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British Columbia Sport & Outdoor Lounge => Sport Chat => Topic started by: TNAngler on October 11, 2019, 07:21:18 AM
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Where you guys been? How are we not talking hockey yet?
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And since it is just me here, we get to talk a lot of Preds. LOL
Been an amazing start to the season. The signing of Matt Duchene seems to have been just what the doctor ordered. The defensive play needs some work but this team can score some goals and they skate FAST. 4 games in, Duchene has 8 points, 7 assists and a goal. Forsberg has scored in every game.
And if you want to watch one hell of a hockey game, last night's game was CRAZY. Playing the Caps. Caps go up one, we tie it. They go up 1 again, we tie it. They go up 2, down 4-2 after 2 periods. Come out and score 5 minutes into the 3rd. Then score again less than a minute later to tie it up again at 4. Caps score again. We tie it up with 5 minutes left. Less than a minute later, defenseman bombs one in from the blue line. 6-5. Complete back and forth game. So many of the plays were just crazy. There were times our guys made the Caps look like they didn't even know how to skate but then other times where the Caps did the same to us.
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Leafs got hammered by the Lightning at home the other night. No wonder Chris is silent. :-X
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And since it is just me here, we get to talk a lot of Preds. LOL
Been an amazing start to the season. The signing of Matt Duchene seems to have been just what the doctor ordered. The defensive play needs some work but this team can score some goals and they skate FAST. 4 games in, Duchene has 8 points, 7 assists and a goal. Forsberg has scored in every game.
And if you want to watch one hell of a hockey game, last night's game was CRAZY. Playing the Caps. Caps go up one, we tie it. They go up 1 again, we tie it. They go up 2, down 4-2 after 2 periods. Come out and score 5 minutes into the 3rd. Then score again less than a minute later to tie it up again at 4. Caps score again. We tie it up with 5 minutes left. Less than a minute later, defenseman bombs one in from the blue line. 6-5. Complete back and forth game. So many of the plays were just crazy. There were times our guys made the Caps look like they didn't even know how to skate but then other times where the Caps did the same to us.
Not watching hockey as yet.
Sometimes hear the score.
Your team sounds like they are off & running.
A promising start.
Just do not get first place & then get kicked out in 4 games in Round 1 ...remember last year with other top teams.
Ya type & state that defenseman bombs one from the blue line 6-5
Ya but....6-5 for "Who?" Caps or Preds win ?
Leafs got hammered FA states.
GM I heard wants to trade entire team including coach to Vegas for....their coach & team. ;D
Leafs are in a slump.
Honestly Nashville has only 31/0 chance & odds are not very good to be champions.
Team plays with heart most games but they always run out of gas......like most teams in the playoffs.
They need more coffee & bread donuts cake ...to get to the finals. ( & sleep )
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TNA glad your team is putting out an effort. The game you described sounded so exciting....
But who got the go ahead goal? ;D
Watched the Canucks vs Flyers game & it went to OT & Canucks get the W.
Ya know the Canucks looked good. Like their additions to the team.
(willing to put in the effort.)
Mind you the Flyers have flown like 10,000 miles already or some crazy amount having played their first two games over seas ( regular or exhibition games ? )
Liked the nice teal coloured uniforms / jersey of the Canucks.
50 yrs in recent NHL & still no Stanley Cup.
Eat more donuts bread coffee Canucks & ya just win game 7. Happy times if ya do & possibly riot if ya do not. :o
FA & arimaBOATER says : Go Canucks Go ! Hope we slaughter the Preds & Leafs. ;D
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Too busy catching fish, the cup is ours.
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tonight, yep. ;D ;D
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Nice win by the Canucks tonight over the Dead Things. The cup is ours.
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Read Chris's & FA texting on Sport FWR Sport Chat & they are true & blue fans of the Leafs & Canucks.
Time will tell if they have a good season & more important a run for Stanley.
So far both have winning records.
Canucks have blossomed into a very respectable team.
They just look so confident & a good blend of talent. Checking offensive talent size speed hitters ...from net out so far AAA!
Now for the Nashville Preds. TNA's team.
Well as he stated the Preds are doing well. The changes they made in additions & getting rid of "so called great defenseman" is a good move.
Preds beat Knights in Vegas !!! Well that's good enough proof that Nashville is the real deal.
( Forsberg injured though in game & did not return ??? ......injuries can destroy a season. Remember Bure getting injured Bobby Orr injured Mario L. injured on & on ...)
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4 in a row ! Plan the parade route ;)
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4 in a row ! Plan the parade route ;)
Well ya never know.
Very very exciting game.
When Canucks were down 3-1 with 2 quick Blues goals thought there is no way the Canucks will get any pt(s) in standings for this game.
Playing the Stanley Cup Champions.
Both teams skating hard & when smoke cleared it was 3-3 at the end of 60 minutes.
In OT with all the open ice the Canucks had 90% of the play & tons of chances to score but excellent saves by Billington (sp?)
Goes to the shoot out & after so many saves by both goalies finally a great goal ...Canucks get the 2 pts in standings.
Game was fast skating by both teams but it was non physical.
Ya know if this was a playoff game there would be big open ice hits & body checks along the boards by the Blues.
Demko Canucks backup guy played great.
Both teams played hard & both teams at the end of the night respected each other's effort. Fun to watch. Blues & Canucks sure got my respect for each other's effort.
Mean while Preds blow a tire against Arizona think it was.
Leafs lost to Caps in close game Wed. Their Capt. out for next few wks with broken finger.
TNA not happy with the loss at home. Maybe they played ok but goalie was weak or goalie ok but team infront played lousy OR goalie & team played the craps. ;D
As was busy ..had to watch replay...but had no idea who won. Gee the replay game was exciting so whoever watched the live game must of had their hearts pumping .....
What I like so far is the Canucks have that drive or energy !!!
Also they are scoring from the slot & in front of the net.
They are not just staying outside the box & afraid to go to the net like past yrs.
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Sorry guys. Was in Vegas for the last week. Preds beat the Caps in the previous game. We went to the game against Vegas in Vegas. That was a fun night. Hopefully Forsberg is not out long as the team looked like it wasn't sure what to do with that line and it just messed things up. Also, we suck playing in Arizona for some reason.
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Canucks Leafs & Preds all played Sat. All close contests.
Only Leafs got the cigar.
Booooooooooooooooooooo!
Leafs must have a good team to beat Boston.
(Maybe Boston players were sicky...colds flu or hangovers ;D)
Preds on losing streak kinda...
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Another 2 points today
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Our top scorer has been out the past two games and the team is struggling without his presence. That and we can't seem to stop the power play. Our penalty kill has been horrible this year for some reason. It will get worked out though I am sure.
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Our top scorer has been out the past two games and the team is struggling without his presence. That and we can't seem to stop the power play. Our penalty kill has been horrible this year for some reason. It will get worked out though I am sure.
Our 2 goalies are playing very solid. Markstrom & Demko.
Another 2 pts. & the win in New York City against the Rangers was their 2nd game of their back to back.
3-2 W. Team played super but Markstrom made plenty of great saves throughout extra so in the 3rd period. (Canuck skaters ran outta gas)
Players look to be having fun out there on the ice. Each line is pulling it's weight & that makes good team chemistry & smiles on the players coaches GM media & fans face here in BC.
To solve the bad penalty kill in Nashville you(s) will think of something or else boo birds / knives will come out. No yous cannot have any of our goalies for any amount of $$$ or any trade. ;D
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It isn't an issue with our goalies. They have stood on their heads. They are just not getting the defensive support and can't do it all. They will get it figured out I think. It might just be a matter of guys getting used to playing together on the penalty kill as the lines have shifted around some.
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Preds got an idea before game time against the ducks. To keep the puck out of our net let's play offensively. If the puck is in the Duck end they cannot score on us.
Offense takes care of defense.
Preds dominate Ducks. Cigar for yous.
Canucks turn it on in 3rd period with 5 unanswered goals.
Horvat gets hat trick in Detroit infront of his family clan. 5-2. Canucks get cigar !
Leafs had their tongues hanging out & lost yet another game.
Boston 4-2 win.
Leafs get banana peel ;D
FA & arimaBOATER are rejoicing !!! (Was it I who said "fire the Canuck coach" last season) Get the proper players out there & it makes the coach's job easy.
Can't wait to see the Canucks play against Leafs & Preds.
Leafs will lose but against Preds....they have fire power over there so they worry me a bit.
Canucks plan will be fight fire with fire. ( pump in more goals )
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Kudos to the Canuck advisors making the Canucks great again. :)
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Was a fun game last night. Some days being a season ticket holder is totally worth it. Last night was one of those nights. The only goal that was scored on us was a dumb mistake that shouldn't have happened. Defenseman has the puck behind the net waiting for things to get set, then passes..... to nobody really, bounces right to a guy forechecking in the middle of the ice at the top of the circles, skates in on the goalie unhindered and scores (shocker). Goalie had stopped a 1 on none breakaway earlier but really, how often can you expect that to happen? The rest of the night was a very dominant performance. We will be very difficult to beat by any team if we play like that.
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Kudos to the Canuck advisors making the Canucks great again. :)
Firstly a response to TNA.
Possibly Ducks had sickly players. Colds flu ( hang over )
If not maybe the players had a un tasty pre game meal & were pissed thus not in frame of mind to play well. ( were not eating there again...or order something dif. on menu ....maybe even some players had the runs...ice arena wkrs with shovels on play stoppage )
Ok ok let's just assume a Ducks tried but failed. Then congrads on a wonderful W. Well deserved.
But Preds players better get the hot air outta their heads before the next game. Pride comes before a fall.
I predict Canuck win over Preds & when both teams play on top of their game.
Dust settles Canucks W will be by 1-4 goals whatever Preds pot in.
No not bias or homer but from my observations of both team play & past history of psy. of the players mind/brain 8)
& many thanks to FA our Canuck advisor. Well done.
Look at our team now.
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LOL, bring it :)
You guys better score a lot. We have played 9 games. In 5 of those we have scored at least 5 goals.
And the players aren't having issues with pride, just me enjoying watching really good hockey. And the Ducks tried, our defense just finally played like we know they can and how they used to and blocked the shots or cleared out the rebounds. They got very frustrated and gooned it up at the end a lot but it is the Ducks so nobody is surprised about that part. With our offense, if our defense plays even close to how they should play we will be tough to beat.
Definitely glad the Canucks are doing well too. It is a lot more fun discussing hockey when the teams being discussed are doing well, not coming in here with my team doing well and nobody else is happy.
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Won 4-0 last night. A couple times they could have or should have scored, hitting a post once. We played pretty crappy the first period but left it tied 0-0. It was against the Wild so it should be taken with a grain of salt as they are not playing the best but still a good outcome. Decreased our average goals per game though, although we did get free frosties (for scoring 4 or more), a free Big Mac (for scoring in the last five minutes of the second quarter), free donut (for posting a shut out) and a free coffee (for winning). So guess the decrease in average goals per game is acceptable.
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Preds at home give out free junk food when they score "as you described".
If they keep scoring & winning at this torrid pace fans may have trouble with plugged arteries / too much sugar in blood ( heart & diabetic ills ) ;D
Ya but who can turn down a Big Mac. Tasty.
I buy one & bring it home & add in more stuff to it even.
More lettuce mustard butter cheese etc...hot sauce ..onions ...make it into a Super Big Mac.
Think Elvis would do the same. ;)
Yes yes your team is making me nervous...
Well let me suck it up & take a deep breath & say " the Preds are going down down down & wet their pants when they face the Canucks" all those inner fears /demons of the past/ failures will surface on the ice & the Canucks new & improved will steam roll over them.
By the way "Congrads..seriously you have a talented lively team over your way. They have heart.
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Caps played in a tough game in Edmonton last night.
They should of been sitting ducks /pluck the feathers / tired / easy pickings ...& sure enough Zcanucks go ahead 5-1 in the 2nd. End of 2 it's 5-2. Canucks decided to coast home to the finish in the 3rd.
I switch chs to watch the World Series.
After baseball game switch back to hockey game & it's 5-5. :o
In S. O. Caps get the WIN.
This Canuck team must have a computer glitch somewhere like the 737.
This team should be grounded till we find the problem.
Have no idea how the Caps got 3 straight goals in the 3rd.
Did Canucks get a major penalty or what?
Thank goodness this is not a playoff game.
Wonder if TNA has stopped laughing yet ( ? )
What can I say ...but go & hide for awhile...let time heal.
This result will be like skunk spray...stink for a long time.
( Well we got a pt.....maybe the pt that gets Canucks in the playoffs & from there the Stanley Cup !!!
Oh ya ...what a great team we have. Watch out Preds & Leafs. Whata ya going to do when Canuck mania comes after you ;D) feel better already.
Self help works every time.
EDIT IN: well the Preds get the W in OT in Tampa Bay.
Thought they would lose. TNA ya just may make me a believer in the Preds. They are putting up the numbers.
Canucks lose a game after being up 5-1 to a team that played the night before :-[
Total melt down. Not a very good sign. A mature character team does not lose in that fashion.
Maybe when the Preds meet the Canucks yous will give them a "what to" or a " hockey lesson"
Canucks better bounce back in their coming games or else.
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I wouldn't laugh at your team losing, unless you are a Blackhawks fan or a Penguins fan, then I would laugh hysterically. Younger teams do have that issue of losing focus. Heck, even older teams do too.
Given we went to Tampa without one of our best centers and without our best scorer, we were pretty happy to pull out that win. The team has heart and grit. The defense seems to be pulling it together more. Win or lose, this team is fun to watch. Even more fun when we get our two players back which hopefully will be soon given the call up from the minors was sent back down. If you get a chance to watch a game on TV, definitely recommend it.
And yes, we have been getting a lot of free food. We don't actually take advantage of it. We used to get the free frosties every time we got them but eating 3 frosties a week was getting to be too much so we put them in the freezer to eat later but then our freezer filled up and we ended up throwing a bunch out. Haven't gotten any this year yet. Just nice to get the Frosty goal because that means we scored 4 goals which usually will mean a win and the entire stadium goes nuts.
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Another win for the Canucks. Rebuild is coming along nicely
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Another win for the Canucks. Rebuild is coming along nicely
Rebuild ...think we are built. We'll take on anybody come on come ...
12 goals in last two games!
Reminds me of the 1980s Edmonton Oilers.
Ya heard it here folks.
FA "thumbs up " advisor. ( have to give the BC Lions some advise for next yr ..win all is well ...lose no pay & fans get refund ..should get these guys hopping. )
TNA thanks for the many kind words.
Tried to bait you to get to respond emotionally ...but ya took the high road.
Good on you. So we will get the Cup this yr & Preds can have it next after that.
The team you mentioned ya do not like is Chicago & I see they will be in Nashville.
( other team you do not care for ...Pittsburg. ) Both those teams have had their share of Cups.
Now it's Canuck's & Preds turn.
Yes I will check our sports channels TSN & Sports Net & if a Preds game is on....will watch.
Gotta feel for Markstrom because definitely their are some major personal problems in his family. He flew back east for 5 days to attend. Think that's why he lost his concentration in the Caps game.
Demko played net tonight & did a A-1 job.
Hope Markstrom gets those family problems worked out because if it is a crisis situation there is no way he can play well. Tax his mind. The pressure of goaltending is great so one's life has to be peaceful off the ice.
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We went to the game against Vegas in Vegas decked out in jerseys and everythingg. Vegas scored two first and the guy in front of us joked about giving us a high five. On the second, I did give him a high five because it was a beautiful goal. I prefer the Preds to win but love to see good hockey and can celebrate good moves and good goals even if they are against us. Hockey is my happy place. I have enough crap going on personally that keeps me riled up for days, weeks, or months. Hockey isn't going to be that. As for the cup this year, I say we meet in the conference finals, play it out, whoever wins then goes on to take the cup with the support of both of us. I have no problem cheering for Vancouver to win the cup.
It is funny. I started on this website because once a year I would fly up during the summer and we would go fishing the Fraser. I got on this website to discuss that and prepare for that trip. It has been probably five years since I have even seen the Fraser river, seven since I caught a fish in it, and the way things are going, probably never will again. And yet, coming here to discuss hockey is too much fun to quit even if the fishing is all doom and gloom.
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How is the attendance in Nashville ? Sellouts?
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Congrads TNA on a big W.
Nick Bonino ex Canuck gets a HT & only player on Preds to pot in goals for a 3-0 win over Chicago.
Your aged goalie is stopping the puck. Shutout.
Crazy baseball series has visitors more relaxed playing away.
3 wins for Nationals are played in Houston & the 3 Astro wins are in Washington DC.
Game 7 in Texas tomorrow.
Hockey teams can be like that. Some play better away than at home. Preds & Canucks have good home records so far.
Caps beat Leafs in OT.
Fire the coach.
FA I bet the attendance is very good in Nashville. Team is exciting & lots of people moving into that city.
Where as Memphis each yr there's less population.
TNA will give you the facts as my view is an assumption.
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We have sold out every game for something like 3 years straight. Haven't heard the number recently but it is likely around 150 games in a row. There is a waiting list for season tickets. They hold back some tickets for single game tickets but those are usually gone within a couple hours of going on sale. You can buy tickets on the secondary market so you can still go to the game but the stadium is packed most nights. There has been one game this week where it was only 3/4 full maybe but we had a huge thunderstorm happening, one of the main interstates into town was shut down, and it was a Tuesday game, so all together it was understandable that some people decided to just stay home for it.
Game last night was a lot of fun as well. Our best scorer is still not playing but he is close. We got Duchene back which was good. He makes our powerplay so much more effective. They get him down below the goal, pass it to him from the side wall and he does a quick turn and fires it to a guy in the crease right in front of the net who unloads on it. Goalie has to be perfectly positioned and lucky to make the stop if the defense isn't on the guy. The problem is, the way to solve that is to sink in and condense the defense but that opens up the other side winger (who is our best scorer if he is not hurt) to take a pretty wide open shot. Very tough to guard both but with our best scorer out, they don't have to worry about that side shot as much. Duchene is a master of puck control and being left handed makes him able to make passes from below that a right hander couldn't. It is very fun to watch.
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TNA wow sounds like yous get some powerful thunder storms.
In Vancouver area we may get a major thunder/lightning storm every 3-5 yrs. Like as in one lightning / thunder very 3-5 yrs. We get the odd small one but hardly notice it.
Good tricky power play. Described well.
FA & I & other Canuck fans are liking our 5-3 W in LA.
Markstrom played well.
Miller could of got 2-3 goals but was stopped.
Our top line was hot tonight.
Flames are your next opponents. See if yous can still get 4-5-6 goals & keep the puck out of the net.
Sports can be so crazy....Astros lost 4 home games. Lose 4-3 in games to Nationals ( past Montreal Expos ) guess Gary Carter ex- Expo NY Met was taking in the game from cloud 9.
Go so far only to lose....but for the champs winning is sweet.
Just ask the Boston Bruins. They still have scars & open wounds ;D
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We do get some strong thunderstorms. When my parents visited, they always enjoyed getting a good thunderstorm. This time of year, one a week is not unheard of. Sometimes we will go a couple weeks without but then get a couple in a single week. Most are just good rumblings with lots of rain but sometimes there are tornadoes included too which get pretty scary sometimes. We don't generally have them too near our house although a year or two ago we did have one that touched down about a mile or so from our house but it wasn't terribly strong.
On Monday we play the Red Wings at 4:30 your time. Schedule says it will be on ESPN+. Not sure if that is a channel you can watch if you wanted to catch a game. That doesn't make it on TV here but you might be lucky. Also, we play at 11 your time this Saturday. I would think that would make it onto a major channel but doesn't indicate it here.
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Exciting game last night that definitely didn't end like it should. Team fell into the trap that happens all too often it seems.
First period, completely dominate. Score ended up 2-1 after first although Calgary only got I think 4 shots on goal, had none through half of the period. The second, still dominant but got a couple penalties, scored two short handed goals (both by the same person). Second period ended good guys up 4-1 with I think 9 shots on goal by Calgary. Third period starts, we have dialed it back, came out expecting them to just roll over but they came out firing. They score quickly, then again. Then with just a couple minutes left, again. Sigh. Now we have lost our lead, our drive, these don't end well. Our team start fighting back some and getting some offensive pressure, very back and forth at this point but we get a break away and score with just over a minute left. Flames go empty net and score with just over 20 second left. OVERTIME. Lot of back and forth, not many good shots on either side, just a lot of skating around. Then, with 1 second left in overtime, Flames guy pulls the puck between his legs and shoots it. Quite a nice shot that we see from Forsberg a couple times a year but the goalie wasn't ready for that and they score. 1 second left. I guess we got one point.
