Crosby. So don't be hatin' on the Sedins.
And what's creepy about twins? If you see a couple of adorable twin girls toddling about at the beach, you would be all over them! Henrik and Daniel are two brothers who look exactly the same and share all their DNA. There's nothing creepy about that. Twins are all over the world.
And so, they do everything together. How does that make them gay? They've known each other all their lives, and are not only twin brothers, but best friends. I don't think it's right to call the Sedin twins gay.
And how about this sisters thing? Sure, when they first came into the NHL they were a little weaker, needed to put on some muscle still. Even now, they're not real big hitters, they don't agitate or frustrate. But you know what, haters? You have to be tough to play hockey. And you have to be tough to fight through numerous crosschecks to the back, punches, hits, high-sticks, and all other sorts of should-be-penalties that the refs don't notice, because the twins are such good sports.
Plus, the twins are genuinely nice guys. They lead the team really well, the do a lot of charity work and have even donated over a million dollars to the BC Children's hospital. They're not cocky or proud, in fact they're unbelievably humble.
And finally, to all you haters out there, last year Henrik Sedin beat out Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, and all the other elite players in the league to win not only the Art Ross, but also the Hart as the league's MVP. This year, Daniel's leading the scoring race with 18 games left to play, beating Ovechkin, Stamkos, and an injured Crosby. So don't be hatin' on the Sedins.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Hockey Is The Most Exciting Sport: When It's Exciting, That Is
That. Was the most boring hockey game I've seen in a very, very long time. And there wasn't even the satisfaction of a win by the Canucks.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
LOLHockey
Have you ever heard of LOLCats? Yeah, it's those silly looking cats with poor grammar. Well, I now bring to you... duh duh duh duuuuh... LOLHockey! Silly hockey pictures explained by myself. Some pictures just defy explanation, so of course I have to try! Without further ado... the first ever edition of LOLHockey!
Well, there you have it. Enjoy. I'll admit, I'm having second thoughts about some of them. Some of them don't seem quite as funny as they did before. But seeing as there's nobody around to laugh at my jokes (sniff), it should be alright. Welcome to LOLHockey; I hope there shall be more in the future.
Well, there you have it. Enjoy. I'll admit, I'm having second thoughts about some of them. Some of them don't seem quite as funny as they did before. But seeing as there's nobody around to laugh at my jokes (sniff), it should be alright. Welcome to LOLHockey; I hope there shall be more in the future.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Why Are The Sedins So Futile In The Shootout?
Last night's game went eight rounds of the shootout, and surprisingly, Luongo played very well in it. Even more surprisingly, the Canucks won in shootout. (For just the third time this year.) Even more surprisingly, Raffi Torres scored the shootout-winning goal. Shocking, isn't it? Well, not really. You forget that Torres played parts of 3 seasons with Columbus. He had inside information on Steve Mason.
But both of the Sedins had a chance to win it in the shootout, and failed. And both attempts didn't look very good, either. Daniel is 4-for-21 in his career (a mere 19%) while Henrik is 0-for-4 in his career. When both of these twins possess superior skill, a knack with the puck, and overall Wizardous Sedinerie, why so futile?
I only have one answer. Daniel can only score when Henrik passes to him, and Henrik just feels lost out there without the guy he automatically passes to whenever he gets the puck. Why can't they both go at the same time? They're practically the same person anyway!
But both of the Sedins had a chance to win it in the shootout, and failed. And both attempts didn't look very good, either. Daniel is 4-for-21 in his career (a mere 19%) while Henrik is 0-for-4 in his career. When both of these twins possess superior skill, a knack with the puck, and overall Wizardous Sedinerie, why so futile?
I only have one answer. Daniel can only score when Henrik passes to him, and Henrik just feels lost out there without the guy he automatically passes to whenever he gets the puck. Why can't they both go at the same time? They're practically the same person anyway!
About Nicknames... Extended!
