Holy Cowan - Bieksalent!
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Yeah I'm pretty impressed with the Canucklehead win - Especially against a top offensive team like Tampa Bay. It kinda reminds me of when Sopel had some 15 game point streak going a few years back. It's not expected out of Sopel and *especially* not Cowan, but it certainly is nice to see. I hope this translates into a deep run for the Stanley Cup.
while its great that the nucks bitch-slapped some eastern wussies,
they are still fighting tooth and nail to stay ahead of western teams ...
and they have to fight nothing but western teams up to and through
the playoffs ...
they are still fighting tooth and nail to stay ahead of western teams ...
and they have to fight nothing but western teams up to and through
the playoffs ...
Leroy Sledge! A B.C. Lions name to be honoured in the halls of infamy from the past. Someone I know claims this story is gospel.
The woeful Leos of the 70's had this rather awesome-looking black running back who for about 5 games terrorized the league in Cowanian fashion. He was about 240 pounds and in the open field, he was faster than Avarice's tongue. Unfortunately, he also had hands like boards.
Nonetheless, because we would see these incredible flashs from him, inevitably, as the Lions hopes faded in the fourth quarter, a plaintive cry would come wafting down from the stands:
"Give the ball to Leeeee-Roy!"
One terrible drizzly night in Empire Stadium when LeeeRoy had had several boo-boos that contributed to a ghastly rout by the Esks or the Stamps -- when pitch-outs had doinked off the ends of poor Leroy's fingers, when sure touchdown passes had been blown by haunted Leroy's helmet finding its way into the place where his hands should have been, when doomed Leroy had turned the corner with nothing but endzone in sight only to see the brown loaf self-pinched out his hands like a burrito-propelled fart in an elevator -- some wag in the crowd sarcastically let loose as the Lions faced a last gasp third and 86. This sorry plight had undoubtedly been engineered by our lead-footed QB, Paul Brothers', vain attempts to avoid the rush and launch one of his turf-seeking sidewinders (my dentist coud throw a better spiral than Brothers and his Tarkentonian attempts at backfield evasion were as successful as Harry Rankin's ever-worsening vote counts for Mayor of Vancouver).Legend has it that the wag's voice wafted down through the grey gloom in the stoney silence so pierceingly that you could hear the sputum rumbling in his White Owl cigar-choked lungs:
"Ahhhh, give the ball to fuckin' Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-Roy."
As the dreaded words hung in the mist rolling down from Cassiar Street like a gigantic, transparent golem swollen with the subsumed spirits of Annis Stukus, Jerry Janes, By Bailey and other Lion anti-Christs, the minor hush of the crowd stopped dead like a panicked 17 year old on his way to the Commodore on Grad night, caught by his father with a bottle of Crown Royal under his jacket.A full fifteen seconds of silence and then, an eery voice rang out just as clearly, that all in attendance swear could have only come from the huddle. Some say it was a disgruntled left tackle with Leroy's cleat marks up the back of his calves, others say the voice had a deep but sweet Lousiana drawl that Mother Sledge had given his sharecropper son to appease Whitey:
"Leeeeeeeeee-Roy don't want no fuckin' ball no mo!"
Sheesh LG...Don't you ever get tired of all this negative shit? For chrissake, you have never posted a really positive thing about the Canucks. Of course you aren't much different than a lot of fans here who can't decide whether they are good or not. There is about 16 games to go in the season and I wonder where all the posters who were adamant that they would not make the playoffs. I don't know why when some just want to enjoy the ride, someone will take it onto themselves to try and turn a negative spin.
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Hey King. I was one the guys that pounded the table last summer that they wouldn't make the playoffs. In fact I've said it on several posts. But hey!!
I am a fan but I'm also man enough to admit that I was wrong on my prediction! No BIGGY!
In this case...sometimes it's good to be wrong! LOL!
But I'm ok with that. They are doing AWESOME and most likely exceed alot of peoples expectations from the beginning.
I'm glad they are doing well.
Luongo is the man and we're lucky to have him!
As for Cowan..I agree let's enjoy the ride but let's not think that he's a superstar already with only a few games under his belt.
Let's see what he does right up to the end of the season.
I've seen alot of players start off strong and then fall flat after awhile.
But I hope he shines and who know's ----- he could our hidden jem !! We'll see!
I have been a fan since I was a kid: I am also a realist ... every victory
is great, BUT, as a long time fan, its tough to get excited and watch
the team fall apart ...
and what's not true about what I said? All western teams remain in
their schedule! (OUCH!) so there is no free ride like the Eastern teams
get.
My 'negativity' is NOT towards the Canucks ... it is towards the shit the
league does ... particularly that fucked up the ass retard schedule the
Canucks get every year.
If the Canucks played in Ottawa they would have 120 points and could
play Cowen in net and win.
But no -- they have to fight western teams tooth and nail for every
fucking single point in every remaining game just to get to the
playoffs.
And they're managing to win! AWESOME!
But I don't hop on and off the bandwagon just because they
beat Tampa Bay because I'm always a fan but also realistic.
PS: if you asked any Canuck player, I am sure they would
rather play eastern teams rather than western teams ...
I thought Cowan's best game of the year was against Phoenix. He was a force in every aspect of his game.
I think Vancouver has much greater depth with the addition of Smolinksy and Sopel. I've been one of Sopel's biggest critics in the past but he does seem to have matured and he seems less inclined to make bone-head moves at important times. That honor has fallen on Bulis. But that said Bulis has been brilliant in his last two games.
If Bulis and Cowan continue this level of play to support the second and third lines, and Matt Cooke continues to hit, then I'm actually beggining to think Vancouver might stand a chance cum playoffs. I don't think I would have of said this a month ago !!
I think Vancouver has much greater depth with the addition of Smolinksy and Sopel. I've been one of Sopel's biggest critics in the past but he does seem to have matured and he seems less inclined to make bone-head moves at important times. That honor has fallen on Bulis. But that said Bulis has been brilliant in his last two games.
If Bulis and Cowan continue this level of play to support the second and third lines, and Matt Cooke continues to hit, then I'm actually beggining to think Vancouver might stand a chance cum playoffs. I don't think I would have of said this a month ago !!
Got to keep this going!
When Cowan comes back to town, I want all the women to throw their bra's on the ice! Ok, maybe not the one that sits 1 row down from me.
When Cowan comes back to town, I want all the women to throw their bra's on the ice! Ok, maybe not the one that sits 1 row down from me.
Why is that Deke? Your mom? sister? hehehe couldn't resist the jabGot to keep this going!
When Cowan comes back to town, I want all the women to throw their bra's on the ice! Ok, maybe not the one that sits 1 row down from me.