It drives me nuts when the team turtles like that and dials it back to try and hang on to the lead instead of continuing to push although I understand it. It is a long season, anytime you can conserve energy and hits and wear and tear on the body, it is worth it, even it costs them a couple games. 7-3-2 for record so definitely not doing badly and we got all our stars back on the ice.
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Wow that sucks.
4-1 lead ...your good players back from injury ...Flames tie the game...Preds go in lead with only short time on clock nevertheless Flames get that late goal ya state. Ouch.
Then 1 sec. left in OT & Calgary pots one in ... Ouch.
Kinda like driving an auto 20,000 miles & only 1 mile to home & engine blows / 4 flat tires.
Canucks did the same against Caps.
Hockey is such a game physical but also psychology game.
When the behind team gets it going & the other team freaks out a game can turn around quickly.
Remember Vegas in the playoffs last yr. with their big lead in the 3 rd period.
And FA reminds us ever so often about the Leafs meltdown against the Bruins about 6-7 yrs ago in a game.
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Preds lose.
They are getting rusty. Get the oil can out.
Rangers had so many chances they could of won by a lot more if not for Saros.
Saros played great.
Ranger goalie played great & think Preds got kinda discouraged.
Definately Rangers out chanced Preds in this one.
Preds had their moments though.
Canucks pot in another 5 goal game.
Telling ya they are like the 1980s Oilers. Heard it here folks.
Leafs win.
We need a Canadian team to finally win the Stanley Cup. USA teams have hogged it long enough. (Ha !)
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First two periods of Saturday's game were horrible. Just played like poo. Third was a little better but still played like poo. Passes weren't crisp, very lazy and at half speed, missing pucks all over the place. Although, for whatever reason, we absolutely suck at early games. Too reliant on the routine and changing that routine makes them suck so I wasn't expecting much. Also, it was Hockey Fights Cancer night so they did a ceremony beforehand too. That always makes us play bad too for some reason. So, we had both, should have expected a very rough game. Also, on top of that, we always play like crap in front of Sauros at the beginning of the year for some reason. Break aways, open shots in horrible spots. Sigh. Play again tonight and I expect this will be much better. Sorry you had to watch that stinker. Even though we almost came back, that is not us.
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First two periods of Saturday's game were horrible. Just played like poo. Third was a little better but still played like poo. Passes weren't crisp, very lazy and at half speed, missing pucks all over the place. Although, for whatever reason, we absolutely suck at early games. Too reliant on the routine and changing that routine makes them suck so I wasn't expecting much. Also, it was Hockey Fights Cancer night so they did a ceremony beforehand too. That always makes us play bad too for some reason. So, we had both, should have expected a very rough game. Also, on top of that, we always play like crap in front of Sauros at the beginning of the year for some reason. Break aways, open shots in horrible spots. Sigh. Play again tonight and I expect this will be much better. Sorry you had to watch that stinker. Even though we almost came back, that is not us.
Ceremony just distracts & gets players out of their game frame of mind.
A 60 minute hockey game is concentration & think & react & skate hard. One sec. your on offence going one direction & skating hard...suddenly the puck is going the other way...& in another sec. the players have to think defense...
And if the players are near the end of their shift ...speed energy reaction is slowed...the other team's line may have been out there 30 secs or more less & are fresher.
That NY Ranger goalie too was on top of his game.
Had to chuckle at your description on the Preds play. Lazy poo suck were not crisp etc...
Honestly the Preds management at home games should give you the public mic at the end of each period & TNA can tell all in attendance what he thought of the last 20 minutes of play !!!!! ;D
If Preds playing good surely you will praise them !
But watch out if they are playing badly....
TNA grabs mic & says: You players are playing like poo,lazy,not crisp, on & on...
Head coach will not have to give a raw raw talk in dressing room because you already gave it both barrels blast.
Preds players will suck it up & play well as they do not want to get ripped embarrassed by TNA's take.
TNA tells it as it is. No candy coating.
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I do say it like it is. What you saw was our worst game of the season, BY FAR. And they listened to me too because we played Detroit last night. We gave up a goal on the first shot of the game and didn't score the first period although we spent most of the time in Detroit's end. Second period.... WOW. We set a new team record for 5 goals in a single period on the road. 2 for 2 on the power play but the first three goals were 5 on 5. Chased the goalie after 4. It was just a whoopin. Got another in the 3rd to end 6-1. This was one of those games where it was close for a bit but at the end, you really just want it to be over because you feel so bad for the other team.
See we play Vancouver on Tuesday next week. I wonder which team of ours will show up. You guys got a little love when they were talking about the upcoming schedule about how Vancouver was playing good hockey lately. Looking forward to that game.
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Congrads on the big W.
Domination.
Fire power.
Red Wings are far from the team they had in 90's / early 2000's.
Thanks for the "heads up" on the Canuck vs Pred game.
Thought that comes to mind is The Alamo.
Canucks slaughter the Preds in this one. ;)
No actually it should be a great game.
Not bias but.....Canucks should win by a goal.
Create some extra interest & heat.
Every shift every pass every shot every save will matter. Not going to washrm or eat or even sneeze till intermissions.
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I hear ya. Our top goalie is 8-0-2 through 10 games, .923 save percentage, 2.07 goals against average. Pretty impressive. You guys will need to be on the top of your game.
And yes, Detroit sucks now. They gave us our first loss though and have beat us something like 9 out of the last 10. So they have had our number so the win was actually big.
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Preds & Canucks have near same pts.
Yes we have to be on top of our game to beat Preds.
& have to beat your good goalie.
Surprised he is so good because when I seen him play some yrs ago pucks seemed to go under his arm or between legs ...he looked unbalanced or something. He'd flop if there were rebounds & had to make 2-3 save...he'd be late getting across the net...
Either your D has given him better help or he has just improved his game ....
Canucks get a pt at less in OT loss.
Before the game 4-5 1970's Canucks players came out on the ice.
One guy was Glen Hanlen (sp?) nickname The Carrot. He got the best applause.
He was a so so goalie.
He went on to play with Blues & Rangers I think. Really assuming though on this one ...too long ago.
But he had that great personality that the fans liked.
If both goalies of the Canucks got injured last night we could of brought in The Carrot as emergency backup. :o
I was quite busy last night so only watched the game here & there...just to check the score.
Oh when the Canucks meet the Preds another picture came to mind.
Remember Jaws as he destroyed that big fishing boat from the stern.
That old shark fishermen became his meal.
Canucks are the shark... ;)
Gotta build some extra heat....the other team we hope to mop the floor with is those pretenders ( Leafs ) another match up with heat. ROAR at least the Preds are the real deal but Leafs are pretenders.
Oh on the tv local news/sports 6pm the sports guy says: the Canucks are like the 1980 Oillers.
What that's what I said on comments here 2x .
The sports guy is Squire Barnes. GlobalBC
Ironic. We think alike.
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Squire Barnes is a clown
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Tonight will be a good test for my team. Colorado, in Colorado. Messing with the lines a little bit but seems to have been a good switch back to our same dominant line as we had last year and then our new center on the second line with our other new center we got the year before who seem to play really well together. If we can pull this one out, it will be big for confidence. Then Saturday against San Jose, then the matchup of all matchups on Tuesday. LOL
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Well both our teams lost last night. :(
Canucks looked like they just went thru the motions.
2 empty net goals counted against us.
Season has so many games..it's difficult to play to peak play in every matchup.
Travel 80 plus games ...if the season was 60 games & 2 days off between each game teams would be ready to go & play well.
Preds played good 1/3 of the game then the wheels fell off. Floodgates opened up.
Colorado just had so much energy & jump that they would of beat any NHL team.
Yous can rest up for the Sharks game & regroup....
Be ready ...buddy but ready...for Tues. :)
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Yeah, the commentators were talking all game about how it looked like we weren't ready for the altitude. That they just had no legs and while they came back to take the lead at the start of the second, like you said, the wheels completely fell off. It was pretty rough but it only counts as one loss. So many turn overs leading to odd man rushes or complete break aways. You can only expect your goalie to do so much. Just seemed like the zip wasn't on their passes and like the Canucks, were just going through the motion after the first couple goals in the second. Couple really good chances after that and there was a thought if we could just get one more in the net that they might be able to find their second wind and make it a game but their goalie stood on their head when that goal was needed.
Last game we played was Monday. Heard they went to Vail on their day off. Wonder if they didn't play too much stuff that is not hockey that they were too tired. Who knows. Oh well. Saturday, then Tuesday.
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Canucks lose another one.
& where did their goal production go ?
Bring out the oil can. Canucks are rusty.
Or or...Canuck coach is like a good jockey.
He knows when to ask more from the team & other times to slack up his expectation.
If a team goes full out every game & pulls out the stops...they will burn out & have nothing left for the playoffs.
Look at last season. Some teams with a great W/loss record by regular season end got bounced out early in the playoffs.
Soon the coach will be asking the team to go all out.....say about Tuesday. :)
Yes maybe too much fun for TNA's team at Vail or altitude. Good pts.
One of us will be thinking on why our team lost or won.
I'm practising our coming Canuck victory speech over the Preds.
Canucks play against Preds 2 x in a short time from now "me thinks."
Preds are going down pal. Down down down. One two three we pin their shoulders to the ice.
1-2-3 or submission or we will throw Preds over the boards for a count of ten. Count out.
.....kidding of course. Just hope it 's a good game. Like you said a true fan enjoys good hockey play from his/her team or the opposing team. Sportsmanship. ( but hope we W though...............)
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Heard thru the grapevine that Preds got a pt in the standings from their game against the Sharks.
Well done.
2-1 in SO.
Both goalies played great.
Forsberg had the multi-million dollar defence man all over him but he still roofed the puck high in the top corner close in. He is a one man show.
Sharks tying goal had Saros slipping & siding & flopping about.
Hope he's in the net against the Canucks. We are loading the machine guns & cannons with pucks.
On Tuesday it will be an all out assault on your goalie.
Lord have mercy ;)
EDIT IN: well well ah ah ah...Canucks lose "again" ...4 game skid.
They are either shooting blanks or a goal or two. Devils 2 Canucks 1. Boooooooooo....gee I hate that name for a team....Devils. spooky.
The oasis has dried up I guess...
What is the trouble ? Hope it's not the chemistry.
I have seen Markstrom the goalie express lots of anger. Smashing stick etc...
Anger is ok to show one is not happy losing but the anger cannot continue a long time...downer will be felt or effect other players.
Players have to support one another & I hope the team is doing that.
Guess the have to win on Tuesday to put a skid on the losses....no better team to do it against than the Preds 8)
TNA is quiet. He's flying low so low even the radar cannot pick him up.
Imagine he will surface soon after his team losses or wins the next game.
Going to have to take the title Submarine Chris & give it to TNA. ( Submarine TNA ) :)
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I don't post on the weekends. Also dealing with my third kidney stone in 6 weeks.
Game against the Sharks was interesting. Got a point at least. Looking forward to tomorrow night as long as I am not in too much pain. Hoping for a good hockey game all around.
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I don't post on the weekends. Also dealing with my third kidney stone in 6 weeks.
Game against the Sharks was interesting. Got a point at least. Looking forward to tomorrow night as long as I am not in too much pain. Hoping for a good hockey game all around.
Ouch sounds painful. Never had one but 3 stones in 6 weeks. Can just imagine what the pain feels like.
Is it like a sharp pain every few minutes? Like a knive stabbing you or a steady dull pain? Is it the tap water in your area or too much salt in your food? What makes those stones to form?
Anyways hope you get well very soon.
Take care.
Yes me too. Regardless who wins hope both teams compete & tries hard.
When Preds are firing on all cylinders they are hard to beat.
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It depends on the size. Luckily this one is small. Generally there is a constant burning pain in your side followed every so often with the feeling you just got stabbed and someone is twisting the knife. The bigger they are, the more the burning pain turns to being a five alarm fire and the stabbing feeling is almost constant. Took me 4 weeks to get through the last two so I have had 2 weeks off before getting this one. Definitely not enough time but this one is smaller so generally it is some advil, heating pad on my side and lot of water. Then every so often it is a quick hit that hurts for a second or two.
It runs in my family. My dad still gets probably a half dozen a year. My brother has had a decent number. I have had a lot more than my brother but less than my dad over the same period of time. They don't really know what causes them. Some of the types they have pills you can take that prevent you from making them but not mine. They have some thoughts on what i shouldn't eat but I didn't eat much of that at all and still got them.
Hockey will be late tonight but excited for it. No hockey Thursday, have to wait till Saturday, that isn't cool.
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TNA wow sounds painful.
As you state it runs in your family.
Well take it easy & enjoy the game laying on the heating pad...
Hope ya get 100% better soon.
7-8 minutes left in the 1st period & so far it's quite even play.
Both goalies not having to make many but they look sharp when needed to make a stop.
Preds on the power play & Canucks nearly scored on a break.
Seems like both teams are checking closely & feeling each other out.
What did they call the close checking games ....the trap system.
Petterson's birthday today...one of our best players.
We gotta keep your big guns from getting any clear/open ice.
Chess match.
EDIT IN : 1-1 after 2 periods.
Our forwards have had 3-4 shots 8-10 ft in front of Preds net & they shoot wide????
Preds outshot the Canucks by a wide margin.
Preds are looking stronger,better skills,more physical,better shooting style....Preds look to be in a higher class than the Canucks at the moment.
Get the oil can out ...oil in the hips ...oil in knee area...oil in ankles...oil in the shoulder,elbows. & wrists.
Coffee & donuts between periods so they can have energy for the 3rd & turn this game around.
Our coach at the best of times talks very soft & low volume.
Think he better talk harder & louder to his players between the 2nd /3rd period.
Hope he has that in him.
Maybe he will try to talk loud & yell it up....& he may start laughing....& then the Canucks team has a big laugh too... They just know Coach personality is so laid back ...he just cannot yell & get mad. ( my take ...maybe I'm wrong )
Good news the game is 1-1 . It could be 3-4-5 for the Predators.
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5-3 Canucks over the Predators.
Strange sorta game.
Think the Canucks knew they had to look after their side of the rink & with the man advantage they got 3 goals... The Preds wanted an end to end wide open game & with their snipers they would of won this game.
Canucks just stuck to a close checking game & Preds got frustrated somewhat.
The good chances they got Demko our goalie made the big save more often than not.
When they meet again in Nashville & with that loud crowd...the Canucks just may lose big possibly.
Hope they come up with another game play to get another W over Preds. :)
Nashville had more shots but lacked finish in this one.
Preds have snipers & good skaters...size...tough guys ...good stopper...Preds should get lots of wins in their next games.
Sutter injured.
Injury prone since he's been with Canucks.
Re occurring injury I guess
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Yeah, crazy game. We need to be less aggressive on our penalty kill. Your goalie made some amazing saves. Our goalie had to stand on his head a couple times. Not sure how he made some of those stops. Definitely didn't play like we should. They also moved around all of our lines. Some of them were clicking toward the end of the game but the first period and part of the second it was just people getting used to each other. It was an exciting nail biting game which is what everyone wanted. Look forward to the rematch.
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These two teams hardly play against each other so when they do meet it's like "get to know each other time" ...it was in the Canuck rink & they just stuck to skate check pass & shoot game. Canucks did not get physical. So the Predators being guests played basically the same way.
Mr Nice guys.
But if the Canucks would of threw 5-6 big hits in the 1st period than all bets were off & Nashville would of played their style. Physical & hard offensive go for the net hockey.
Now that the Canucks beat them in Vancouver, the next game in Nashville will have the Predators coming out with revenge. I bet they will skate faster harder, be more physical & my guess best the Canucks by 4-1 or 5-2.
80% sure that will be the score.
90% believe Preds will win.
But in hockey I've been surprised by outcomes alot.
Just never know what happens in a game.
One thing I see is if the Canucks play against the Preds in a series think the Preds win "hands down " because Preds can play physical & skilled hockey. This blend is the secret to go far into the playoffs.
On the other hand Canucks are far from physical or a team that can take big hits.
Can a non physical team win the Stanley Cup in today 's hockey.
Do not think so.
4-6 NHL teams yearly want that Cup so badly they will pound the other team with big hits trying to weaken & wear them down.
Defence & offence & physical play = Stanley Cup.
Canucks style = early exit from play-offs.
They know if they get too far into the playoff they will be pounded with hit hits...so they may win 1-2 rounds max.
Just for a show. ( we tried sort of ...to save face. )
Conclusion is the Preds have a team that can go all the way & win the Cup.
Canucks no they do not.
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I would say that hitting is not as important as it used to be. The year we went to the finals, we didn't have any big hitters. We played fast and hard and used our speed to win. Although we faced some hard hitting teams in the earlier rounds (Blues and Sharks) and were down a couple players in the finals because of injuries because of that so maybe there is something to that. I don't know that it is so much being able to hit, it is being able to take the hits or avoid the hits and not get injured or let it affect your play. I remember we had a bunch of guys where the opposite team would come in for big hits, we would side step it a little and they would mostly hit the board and then our guys would laugh at them, piss them off and then the other team would get a penalty because they would do something stupid like an obvious crosscheck or interference. If you can learn that skill, you guys might have a shot. We didn't learn it till pretty close to the playoffs. We were the bottom seed entering the playoffs and everyone predicted Chicago to make the final and even win it so there wasn't much consideration given to us. Until we swept Chicago, not allowing a single goal in their stadium and allowing them the lead for only like 20 minutes the entire series. Then some people started paying attention. Anything is possible if you get hot at the right time and your style of play matches well against another teams.
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Cup winners need 16 wins.
It could take 28 games if series went to 7 games.
Game basically every 2nd night.
The physical teams will be hitting anything that moves near the boards & God help you if players try to go for rebounds or plant themselves too close to the net.
Bruins in my opionion were so bruised up by game seven as were the Blues ( but not as much ) ad Blues were so physical.
In game 7 in Boston the Bruins looked sheepish to go for the net.
Or try to dig out the puck near the boards...they knew if they did so a big hit was coming.
By the time teams get to the finals they are hurting. My back my ribs my knees my wrists & hands ...
Ouch. And the losing team in the finals ...all the hurts & bruises really are much painful.
The winning team feels tired but aches somehow are not as bad ....because they are so so happy !!!!
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Drinking beer, vodka, or whatever out of a big silver cup definitely helps ease some of those pains. LOL.
Hopefully the couple days off will help the Preds for their game tomorrow. Season is still early but don't like looking up at people :)
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Your team will be ready. They will win their next game.
Those days off will help them to refresh / refocus.
Canucks lost to Dallas yesterday in Vancouver.
I'm shaking my head....how could they look so dominate for a series of game & now look like a bunch of choir boys chasing a bouncing ball ?
They are just chasing the puck.
Looking at their play is like eating baby food out of a small jar.
Preds style is to skate hard & be on the offense. But if the other team wants to play physical against them they have the size & toughness to return fire or just be able to take hits but not slow them down from the game plan.
On the other hand if a physical team nails the Canucks team they will be on their butt & they only yap yap yap ..hot air ...wag tongues....
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Canucks lose in OT but get a well deserved pt in the standings.
Avs are very good team.
Preds really really surprised me. Guess they are officially in a mini slump. They play in the Bridgestone arena...too many flats or low air on the Preds.
Too many favourite excuses so better go to envelope Z ( alphabet excuses A to Z )
Our team has been hit by the flu bug. We are trying as hard as we can under the circumstances.
Preds lose badly to Black Hawks.
TNA WTH is wrong with your team...get that mic & blast these players at end of periods. >:(
And Maple Leafs are falling like leafs from a tree. The fall slump.
The pretenders are just bad & it's not the coach.
But Grapes has been canned so fire the TO coach too....fire all coaches which teams are not doing very well. ;D
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So wonder the advisor is so mum these days. Can't blame him really. ;) ;)
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So wonder the advisor is so mum these days. Can't blame him really. ;) ;)
Leafs advisor is laying low....under the radar.
Scared as h__ to be canned.
Glad ya called him out FA.
I did not want to do it...but as ya started the ball rolling...
FIRE CHRIS the same way they fired Grapes.
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Team is definitely in a slump. PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR NETHER REGIONS! So frustrating. They started off strong, gave up a fluke goal, still stayed strong. Then gave up a bad bounce for another goal. Ok, we can get through this. Still playing tough. End of period. Going to come out strong on the power play....... no, power play looks meh and then we give up a goal right after. Then we give up a goal on a lazy back hand from the blue line with nobody proving any type of screen, goalie should have seen it the entire way and yet he looked like a high schooler flailing at it. Change goalies and stay at 4-0 for a while but then all heck breaks loose.