The second post I ever made was entitled, "About Nicknames..." In it, I gave players' current nicknames, and created some of my own. At the trade deadline, the Canucks acquired three new players. So it's my job to create some creative nicknames for the noobs.
Here's the original post:
Today I want to talk about... Canucks nicknames!! Some of them have nicknames, some of them need nicknames... and others, well, take some imagination to think of a nickname for them. I'm going to make a list of current nicknames, and for each player make my own suggestion. Unless, of course, I can't think of anything better. Some of them have really, awesome nicknames!!
Andrew Alberts- A Minor, the A Train, AHLberts. Mine: Double A.
Jonas Andersson- none. I got nothing. This kid played like 2 games for us.
Keith Ballard- Bally, Hips. Mine: Goalie Killer.
Kevin Bieksa- Juice.
Mario Bliznak- none. Again, 2 games!!
Alexandre Bolduc- Duke, Duker.
Alexandre Burrows- Burr, Frack.
Guillame Desbiens- none. Mine: Guillame "thumb-inside-fist" Desbiens.
Alexander Edler- The Ice Man. Mine: Eddy.
Christian Ehrhoff- Bobby Hoff, the Hoffster, Blast-Off Hoff.
Tanner Glass- none. Mine: Tanner "Scrabble Champ" Glass, Tanner "Fights-Bears" Glass.
Dan Hamhuis- Hammy.
Jannik Hansen- The Great Dane. Mine: Jannik "Hard-worker" Hansen.
Ryan Kesler- Kes, Frick. Mine: Kes the Mess, Ryan "I hate Canada" Kesler, Grumpy, Gold-medal Baby-maker. (If you read Pass It to Bulis you'll know what I mean.)
Roberto Luongo- Bobby Lu, LUUUUUUU.
Manny Malhotra- none. Mine: Manny "Faceoff" Malhotra. (That's the only thing he's known for.)
Ryan Parent- none. Mine: Ryan "The Other Ryan" Parent. Like I said before, I don't know anything about this guy.
Joel Perrault- none. Mine: Joel "Who?" Perrault.
Mason Raymond- MayRay, MayRay Go-Round. Mine: Mason "Put out the Flames" Raymond. (He gets lots of hat tricks against the Flames.) Speedy Gonzales, because of his speed.
Aaron Rome- Romer. I got nothing else. Maybe, Aaron "In n' Out" Rome? He's in and out of the lineup a lot.
Rick Rypien- The Rypper, Pitbull. There's none better than that.
Sami Salo- Sami Solo, the Finnish MacInnis. Mine: Sami "Piece of Glass" Salo, Sami "Ouchie" Salo, Walking Disaster. Sami "Ruptured Testicle" Salo... The list of testicle-related nicknames goes on. Knock yourself out.
Mikael Samuelsson- Sammy. Mine: Mikael "they can go eff themselves" Samuelsson, Mikael "no Team Sweden for you" Samuelsson.
Peter Schaefer- none. Mine: Peter "The Suit Guy" Schaefer. All I know about him is that he gets custom-made suits. And he's with the Moose.
Cory Schneider- Schneids, Ginger Lou, Schneiderman, Ginger Jesus. Mine: Cory "the Playmaker" Schneider. (He has 3 assists on the year.)
Daniel Sedin- Brother Daniel, Danny, Dank. Mine: Daniel "Out for Blood" Sedin, Daniel "The Other Sedin", Daniel "Brent Gretzky" Sedin.
Henrik Sedin- Hank, Hanky. Mine: Henrik "Captain" Sedin, Henrik "Art Ross" Sedin, "Henrik "MVP" Sedin, Henrik "All-Star" Sedin. (Get the picture?)
Sergei Shirokov- Shiro. (What an original nickname.) Mine: Smiley. This guy smiles all the time, plus, it's way shorter than his real name.
