(Colorado's GM looks on as the Canucks beat the Av's 4-3 in OT)
I always enjoy trying to guess what shitty title TSN will come up with for their headlines. "Canucks crown Kings" will be used at least twice this year, and "How Swede it is!" will be used around 37 times. I am sorry about the missed updates on the blog, but a combination of it being the weekend and me fighting off the cold from hell, I didn't have a chance to update the blog. So for all three of you reading, one of which is my home computer, I apologize. Here is what I missed in the world of sports:
-Brock Lesnar does not enjoy being punched
-Brock Lesnar enjoys the fetal position
-Brock Lesnar does not enjoy the fetal position while being punched, but feels compelled to stay in said fetal position before verbally tapping out
-The World Series nobody wanted is about to start. Go Texas? San Fran? As long as it isn't New York, I'm happy
-Morrison now has 9 points for the Flames. God damnit. Thank god we kept Bolduc over Morrision
-Tiger Woods has not slept with anyone this we-
-Tiger Woods has now slept with someone this week.
-Brett Favre is ridicilously bad at picking up women.
There, we're all caught up.
Anyways, the Canucks played last night and managed to escape with 2 points. As usual, here is my breakdown of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of last nights game.
The Good:
-Roberto Luongo from 2006 called, he wants his skill back. Luongo was the Luongo of old last night, the kind of Luongo that would make Larscheid sream in girlish delight, played amazing last night, and is the reason we got two points out of that game. I won't lie, after that first goal went in, I sighed, reached for my beer, and assumed it would be another one of 'those' nights, and the "Trade Luongo, start Schneider" talk would increase in volume. Luckily Luongo shut the door on that argument as he made glove save after glove save, robbing the Av's all night. I don't know if his new style is helping, but it does certainly make it more exciting watching him stop the puck when the puck is literally inches away from the goal line
-Jeff Tambellini's play continues to impress me. It's nice having a moving part that can be inserted in the top 6 when needed. I hope he can continue this level of play, and that he can avoid the dreaded Jason King curse.
-Daniel Sedin continues his point streak, yay!
The Bad:
-Rome/Parent as a defensive pairing. They survived, but barely. Their poor puck handling means it's tough to get that puck back to our forwards in a seemless manner, so it can be quite a gong show watching these guys break out of our own zone. They didn't do anything THAT terrible, but they definately struggled against the quick Av's. Parent needs to work on the ol' puck handling!
-Our 4th line continues to be not that effective. Now, they didn't do anything glaringly bad, but they also are not helping in any significant way, be it through big hits or penning the other team in their zone. Desbiens has shown a remarkable ability to do nothing uselful in anyway during the games yet avoid criticism from the coach (Sorry Schaefer, you apparently drew AV's wrath for scoring a goal. Bad Schaef, bad! You should NOT be scoring! Just grinding! Always grind!) I just don't see any potential from this line
-Bieksa took his usualy one penalty per game. Filling in admirably for Shane O'Brien.
The Ugly:
-Mikael Samuelsson has looked AWFUL. Someone needs to tell him Sweden hates him again, so he can get all riled up and start scoring again. I know Mike is a streaky player, but it is almost 10 games in now, and he still looks like he is in pre-season mode
-Ehrhoff and Edler pairing last night took a beating. Too many times they pinched without knowing where the other guy was. I love the Hoff, and I put up with Edler, but I don't want them playing together once everyone is back. Ehrhoff is our best pinching d-man IMO (I miss you Jovo :( ), but Edler likes to pretend he is just as good, which means they both pinch which leads to breakdowns the other way. I hope the Hoff gets to play with someone defensive so he has the green light to go whenever he wants.
Next game is in 5 days, I will have to try and come up with some crap to talk about in the meanwhile!
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