I still feel we have a strong team. I still feel if we get in to the playoffs that we will be good and go a long way assuming we play well. I still think we will make the playoffs as I think we will go on a run at some point. I just hope it isn't too late by the time they do. This team is too good to play this bad. Granted, our third line defense sucks, horribly. They can't seem to get the puck out of our zone if they are guarded by a wet paper bag. They can't seem to keep the puck inside our own zone. So many break aways because of them or turn overs in our zone leading to point blank chances. Like on Saturday, defense has it, going to skate it out, oh no, guy skating toward me so now I will pass it, except I can't pass it from my backhand so I have to switch it to the other side which takes so long that now the guy is on me. It gets pinched and then shoved behind the net where the other defenseman tries to get it past the guy pinching on him, and fails. That guy is able to pass it right to a guy standing 2 feet in front of the net all alone. GRRRRRRRRRR I would rather have rookies up. Yes, they will make some mistakes but at least sometimes they will make a great play. Now we just have guys up who make mistakes but really have no upside. Wonder if the expansion draft isn't playing in to this where we don't want to expose some of our rookies as having played too many games. Hmmm.
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Team is definitely in a slump. PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR NETHER REGIONS! So frustrating. They started off strong, gave up a fluke goal, still stayed strong. Then gave up a bad bounce for another goal. Ok, we can get through this. Still playing tough. End of period. Going to come out strong on the power play....... no, power play looks meh and then we give up a goal right after. Then we give up a goal on a lazy back hand from the blue line with nobody proving any type of screen, goalie should have seen it the entire way and yet he looked like a high schooler flailing at it. Change goalies and stay at 4-0 for a while but then all heck breaks loose.
I still feel we have a strong team. I still feel if we get in to the playoffs that we will be good and go a long way assuming we play well. I still think we will make the playoffs as I think we will go on a run at some point. I just hope it isn't too late by the time they do. This team is too good to play this bad. Granted, our third line defense sucks, horribly. They can't seem to get the puck out of our zone if they are guarded by a wet paper bag. They can't seem to keep the puck inside our own zone. So many break aways because of them or turn overs in our zone leading to point blank chances. Like on Saturday, defense has it, going to skate it out, oh no, guy skating toward me so now I will pass it, except I can't pass it from my backhand so I have to switch it to the other side which takes so long that now the guy is on me. It gets pinched and then shoved behind the net where the other defenseman tries to get it past the guy pinching on him, and fails. That guy is able to pass it right to a guy standing 2 feet in front of the net all alone. GRRRRRRRRRR I would rather have rookies up. Yes, they will make some mistakes but at least sometimes they will make a great play. Now we just have guys up who make mistakes but really have no upside. Wonder if the expansion draft isn't playing in to this where we don't want to expose some of our rookies as having played too many games. Hmmm.
TNA your a true fan. Ya stick with them in the good times & bad.
But in the word you use can feel your frustration with their play.
Big rookie type mistakes at the major level is unforgivable.
The fans are paying the bills & they expect their $$$ worth.
A close game at least. Maybe the Preds problem is too many Democrats on the team. ;D
( just joking )
Canucks have played some stinker games lately.
Players get "fat heads"then they go for a fall.
Fans treat these players like royalty so the players walk around like they are movie stars.
The coach has to bring them down to earth. Lose ...you guys are a piece of.....
win & very good boys but you need to improve in these ten areas !!!
That should keep them humble.
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Good article on one of our discussion boards today
https://www.ontheforecheck.com/2019/11/18/20970498/its-time-for-nashville-predators-get-their-act-together-goals-against-losing-streak-coaching-defense (https://www.ontheforecheck.com/2019/11/18/20970498/its-time-for-nashville-predators-get-their-act-together-goals-against-losing-streak-coaching-defense)
Says much the same thing that I have been saying although also gives stats that indicate that the chances are there, we just aren't capitalizing on them. Then we are giving up some horrible chances and too many of them are just getting in. Interesting read if you have time. And yes, I am a true fan. We sat through the entire Chicago game and continued to cheer despite it being a horrible game. We will not leave early, we will not boo. Doesn't mean we will be happy. If the talent was young and we were rebuilding and it was a couple years before our window for the cup would open (which is likely where Vancouver is), then that is fine and that sets your expectations. Preds are in a win now mode. Our window is now. We probably have three or four years, maybe a couple more, to win a cup before it is going to be rebuilding time. Our expectation is a deep playoff run and in one of these years, if not multiple, we bring home a cup. Our team is definitely not living up to that expectation at this point. I do feel they will turn it around though and hopefully soon.
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TNA link ya gave "Come to Jesus moment" is a southern saying.
We love ya but things gotta change or else.....
Learn something new everyday. Never heard that expression in our parts of the world in regards to sports.
The article looks at the stats...
Yes stats tell a lot.
But one game was....49 shots to 19 shots.
Guess who won the game. Ya to make a pt. The team with 19 shots.
& to top it all off out of those 49 shots there were plenty of very very good scoring opportunities.
Namely the goalie was totally on his game.
Proper angles...controlled rebounds no flopping after first save...if going down it was to smother the puck.
Lightning quick glove even when puck was zipping / aimed at top corners...
The team that won got a two on one....& puck hits something (skate/stick. ) & changes direction or other team stays out on the ice too long ( bad line changes ) & it leads to a goal.
4 good chances all game & they get 4 goals. Rest of shots are from blue line area or wrist shots at bad angle.
It's games like that will drive a team crazy.
Vegas Knights has players that come at you in waves...& they get a lot of quality shots.
The speed of the shot is the difference. Vegas really has heat on their shots. ( velocity )
When a team can get lots of offence & have the puck going 90 plus miles per hour ...it either is going to be a great save if the shot is labeled. ( corners or between pads ) or it goes in or again a high speed shot creates rebounds.
Goalie gets hand cuffed or puck bounces off pads or rebounds off his blocker/stick...
These rebounds then get batted in only if the guys are not afraid to swarm the net. Well Vegas players look for rebounds all game long. Consistent.
Fast shot. Rebound comes out in front of net off blocker...2 guys skating in going for the loose puck....
GOAL.
When puck is in deep ...the defence if out 45 secs or more get off the ice & get two new guys out there. Always have either the D men & forwards be 20-40 secs apart on the ice.
This way there are either 2 or 3 guys fresher out on the ice.
Small things & execution skills ...game plan...
One big one as mentioned is the quality of shot taken. Namely speed of shot...location of shot...and going for rebounds if there is one. ( Vegas as mentioned does this all the time )
Kinda like in basketball. Shot taken & off the rim but players nearby to get the rebound & take another nearby shot or slam or dunk the basketball in for 2 pts.
Nothing worse when shooter takes a long shot ( basketball ) & as shot is on it's way to basket his teamates run away from the zone towards their end like as if it 's going to be a basket. Defence goes for rebound with no pressure. Same in hockey ...too many teams do not look for rebounds !!!!!
Get those fast / labelled shots & have your other two teamates looking for rebounds.
Vegas does this all game long !!!
Get a team that plays in spurts all the time is a losing lazy team. Part of the game they put pressure on...get chances then suddenly ...long parts of the game no chances no offensive pressure..
It takes players that are well conditioned & willing to bust their butt...good transition play.
All the little things ,execution..& hard work..play 60 minutes...play smart...concentration...
Plus players cannot have emotional baggage. Arguing at home or too much booze the night before the game...takes dedication from entire team.
Nashville has to get it together.
Look at the Blues last yr in January..counted out but they got it together. Big Time all the way to the Cup game 7 in Boston. What were the chances of that happening? 1-1000 maybe.
Edit In : Canucks lose 6-1 to Stars.
: Preds lose 2-1 to Jets.
At least Preds had a close game.
Canucks fell apart in the 3rd.
Well guess who the Canucks play next ...TNA's Nashville Preds.
Both teams going the same direction.....down down down...
Both teams were doing so so good out of the gate this season then WTH happened?????
Both teams losing ...maybe we should switch coaches.
Must of caught Maple Leaf something or other....germ bacteria...
Cure is a good swift boot in the butt to wake them up.
Or home team boos them for 5 minutes when they come on the ice.
It will be hard to get TNA to buy in. He does not believe booing his team.
Know where he's coming from but at least for the Canucks they are just not playing smart or for 60 minutes.
Well TNA which team will show up Thurs.....FA & my team ( Canucks. ) or your team ?
The two guys behind the Canuck bench on Thurs with paper bags over their heads is FA & me A-Boater.
Go Canucks Go kick sand ( ice snow ) into the Preds faces ;D
& steal 2 pts. & bragging rights.
Hope Canucks will travel to Toronto & best them too on this now 5 game road trip.
( lost 1st away game tonight )
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You have never heard of a come to Jesus moment? Interesting. Although, suppose it isn't that surprising. It is a "Get your crap together now or else, you may not get another chance" talk.
Am sorry to see both teams heading down the tube. We looked better last night. Allowed a goal on the first shot of the game 18 seconds in to the game which is frustrating. Then had a bad bounce lead to another. Then we finally got a bounce to go our way. We skated hard, had a lot of pressure, a lot of quality shots including a post. Lot of pucks free in front of the net where if our guy is the one to find it in the two or three seconds of sitting there it is likely a goal but it just never ended up on our sticks. Sometimes the bounces go that way and then suddenly things will turn around and you will be back to scoring on a couple of those and things are looking rosy. There were a couple things to fix but overall I was happy with the effort and with the attempts. Now it is just getting them in the net.
Thursday could go either way but I will be there yelling like always. Actually, more clapping as I can't yell a lot these days.
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Puck sitting infront of the Jet net & not banging in the rebounds...
Hitting the post....
Sounds like the Predator Larry Moe & Curly line had too much ice time. 3 Stooges ;D
Trying to create "heat" ( know you will not take the bait...at least ya did not in the past ...but ya know I'm not mean spirited ..just in jest/fun. )
Both teams needing a win badly.
Two trains on two tracks going south....& a switch ahead & only one rail...
Canucks will want to derail the Preds & Preds will want to derail the Canucks.
They introduced themselves in the game in Vancouver & now it's time to fight for 2pts & a W.
Should be hard skating & physical at times.
Your voice is giving out ya say...or is it the kidney stones so ya can't yell or ya feel pain.
Well even Rick Flair voice gave out & his Hoooooooo was not as loud as he got older.
So ya clap away.
Really should be a good game. Can't wait.
Let me end this with ....how's the Leafs doing. To a lot of Canadians...Canada's team.
Hope they win the Stanley Cup one day.....( like in 100 yrs time 2119 )
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Babcock fired as coach of the Maple Leaves. Back to square one. Tough to be a Leaf fan.
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Babcock fired as coach of the Maple Leaves. Back to square one. Tough to be a Leaf fan.
Yes was on the road trip and I had to be the deciding vote to make the change as tough as it was. The cup is now ours.
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Yes was on the road trip and I had to be the deciding vote to make the change as tough as it was. The cup is now ours.
Wow --- heard it here on FWR Sport Chat. 6:27 pm.
Tv sports comes up about 6:50.
Chris Gadsden for head coach & Rodney for assistant coach.
Toronto wins whole team gets to go fishing rain or shine snow or ice the day after !!!
Hopefully most of Leaf players like sports fishing.
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What would expect from a General Manager named Dufus ? ;D
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What would expect from a General Manager named Dufus ? ;D
;D ;D ;D
What what happens if replacement coach gets even worst results?
As it happens maybe Preds & Canucks head coaches are on thin ice.
( according to Chris this firing will bring the Cup to TO so he must have some inside news that the new man behind the bench is a miracle worker.)
We shall see in the next few games how the Leafs Preds & Canucks do.
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Yeah, two teams heading for a head on collision tonight. Really hoping it is a good battle of two teams desperate for a win, not two teams that are doing all they can to lose, only to be thwarted by one upsmanship by the other team. But, if you want heat....
THAT'S ONE, THAT'S TWO, THANK YOU CANUCKS (since I don't know which goalie will play yet), MAY WE HAVE ANOTHER. HE SHOOTS. HE SCORES. YOU SUCK!!!!!!! CANUCKS. CANUCKS. YOU SUCK. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.
There, do you feel better? :)
As for my voice, I am the king of strange medical issues. I have a stretched uvula. It is the little thing that dangles down at the back of your throat. I woke up one day a couple months ago and instead of being 1/4 to a 1/2 inch long, it is about 1 1/2 inches or maybe 2 inches long. It is easily irritated and causes me to have a sore throat if I cheer, sing, or even talk a lot and then I end up coughing which makes it even more sore. I go in for surgery Wednesday to have it cut down to a normal size. Looking forward to not having that issue but doctor said I am going to hate him for 2 weeks after the surgery.
Wonder if TO will get the "new coach" bump that some teams get where the players are suddenly more inspired and play hard.
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Yeah, two teams heading for a head on collision tonight. Really hoping it is a good battle of two teams desperate for a win, not two teams that are doing all they can to lose, only to be thwarted by one upsmanship by the other team. But, if you want heat....
THAT'S ONE, THAT'S TWO, THANK YOU CANUCKS (since I don't know which goalie will play yet), MAY WE HAVE ANOTHER. HE SHOOTS. HE SCORES. YOU SUCK!!!!!!! CANUCKS. CANUCKS. YOU SUCK. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.
There, do you feel better? :)
As for my voice, I am the king of strange medical issues. I have a stretched uvula. It is the little thing that dangles down at the back of your throat. I woke up one day a couple months ago and instead of being 1/4 to a 1/2 inch long, it is about 1 1/2 inches or maybe 2 inches long. It is easily irritated and causes me to have a sore throat if I cheer, sing, or even talk a lot and then I end up coughing which makes it even more sore. I go in for surgery Wednesday to have it cut down to a normal size. Looking forward to not having that issue but doctor said I am going to hate him for 2 weeks after the surgery.
Wonder if TO will get the "new coach" bump that some teams get where the players are suddenly more inspired and play hard.
OUCH !!! Licking my wounds on that HEAT !!!
My face got kinda "flushed" reading...Capital Letters even .....ouch ouch ouch.
Well guess I deserved it "big time".
If Canucks sweep the ice with you guys it will be medicine. ;D
If we lose ...my wounds will not heal ...maybe get worse....maybe a tie after 60 minutes so it will be saving grace for both teams. Guess you need the bonus pt in OT or SO to have fans go home happy.
TNA hope the operation goes well. Sounds like it will be painful after operation.
(prayer for you that all goes well.)
Enjoy the game. It should be a good one.
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Well TNA what a crazy game. The stats were in Preds favour I guess. Yous got more shots.
The Vancouver tv guys calling the game stated the Canucks scored 3 goals on 3 shots on the first 3 power plays.
That must be a new record.
6-3 really does not tell the story.
With the chances Preds had they could of won this game 6-3 instead of losing 6-3.
Remember one of the goals was shot into an empty net as Preds pulled their goalie.
Seems Preds just can't get a break.
Markstrom makes multiple saves...rapid fire.
Or yous hit the post ...
One of our goals is a slapper from Miller from the blue line.
Your stopper makes a reaction. Then the puck hits a Nashville stick a the shot now takes off at a dif. angle right into the right top corner. Your goalie has zero chance.
Both teams came out with effort but the Canucks had the puck luck.
By end of period 2 yous were out shooting us by a lot.
Preds need to string 2-3 wins to get their swagger back & positive frame of mind.
Sometimes when a team goes thru a time like this ya need a player to lay a big body check on the other team that may be trying to take liberties on a team that's down.
Team rallies ...gets on a winning track again.
Or maybe a player that yaps it up ....he kinda becomes the steam release valve ...
Yous have too good a team to get loss after loss...
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So frustrating. We dominated 5 on 5. It wasn't even really close. However, we let you go 5/6 on the power play and score an empty net goal. A couple really bad bounces and just bad puck luck on the power play while it seemed we could get none. Allowing 5 power play goals though it just insane. It didn't look that bad but for some reason your power play just destroys us. Over 2 games, 8/9 with no 5 on 5 goal except for the single empty net goal. Had one post, one that trickled through and just wide where you guys had two trickle in. Just horrible luck and really frustrating. Not sure how to fix it either. We are getting the chances, we are even getting some goals although not as many as we had been. The first thing of course is to stay out of the box, especially with lazy stupid obvious penalties. Part of that is them just being frustrated but the way to be less frustrated is to win and the way to win is to stay out of the box so stop shooting yourself in the foot. Grrrr.
Oh well. Maybe they will pull it together soon. I think once they turn it around they will dominate again for a while and quickly get right back into the race. Maybe they are gripping their sticks too tight, trying too hard, whatever.
Hopefully we have turned your luck around and you guys will get a boost from this win and go on a little streak. Knock out 15 in a row or something crazy.
As for surgery, yes, it is going to be extremely painful. Thanksgiving is Thursday so no turkey for me. I get to eat stuffing and mashed potatoes and that is it. Only soft food for probably a week, if not the full two weeks which is going to be hard. Was told I won't want to talk for a while either. Home game Monday and Wednesday but will have to watch the Wednesday game from home which makes me even more sad. Oh well.
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FA & I would like the Canucks to play the Preds min. 25 games per season.
Please Preds go in the sin bin.
With this plan we are guaranteed to get into the playoffs every year.
3 shots 3 power plays 3 goals.
I rest my case.m
( Preds puck luck has to change ... If not the players will have to see the shrink...& fans too. :))
EDIT IN: TNA yes to reply ...hope both teams can go on a run ... winning streak.
Remember the Flyers when Pat Quinn was their coach went on 20-30 game non loss stretch or something like that.
Pat Quinn had a bro / relative ??? John Quinn & he was a pro wrestler.
In the WWF he was the Kentucy Butcher.
Quinn & bulldog Bob Brown were a tough dirty tagteam in the Vancouver parts in the early 1070s.
John Quinn pasted away not too long ago. Pat gone too. Roger Neilson Capt. Video gone.
Harry Neale not sure if he's kicking...ex Canuck coach & on tv Hockey Night in Canada.
Anyways try make the best of it with operations ...missing games...pain...just think in a week or two everything will be better. We had a lively guy on tv which some liked but many haters...Howie Meeker.
He 'd show plays of the game with his telestrator....player went here ...puck went here...this player should of went here ...Jimmy be kicket...
He'd blink like an owl when his time was up.
Life is good till the nuke bombs start dropping & 1/3 of world zapped. :o
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Canucks beat Caps 2-1 in the SO.
How's them apples.
Keep the coach Mr T Green sir.
Leafs doing well with new coach.
1 W on Thurs & Sat W ???
They were leading 4-3 but do not know final score.
Preds turn to improve.
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Oh, but we did. Be glad you didn't play us one game later. Played the Blues and things looked much different. 18 seconds in, take a shot from the outside, good hard shot, goalie blocks it and the rebound goes right to our guy on the other side of the net who has essentially an empty net, GOAL. Not long after that, defenseman gets the puck on the wall and throws it toward the net, hits one Blues player in the thigh, hits another in the chest bounces toward the goal, hits the back of the goalie's stick and goes in. Now there is some puck luck. They got one, then our checking line had a break away where the rookie powered in front of the net, tried to push it in but was blocked but guy following behind was able to grab the puck after the block and shove it in. They got one more in the 3rd empty netting on the power play but then we got an empty net goal to seal it. It was pretty dominate and the Blues have been good. Did pretty well on the penalty kill, only allowing the one when they went empty net and that one wasn't easy.
Hearing the quotes from the guys, seemed like they had the right attitude. Coach also got asked if he felt any pressure from management and said no which caused quite an uproar by the reporters who thought the answer was quite conceited the way it was given. Not sure if that is what lit a fire under the team although it just seemed like they actually got the puck luck Saturday that they haven't been getting. Play them again tonight. Hoping for the same result.
Glad you guys kept winning.
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Just what the doctor ordered.
Preds win over Blues.
Yes a fast heavy shot creates rebounds most times ( goalie handcuffed or just reacts to stop but no time to smother the puck. Bounces off chest leg pads or stick/blocker )
Tonight's game will be interesting.
More of the same or revenge / comeback.
EDIT IN:
Preds win over Blues 3-2 in SO
Must of been a super exciting rematch.
Congrads.
Must rethink the idea the Canucks play a Preds 25 x per season.
I'll pass on that one.......
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One of our best players got hurt in the first game against the Blues. Complete crap. He was standing in front of the net, Blues player cross checks him, making him fall into the net (almost hitting his head on the crossbar). He starts to get up and the Blues player then cross checks him again in the back. First one got called. They let the second go but the Blues player then gets suspended 4 games for the second hit (how it wasn't a second penalty or a game misconduct I don't know). Our player is out 4-6 weeks because of it with a lower body injury. Looks like he messed up his knee. The guy is a repeat offender too so 4 games is just crap.
Last night's game was good. We went up 2 goals but then kind of lightened up and let them tie it up. Had some amazing blocks at the end of the game. Overtime was super exciting. Probably half or better of it could have been a highlight real by itself. We usually suck at shoot outs but somehow pulled it off. Very exciting. And getting max points against the division leader in back to back games is huge.