Jeff Tambellini- Tamby. Mine: Teeny, Meanie, anything that rhymes with the last bit of his name... Jeff "The Third" Tambellini. (His dad and his grandpa were both in the NHL, and his dad is now a GM.)
Christopher Tanev- none. Mine: I would say Tanner, but Glass... Umm, he's played 2 NHL games, so I gotta get to know this kid a little more before I start pegging him.
Raffi Torres- none. Mine: Raffi "Bulgy Eyes" Torres, Raffi "Tattoo" Torres, Raffi "Don't mess with me" Torres, Raffi "Streaky" Torres, Raffi "Scores a hat trick in one game and doesn't score another for 15 games" Torres, Raffi "HIT SOMEBODY!!" Torres. (Man, this guy has a lot of possibilities...)
Aaron Volpatti- Peppermint Patti!! This guy has the best nickname on the entire team!! No way could I make another suggestion on this one. Hands down, Patti, you win.
Cody Hodgson- CoHo. Mine: Hodgepodge, Hedgehog. Just because his name reminds me of those words.
Well, that's it. If somebody has a better idea, then just give me a shout. I'd love to hear your ideas! (Anybody? Anybody? Are you out there?)
Chris Higgins- none (that I know of.) Mine: Higgy, Gettin' Higgy wit' it.
MacGregor Sharp- none (that I know of.) Mine: Mr. MacGregor (you know, Peter Rabbit?), Sharpie, Mac, Big Mac, Greg.
Maxim Lapierre- Max? Mine: Perry, Lappy, Maxim "Laperriere"/Ian (since his name gets misspelled/mispronounced all the time and he gets confused with Ian Laperriere), Yappus Maximus, Maxim Yappierre , Yapper Extraordinerre, Yap to the Max, True Yappiness, Pursuit of Yappiness (he's a noted yapper), Maximum Awesomeness, Maximum Effort, Maximum Frenchness (even more than Alex Burrows?).
Well, that's that. All the nicknames I need to do this year. I found it quite fun to make up nicknames for Lapierre, but MacGregor Sharp was harder and Chris Higgins was near impossible. If I think of any more I'll add them, don't worry.
Here's the original post:
Today I want to talk about... Canucks nicknames!! Some of them have nicknames, some of them need nicknames... and others, well, take some imagination to think of a nickname for them. I'm going to make a list of current nicknames, and for each player make my own suggestion. Unless, of course, I can't think of anything better. Some of them have really, awesome nicknames!!
Andrew Alberts- A Minor, the A Train, AHLberts. Mine: Double A.
Jonas Andersson- none. I got nothing. This kid played like 2 games for us.
Keith Ballard- Bally, Hips. Mine: Goalie Killer.
Kevin Bieksa- Juice.
Mario Bliznak- none. Again, 2 games!!
Alexandre Bolduc- Duke, Duker.
Alexandre Burrows- Burr, Frack.
Guillame Desbiens- none. Mine: Guillame "thumb-inside-fist" Desbiens.
Alexander Edler- The Ice Man. Mine: Eddy.
Christian Ehrhoff- Bobby Hoff, the Hoffster, Blast-Off Hoff.
Tanner Glass- none. Mine: Tanner "Scrabble Champ" Glass, Tanner "Fights-Bears" Glass.
Dan Hamhuis- Hammy.
Jannik Hansen- The Great Dane. Mine: Jannik "Hard-worker" Hansen.
Ryan Kesler- Kes, Frick. Mine: Kes the Mess, Ryan "I hate Canada" Kesler, Grumpy, Gold-medal Baby-maker. (If you read Pass It to Bulis you'll know what I mean.)
Roberto Luongo- Bobby Lu, LUUUUUUU.
Manny Malhotra- none. Mine: Manny "Faceoff" Malhotra. (That's the only thing he's known for.)
Ryan Parent- none. Mine: Ryan "The Other Ryan" Parent. Like I said before, I don't know anything about this guy.
Joel Perrault- none. Mine: Joel "Who?" Perrault.
