Tortellini

[badbadboy]

I don't know There doing pretty good for a team that's missing 5 guys from their line up.

+1

Eddie Lack looked solid tonight too.

What a jerkoff Jackman was after we got the winning goal too. Cool heads prevailed tonight

 

[P_e_r_b]

+1

Eddie Lack looked solid tonight too.

What a jerkoff Jackman was after we got the winning goal too. Cool heads prevailed tonight

Yah. Stork was worthy tonite. Jackman? He's had a bee-in-da-bonnet for the nucks ever since Bertuzzi introduced him into next week back in what? 2006. He definitely has some history with Kesler. Good to see some discipline (a lot better than an "own goal" on a PP).

 

[Man in Submission]

OMG MiS!
I just knew you would come around and root for the right team eventually

Haha, no matter what I say in frustration on here, I will never turn my back on the Rangers. It's been 48 years of living and dying through thick and mostly thin with this team. Loyalty is one of the most important things in life to me and so it is with NYR. But I definitely have a softer spot for the Canucks with Torts at the helm.

 

[Aleister Crowley]

Great road trip ....!!!!!!
now watch the Vancouver sports writers get back on the band wagon....
I cant wait for Torts to rip Gallager or one of the dick heads a new asshole.

 

[Aleister Crowley]

Is ov and washington gonna come into town all rev'ed up and kick our ass.
we will be lathargic after a rest ......hmmmm?
this will show if Torts is the coach we all hope he is and actually lights a fire under their asses and gets them up for the game.
the old Canucks would Bomb......

 

[Peyton Anders]

Is ov and washington gonna come into town all rev'ed up and kick our ass.
we will be lathargic after a rest ......hmmmm?
this will show if Torts is the coach we all hope he is and actually lights a fire under their asses and gets them up for the game.
the old Canucks would Bomb......

The Caps are a really bad team.

 

[Man in Submission]

The Caps have won 3 straight and are 5-5 on the season so there are a lot worse teams.

Then again, they did lose to the Rangers ... But that Ovechkin, Backstrom and Johansson line is one of the hottest in the league. Mike Green is back to his old self.

Should be a good game vs. Canucks.

 

[Peyton Anders]

The Caps have won 3 straight and are 5-5 on the season so there are a lot worse teams.

Then again, they did lose to the Rangers ... But that Ovechkin, Backstrom and Johansson line is one of the hottest in the league. Mike Green is back to his old self.

Should be a good game vs. Canucks.

They're currently down 3-1 to Calgary after the first.

 

[bcneil]

They're currently down 3-1 to Calgary after the first.

The have a great PP, not much else. If the Canucks stay out of the box, Washington should have a tough night.

 

[Peyton Anders]

I went to last night's game. It was a pretty good game. I will jump on the Tortorella bandwagon as soon as he starts benching and calling out Edler. You kind of see him lose battles on TV, but, it's not as obvious due to cut aways/change of angles etc. But when you can see the whole thing play out on live tv, it's infuriating. I counted 4 lots battles to the puck in his zone. And these weren't 50/50 toss ups either. It was battles he should have no problem winning. Yet he lost them. I can't believe he's an NHL player. He was the reason why the Canucks were pinned in their zone. It's like he's terrified to get hit.

You seriously just lost all credibility there.

 

[bcneil]

I went to last night's game. It was a pretty good game. I will jump on the Tortorella bandwagon as soon as he starts benching and calling out Edler. You kind of see him lose battles on TV, but, it's not as obvious due to cut aways/change of angles etc. But when you can see the whole thing play out on live tv, it's infuriating. I counted 4 lots battles to the puck in his zone. And these weren't 50/50 toss ups either. It was battles he should have no problem winning. Yet he lost them. I can't believe he's an NHL player. He was the reason why the Canucks were pinned in their zone. It's like he's terrified to get hit.

I don't see Torts benching Edler. He is giving Edler the most ice-time of anyone on the team.

 

[Peyton Anders]

Aside from last night Edler has been solid. He hasn't had a steady D partner yet because Hamhuis seemed to shit out his brains the first 10 games or so.

 

[Peyton Anders]

You're right. I totally lose credibility because I can't believe a defenseman who continually gets beat in puck battles and races in the defensive zone--despite being sometimes as much as 3 strides ahead of the closest attacker-- is still in the NHL when it's clear he slows down to let the forward pass him so he avoids getting hit. I forgot those were traits people like in a defenseman. Or, you know, he decides he'd rather eat the puck and try and protect himself from a body check (which once again results in him losing the battle and the puck) than fire it hard around the boards to the open winger and get hit an inch from the boards. And don't get me started on how he doesn't take out his man infront of the net. Though, I will say he isn't the worst on the team for that. Hamhuis has that title locked at the moment.

Unrelated, but, last night Torts said Kassian had just an OK game. I thought he was pretty good last night. The only bad thing I saw was Kassian's penalty, which I thought was kind of suspect. Did anyone see something Kassian was doing wrong last night?

He had covered the puck with his hand in the defensive zone. Delay of game penalty, pretty new.

 

[Aleister Crowley]

before the season , i was in favour of trading Edler also , he can be good , but has a huge lazy bone in him.
Torts seemed to get him re-fired up and he has played very well with energy this season , BUT , he did slip back to Mr, Lazybones style again.
Is going to be interesting to see how Torts deals with this........and will Edler respond?
I dont think Torts has any problem sitting a guy out for lazy play ....eg. Booth!!!

 

[Aleister Crowley]

before the season , i was in favour of trading Edler also , he can be good , but has a huge lazy bone in him.
Torts seemed to get him re-fired up and he has played very well with energy this season , BUT , he did slip back to Mr, Lazybones style again.
Is going to be interesting to see how Torts deals with this........and will Edler respond?
I dont think Torts has any problem sitting a guy out for lazy play ....eg. Booth!!! :nod:

 

[Cock Throppled]

Looks like my list was pretty accurate, although I thought they'd really start to droop after Christmas.

 

[badbadboy]

Good News!

We are up on Calgary and Edmonton by 10 and 13 points respectively.

Bad News is we are in Fifth Place in a good division.

Losing all these one point games in OT is gonna kill our chances. They definitely need some killer instinct particularly in the final couple of minutes of any game. Whining to the Refs by the Twins or anybody else is not gonna help us. Refs tuned out the Canucks three years ago when Burrows outed the ref that was on his case.

 

[grusse]

what I can't figure out is......if Henrik's goal was disallowed cuz Daniel interfered with the goalie....why didn't Daniel get a penalty?

I must be missing something her.

 

[Man in Submission]

what I can't figure out is......if Henrik's goal was disallowed cuz Daniel interfered with the goalie....why didn't Daniel get a penalty?

I must be missing something her.

They call it 'incidental contact' with the goalie now, where the goal is disallowed, there is no penalty - basically an easy way out for the refs.

I still don't understand why you can't kick a puck into the net. It's a skill play to pull that off in most cases; of course my Rangers get screwed by it again against LA on Sunday.:frusty:

 

[Aleister Crowley]

Good sir, I assure you, it always evens out. It seems to me the past 4 or so years, the Canucks have scored goals on Edmonton and Calgary that counted when they shouldn't/both teams have legit goals scored that were disallowed.

Bad reffing will happen because there are bad refs and refs can have bad nights. The really good teams are still able to overcome said shitty officiating most times and pick up the win.

maybe , but.....will the refs call Crosby for a super weak hook in overtime?
not a chance !!!
Sedins dont have any respect from refs or media or many players....
they gotta do something to change that ,
would love to see Daniel gouge out Marchands eyeball with is stick and shoot it down the ice .....think he would get respect then?
lol