Good luck tonight.
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Cts give a guy 100 yrs in prison for sexual crime...
Cts give a murder ( road rage or whatever ) 3 yrs out in 2.
::) >:(
NHL gives such low punishment for those two cross checks !!!
Unreal the guy should miss 30 games minimum !
Come on ...1st cross check is bad enough & the to lose it & repeat the action.
Plus repeat offender.
A mere slap on a wrist.
He's going to keep cross checking thinking he's going to get nearly away with it.
Ya Canucks lost 2-1 against Flyers.
Next game hopelly results will be better.
Close but no cigar sometimes.
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Canucks had a 6-3 lead over Pens.
Lost 8-6.
Where is the defence in this games?
What was in those water bottles?
Game is not over till it's over.
5 straight goals. >:(
against...............
Where is the work ethic & will you win...or finish well.
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Just blame it on global warming A-Boater “melt down” ,but don’t Penguins live in the Antarctic, so that cant be the problem!
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Canucks had a 6-3 lead over Pens.
Lost 8-6.
Where is the defence in this games?
What was in those water bottles?
Game is not over till it's over.
5 straight goals. >:(
against...............
Where is the work ethic & will you win...or finish well.
We are rolling right along now. ;D ;D ;D
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Just blame it on global warming A-Boater “melt down” ,but don’t Penguins live in the Antarctic, so that cant be the problem!
;D ;D ;D
Plus these Penguins were far from moving "slowly" ...
Beat us to the puck during the meltdown.
At least this was not a playoff game. 8)
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We are rolling right along now. ;D ;D ;D
Feel like a swordsman who just lost his sword & the other guy has his or 3 hockey players on the ice wearing same jersey who broke their sticks during OT.
What can I say ?
Only OUCH !
( hope we do not miss the playoffs by 2 pts...the 2 pts the Canucks had at 6-3 >:( :-[ )
EDIT IN: ya Leafs are rolling along since the coach change...new guy tweaked the team on. "How to play his hockey system...no more just skate fast & dump puck...
Hold on to puck & make plays...slow it down but go fast when needed. Seems to be working. Allows players to be more creative with the puck...not just play like a pin ball machine..
As for Vegas meeting the Preds...good news bad news. Down 2-0 the Nashville team rallies & goes ahead 3-2. Not an easy thing to do against a very very good team ...Knights.
But with mere seconds to go...goalie pulled....the Knights tie the game. Unreal.
Drop puck at centre ice. & immediately buzzer goes ending the 3rd period.
Then in OT Preds give up the puck on a bad pass....2 knight players break away...on the goalie & puck in net.
Well Preds got a pt anyways.
TNA must not be happy with ending nor the players/fans.
Plus TNA getting his operation....throat area. Ouch.
Knights are one of the teams I like watching. They seem to never have a bad game.
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;D ;D ;D
Plus these Penguins were far from moving "slowly" ...
Beat us to the puck during the meltdown.
At least this was not a playoff game. 8)
Playoffs! Your talking Playoffs! We’re just trying to hold on too a 3 goal lead with 14:00 mins left and your talking playoffs! ;D ;D I had to do it!
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Ya just had to do it eh .. ;D
Yes seen that clip a few times on sports channels.
That coach yells " Playoffs Your talking playoffs...."
But ya you make a good point.
Heard FA is traveling to Edmonton to advise.
Calgary coach bye Toronto coach bye Don Cherry bye...
Maybe FA has some tricks up his sleeve.
Or more rabbits to pull out of the hat.
Well let 's see... Canucks blow big lead. Lose. 8-6.
Let's go to the A-Z envelopes of excuses. Name of game is not to blame coach or players.
Better go far ....ok let's pick excuse in envelope S.
During game the trainer by mistake refilled the water bottles with tap water.
Well no wonder they had a melt down.
Tap water from a major city in the USA.
Their systems got stressed. Cramps in gut...foggy thinking...too much bleach in tap water so on...
Toxins bacteria lead ...
Not the Canucks fault.
The trainer's fault.
He should of filled water bottles with filtered water. He has been punished.
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Filtered water & FA's Ra Ra advising speech worked in combo.
Canucks W !
Toronto rolling along ( new coach) ...got 2 pts with win over Sabres.
Preds go down to defeat 3-0 to Panthers.
Something very wrong with Preds lately.
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Hey guys. Surgery went well but still recovering. Thought it was getting better but then it got worse again. Eating is a struggle. Been eating a lot of pasta because that is about the only thing I can eat. Tried a baked potato yesterday but that didn't go as well as I had hoped. Some soup too but the extreme temps don't help either. Just sort of miserable lately.
The Vegas game was crazy. There were .3 seconds left on the clock when they scored so not even a second. We won the faceoff, defenceman gets it, skates behind the net, guy coming to get him so he holds the puck against the board and lets the guy try and force it out. He had plenty of time to launch a skyshot and ice it from behind the net. There was 5 seconds left at the face off so by the time they got down to other end for the icing to be called it would have been over, or there would have been another face off at worst. But he kept it in against the wall, which of course it was then pulled out, couple bounces in front of the net and they tie it. Frustrating. At least we got a point.
We had a back to back Friday/Saturday. Friday we were dominant over Carolina, 3-0. Saturday we looked like poo. It was our first back to back of the season so maybe the guys just weren't ready for it and were too tired. Better get that figured out though before too long.
Lot of drama around the team lately. One of our centers that we are paying a lot for has been a healthy scratch for the last 6 games or something. There is a lot of discussion as to why. Doesn't seem like he is hurt. They called up two guys from the minors and they are playing while this guy making something like $6 million a year is sitting. He hasn't been playing terrible either, he is like 7th on the team in points even having sat out these games. They put him as the 4th line center and he wasn't producing a lot down there but that isn't a shocker. He has more points than a couple other players that should be scoring a lot. It is all very strange. There was speculation that he didn't want to play wing and this is his punishment but the GM came out and said he has expressed no issue with playing wing. One of our top wingers is down but they called up a minor leaguer instead. I would have thought the back to back would have been a great opportunity to get him in there and get some fresh legs on the ice but even then they still won't play him. It just seems strange.
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Glad the surgery went well. Preds' play isn't helping with the recuperating process.
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Glad the surgery went well. Preds' play isn't helping with the recuperating process.
2x.
Stay away from rye bread with thick crunchy peanut butter with sesame seeds by spoonful added to sandwich. ;D
Jello maybe. Too cold maybe.
As FA says...your team is playing so-so thus must halt the healing process.
( so so bad games with a odd win )
Like you say it 's a puzzle a good Pred player is sitting out ???
Think Preds & Canucks will get more W's in December.
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Yeah, that sandwich would kill me currently. Jello would be ok except it might be too cold. For Thanksgiving I had stuffing doused in gravy and it was still rough. Today is better than yesterday. Realized last night that breathing through my mouth in a cool bedroom didn't feel good so focused on breathing through my nose while I slept as much as I could and woke up feeling better. Trying to keep that up today.
And for hockey, we had won 2 against St Louis, lost the bad one in OT against Vegas, then won again before the bad loss so it was getting better.
And crazily, the practice lines today are all screwed up. Our line 2 center is practicing as wing on the first line, the guy who hasn't played in forever is centering the second line so sounds like he will get to play. Just so freaking odd.
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Preds are on NBCSN tonight if you were wanting to cheer us on. 5 pm start time for you.
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Preds are on NBCSN tonight if you were wanting to cheer us on. 5 pm start time for you.
Yes the game starts 5pm on Sportsnet.
Lightning vs Preds. Will definitely be watching. Preds play well against them in ten meetings.
Our Canucks on tube at 7pm local time vs Sens.
Big story of Ottawa Sen. tough guy seeing a Vancouver robbery. Smash auto glass & grab bag.
He warned the guy 3x to drop the bag. Result by robber You $9&@#%£^ F %*+=>}{
So he close lined him off his get away bike.
Robber date with Vancouver's finest & bag returned to rightful owner.
Actually as you say beating Blues 2x straight...Preds can get it done.
Canucks can play so very good & other times stink out the rink.
Reminds me of your team too.
Keep healing & breathing thru nose.
Operations boo. Hate going to hospitals / operations etc....
Was in one 2 nights ...heart attack / stent put in ...4 yrs ago I guess it was.
Finally fell asleep ...some noisy patients...about moaning...then hospital whr. wakes me up wanting to take some of my blood for tests >:(
Boooooooooooooooooo.
Now I do not eat cheesy corn chips or potato chips ( little sometimes. ) ice cream pies bacon high fat milk on & on...
Move rest & eat properly ( & in my case "pray daily" )
Kinda do the above but sometimes not.
Like drinking a bottle of French Red Wine & listening to the tons of material / songs of EP to 4am.
( Elvis P ) no one is perfect.
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Tampa wins over Preds in OT.
Turris gets a goal who returns after healthy scratches ????
2-2
Great pass & scores from left side. Back door goal. Tic y Tac y Toe goal did them in.
The amazing stat is in a 5 minute penalty Preds keep Tampa to only one shot on goal !
How did they do that ?
Shots were about the same.
Canucks leading 5-2 with 11 minutes to go.
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Canucks win big and TO lose big. Time for a scotch
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Ok, so, haven't seen the commentators on TV yet but am curious on your take on the hit given by Johansen and then the hit taken by Carr. The first results in a 5 minute major and a game misconduct (guy was bleeding but returned the next shift). The second in a 2 minute minor that led the us tying the game (guy left the game, no word on him but you know he spent a lot of time in a dark room). I am curious what someone that is mostly impartial thinks about the two hits, the two penalties, that type of stuff. I will withhold my comment for now.
I was at the game. It was tough not cheering. I had talked way too much during the day for work already and was struggling. However, for both of our goals, I started yelling only to catch myself almost immediately but sadly too late so both goals were bitter sweet but were worth the pain.
There were a couple people on twitter saying that Turris's goal was a big "FU, don't ever healthy scratch me again" to the coaches. We will see what kind of punishments are handed out. If Johansen gets suspended then we will need Turris for sure but if he doesn't and Carr is able to play on Saturday, who knows what the coaches will do.
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Seen the Johansen elbow & to me it looked totally accidental.
Not even a penalty.
Now if G Howe was playing did he not give nice elbows by the bakers dozen.
In today's hockey Gordie would of been suspended 50% of the time thus his stats would be 50% less.
Broke away from game to go to washrm or whatever & missed the other penalty.
But definately Johansen elbow looked innocent to me.
Congrads on getting a pt.
Preds had the better chances but your goalie made some fantastic saves.
EDIT IN: my take on the game is both teams really competed. Fans got their $$$ worth.
The amazing surprise is the score was only 3-2.
With all the quality scoring chances / "posts" ...the scored could easily of been 5-4.
Lots of skating & offensive plays.
The refs blew it. They did not have their thinking caps on. ( dunce hats refs wore this night )
& FA how sweet it is. Two big wins by the Canucks. Ring of honour night.
Ya TO blew a tire against Flyers. Flyers poured it on in the 3rd period.
Leafs let up & Flyers did not.
Your scotch must of tasted extra good to top off the night.
Canucks got back their " fire plug "
Small guy but big heart. A Burrows clone work ethic.
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Here, this is a video of the hit.
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1202065025361420288?s=12 (https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1202065025361420288?s=12)
Johansen got fined $5000, max fine but no suspension. The hit above was a 2 minute penalty and nothing further from player safety. It was the guys first or second game back after a 4 game suspension for a hit to the head. The guy that got hit left the game and did not come back. That was why when we got to overtime, everyone was exhausted. We were at that point two players down.
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We are off till Saturday so hope you guys have a lot of good hockey in whatever games you play.
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Here, this is a video of the hit.
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1202065025361420288?s=12 (https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1202065025361420288?s=12)
Johansen got fined $5000, max fine but no suspension. The hit above was a 2 minute penalty and nothing further from player safety. It was the guys first or second game back after a 4 game suspension for a hit to the head. The guy that got hit left the game and did not come back. That was why when we got to overtime, everyone was exhausted. We were at that point two players down.
Ok trying to calm my feelings.
This reminds me of the movie "hang him high" western. Where Clint Eastwood gets roped around his neck & hanged on shady evidence. He was innocent. But a person near by cut the rope.
WTH these calls were totally totally wrong.
It 's clear as the nose on our face.
The one penalty looks like an accident.
He's going for the puck & the other guy comes low & by chance the elbow catches him.
He gets $5000 fine for what?
The other penalty the Tampa guy lines him up like a target & purposely nails him in the head area.
He should get the fine plus 10 games min. UNREAL.
Are the brass league officials smoking pot ???
There should be major protests & an investigation in these two calls !!!
It should not be water under the bridge.
Hope the Preds fans get together & make their feelings known to the league as this is total total bullsh...Big outcry needed.
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Player safety is a joke. Our captain was hot, our coach was furious, the fans were pissed. In fact, the fans were more upset that game than I can remember them being about the refs in a very long time. We did everything we could to draw attention to it. It was all over twitter. Player safety just ignored it all. Coaches should be able to challenge penalties for hits to the head they think should be a major. It is just insane that they did nothing about this one when the elbow gets a fined, 5 minute major and kicked from the game. You can see the guy look right where he is planning on hitting (the guy's face), launch right into the head with his shoulder, our guy's head whip back..... How is this not even reviewed I just don't get.
Getting to start eat real food because I just got too fed up eating pasta for every meal. Nothing big and extremely small bites and still have to wait for it to cool significantly but ate pizza for lunch and a grilled cheese and some cheese sticks for dinner. Slowly getting better. Hiccuped once a couple nights ago, it was five minutes of HELL. Reduced me to complete tears and sobs. That wasn't fun.
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Player safety is a joke. Our captain was hot, our coach was furious, the fans were pissed. In fact, the fans were more upset that game than I can remember them being about the refs in a very long time. We did everything we could to draw attention to it. It was all over twitter. Player safety just ignored it all. Coaches should be able to challenge penalties for hits to the head they think should be a major. It is just insane that they did nothing about this one when the elbow gets a fined, 5 minute major and kicked from the game. You can see the guy look right where he is planning on hitting (the guy's face), launch right into the head with his shoulder, our guy's head whip back..... How is this not even reviewed I just don't get.
Getting to start eat real food because I just got too fed up eating pasta for every meal. Nothing big and extremely small bites and still have to wait for it to cool significantly but ate pizza for lunch and a grilled cheese and some cheese sticks for dinner. Slowly getting better. Hiccuped once a couple nights ago, it was five minutes of HELL. Reduced me to complete tears and sobs. That wasn't fun.
100 x agree. Insane insane insane calls. Refs blew it & on replay refs or higher ups in review should of made corrections.
Fishing for puck & elbow accidentally hits guy who was behind out of eyesight & the other play as you described perfectly. It was a hit to the head & not by follow thru ...it was a shoulder that was RAISED.
You are so so so right. It's beyond understanding. April Fools joke by refs....no it's December.
As for your operation. Let me write in my note book. Pardon me for a minute........." Do not get operation that TNA got.
Added note : If I become dictator of Canada all Leafs fans must sign up immediately for TNA operation.
But if they only become Pred or Canuck fans they can for go this operation. ;D
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Surprised FA did not comment on the Canuck big WIN.
He's doing a service in his advising.
FA hope all is well with you.
Your posts are always missed if ya do not give your 2 cents.
Me my posts are just 1 cent compared to yours.
Your the King of posters & Chris as yous have so so many in number...
1000s & 1000s ...
Guess what.....it's a Christmas season treat. Canucks vs Pretenders. ( well have to admit Leafs have been better lately )
Canucks in the saloon...Leafs step outside at sundown for a gunfight.
Ya can quick draw or quickly leave town with your hockey sticks between your legs.
Yes ya can wave the white flag....
Chris just may be at the game only to find his team has left the building....va-moosed.
Canucks I hear are already taping their sticks. They are treating this game like a Stanley Cup game 7.
Oops better change that. They have not played too good when it was game 7.
So.......Canucks are treating this game like a playoff game. ;D
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Too busy Christmas shopping and devising a game plan against the Leaves.
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Saw you guys had a good overtime win. Congrats. We faced the Devils, we scored 2 within the first 2.5 minutes, they then scored 2 within 1.5 minutes so 4 minutes in it was 2-2. Was a bit of a crazy game but we pulled it out which is good.
I would agree, do not get the surgery I got. Getting better. Have been eating some more normal types of food (still on the softer side though) like pizza. Less pain overall as well which is good. Progress. If all the Leaf's fans had this surgery on the same day it would be a quiet stadium for a couple weeks but they could sure shake a mean fist at the other team or the refs.
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Saw you guys had a good overtime win. Congrats. We faced the Devils, we scored 2 within the first 2.5 minutes, they then scored 2 within 1.5 minutes so 4 minutes in it was 2-2. Was a bit of a crazy game but we pulled it out which is good.
I would agree, do not get the surgery I got. Getting better. Have been eating some more normal types of food (still on the softer side though) like pizza. Less pain overall as well which is good. Progress. If all the Leaf's fans had this surgery on the same day it would be a quiet stadium for a couple weeks but they could sure shake a mean fist at the other team or the refs.
Great your feeling better ! Don't worry ...Leaf fans will be speechless with or without that surgery after the dust settles tomorrow ;D
With FA game plan ( wonder what he bought me for Christmas ? ) & the Canucks great team chemistry & in our home rink " frankly it does not look good for the pretenders " or leaves ad FA calls them.
Maybe only 1/3 or 1/2 of Leafs will even show up for the game.
Many will take the escape from game route.
Wow crazy start for Devils vs Preds.
Glad yous pulled it out.
Sure hate that name for a team. Devils !!!!
Gives me the creeps.
Wasn't there a player named Satan. But name was said ....Sa tan so it sounded not too bad.
Wonder if the player Satan played for the NJ Devils. Good fit.
As for the game between Canucks & Leafs in all seriousness it should be a great game.
Whoever Pat Quinn cheers for will win ( heavenly TV set ) his roots grew deep with Canucks & Leafs.
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Too busy Christmas shopping and devising a game plan against the Leaves.
My choice of Christmas gifts. What you bought at the store OR a win over Leafs.
Oh Santa FA "hands down " a W over the great pretenders leaves. Yahooooooooooo !
We mopped the floor with the Preds & now there's some unfinished buissness....job at hand.
Showdown at sundown.
Tuesday 10 /2019.
But in all honestly hope it's an exciting end to end game.
Their record is very similar in pts.
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Good luck against the Leafs tonight. Should be a great game. We get San Jose tonight. Going to be a good tough game for us. Supposed to start snowing/icing here shortly so getting to the game tonight could be a struggle. It is Roman Josi bobblehead night though and that is my wife's favorite player because he is quite good looking. Any woman that looks at him swoons. He is model good looking. So, snow storm, ice storm, or not, we will be getting his bobblehead. If he ever wanted my wife to leave me to marry him, I would be out the door so quick... LOL. Of course he is married to a gorgeous bikini model so I am not worried. Seriously, you should look up some pictures if you get a chance. Their babies are going to be amazing, it just isn't fair.
Or this one is fairly recent
(http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Roman+Josi+2019+CMT+Music+Awards+Arrivals+fM_Mj5QLpX3l.jpg)
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Yes thank you for your support in a W over the Leafs.
Whoever wins I just hope it 's a good game. End to end excitement.
There is plenty of Leaf fans in the LML ( Lower main land. ) as a lot of eastern Canadians have moved west. ( warmer winters in Vancouver...example 39 F cloudy showers at 11:35 am )
Yesterday was even warmer at this time.
Sounds like crazy weather in the mid central & east central of the USA today.
As you say icy / snowy tonight in Tennessee.
4x4 sure would come in handy.
Icy toads are the worst as when brakes applied the vehicle just keeps sliding & BANG.
Yes Roman Josi is handsome guy. Wife face ??? Average in my opinion.
Beauty is skin deep.
Ha!
There was a wrestler in the. 50s60s70s Bull Curry. He kinda looked like Mr Hyde.
One wrestler my favourite Don Leo Jonathan who died not so long ago age 80s ...told a true story. 3-4 wrestlers in a car travelling between cities to wrestle...Bull Curry Don Leo Jonathan other 1-2 guys had a flat tire & no jack. Bull Curry stopped a passing car & asked the driver if they could borrow their jack.
The stopped driver looked at Bull Curry's face & pissed his pants I guess as he just sped away !!!!
Curry's face was one only his mom would of liked. But he was a good guy.
If you watch a match between Don Leo Jonathan vs Abdulla the Butcher (Japan match) you will see Jonathan's strength & agility.
All the best in your matchup against the Sharks.
Sharks are a good team. Gotta work hard to beat them.
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Toronto as the tv guy said: Draws first blood
Gee quick draw showdown at sundown sundown there is a showdown.