Mason Raymond- MayRay, MayRay Go-Round. Mine: Mason "Put out the Flames" Raymond. (He gets lots of hat tricks against the Flames.) Speedy Gonzales, because of his speed.
Aaron Rome- Romer. I got nothing else. Maybe, Aaron "In n' Out" Rome? He's in and out of the lineup a lot.
Rick Rypien- The Rypper, Pitbull. There's none better than that.
Sami Salo- Sami Solo, the Finnish MacInnis. Mine: Sami "Piece of Glass" Salo, Sami "Ouchie" Salo, Walking Disaster. Sami "Ruptured Testicle" Salo... The list of testicle-related nicknames goes on. Knock yourself out.
Mikael Samuelsson- Sammy. Mine: Mikael "they can go eff themselves" Samuelsson, Mikael "no Team Sweden for you" Samuelsson.
Peter Schaefer- none. Mine: Peter "The Suit Guy" Schaefer. All I know about him is that he gets custom-made suits. And he's with the Moose.
Cory Schneider- Schneids, Ginger Lou, Schneiderman, Ginger Jesus. Mine: Cory "the Playmaker" Schneider. (He has 3 assists on the year.)
Daniel Sedin- Brother Daniel, Danny, Dank. Mine: Daniel "Out for Blood" Sedin, Daniel "The Other Sedin", Daniel "Brent Gretzky" Sedin.
Henrik Sedin- Hank, Hanky. Mine: Henrik "Captain" Sedin, Henrik "Art Ross" Sedin, "Henrik "MVP" Sedin, Henrik "All-Star" Sedin. (Get the picture?)
Sergei Shirokov- Shiro. (What an original nickname.) Mine: Smiley. This guy smiles all the time, plus, it's way shorter than his real name.
Jeff Tambellini- Tamby. Mine: Teeny, Meanie, anything that rhymes with the last bit of his name... Jeff "The Third" Tambellini. (His dad and his grandpa were both in the NHL, and his dad is now a GM.)
Christopher Tanev- none. Mine: I would say Tanner, but Glass... Umm, he's played 2 NHL games, so I gotta get to know this kid a little more before I start pegging him.
Raffi Torres- none. Mine: Raffi "Bulgy Eyes" Torres, Raffi "Tattoo" Torres, Raffi "Don't mess with me" Torres, Raffi "Streaky" Torres, Raffi "Scores a hat trick in one game and doesn't score another for 15 games" Torres, Raffi "HIT SOMEBODY!!" Torres. (Man, this guy has a lot of possibilities...)
Aaron Volpatti- Peppermint Patti!! This guy has the best nickname on the entire team!! No way could I make another suggestion on this one. Hands down, Patti, you win.
Cody Hodgson- CoHo. Mine: Hodgepodge, Hedgehog. Just because his name reminds me of those words.
Well, that's it. If somebody has a better idea, then just give me a shout. I'd love to hear your ideas! (Anybody? Anybody? Are you out there?)
Chris Higgins- none (that I know of.) Mine: Higgy, Gettin' Higgy wit' it.
MacGregor Sharp- none (that I know of.) Mine: Mr. MacGregor (you know, Peter Rabbit?), Sharpie, Mac, Big Mac, Greg.
Maxim Lapierre- Max? Mine: Perry, Lappy, Maxim "Laperriere"/Ian (since his name gets misspelled/mispronounced all the time and he gets confused with Ian Laperriere), Yappus Maximus, Maxim Yappierre , Yapper Extraordinerre, Yap to the Max, True Yappiness, Pursuit of Yappiness (he's a noted yapper), Maximum Awesomeness, Maximum Effort, Maximum Frenchness (even more than Alex Burrows?).
Well, that's that. All the nicknames I need to do this year. I found it quite fun to make up nicknames for Lapierre, but MacGregor Sharp was harder and Chris Higgins was near impossible. If I think of any more I'll add them, don't worry.
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