Leaves "pretenders" 1 the Great Marvellous Canucks 0
RATS ....Canucks start to play better when they are behind a goal. Wakes them up.
Go Canucks Go
Mop the floor with the Leafs....
EDIT IN: Leaves "pretenders" 2. The Great Marvellous Canucks 0 (end of the 2nd period.)
No Comment at this time. >:(
Congrads to Preds. Big win over Sharks.
Goals to spare.
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Chris will be gloating once he gets back to Chilliwack.
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Chris will be gloating once he gets back to Chilliwack.
We had 3 breakaways.
Stopped cold.
Leafs had break downs but Anderson held the fort.
He know how to stay relaxed & cover the angles. He has cat like reflexes to react to the shot.
Both teams skated well & both teams deserved to win.
They did we did not.
Leafs have that swagger or maturity that they have from playing pressure games in the playoffs. They know how to capitalize on their chances.
Canucks need to mature mentally. They get frustrated easily.
:'(
Thought we'd take this one.
Showdown at sundown sundown there was a showdown. In the quick draw gun fight we took 4 bullets & fell face first in the dry street dust of Dodge City.
We did manage to get off 1 shot & got them in the leg.
Boesor had eight shots & the majority of them quality ones.
Maybe next time he will skate in closer & fake the shot & deke & put in open net....
If that fails the Vancouver bench could throw lit fire crackers on the ice to try to distract Freddy A.
FA your game plan worked. 39 shots.
Where credit is due give it.
Congrads to the Toronto Maple Leafs & to Chris. They got the job done. They skated & checked hard.
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Enjoyed the game but missed having Nova there for our win. https://www.facebook.com/chris.gadsden.7/videos/10159256067654056/
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Congrats Chris, sorry A-Boater and FA.
As for us against the Sharks, we came away with the win, thank goodness. It got pretty nasty though. The Sharks started gooning it up and picking fights. At the end of the second period we ended up having 3 of our 6 defensemen in the box at the same time along with another guy in for fighting and a game misconduct. Was able to come back halfway through the 3rd. Evander Kane was a bad bad boy. He got into a fight with one of our defensemen where he dumped him onto the ice and jumped on him and started wailing on him, got dragged off by one of our other guys and they then dropped the gloves and started wailing on each other. Our defenseman got 2 minutes for roughing, Kane got 2 minutes for roughing times 2, 10 minute unsportsmanlike conduct times 2. Our other guy got 10 minute unsportsmanlike conduct so Kane was out all but the last minute or so of the game.
No score after 2. We had a number of really good shots, a couple that got past the goalie and were trickling toward the line only to be scooped out at the last second. A lot of real close tough chances that got stopped but then we finally got one behind the net, dumped quickly to a guy in front of the net and got one in. Then had a power play and had two guys in front of the net and one was able to shove it in. Sharks pulled their goalie and scored almost immediately with under 2 minutes left but then we got an empty net goal which killed all attempts on their part. Strong, tough win but was nice to get.
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Enjoyed the game but missed having Nova there for our win. https://www.facebook.com/chris.gadsden.7/videos/10159256067654056/
Watched the video on Facebook.
Chris's upload & I could feel the electricity & excitement.
On the tv broadcast the crowd noise gets filtered out.
Being at the game ( either Canucks or Lions ) is 100x more excitement than watching on boob tube.
Chris mentions Nova & I hope his health is ok. He has not posted for a long time.
Also quite the game too in Nashville. Sharks tried to goon it up. TNA good report.
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One game road trip to Buffalo here. Hoping for the best. We will see. Looks like you guys have Carolina coming in to town. Tough opponent we have faced recently. Will be a tough win tonight. Good luck.
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Markstrom our #1 goalie stood on his head & it's 0-0 at the end of 60.
In OT big hussle by the Canucks & a super well placed backhand in the top corner of net.
Game set & match.
What Anderson TO goalie did to us...Markstrom did to the Carolina.
As FA said: Canucks planning Stanley Cup Parade sooner than later......
All other NHL teams take notice.
See Preds lost a close one 4-3.
Will check the highlights later.
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Good win by the boys tonight. Leaves got burned in Calgary. Guess the Canucks softened the Leaves up on Tuesday. Easy picking by the Flames.
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Last night was a big back and forth. We would score, they would score. Was tied 3-3 and they scored again with like 5 minutes left. Had a couple really good opportunities, empty net rebound we were hitting and a stick just appears out of nowhere and deflects it off path. Frustrating but not much to do about it. Tomorrow is against Dallas who is on a new interim coach.
The coaching stuff lately is strange. Dallas letting their coach go for things off the ice. Sharks coach let go immediately after we beat them.
Glad to see you guys won. Keep them in shape and playing hard.
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Good win by the boys tonight. Leaves got burned in Calgary. Guess the Canucks softened the Leaves up on Tuesday. Easy picking by the Flames.
I agree I agree I agree ;D
Canucks peppered the Leafs so many times with shots & breakaways the Leafs still were in a shock & fog.
They needed a week to recover.
Word has it the Leafs are fearing the next date with the Vancouver Canucks.
Super close game Preds/Sabres.
You are right it seems the NHL coaches are taking a beating....dropping like flies.
The ball started rolling after Pres Trump impeachment hearings Don Cherry firing our Progressive Conservative leader resigning yesterday....
Caesar gets the knife.
Who's next ?
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Who's next ?
Leaf advisor :)
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Leaf advisor :)
Like a cat I have 9 lives, not sure how many used since 1967.
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Like a cat I have 9 lives, not sure how many used since 1967.
9 ;D
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9 ;D
Eat healthy within limit,walk a lot, sleep /rest 7 hrs or more & say your nightly prayer ..zzzz ...
Preaching to myself too...
9 lives are up & one left so ...reach for 90-95- or ?
Should be so great game between Leafs & Oilers.
Both teams should be flying out there. Pat Quinn from heaven will decide this game. Whoever he cheers for ::)
Think the Oilers will be more physical than the Canucks/Maple Leaf game the other night.
Canucks vs Sharks . Sharks are hungry for some wins so.....think they literally have the battle of the WILLS & Sharks are more desperate so... predict a Shark win.
Unless Canucks surprise.
Then does not the Canucks play tomorrow in Vegas ( Sunday ) Canucks lose as it's back to back & the Knights come at you in waves....non stop.
If Canucks manage pts in the next 2 games I will be pleased but surprised.
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Congrads on a determined win by the Leafs in Edmonton.
They worked hard & got results.
Canucks worked hard & had chances but no results. Lost. Close game. Sharks finally stop their losing streak. New head coach behind the Shark bench.
Preds fell to the Stars. Well they lost to two good teams recently.
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I'm baaaaccckkkkk! Still ticking albeit to a different drummer. THE ONLY reason the Leads won was because I wasn't there. Net year it'll be a different story. I did get out to the Carolina game and Marks from was just plain old fashioned awesome. Unlike tonight in Vegas....
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I'm baaaaccckkkkk! Still ticking albeit to a different drummer. THE ONLY reason the Leads won was because I wasn't there. Net year it'll be a different story. I did get out to the Carolina game and Marks from was just plain old fashioned awesome. Unlike tonight in Vegas....
Well if it isn't Nova as in Novabonker !
Welcome ...nice to see your still alive & kicking.
On page 8 Chris brought you up & in reply was hoping you were ok & not sick or whatever.
If you being at the Canuck vs Maple Leafs & the result is Canucks WIN !
Well by all means please do attend the game. FA Canuck advisor possibly will give ya free tickets.
Thought Canucks would lose to Sharks & Knights ...so sure I NEVER put a small bet at a Sports Action.
"Rats"
Gambling is tempting but odds are always against....
Your so right Markstrom played just "super" & being at the game against Hurricanes just of been bliss.
As for their loss to Vegas it's return match Thurs think it is in Vancouver.
That will be a game to watch.
After the Canucks the Vegas Knights are my 2nd favourite . Sorry Chris & TNA.
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Loss against Dallas was super rough. Not only did they beat us in the playoffs, we play them in the winter classic in half a month and they just killed us. There is an article out today about how the Preds used to be the team that would out hustle the other team, work harder, dig out the dirty pucks, win despite talent, etc. The article says we finally saw that again this past Saturday, unfortunately it was Dallas playing like that. We now have the talent and skill we should be able to go out and dominate based on those talents but somehow we can't figure out how to do that and we lost the drive to work harder. We are caught in the middle somewhere and have no identity.
Honestly, I have felt like that the past couple years. Used to be, we would play the same type of game the other team wanted to play and try and win. If they wanted to go slow, things would go real slow and we would try and outwork the other team. If they wanted to go fast we would go fast. If they wanted to play rough and goon it up, we would do that. There has to come a point in time where you have the dominant level of talent where you can say "No, we are going to play our style and you can't stop it. You will need to adjust your play style to try." Unfortunately, we never get there. It seems to be the coach's plan to always change how we play based on our opponent which in general causes you to play down to your opponent's level instead of playing above your opponent's level and dominating them. I wouldn't be shocked if the Preds don't have a new coach before next season if this continues. The GM has spent to win now. We have the talent. If the current coaching staff can't even get us into the playoffs with this roster, then it is time for a change. Our GM is good. Just depends whether he sees us pulling out of this and getting in to the playoffs this year or not. If not, the change could come soon. You get into the playoffs and anything can happen but right now we are below the line. The other problem is, none of the available coaches out there are what we would want either in my opinion. I would much rather bring in some new blood but that rarely happens in the NHL. We got the coach from the Spokane minor league team to help with our power play but a minor league coach or even college that is going to bring some fresh ideas and be able to adapt to today's style of hockey would be nice but I am not a GM.
Sorry, long rant but that is what you get when you are supposed to be good and suck.
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Loss against Dallas was super rough. Not only did they beat us in the playoffs, we play them in the winter classic in half a month and they just killed us. There is an article out today about how the Preds used to be the team that would out hustle the other team, work harder, dig out the dirty pucks, win despite talent, etc. The article says we finally saw that again this past Saturday, unfortunately it was Dallas playing like that. We now have the talent and skill we should be able to go out and dominate based on those talents but somehow we can't figure out how to do that and we lost the drive to work harder. We are caught in the middle somewhere and have no identity.
Honestly, I have felt like that the past couple years. Used to be, we would play the same type of game the other team wanted to play and try and win. If they wanted to go slow, things would go real slow and we would try and outwork the other team. If they wanted to go fast we would go fast. If they wanted to play rough and goon it up, we would do that. There has to come a point in time where you have the dominant level of talent where you can say "No, we are going to play our style and you can't stop it. You will need to adjust your play style to try." Unfortunately, we never get there. It seems to be the coach's plan to always change how we play based on our opponent which in general causes you to play down to your opponent's level instead of playing above your opponent's level and dominating them. I wouldn't be shocked if the Preds don't have a new coach before next season if this continues. The GM has spent to win now. We have the talent. If the current coaching staff can't even get us into the playoffs with this roster, then it is time for a change. Our GM is good. Just depends whether he sees us pulling out of this and getting in to the playoffs this year or not. If not, the change could come soon. You get into the playoffs and anything can happen but right now we are below the line. The other problem is, none of the available coaches out there are what we would want either in my opinion. I would much rather bring in some new blood but that rarely happens in the NHL. We got the coach from the Spokane minor league team to help with our power play but a minor league coach or even college that is going to bring some fresh ideas and be able to adapt to today's style of hockey would be nice but I am not a GM.
Sorry, long rant but that is what you get when you are supposed to be good and suck.
The truth of the matter is the NHL generally speaking has teams that are all competive.
When a team wins & the other team losses the sports guys have their spin.
If there's a win the story goes ....they played great. Defense offence goaltending....
If there's a loss it's ....they played lousy. Defense offence & goaltending only par average....effort.
When in fact we played great but the other team played very good too.
But there are times ....your so right. It's other team played great & we played lousy.
Is it lack of effort or is it mental & physical tiredness?
Think Nashville is playing 3 games in 4 nights against good skating teams. If they win 2 out of 3 they will have done good.
Elvis was known to go on a concert tour that took him to 14 dif. cities in 14 days !!!
No wonder the guy was on uppers/downers.
Too much workload.
Can a NHL team play 80 plus games & then play far into the playoffs ...
Does the best team win or is it the most durable team win ???
Good skating skilled team like the Maple Leafs would be Stanley Cup Champions again but their players wear down & cannot give it their all when it matters.
Boston would of won last year but the Blues were just more durable while Boston had lower energy in game 7. Mind said do this & that but their body said "No" .
Nashville team needs more time to physically & mentally to recover. That's why they are an up & down team.
No erase all above ideas.
Some teams the players are just happy they have nice cheques. Let's just cruise along & not bust our butts off. We get paid the same.
Then fans & sports media get on their butts so the team says " Well boys guess we better suck it up & play hard & get a win to satisfy our fans & put out the negative media stories.
No erase all above ideas...let's go with an idea I read recently.
Nashville must play their game & get an identity. Not adjust their game to who they play against.
If results do not come ...make a head coach change.
TNA for head coach of the Predators !!!
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Another win for us and another loss for the team from Vancouver. Unless they pick up their socks it will not be a Merry Christmas for them.
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Another win for us and another loss for the team from Vancouver. Unless they pick up their socks it will not be a Merry Christmas for them.
Seen your post hours ago & waited for FA to respond ( hit or push back ) Give him the first response.
Either he's busy still doing his Christmas shopping or advising Canucks.
Hear ye Hear ye the Canucks will win their next 3 games...bright days ahead.
( Chris's post has some truth to it...he 's good at putting salt & vinegar in wounds OUCH. )
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Remember this Chris ??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8GCH5qf9IY
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I am not a hockey coach although the paycheck would be nice. Ok, so the article comes out, the coach tells the team that they need to put forth the effort that they need to buy into this team support it. Team came out roughly the same for the first half of the first period but then kicked it in to a higher gear. They looked like they actually cared, looked like they wanted to win and would do anything to get the puck. They forechecked better last night than they have in months. Low and behold, we dominated. Gave up one fluke goal where the defenseman was carrying the puck up ice, stumbled and lost the puck, slid right to one of their guys and it was a 2 on the goalie. Goalie still almost came up with the stop but accidents happen. We were up 3-1 with just a little left in the third when they went empty net and quickly got a second goal. Then went empty net again and we hit an empty netter. They went empty again and we got a second one. 5-2 final.
I agree that it can be a lot of things. Not enough effort. Being tired. Playing good but the other team just played better. Just collecting a paycheck. Both teams played great but the puck bounced just right for one team. The problem is, nobody was saying that we were playing great. We had a lot of shots. Dominated there but they were all from the outside and very little net front presence. That changed last night. Hopefully it isn't just a one game thing. Hopefully a fire was lit under some backsides and they realized they were going to have to put forth the effort. Amazingly, although we played well, the Rangers spent a whole lot of time in our zone and they had some crazy times where the puck was loose in front of our net. The difference was our guys fought harder than theirs and got the clear. We kept fighting during penalty kills despite being tired. Had one shift where the guys were on the ice for 2 minutes, mostly in our defensive zone, lot of shots blocked, lot of saved by the goalie but they didn't give up and they kept getting in the shooting lanes and didn't allow Panarin to get a good look. Yes, it did end with the guys getting a penalty which you have to expect after that long but they kept fighting.
A lot of the commentary around the Preds uses a bunch of stats and stuff but they also reference the eye test. The eye test showed last night a vast improvement
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I wonder how long Green and Benning have unless the ship gets back on course.
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I wonder how long Green and Benning have unless the ship gets back on course.
Maple Leafs win big 5-3 over Sabres
Predators 8 goal game & W over Islanders. Back to back 2 wins in a row.
Unreal.
As far as Green goes & Benning I think they are on solid thick ice.
Canucks are a much improved team from last year. But if the team goes into a long slump possibly heads will roll. Close game tonight in Vancouver. Who will win ?
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I predict a 3-1 Montreal victory ;D
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I predict a 3-1 Montreal victory ;D
;D ;D ;D
( those two penalties in the 3rd ) >:(
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Not only was it back to back wins and not only did we score 8, but the way it was done really showed heart. We were up 1-0. Playing well but then we gave up a goal, then a power play goal, then a short handed goal. This would have been the point in time where the team was down 3-1 having just given up 3 goals in a very short period of time where the team would usually have lost faith and folded and the rest would have been a disaster. Instead, on the same powerplay they gave up the short handed, shortly after that, we scored. Then again and again. Even up 8-3 with a minute left, our guys were still forechecking and pushing. There was no sitting back and trying to eat up the clock. Complete change in attitude. It was actually pretty awesome to watch. My dad (who was not a hockey fan till I turned him on to it the last year or two) said that they had been looking crappy but these last two games you can just see the difference in how they play. The Islanders are/were second in the league for allowing the fewest goals per game so to put up 8 against them is huge. They were back looking like the team that can go toe to toe against anybody and knock them down and take their ice cream and kiss their wife and get thanked for it when it was all over.
You guys went up early but then I saw you lost the lead. Last I was able to check it was 2-1. Unfortunately it looks like it got worse from there. Boo.
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I wonder how long Green and Benning have unless the ship gets back on course.
Actually I recently have come to realize many fans are wanting Jim Benning & or Travis Green to be replaced.
There is a push.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
The Preds are playing great recently. Maybe they want wins so they can enjoy Christmas better.
Or is this the real deal Nashville Predators ? Time will tell.
Ya they could of quit last game but they fought back big time at that.
Canucks have their eyes on the Knights.
Payback time.
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One more game on the road trip tonight. People were saying we were going to have to get two wins on this three game road trip or really risk being out of the hunt. Already done this so this one is gravy. And one of our best players is close to coming back. Could be tonight, or maybe next game. Will be nice to have him back for the winter classic. Can't wait for that. You can watch for me. I will be in gold :)
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Canucks win in OT 5-4
One exciting game. Both teams went for it.
Chippy rough play at times but lots of fast skating & chances.
4-3 & late in 3rd Kinights tie the game. 4-4.
Then Markstrom made an incredible save & kept it 4-4 !!!!!!
In OT Canucks great puck control & passing....
It lead to a quick goal. Canucks win in OT & fans go home happy.
They sure got their $ worth. :D
Give Vegas credit as they got a lot of shots so they tried.
Markstrom should of been selected as 1-2-3 rd star of the game.
Canucks get 2 pts / Vegas 1 pt.
And I see Predators lost in OT.
5pts out of 6pts in their 3 last games away ....very very goooooood I'd say.
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Sounds like you guys had a fun game to watch. We had a bowling party last night and the game was on but didn't watch it closely. Saw all the goals but didn't really watch the game. Know we scored first but then went down 4-1 and came back again. Thought they were falling apart again but they did buckle down. Planning on watching it tonight. One more road game against Boston so we will see how that goes.
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Another big win for Canucks.
A lot of goals on few Canuck shots ( W over Pens )
Markstrom made big saves in 2-3rd period.
Leafs get W with their back up goalie. What do ya know.
And Preds get WIN in Boston 4-3 OT.
That was one of the most exciting games I ever did see. Had everything except the kitchen sink in this one.
Shots hitting posts....big big stops by each goalie...up & down the ice...
Unreal exciting game.
Lots of creative skilled hard nose hockey.
Surely will make TNA proud.
Boston played great & got a pt for their effort. :)
Hamus ex Canuck / ex Stars defence man Bible Thumper from Prince George product I think; has brought some silent character to the Preds.
He's not the most physical guy but he has heart.
Remember he tried to body check a guy skating fast down ice & the poor guy got the worst of it because the other guy was big & he is not. :-[ Now that's heart. ( when he was a Canuck )
Mind you he learned the law of physics is very factual.
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Yes, that was a fun game to watch and good win. 4 game road streak, 8 possible points, 7 points obtained. Just what I ordered. That will help them get back into the race. Just a couple points out and the season could be looking much different.
Won't be on much past today. No work tomorrow or through the end of the year and I will be one of those in gold at the winter classic in Dallas on New Year's Day.
Hope y'all have a great holiday and a happy New Year and that next year is better than this year, no matter what that means.
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TNA Thanks for great holiday & Happy New Year wishes for the FWR members.
Merry Christ mas Happy Hanukah Season's Greetings & Happy Santa mas ( pick the one that fits ) to Rodney & Nina & family, FA Chris Nova TNA & EVERY FWR member !!!
Of course I'm bias as had an encounter with the Good Lord so ya it's Christ mas the reason to season nevertheless I respect every religion & moral humanist or those who are atheistic. It's Canada so we are free to think as we will. The main quality of a civilized nation is love & caring...
My Christmas prayer is 1) either Canucks Preds or Leafs win the Grey Cup ( joke..Stanley Cup of course)
And may the military nations all rattling their swords please "cool it"
We do not need WW3 just yet. Delay it for the next 100 yrs please.
We want to watch hockey & go fishing & hunting in this great lands USA & Canada !!! :)
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The comeback goals today for those that may have missed them.https://youtu.be/cBEnObovbuw
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Leafs are " hot " !!!
Peaking too soon maybe... ;D
Since coaching change the players have been relaxed & creative.
Hope we do not have to play them soon.
Let them cool off a bit.
Canucks are practising 2 hrs daily & going 3 hrs classrm x&os
Answer to all 20 questions given to players are: ME BEAT.
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The comeback goals today for those that may have missed them.https://youtu.be/cBEnObovbuw
Fake News ;D
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The boys gave Edmonton a lump of coal . Merry Christmas !
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The boys gave Edmonton a lump of coal . Merry Christmas !
Thank you. Was out shopping & got home at 11:25 pm.
My leaving things to end forced me to miss this game "rats". Got a fresh turkey ...only 4 left thus took one . Leaves 3. Lady buys one right after. Leaves only 2.
We'll have turkey this Christmas. Not a big one. $28 & cents.
Already wished you Merry Christmas on page 10.
Should of bought FA a turkey as he's doing a great job advising the Canucks. Win after win.
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Just finished roasting a 10 kg dinner for the family dinner. :)
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Prime rib instead of turkey this year. Half of the family is out of town this year so we switched it up. Besides a prime rib sandwich with my garlic and horseradish aioli and a slice of red onion on a fresh crusty bun can't be beat. I missed lobster season by 2 weeks when I went to nova Scotia in November. The soft shelled half dead crap passed off as lobster sold here just doesn't cut it.
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Wow FA ya roasted a 10 kg turkey ...that's a big bird.
I used an electric plug in to wall socket Rival self basting roaster ( can hold a 20 lb turkey )
Two x used this roaster & turkey cooks to perfection !!!
Soooooooooooooo tender & moist.
Got one by chance as seen it in a store. Our oven doesn't work so this roaster is cheaper than get repair.
Nova that sandwich ya describe sounds tasty.
We had turkey white onion slice yellow mustard mayo black pepper Cobs multigrain bread sandwich & tomato soup for our supper tonight. Sliced tomato on plate.
Now down to buissness...Toronto wins in OT over Devils ( think they played them....shoot what a crazy name for a team "creepy" ...fans should get a name team change. Call them New Jersey Nuke Missiles even. )
Maple Leafs ate just right amount of turkey.
Now the Preds lost big time to the Pens !!! (back to back games...Preds visit Pens tomorrow )
5-1
Preds ate too much turkey.
Canucks play two games in a row...starting tomorrow. First Kings & next day Flames.
Kings playing tonight against Sharks so...they may have tired legs in the 2-3rd period.
These two games will be a good test & good exercise to get rid of the Christmas lbs they may have put on...chocolates egg nog gravy mashed potatoes etc....
Hope your guys Christmas went well. Food drink & social time.
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I think a team like that can kick some Dowdee butt.... :D
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Canucks win !!! FA is giving the players great advise & low down of opposition.
Markstrom Markstrom Markstrom !
Sign him to a 39 yr contract. Canucks ate just the right amount turkey leftovers.
Toronto played hard to get the game tied up with very little time on the clock.
But lost in OT.
A pt in the standings is a bonus. A little too much turkey leftovers consumed before game.
Preds again lost but not as badly as the night before. Closer score.
Two games & Pens 4 pts & Nashville a big fat zero pts.
Preds looking too far ahead to the outdr Dallas game for 2 pts & cigar.
Maybe they did not have turkey at all.
If Preds keep losing ...sadly fans will be calling them "a team of turkeys".
Next game must be a W. 8) no pressure no pressure no pressure.
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Another win by the Canucks. 5 in a row !
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Another win by the Canucks. 5 in a row !
Watched every minute of this game.
Think Flames were surprised the Canucks had so much "jump" & energy as they played as we know in Vancouver Saturday pm.
Flew to Calgary & a Sunday game...I was surprised too they skated so fast. Even Erickson was buzzing around checking the Flames & stealing the puck. Our 6-7 million dollar checker/penalty killer.
Canucks were beating the Flames to puck all night.
Those refs ...they call tripping when the guy fell easily as he was being checked.
Then after whistles the Flame players give cross checks on the backs of the Canucks near the net.
No call. Two /three cross checks on a players back...come on.
Who cares the Flames were down by multiple goals & were frustrated...this does not give them a free ticket to do that. Roughing...cross checking... Unsportsman conduct ..
The Cup is ours ...not Toronto's or Nashville or Vegas. Wait your turn..get in line boys...it's Vancouver Canucks all the way !!!
And the goaltending Demko...he played so good. He's a big tall guy.
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It's time to send Louis to the minors . Reid Boucher is leading the AHL in scoring and deserves another shot at the big team. Too many prospects to have that sack of manure taking up space and breathing Vancouver air. Big mistake Benning. Move on.
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It's time to send Louis to the minors . Reid Boucher is leading the AHL in scoring and deserves another shot at the big team. Too many prospects to have that sack of manure taking up space and breathing Vancouver air. Big mistake Benning. Move on.
Trade him to Toronto for Marner, Tavares, Matthews and a first round pick. ;D ;D ;D
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Good luck with cap space on that one. :o
Giving the devil his due, Torts was right in his assessment of NHL officiating. The crappy way they tried to sweep the dirt under the rug disgusts me. I is this pro hockey or pro wrestling.?
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Good luck with cap space on that one. :o
Giving the devil his due, Torts was right in his assessment of NHL officiating. The crappy way they tried to sweep the dirt under the rug disgusts me. I is this pro hockey or pro wrestling.?
Officials must of ate too much turkey.
Would of liked for the sake of medical science ask Torts if it 's ok to check his blood pressure as this crime took place. Was he angry or what or did he see an opportunity to get media time & renew his explosive image. ;D
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Another win tonight rolling right along. The Cup is ours. Happy New Year to you all.
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Another win tonight rolling right along. The Cup is ours. Happy New Year to you all.
Well it's 2020 now 12:23 am & Happy New Yr to you as well & your loved ones. Good health & peace & joy !
Congrads on the W. on the road. Maple Leafs still have not cooled down.
Happy New Year to Rodney Nina & family FA Nova Chris of course & our American friend in Nashville TNA
and every FWR member...
Happy New Year !!! The year the Canucks bring home the Stanley Cup. :)
Going to bed early. Like as in now.
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Congrads on the W. on the road. Maple Leafs still have not cooled down.
They will fold like a tent come playoff time. ;) Happy and Healthy New Year everyone.
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They will fold like a tent come playoff time. ;) Happy and Healthy New Year everyone.
Happy New Year to you FA & being happy or at least contented in what ever state we find ourselves & if we have health are what matters. Ask Ric Flair ...he had 20% chance to live ???health scare.
He pulled thru. Now he does not booze it up like a 20 yr old anymore.
Hooooo !
FA true words. Leafs will fold like a tent in the playoffs. Pretenders.
Their stars have those past memories in their sub conscious ...unless their coach can pull a Hal & somehow be a stronger influence. Put the Leafs past failure sub conscious on a scale & put new Leaf coach game plan on the other scale & we will see which one is heavier.
And along those thoughts a very spirited rough game with good scoring chances in the Star vs Predator game.
85,000 in attendance. Is hockey popular or what?
20-25 Pred fans at the game oops...I mean 20-25,000 fans at the game dressed in gold. Gee numbers must be accurate. If ya think ya have $25 in checking account & ya check balance & it's $25,000 instead. :o
A 60 minute game has lots of twists & turns.
Nashville up 2-0 & nearly got it to 3-0.
But tents folded for Nashville. Dallas wins 4-2.
4 straight unanswered goals.
Unforgivable.
Too much turkey I guess before the game & not enough mashed potatoes & gravy. Carbs.
After the game it was a very long long walk of shame for the turkeys back to their dressing room.
In stadiums it's a long way to dressing room. Ouch. :-[
Canucks on a winning streak & Nashville on a mini losing streak.
Go Canucks Go
Go home Nashville.
There was a game show called To Tell The Truth.
Two fakes & the one telling the truth.
Nashville has me ???? Are they playoff & Cup material or a house of cards.
After this critic I wish the best for the Canucks ( & Vegas no tell no tell ) Leafs & Preds.
( please no tell I like Canucks & Vegas ...Vegas like Canucks are skilled good skaters good goaltending but Knights can play very physical & rough. Give it & take it. But if in playoffs they get into too many physical series they will be wounded for the kill in the finals unless their opposition also got best down )
Nashville & Leafs play the game on the ice & have the last say.
EDIT IN: TNA must of pulled his hair out after Preds pulled their goalie.
Counted at least 3 non calls against Dallas. Refs ????
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Another win tonight, undefeated this year.
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Another win tonight, undefeated this year.
Congrats on yet another win!
Maple Leafs are red hot but no team can keep playing like that. Engine will blow up !!!
They are red lining...rpms too high.
Chris advise them to cooool downnnnn.
And the Canucks win 7-5.
We too are undefeated in 2020.
Our snipers are seeing 20/20.
Ericsson 20/10 our 6-7 million dollar checker super pest great passer penalty killer sponges fans / media's / management evil eyes so the other Canuck players feel more free of stress.
Like a body ya may think your heart brain eyes are so important but so is your big toe.
Big toe Ericsson!
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The cup will soon be ours.
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The cup will soon be ours.
FA you will be happy to know I sent a sealed envelope to the Johnny Carson tv Show & it was given to the Great Carnac the Magnificent. He has the ability to know the answer to ? without opening envelope.
The Great & Magnificent Carnac ( rumour has it that he is Johnny Carson )
He grabbed the envelope & without opening it the Great & Magnificent Carnac answered : in 2020 !!!!
He then ripped the end of the envelope & blew into open end & pulled the slip of paper out.
He read : the question is when will the Canucks win the Grey ..I mean the Stanley Cup ????
Yahooooooooooooooooo !
You are right on Fa Yahoooooooooo !
( gotta make lots of posts so TNA will not read my Jan 1 post ...I was kinda tough on his Preds )
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Carnak Sis Boom Bah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4GduUWv-mA
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Hey guys, hope everybody had a good holidays and a good New Year so far.
Been a struggle being a Preds fan lately. GM is now talking about whether we are going to buckle down and contend this year or if we need to become a seller around the trade deadline. Not a good thought pattern. Not considering a coaching change "at this time" although the uproar from the fans is becoming quite a bit that it may be time for a new coach. Another article came out today about how our current coach hurts our offensive output compared with other coaches.
We are not out of it but we are way too talented to be playing like this. They look great for one period but the other two are crap. I just don't get it.
Glad you guys are doing well. At least someone is.
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Carnak Sis Boom Bah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4GduUWv-mA
;D ;D ;D too funny !
Yes that's the guy who answered the ? in un opened envelope.
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Magnificent Carnac may just have the answer to Preds woes.
Each player must eat an "apple per day".
The outside game has big big pressure. 85,000 fans...outdoors ... the screaming cheering Dallas fans energized the Star players to keep playing hard ...& the Preds were out willed & from there it went south.
Home advantage is a big plus in big games & the teams put out a big effort.
The big cheering pushed the Star team to the W.
In other words Preds were in a Big Time Disadvantage.
They will get better results at home.
Dallas vs Nashville are always heated games. They both do not like each other. They shock hands so that's good sportsmanship. No bench clearing brawl.
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Another win ! 7 in a row. Rolling, rolling, rolling
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Another win ! 7 in a row. Rolling, rolling, rolling
6-6-6 do I hear 7 -7 anyone ok 7 ....8-8 do I hear 8???
Did not the Flyers go on a long win or undefeated streak (record) yrs ago ...when Pat Quinn was their coach ?
( John Quinn retired wrestler died in 2019 Pat's bro or relative )
The Canucks players are all on the same page. The players have a will & feeling to win.
They are types that hate to lose. Each player energizes his teammate.
Teams that lose have 4-10 players that are weak links on the chain.
No weak links on the present team.
Even big toe Louie Ericsson though not scoring still has been a super pest checker & stealing the puck or disrupting the line he is against. ;D
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In other hockey news, Canada rallied from a 2 goal deficit in the 3rd period to win 4-3 over the Russians to win Gold in the World Juniors.
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In other hockey news, Canada rallied from a 2 goal deficit in the 3rd period to win 4-3 over the Russians to win Gold in the World Juniors.
Pay back for the 6-0 W Russia had over Canada at start of tourney.
That big comeback in 1972 Canada had over the USSR still has it's sub conscious effects of a Soviet meltdown in 3rd period.
Same virus that TO gets in pressure games. ;D
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Been seeing your guy's scores, keep it going. Won Saturday night, then went to a shootout last night against the Ducks. Have one guy sick and one defenseman injured and another in IR so playing a number of rookies but they at least fought. Down 1-0, came back and went up 2-1, then down 4-2 but came back to 4-4 to go to overtime and then to the shootout. Took a number of tries too before they got one we didn't. One of our guys beat their goalie but hit the inside of the post and it was just enough it went out instead of in. Quarter inch and we would have won. Oh well. Just hope they keep pushing and keep getting points.
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Ya seen that they won in LA & getting a pt in Duck rink the next night.
SOS not needed for the Preds.
Team still has lots of kicking legs ...
Warning your team is on the westcoast & FA & I warn you...do not come to our rink or the Canucks will win by 2-3-4 goals.
Ok see your wise & Nashville Preds not coming to Vancouver.
Wise choice.
TNA yes the Canucks are on a roll but coach ( jockey may suggest they cool it for a few games... then again put foot to pedal )
The NHL had so many good teams & it's a toss up who will win on any given night.
As you say that shot hit inside of post ....but rebounded out. How close can a team get.
Goalie equipment is the two posts & crossbar. Ha!
Hits post & does not go in !!! Now that was a great save by the goalie. ;D
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Peter Laviolette fired as coach of the Preds
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Peter Laviolette fired as coach of the Preds
Coaching wasn’t the problem here! It’s definitely upper management! Shea Weber trade is coming full circle now! That was the beginning of the end! A lot of people applauded that trade for Subban! Not hard to figure out what player plays for the name on the front of the jersey vs the player who plays for the name on the back!
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Going to be an interesting couple days here.
I would disagree that coaching wasn't the issue though. Lavvy did well but he was showing a real inability to change and alter what was happening. There is a lot of commentary out about our last couple playoff appearances. How the year we went to the Stanley Cup Finals, we caught everyone by surprise, they couldn't figure out how to get the puck past our trap defense into the zone. The next year, we did the same thing but people had figured it out and it was only through some luck that we got as far as we did. Last year, Dallas had it figured out completely and made us look horrible. So, we get more talented players but the system doesn't change. Dallas made us look horrible in the playoffs last year and in both the times they have faced us this season. If we hadn't had the five minute major, I'm not sure the first period would have looked good for us either. And yet, nothing changes.
Power play is the same thing. We have always been the team that throws it around the outside and then the defense takes a shot from the blue line. So, we bring in more talented guys so we can do more.... and yet still, most of our shots on the power play are from the blue line. However, if we score it is most often because there is a change and someone actually passes it across the middle or to someone other than going around the outside. They just don't hardly ever do that.
Shea Weber is looking great and he was well loved here but his last couple playoff years here he was starting to look old. He was fine through the regular season but got tired in the playoffs. His contract also was choking us. Subban's wasn't any better. There were a bunch here that liked Subban's play but it drove me nuts. High risk, high reward. He might get a good shot and score but if he doesn't it is often leading to a break away the other direction. However, trading him freed up a lot of space for us to make some moves. I think we would love to have Weber back but not at his cost.
John Hines just announced as new coach. We will see how this goes.
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Agree that Subban is high risk and high rewards. His high risk and individual plays didn't endeared him to Michel Therrien and ultimately lead to his departure from Montreal.
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Peter Laviolette fired as coach of the Preds
Just read this news!
Tuesday AM .
Head coaches are on a Merry go Round.
But the trend is well known coaches are being fired but seems they are not getting re hired.
After they have coached 5-6 teams & get fired from the 6th team it 's like owners see that on their resume.
Plus lots of other younger coaches are out there with good records & full of positive energy.
Case & pt how a coach change made in TO has totally been a major plus.
The Leafs team looked like a bag of rocks was taken off their backs & they look so renewed & energized.
FA was contacted to take over Preds but he is too loyal to the Canucks. He said "No way"
Loyalty was more powerful than $$$.
So Preds went with 2nd person on the list.
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:D :D
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Well, first night with a new coach..... same result. Didn't expect different I guess other than it possibly having lit a fire under some rumps and while it seemed to maybe do that, the same mistakes were still present. In fact, all the mistakes we have been making over the last couple months were all present all in one game. The new coach even said it was very obvious standing behind the bench some of the issues so he has a very good idea of what needs to be worked on. Just hoping he can fix the issues because it was a frustrating night.
Didn't see the final Vancouver score but you were losing last I saw. Hope you pulled it out but given the silence, that doesn't give me hope.
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Well, first night with a new coach..... same result. Didn't expect different I guess other than it possibly having lit a fire under some rumps and while it seemed to maybe do that, the same mistakes were still present. In fact, all the mistakes we have been making over the last couple months were all present all in one game. The new coach even said it was very obvious standing behind the bench some of the issues so he has a very good idea of what needs to be worked on. Just hoping he can fix the issues because it was a frustrating night.
Didn't see the final Vancouver score but you were losing last I saw. Hope you pulled it out but given the silence, that doesn't give me hope.
Canucks lost big time!!! 9 goals scored on them.
But if you look 8 comments up I did mention that the Canucks will cool it for a few games.
FA advisor & Coach Green jockey thought the Canucks should coast a bit ...& then pounce again & fill the net with pucks.
They are so wise. Like a good jockey on so race horse.
Canucks had a 1 hr stretch & light skate & then 20 question test.
Only one player got test ? wrong.
Answer to all ?'s : We cool down for a few games.
The wrong answer : Me beat.
He went thru lecture again via recording & retested.
This time he wrote: We cool down for a few games.
( Canucks did cool down against Tampa ...infact they put on the foot brakes & parking brakes & cooled down they did...all in the master plan )
Yes let's see how new coach does in Nashville. TNA for advisor & GM & coach !
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Green will soon be looking for greener pastures soon after last night. ;D
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Green will soon be looking for greener pastures soon after last night. ;D
FA advisor Nova Canuck fan & myself Canuck fan were kinda hoping you were checking the scores of the Maple Leafs only & would not know the 9 goals scored on the Canucks. :-[
Master plan was for the team to cool it for a few games & lose by 1-2-3 goals but it got a little outta hand.
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Chris is Green with envy with the team we got.
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Coach apparently closed practice to the public, then spent a lot of time going through training drills. Basic stuff like the defense passing to the other defenseman to get through the neutral zone with speed and if they messed it up they had to start the whole drill over again. Some of these basic things that they should know like how to pass is some of the biggest issues they have had. Seemed like he was definitely working to try and correct the issues. We will see how it goes. Chicago tonight who is the only team below us (at least last I checked) in the standings in the central but they are very close. Can't afford to lose this one.
And 9 goals? Wow. Although guess I can't say much, we have allowed 8 or 9 already this season too. That happens. Even if you weren't coasting, couple goals, game gets out of hand, effort drops and then it just all goes to heck.
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Wait, I'm all alone in here again? Why does this keep happening to me.
First, after just one or two practices with the new coach the team came out and played quite different. The turnovers were minimized and they played with speed and aggression getting to the net. Heat map in the first period was highly concentrated around the net for the Pred and the Blackhawks were all outside. I haven't seen a heat map like that the entire time we had Lavvy as our coach. That wasn't his style. It yielded results too as we were up 3-0 at the end of the first.
Second they layed off a little bit it seemed but only allowed one fluke goal but didn't score. Third, we gave up a power play goal when we stopped defending the middle of the ice (getting back to old habits as they got tired). Then dealt with quite the offensive barrage making a lot of stops and blocks before one of our guys bounces it off the wall, past the defender and it goes into the empty net. We had another guy following it so if it didn't go he would have gotten the puck although he had a guy right behind him. That pretty much did it but still it was only a 2 goal advantage so Chicago went empty net again, dumped it in, our goalie stopped it behind the net, waited, and then cleared it down the ice for a perfect shot right into the middle of the empty net. That's right folks, OUR GOALIE GOT A GOAL. First goalie goal since 2013. Second goalie goal for the Predators in the history of the franchise and we are the only team in the NHL that has two goalie goals in their history. The first one was a huge fluke where the goalie stopped a shot, it went high in the air and the other team grabbed it, tried to send it back out to the point to continue the 6 on 5 barrage but it skipped over the guy on the points stick and went into the net, so pretty much they scored on themselves but our goalie was the last Pred to touch it so he got the goal. This one though was an amazing shot. Quite exciting.
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TNA if ya post 2x in a row because we did not post....it was because I just got toooooo busyyyyy.
Sometimes time flys & one has to do this & that & suddenly it's bedtime.
My reason anyways. :)
But enjoy your comments.
Actually the quality of a sports reporter.
Infact your comments are more interesting / factual than 90 % of the sport writers / media guys we have in Vancouver.
Congrads on the win.
Chicago though not doing too well in the standings but they do not lay down. Other team has to put out to get a win over them.
Their goaltending in Chicago is sub par which gives other teams an edge.
Talking about goalies...he scores !!!! Goalie shoots He shoots !!
Canucks lose again but all in the master plan.....Green the jockey will be asking more from his horses soon. ( too many bikini girls running around in Florida distracts players. )
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Back on track with a win.
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Back on track with a win.
Yep FA your advising is as your drawing it up on the blackboard. Against the Sabres you advise was "Me beat"
Same for today but...it will be tough core.
Brock Lesner I mean Brock B. is filling the net. He gets so many chances.
He plays in his home town today.
Go Canucks !!!
Plus Seahawks in Wi.
Play in that ancient stadium. Another big core to get W.
Their returning FB will help out "big time" on this winter area.
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Canucks win their back to back games.
4-1 over Minnesota
Leafs let in 8 goals. They lost.
Preds win 1-0 in a very fast skating game.
Great goaltending by both. Jet goalie far more busier.
Saros Pred goalie gets his 1st shutout of the yr!!!
On a side note Green Bay beat the Seattle Seahawks. Close score.
Green Bay converted on their 3rd downs a lot. Big difference.
Good for Wi. fans & not good for Wash.St fans.
Pete Carol the head coach I think is the most disappointed of the bunch.
He looks to really want to win.
Some coaches look like statues. Barely talk or show any expression. Like they could care less what's going on.
Kinda like ya we lost but someone has to lose. Where's my pay check ?
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I understand getting busy and not posting. Just giving you a hard time.
Glad to see you guys have turned things around again and have stopped taking it easy.
The way the Preds are playing actually has me pretty excited. If you look at the heat maps, the Jet's shots all occurred in a donut, starting at the side of the net then going out toward the walls and around to the point. The middle of the ice.... empty. It required some stops by the goalie when things got a little heated but when there was a shot from the outside, there were 3 Preds there to clear the puck and they outnumbered the Jets down low and were able to get the clear. We were also getting a lot of really good chances on the other side. Their goalie stood on his head a number of times and was lucky it was only 1-0 at the end. Could easily have been 3 or 4. Honestly, it felt like the Jets were never really even in the game, despite it only being a one goal game. There were a couple times on the power play where they could possibly have scored but they were stopped. 5 on 5 it was completely the Preds way. My wife called it kind of a boring game because of how it was played but it is effective and still allowed us a bunch of chances, we just got stopped on some awesome shots.
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TNA yes that's right.
Nashville could of had 4-5 goals in this one.
Since Jets defence man quit hockey ( ex Blackhawk ) in Oct. they have not been as physical.
Jets normally would of pasted a few players along the boards in games like this to slow up the game.
Predators looking good.
All the new coach said was...black puck go in other net. Try to keep out of our net. Oh.....ok
Since then they have played well. But seriously a head coach can make a big difference. Sets the mood in dressing room.
(FA answer to question in Discussion is 143 tons.)
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I'm crying my eyes out for poor Brad Marchand and that horrible call by the officials t. They were obviously mistaken. People just don't understand him. I'm still crying very hard for him. Don't you hate it when you laugh so hard that tears roll down your cheeks?
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Are you crying over his..... I guess we can call it attempt during the shootout? Or is there something else I should be aware of? Anything that has me laughing at Brad Marchand is worth looking at. And yes, I can end more sentences with prepositions and you are just going to have to take it.
Another big game tonight for us. Edmonton, hoping we can keep the string alive and moving well.
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Nobody hates Marchand as much as I do. Nobody. I was born from around his birthplace and everyone hates him there too. It was almost as good as watching him snot and bawl when the Bruins got eliminated last year. Karma sucks!
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Marchand gives out so many cheap shots. Dirty player.
50% of the time refs let it go.
Why???
If a opposing player at the face off ...says to him "Hey Brad what happened in game 7 of the finals?
And while your thinking about an answer what happened on that shoot out attempt ?
Had better go for a player change when Marchard comes on the ice.
He would possibly get called for spearing or boarding.....
But he does have talent & skills.
Nose gets a bit bigger every time he cheap shots players. ::
EDIT IN:
FA post below........wow that was the easiest save Flyer goalie Hart ever had to make. ;D ;D ;D
Good one Nova & good to see it again . FA link to vid.
Came also to EDIT IN: forgot to say....Canucks vs Jets. Are the Canucks ever going to get a W in Winnipeg?
Canucks got shots but Jet goalie made big saves.
Preds lose to Oilers.
Lots of A&B strains of flu in Prairies so hope our boys do not get "it ".
100s of new sick people heading to ER daily......flu.
Hope it does not become bad here in Vancouver & area.
Just got over cold that took 8-9 days to run it's course.
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Nobody hates Marchand as much as I do. Nobody. I was born from around his birthplace and everyone hates him there too. It was almost as good as watching him snot and bawl when the Bruins got eliminated last year. Karma sucks!
Yes, karma sucks. Worth seeing a 2nd and 3rd time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV1-ivlFLQk
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I would say my wife's hatred of him is pretty far up there and hard to compete against.
Tough game against the Oilers last night. Their goalie made some amazing stops. See the Canucks didn't do so well either. Tough night. Oh well, Thursday then, right?
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Just read on net that Gallant has been fired !!!!!
What ?????????
Unreal !!!!!
The team has a very very good record & within a few pts of 1st place.
They are in a bit of a slump at the moment but every team every season has a 3-4-5-6 game winless slide during the season.
Performance based is the reason.
If that's the case he still should be coach of a Vegas Knights.
Coaches better form a union.
If within this many pts from first place / & no other issues ( verbal/physical abuse towards players ) the head coach job is safe.
More to this story they are letting public know I think.
Personality conflict or something....weird big time / weird firing.
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Surprised by Gallant's firing.
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I propose hiring him here.
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I propose hiring him here.
Smartest post of the year so far!
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I propose hiring him here.
Make it happen. Could he wind up in Seattle ?
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Yeah, Vegas firing their head coach is a shocker. Lot of midyear moving of coaches which is strange.
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Make it happen. Could he wind up in Seattle ?
This could happen alright.
Interesting thought about bringing him to the Canucks. But there is not a big cry for a coaching change at the moment.
If the Canucks get into the playoffs but get kicked out in the first round or not make the playoffs possibly a coaching move will be made. Think there has to be results or goodbye.
Tell you one thing...there's smoke in this whole situation...could something of happened in house ...locker rm or in offices that happened 1.5 wks ago? Then the team non wins lately?
Makes ya wonder?
Where there's smoke there's fire.
Could it be Gallant wanted contract ripped up & wanted a big raise !!!
That would stir things.
Will we ever know the real reason.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas ( gee think in this world it is what happens on earth stays in earth...hanky panky )
Vegas Knights claim it was performance based. What ? Where's the math on that reason ?
EDIT IN: Canucks win 3-1 in regulation.
Maple Leafs lose in SO think it was.
Leafs had lots of quality chances & if Flames had a lesser goalie Leafs win this one.
Calgary goalie was super sharp.
Canucks played a smart fast skating game...like chess. Did not over chase ...were patient...checked well & got their breaks & 3 goals was the result.
Canucks are playing great at home.
BC Lions hope your taking notes.
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Another w for the good guys last night. Anyone seen Chris? ;D
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Another w for the good guys last night. Anyone seen Chris? ;D
Probably joining Bobcock on the golf course ;D
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Probably joining Bobcock on the golf course ;D
Great win by Canucks ! Your so right Nova.
Stanley Cup is this yrs goal.
One win at a time.
Yes FA think Chris may be fired as advisor or will be soon.
Leafs lost big time to aging Blackhawks in TO's rink.
This is a very bad sign.
Shocking.
Only thing to compare is: Hulk Hogan loses to a midget wrestler Sky Low Low. Hulk loses belt.
Or Ali loses to Spinks.
( leafs lose big to Chicago Blackhawks in Toronto coast to coast Hockey Night in Canada )
New & improved product Predators get W against Sabres in a nail biter close game.
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Yeah, it was a nail biter the game against Buffalo. First win at home on a Saturday night in a long time which was good to see. Of course it was our last game as we have our off week and the All Star game so no game until Monday.
Busy couple weeks at work so my replies might be short.
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Bye weeks are long with no hockey.
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Bye weeks are long with no hockey.
Agree. The All-Star game is not worth watching with no contact.
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It was worth watching with contact?
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All Star Game is a joke.
Even top stars opt to skip it.
Thurs 2:49 pm & happen to check out SN1.
Guide says Darts but there a past NHL game between Blackhawks vs Pens.
Game 4
6-5 at the moment with Pens leading. Hasik in net for Chicago.
Brasso in net for Pens.
Mario Jagr Trottier ( moustache ) Francis Chelios Bret Sutter Larry Murphy Larmer Ronick Gouet Samuelson
Pens win the Stanley Cup
Keenan Chicago coach
Bowman Pen coach.
Blackhawks won lots of games W/L in playoffs but when facing Pens they went out in 4 games.
Game 4 in Chicago.
Ouch.
Hockey looked as exciting & skilled as in 2019/20 NHL.
Got my hockey fix.
For last few days have had withdraw symptoms because of not getting my hockey fix.
Break because of All Star Game week of course.
Symptoms include eye bulging ( 1 eye other eye ok )
Arm flapping or moving like a curtain in the wind.
Funny sounds coming from intestines.
Chills & cold sweats.
Seeing this replay & only caught end of game by chance on SN 1 has me feeling great.
Above withdraw symptoms gone completely. ;)
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You can add hitting the guide button on the remote, flipping through all the channels possibly on.... turning off the TV in disgust with nothing on and curling into a ball hoping for the return of hockey.
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Oh my! Can't you see the athleticism involved in darts? Hours and hours developing the perfect beer gut Toby cars give the exact core balance to hit the board. Do you know how much beer is needed for that?
Next thing you're probably going to take a shot at is the poker athletes and the amount of muscle they develop picking up those heaby cards, never mind the 4 hours a day training requirements for deadlifting the chips.
Have you no shame?
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"....next thing you're going to take a shot at is the poker athletes....."
?????
Nova I never took a shot or was critical of Darts or ...poker players.....but tell ya one thing both so called "sports" have ZERO interest to me.
As you say very clearly ...both are not physical & an old granny 105 yrs old could throw a dart or play poker ;D ;D ;D
My comment was I put on GUIDE to check out sports channels on tsn & SN ...scrolled down thru the 8 or so sport chs. & on the GUIDE it stated DARTS was on...but the little corner area of my tv it showed a hockey game in progress.
So clicked to get full screen & it was a replay Stanley Cup game assume was in the 1990s.
For those that like poker or darts good for them ...but in my mine both are "games" only & not a sports game.
Sports game should have athletes.
Can of worms...is golf a sports game ( athletic. ) or merely a game??? ( John Daly ...big ...looks quite out of shape ) ...
I'm on the side it's athletic as they do walk 18 holes. Plus to swing the driver club it takes toned muscles.
Basically the pt is if a game does not take much physical work it should be called just that ...a game.
If a game takes athletics then it should be called pro sports game.
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The Pacific team wins !!!
Matthew T bumped his bro in the back & stole the puck & the puck went the other way for a goal.
Our Canuck stars played a big part in the win.
Wayne Gretzky coaching comes thru again.
Some drama & comedy remarks between Brett Hull & Wayne. Soooooo funny. :)
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Watched it but was not overly impressed by any of it. The game was ok. The women's game was also just ok. The skills competition wasn't even that interesting. Maybe it was just me. It sufficed for no hockey being on but definitely looking forward to real hockey tonight.
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Didn't watch it either. Saw some of the highlights. I've seen more effort in shinny.
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Played last night.... they played hard the last 8 minutes. Only scored one during that time and they were down by 3, then gave up an empty net goal. The effort was lackluster. All of the interviews I heard talked about they were thinking too much and it slowed them down and at the end they finally just played. Maybe it was just first game back from the break. I hope that was it. They desperately need to go on a win streak and make up some ground.
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Missed the Canucks game because some tv sports guy said the Canucks play the Blues on Tuesday.
Anyways Canucks beat the Stanley Cup champions.
FA Nova & I are big happy Canuck fans at the moment.
Canuck players are believing in themselves. They can go toe to toe pillar to post with any team in the NHL providing it 's not a game in Winnipeg against the Jets.
Gotta get FA to spent a day to grind answers to this problem.
So...TNA said his team only played well for a low % of the game.
TNA a bit of advice.
If you want the Preds to play top notch ...get the players to watch game video of the recent Canucks.
Then tell the players to go do like wise.
Simple as that. 8)
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Chris will soon be joining our bandwagon
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I sent them an email telling them to watch the Canucks. Maybe it will help.
Back to back games on the road tonight and tomorrow. Crossing my fingers.
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I sent them an email telling them to watch the Canucks. Maybe it will help.
Back to back games on the road tonight and tomorrow. Crossing my fingers.
;D ;D ;D
Hope they read that email in time.
After getting email info...hope there is time to watch replay of Canucks game(s).
Back to back games so free time is limited...
Chris should join the Canuck bandwagon ( FA comment )
His heart health will be better !
Being a Leaf fan. Caution: may be hazardous to one's health.
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Heard today that our defenseman that we lost during the Winter Classic (Thanks Corey Perry, you @#$%@!%@# @#%@ #% @#%#!) skated on the ice for the very first time since he was taken off. Almost a month without him being able to skate at all. Hopefully he gets back soon because I think that will help our play quite a lot but that was one horrible concussion to be out that long.
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Heard today that our defenseman that we lost during the Winter Classic (Thanks Corey Perry, you @#$%@!%@# @#%@ #% @#%#!) skated on the ice for the very first time since he was taken off. Almost a month without him being able to skate at all. Hopefully he gets back soon because I think that will help our play quite a lot but that was one horrible concussion to be out that long.
If I remember the play Corey Perry went skating by & your D man put his head down & as Perry is tall the D man head got hit...as Perry skated by.
I never seen him lift his elbow or whatever as to make contact.
To me it looked like an accident.
I'm not 100% sure it was accidental but it looked that way to me.
Kinda like a the titanic hitting the iceberg...was an accident.
Heard NHL teams will be wearing respirators as they play. Wow they look like those gas masks they wear during the 1 & 2nd WWs.
Will anyone score wearing those things? Corona virus causes people to adjust their day to day routine or day to day sport games.
Or the poor goalies wearing these respirators over their goalie masks.... ::)
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Oh, there are plenty of angles of the video where you can see he very clearly lifted his elbow and shoulder to make contact with the head. Our guy didn't have the puck either so head down or head up, a hit was illegal.
So, last night's game was very strange. Playing the Caps. We go up 2-0, not looking bad, keeping one guy on Ovechkin on the power play so he can't even shoot. Then on a shot from far out, guy shoots and our goalie just misses. Totally should have stopped it. Then we scored to go up 3-1. Then a bit later the Caps shoot it around the boards to dump it in, goalie stops it behind the net but muffs it and it squirts in front of the net but luckily he gets his stick on it and shoves it to the board before it can cause issues. A little bit later, and this may sound familiar, the Caps shoot it around the boards to dump it in, goalie stops it behind the net but muffs it and it squirts in front of the net and Ovechkin is there and gets one of the easiest goals of his career.
That ended the first. Start the second, playing ok, one of our guys gets the puck behind the net, starts to skate it out but then decides to pass it up the middle. Not sure what it hit or if he just hit it off the end of his stick or something but instead of going straight it goes directly right, hits the goalie or his stick and rims up and into the net. We freaking scored on ourselves to tie the game. Are you serious? So, then we get a penalty a bit later, win the face off, push it behind the net, guy gets it and could rim it around the boards but decides to go up the middle of the ice. Hits a Caps player, bounces right in front of the net surprising everyone. Goalie makes the first save but the second gets through and now we are losing 4-3. That ended the second
Come out in the third and get another penalty about halfway through. We have done well on the penalty kill all night except for the previous goal. This time we are getting control and keeping them from getting any shots and keep clearing. One went right to the Caps goalie. He decides to push the pace and send it down to the guys on the blue line but sends it instead right to our guy who is behind the two forwards waiting for the puck and is now on a short handed break away and scores. We have tied it back up. With just over 2 minutes left, a defenseman shoots from the blueline, hits one of the Caps defenders fighting for position right in front of the net and bounces in. We hold on for the win.
What a strange strange game but sometimes you have to overcome stuff like that and win some games where somehow everything that can go wrong does and yet you still win against a good team to turn things around. Maybe they watched the video like I told them to but either way, hopefully this is the start of some changing.
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Went to movies so missed the 2nd Canuck game in a row. Another win.
Well I stand to be corrected. You say the hit was illegal.
You viewed it over & over.
My cloudy memory of the hit was Perry made a B line in that direction as he thought the puck was going in that way.
Then your D man was it going to slap the puck or something & in the motion dropped his head forward. Out of instinct Perry braced himself for a collision. In doing so brought up his arms a bit.
May try to check it out later. But from what I've read in your comments your very accurate so guess you have it right.
Wow what a yo/yo game the Preds had.
Some goals are out of the ordinary but to have so many like that !!!
Good part yous did win! OV really hates losing & this one ever more as they had the lead.
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Watched the replay of the hit.
Well I'm 50/50.
Intent may or may not taken place.
Only Perry knows what he was thinking at the time. :)
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Tis true although this is hockey and intention isn't required. You are to be in control of your stick and your body at all times. If you unintentionally high stick someone, even if your stick was lifted up by the opponent, if it makes contact with their face/head, it is a penalty. If you make contact with someone's head in a way that is an unsafe play, it is a penalty and very likely a suspension. It doesn't matter if you intended to or not, you are supposed to be in control enough to not pass the line. It is one of the plays that hockey is supposedly trying to get out of the game of hockey because concussions are such a big deal in sports these days and the long lasting effects can be horrible.
Another interesting game last night. We had a number of lapses in how we played that resulted in some easy goals. Went up early, got behind, came back, went down, but ended up coming back again to tie it and won in a shootout. That puts us 2 points out of a wild card spot with at least 2 games in hand over everybody that is above (and below us). Seems the team is getting some confidence back and if that is the case, watch out.
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And I say supposedly because the board of player safety that sets these rules is often a complete joke on what they consider and what they don't. We have had that conversation though with some of the previous hits. There definitely is no consistency so I don't know how the players are supposed to know where the line is since it isn't steady.
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And I say supposedly because the board of player safety that sets these rules is often a complete joke on what they consider and what they don't. We have had that conversation though with some of the previous hits. There definitely is no consistency so I don't know how the players are supposed to know where the line is since it isn't steady.
Eye of the beholder.
I saw it this way...no it went like this...the line is not steady as ya say.
FA 's Nova's & my team win again vs Islanders. Fee Fiiiii Fooooooo Fummmmmm I smell ( a dirty bum Ha !) a Stanley Cup. The Cup aroma is in the air !!!!!!!!!!
Leafs win by a hair.
Preds lose to Knights.
Well Preds won over Caps and Devils ( hate that name devils !!! ) so that's good.
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Just rolling right along. Another 2 points.
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Yeah, play good for two games, or at least score enough to overcome our boneheaded moves, and then home game on a Saturday.... forget how to play completely. We only have a 50/50 record at home this year. Our record on Saturday night at home.... something like 2-5-3. Just absolutely horrible. It was one of the worst games of the year. :(
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Preds making their western Canada tour.
They need this win against the Jets.
Then they go to Alberta for 2 games & then to snowy Vancouver in 6 days from today.
When the bell rings come out fighting ;D
Canucks have 3 out of possible 4 pts...in recent games. A pt against Hurricanes.
Today they play the Bruins in Boston.
That should be a whale of a game !!!!
Ya just know Boston is still stirred up from their game 7 loss last yr in the finals.
There are so many good teams in the NHL right now...even Chicago is making moves.
Resurrected mummy they are.
Canucks vs Preds I repeat Canucks vs Preds. Next week. Stay tuned to this channel.
Slogan for the game: send them packing send them crying send them getting on the bus saying"I want my mommy!!!
Dun dun a dun dun dun ....ya better show up with your equipment well strapped on.
Advise your players to wear helmets ...oh do they have to wear helmets ? No option ok
forget that order.
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Preds making their western Canada tour.
They need this win against the Jets.
Then they go to Alberta for 2 games & then to snowy Vancouver in 6 days from today.
When the bell rings come out fighting ;D
Canucks have 3 out of possible 4 pts...in recent games. A pt against Hurricanes.
Today they play the Bruins in Boston.
That should be a whale of a game !!!!
Ya just know Boston is still stirred up from their game 7 loss last yr in the finals.
There are so many good teams in the NHL right now...even Chicago is making moves.
Resurrected mummy they are.
Canucks vs Preds I repeat Canucks vs Preds. Next week. Stay tuned to this channel.
Slogan for the game: send them packing send them crying send them getting on the bus saying"I want my mommy!!!
Dun dun a dun dun dun ....ya better show up with your equipment well strapped on.
Advise your players to wear helmets ...oh do they have to wear helmets ? No option ok
forget that order.
Bruins win over Canucks 4-0. Think Canucks wet their pants before stepping on the ice.
They looked terrible.
Rumour has it as Canuck players were getting back on the bus for ride to airport some players could be heard they wanted their "mommy."
2nd rumour from good source (FA) the Canucks are in save energy mode so they will be fully charged & ready to go against Predators...TNA team. It's a bad feeling seeing torpedoes coming for your ship & too late to make course changes...Nashville players "abandon ship ".
Nashville gets win in Winnipeg. 2-1
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Keep the faith. Encounter a little turbulence tonight. All systems are a go for the next game.
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Perhaps the Canucks should watch a video of the Pred's game last night :)
Seems we can play on the road but just really suck at home. We played a good sound game last night. A couple minor break downs but only one that cost us. The commentator from the radio (former player) came to the TV for pregame and walked through video of what the coach has tried to put in and how it has been breaking down causing issues. It was very helpful and I was able to watch for it during the game and they actually seemed to do everything right they had been doing wrong. Moving defense from man to zone and if the puck goes to the other side one of the center or defenseman is supposed to go, the other defense collapses so there are two clearing the front of the net. It is mental issues though where both the center and defenseman go, or both stay or hesitate allowing too much space. Scoring is very streaky for this team though. Over 5 goals for 3 games in a row, then 0, then 1 in regulation and 1 in overtime. Just wish they could the good defense and good offense together.
Very much looking forward to that Vancouver game.
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TNA's team wins in Calgary. Preds system seems to be working. Ya we need the Canucks to watch the Preds game tapes ( ouch ) ....hey wait a minute...the Preds watched Canucks game tape. & they started winning....ya that's how the story goes.
Those copy cats. As far as our losses FA stated it's a flu thing ( maybe. ) ;)
Shhhhhhhh Canucks lose to Wild but we did not have our star player.
Canucks took some big hits.
Rough game at times.
Another loss...
They have to regroup.
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Yeah, saw that you allowed two former Preds a goal and assist each (Fiala and Hunt). The flu can suck and really make it hard for a team. I remember a game two years ago where we had something like 9 players out. Think it was food poisoning instead of the flu but had an emergency call up from the minors of at least 6 players. Some of the ones that were playing were going back every time they got off the ice to sit on the throne. Had to suck but we beat the Penguins that game anyway so that felt good.
It was a good game last night. Seems we can play the system and do things right on the road. Checks Monday.... playing in Vancouver, yep, you better watch out. If it was at home it wouldn't have been much of a game. We have one guy out that has missed at least four games because of illness so he must have the flu too. Luckily it isn't one of the top guys but he is a good utility guy that is missed.
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Sorry TNA ..I mis led you.
Was only trying to give an excuse for recent Canuck losses.
( but who knows maybe they are sick or broken bones or no team chemistry or maybe they want to miss the playoffs & have early & long vacation or they want more $$$ or....)
Regardless would you be interested in a major trade ....blockbuster.
Entire Vancouver team for entire Nashville Pred team?
Decide quick because if we win over you on Monday ....offer is off the table. 8)
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Wouldn't it be funny if it actually happens ? ;D ;D
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Wouldn't it be funny if it actually happens ? ;D ;D
In today's world with it's extremes & crazy stories ya just never know.
Big trade " one team for the other team " ;D
But sorry...will not offer same deal to Leafs ( shhhhh...no tell no tell Chris )
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Leafs could use some help. Lost again in overtime to the Canadiens tonight.
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Leafs could use some help. Lost again in overtime to the Canadiens tonight.
You failed to mention you have lost 4 in a row. ;D
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You failed to mention you have lost 4 in a row. ;D
Also forgot to mention that the Canucks are in first place in the Pacific Division, while the Laffs are third in their division. ;)
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You failed to mention you have lost 4 in a row. ;D
Ya know Chris is right.
Cannot argue against facts. Lost 4 in a row. Shame on you Canucks and every Canuck backer should see big red faces in the mirror !!! :-[
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Also forgot to mention that the Canucks are in first place in the Pacific Division, while the Laffs are third in their division. ;)
You know FA is right. In fact he's "right on" he's so right.
Cannot argue against the facts.
Canucks are in 1st place and Laffs ( Zulu word meaning laughs & in boga boga language means Leafs ) are in 3rd place.
Shame on you Leafs and every Leaf backer should see big red faces in the mirror! :-[ :-[
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Canucks leading the Preds 5-2 in the 3rd period. Smooth sailing tonight so far.
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Canucks leading the Preds 5-2 in the 3rd period. Smooth sailing tonight so far.
Both teams got chances.
Markstrom save after big save.
2 Preds goalies save after ....goal then save some saves then goal.
PP goal....
How sweet it is.
Rumour has it Preds were asking for family emotional support as they were loaded on the bus & whisked away.
Twins enjoyed the game as well as FA Nova & yours truly.
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Didn't get to watch the game as I was on a plane back from Vegas. Don't think I want to watch it either. New coach is very serious about changing your play and producing. Some of our biggest named guys played for only 10 minutes or so. Can understand where he is coming from but also wonder if it is not counterproductive. I remember playing basketball in high school. I wasn't the coach's favorite because I relied on my height more on the best technique. Led the team in points one game, the next game I didn't get in until halfway through the second quarter. Complained to the coach after and he told me it didn't matter how long I sat on the bench, I needed to be ready to go when I was called on and still produce but it doesn't work great like that. It is tough if you aren't able to get into a groove. We had been in a good place, win Saturday and we would have been in first wild card spot. Now.... dropped two in a row and gave up all those goals. Wouldn't be shocked if the GM starts trading off players but who knows. Just can't figure this team out which is even more frustrating. If we aren't expected to be good, that is one thing but if you are expected to be one of the best teams and then fail to meet that, miserably, that just sucks.
Glad we don't face you guys again. You have owned us this year.
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TNA please do watch the game.
It's not if you win the game but how you played.
Preds had chances as we did.
Markstrom played "super" and your tandrum (stoppers) played below average.
Canucks goalie A plus
Preds goalies (Rennie & Soros sp?) C- or D grade.
Don't forget we have not won in 4 & it's our twins week ! Retire their jerseys on Wed before Chicago game.
Chicago has been playing very good lately.
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Sorry TNA ..I mis led you.
Was only trying to give an excuse for recent Canuck losses.
( but who knows maybe they are sick or broken bones or no team chemistry or maybe they want to miss the playoffs & have early & long vacation or they want more $$$ or....)
Regardless would you be interested in a major trade ....blockbuster.
Entire Vancouver team for entire Nashville Pred team?
Decide quick because if we win over you on Monday ....offer is off the table. 8)
I take it the offer is now off the table. ;D
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I take it the offer is now off the table. ;D
Yep! That's for sure.
Go Canucks Go !
Go Canucks Go !
Happy Days are here again !
;D ;D ;D
Fee Fi Fo Fum I smell a Stanley Cup sooner than later !
( no tell no tell no tell TNA but the bosses are too heavy handed & the players are so stressed out to make any mistakes thus so tense they do not react naturally to what's happening on the ice.
They look then think & then skate...well by that time the puck carrier is 5ft away from where they guessed or worst yet a pass & now they are so behind in the play...
Whereas the Canucks are just letting it flow naturally...thus 2-3 steps ahead of what's going on the ice.
TNA sorry we are no longer interested to make a blockbuster trade ...your Preds for our Canucks.
( why does skunk cabbage vs red roses come to my mind at this time?)
Skunk cabbage is a yellow flower stem with green leafs found in swamps & kinda have an off smell.
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I grew up there. I am very familiar with skunk cabbage.
Just wondering what they are going to do with this team. Trade deadline coming up, will we be selling or buying or standing pat? Have two guys with contracts ending this year that could easily be sold, well, one anyway, the other not sure about.
We elected not to watch the game. I know we had a bunch of chances and felt for a bit like we were going to get back in the game. The two goals back to back and then really pushing for the third, even hitting a post I believe had things buzzing but then we gave up another goal and it seemed the fight left the team.
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I grew up there. I am very familiar with skunk cabbage.
Just wondering what they are going to do with this team. Trade deadline coming up, will we be selling or buying or standing pat? Have two guys with contracts ending this year that could easily be sold, well, one anyway, the other not sure about.
We elected not to watch the game. I know we had a bunch of chances and felt for a bit like we were going to get back in the game. The two goals back to back and then really pushing for the third, even hitting a post I believe had things buzzing but then we gave up another goal and it seemed the fight left the team.
Your a good sport.
When I joke around just know it's just that with no meanness behind it.
Respect you for being a true fan of your team.
Hope they can get it on cruise control & get into the playoffs so the games will be super exciting. & extra tense.
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Canucks shut out the Blackhawks on the night the club retired the Sedin's sweaters.
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Canucks shut out the Blackhawks on the night the club retired the Sedin's sweaters.
11th win out of the last 12 on home ice !
Watching the SN pacific ch the 60 min special The Sedins Final Home Game. Canucks vs Arizona.
They have shown this game a few times in honour of the twins.
Sadly when they were in the end of their career that semi blew a stop sign & the hockey bus crashed into the trailer. So sad.
But happy times tonight.
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Oh yeah, totally take it all as a joke. I laugh. Even if being a fan is rough sometimes, I'm still watching and cheering for hockey and how bad can that really be?
So my wife and I are in a bowling league on Thursday nights as a reason to get out of the house. Couldn't find subs and needed some wins so sold our tickets last night. First home game we have missed that we were in town since we became season ticket holders. Of course we score 5 goals, shut out the Islanders, one of our guy that has been around for years gets his first career hat trick. Figures, doesn't it? Home and home with St. Louis this weekend, Saturday/Sunday. Talk is we need to win one of those (with the win last night) to consider buying before the trade deadline, if we lose two it is very possible we start selling. Going to be an interesting bit before the trade deadline. If we play like we did last night we will be fighting Vancouver for the cup because the Eastern conference will just concede and not even take the ice. If only we could be consistent.
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TNA does not show up ...Preds score 5 & W.
TNA should be barred from building. He makes players nervous.
Start of game ..Pred players at face off ask teamate "Do you see TNA in his seat?"
Ha!
Ya if Canucks vs Preds happens in playoffs....sorry but it will be war! Kill kill kill...(no Valentine love) :)
No...let the best team win.
We have Markstrom so I do believe that is the big edge.
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Did not Nashville win 2 close games over the Blues?
Good job.
Canucks lose & were flat as a pancake.
Lose big to Ducks.
2 pm start threw them off I think.
More coffee before the game.
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And Benning passed out keys to the vault giving up a lot of future for Tyler Toffoli. Dumping Schaller was ok but a prospect and a couple of high round draft picks was dumb. Ericsson 2.0.
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Canuck advisor need to step in and have a word with Benning.
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I would say maybe you are on to something with me not being there but I was there Sunday for the second game of the home and home against the Blues. Amazing game. What they call playoff atmosphere. Lost of Blues fans in the seats and they would start "Let's go Blues" chants and then the stadium would drown them out. Was a constant battle. First standing ovation during a tv timeout in quite a while too to try and help energize the team and it worked. Scored the game winner with just under 2 minutes left and then clung on for dear life. First time the Preds have won 3 in a row since October which is absolutely crazy. Finally playing like they have their confidence back and playing good complete games. A couple boneheaded moves or turnovers but the team is willing to bust their butts to get back to cover and help their teammates out. So many times in the past this year there would be a turnover, odd man rush going the other way, 2 on 1, say, and we would have one guy hurry and cover the extra guy but then another guy would beat out all of the other guys and come in as a trailer and get off a really good shot and often score. Now, it seems not only do we cover the extra guy but there are two other guys that beat the trailer down the ice and they find that shot blocked or the pass picked off before they can even get that shot. Just a much better way of playing and is showing results. Which of course makes us happy.
They said if we went 2-2 on these last 4 games (counting tonight) that we would be right on the edge of buying and selling. We have gone 3-0 so that should put us into the buying category.
Saw the score on the loss to the Ducks. Not good. Not good at all. Tell your guys to play better.
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And Benning passed out keys to the vault giving up a lot of future for Tyler Toffoli. Dumping Schaller was ok but a prospect and a couple of high round draft picks was dumb. Ericsson 2.0.
Agree.
Our only hope is Toffoli likes his "new digs" & goes on a scoring spree.
And Preds are on fire...win 3 in a row.
Careful heard their wives are due (monthly) & poor guys will be "chewed out" "nagged" ...& this means losses are ahead soon. Happy wife happy life. Unhappy wife not happy life....
When Preds lose ; please do not blame the team...blame the wives.
Oh no ! Wives will feel better 5 days later & Preds start winning again !
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Yeah, must have been the wives last night. They looked slow and were out-hustled, out-muscled, and just out of sorts. Gotta start the winning streak again Friday against Chicago.
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Yeah, must have been the wives last night. They looked slow and were out-hustled, out-muscled, and just out of sorts. Gotta start the winning streak again Friday against Chicago.
Hurricanes beat yous up badly. Like what the Ducks did to us.
What is this...yous had back to back with the Blues & now 2 games Chicago Fri & Columbus Sat.
2 games together will tire a team mentally /physically.
Got to mentally prepare / stiff muscles/bruises ....
Our new player Toffoli has really good hockey smarts.
Checked out scoring vids..when he shoots it's a quick shot & labelled. The goalie will have to react & make a good save.
Too many players get a shot away in close but it's easy save as the shot is right at the goalie.
Happy days are here again !
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Yeah, back to back games last weekend and again this weekend. Yes, it does wear a team down. Think that is likely what happened on Tuesday which means hopefully we will do better Friday and Saturday but then suck again Tuesday.
Sounds like you got yourselves a good player. Awesome. We are in desperate need of a defenseman. Our guy is still out from the winter classic even though he has been practicing but even with his return, our third line can't seem the clear the puck out of a wet paper bag. The wet paper bag ends up stealing the puck and throwing it to last night's pizza box wide open for a really good shot that hopefully the goalie can make an amazing stop on.
And my favorite move, you have the puck behind the net skating along the boards, guy coming behind you is quicker, clear out to the blue line or beyond where a guy is waiting with a guy from the other team for the puck to try and chip it out, do we pass it along the boards? Nah, why would we do that. These defensemen for some reason decide to eat the puck and try and freeze it against the boards with their skate and stick. Either no confidence or no ability to actually pass the puck. Just frustrating.
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Chicago playing good hockey so Preds better be ready.
Canucks vs Wild was good game.
Toffoli played with heart.
His shoot out try though was the pits.
Made his move then stumbled /off balence the started to fall all on his own & then took the shot from a bad angle. :-[
His record is not good on SO.
But the Great One Wayne Gretzky was terrible on break always which is like a SO.
Canucks get a pt though ! :)
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Every point matters. Read that break aways are generally easier than SO. Not that both aren't missed horribly sometimes. Chicago has been playing very spotty. Some games they look amazing and then some games they just don't even show up. Guess that is just like the Preds so can't say much.
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Make Beliefs lost 6-3 to Carolina in a nationally televised game. It's not that the Laughs lost that made the news. It's the way they lost. They lost to a 42 year old emergency back up named David Ayers after the Hurricanes lost their starter and backup. Must be embarrassing. What do they do now ? Fire Sheldon Keefe and bring back Mike Babcock ? Does Babcock want to come back ? Fire the Make Belief's GM Dufus ? Fire the Leaf advisor ?
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Make Beliefs lost 6-3 to Carolina in a nationally televised game. It's not that the Laughs lost that made the news. It's the way they lost. They lost to a 42 year old emergency back up named David Ayers after the Hurricanes lost their starter and backup. Must be embarrassing. What do they do now ? Fire Sheldon Keefe and bring back Mike Babcock ? Does Babcock want to come back ? Fire the Make Belief's GM Dufus ? Fire the Leaf advisor ?
Two Caolina goalies get injured so the Zambozi driver/maint. man of Scotia Bank Arena goes between the pipes. Leafs first two shots are goals so...Ayers does not have a good start.
So...the Leafs should know they have this game won. Non NHL goalie between the pipes....first 2 shots are goals against David Ayers.....so what do the Leafs do in the 3rd period????
They send only 7 shots towards the Hurricane net. 7 shots.
Plus Leafs lose 6-3.
Toronto fans mocked the Leafs with " Let's go Raptors. "
There is just no way the Leafs should of lost.
If they pressured & forced the play & got rubber on the net they should of got 5/6 goals in the 3rd.
But only 7 shots & no goals in period 3.
Leafs have been embaressed in front of the entire country. :-[
FA asks where do the Leafs go from here?
Any and all of his sujjestions for starters.
Close to trade deadline. Trade the entire team maybe but GMs have zero interest in any Leaf players.
They are as flat as a pancake being run over by a steam roller.
On the other hand ...Canucks are full of energy & leading a tired Bruin team 3-1 half way thru the contest.
Bruins played in Calgary yesterday.
Sitting ducks. ;D
Now 4-1 Canucks & Boston has a real NHL goalie between the pipes ;D
Sorry Nashville & Toronto we the Canuck nation want zippo trades with you guys. We are cruising & need no help at this time.
Cruising along...swagger oh another goal . 5-1 Canucks. ;D
( Chris had better have at least 5 beers or 3/4 bottle of French red wine to ease the pain )
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Leafs folding while the Canucks are ascending. Canucks lay a beating on the Bruins tonight. PETA is demanding that the Canucks treat the bears with more respect. ;)
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
NOTHING better than kicking Boston's bottoms. Did Marchand cry?
What a dream for the zamboni driver.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
NOTHING better than kicking Boston's bottoms. Did Marchand cry?
What a dream for the zamboni driver.
Yes FA & Nova the Canucks really gave the Bruins a big spanking.
9-3 final score was it ? Think so.
Toffoli gets 2 goals to boot !
He sets up nicely in the high slot & gets the pass from the corner....he gets it away quickly & goes for the left or right corners. He mixes it up.
Canucks are finally going in front of the net & not just staying on the outside.
Ok to stay on the outside as ya have to get the puck in the zone but then make plays & get to the net.
TNA Preds had close games with Chicago & Columbus.
They managed to get some pts.
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Very glad you guys beat Boston. Hate those guys. Marchand made the twitterverse when he clearly cross checked a guy after the play is over only to have someone come up behind him and cross check him and both guys start punching him. Only Marchand got the penalty. Made me laugh. Anytime he loses is a good day.
Weren't our best games over the weekend but lost to the Blackhawks in overtime so 1 point, then beat Columbus in a shoot out, 8th playerr so very nail biting but 3 points out of 4 possible so that was good. Still just out of the wild card but getting close and play someone that is in the wild card spots Thursday so that could be big.
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Simmons is going to Buffalo. Thank heavens. One of my favourite hockey moments was Marchand sniveling and crying in the finals last year followed closely by the shootout missed puck. I know I'm an awful person for enjoying another man's misery but it's Marchand.
Oddly enough he owns a very successful house building company in the Hammonds Plains area where he grew up and even odder is that a lot of people detest him in Nova Scotia. What a dink.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YG9Na5F9eg&t=56s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YG9Na5F9eg&t=56s
I know it's not right to laugh at another's folly, but it's Brad Marchand. Thank you. It's still funny after 35 views.
Too bad about Markstrom I guess we'll see if Demko can step up to the next level fast.
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Oh, that hit is awesome. Definitely can watch that all day long and never get old. The one I was talking about was this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqRRZjEZiL0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqRRZjEZiL0)
Watching his helmet fly off and then the guy on the ground start punching him just warms my heart.
Sucks your goalie is hurt. That doesn't lead to good things. Hopefully he isn't out long but goalies very much need good knees.
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Simmons is going to Buffalo. Thank heavens. One of my favourite hockey moments was Marchand sniveling and crying in the finals last year followed closely by the shootout missed puck. I know I'm an awful person for enjoying another man's misery but it's Marchand.
Oddly enough he owns a very successful house building company in the Hammonds Plains area where he grew up and even odder is that a lot of people detest him in Nova Scotia. What a dink.
You're not an awful person but it's Marchand :)
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See you guys had a slow start last night but pulled it out. The injured goalie isn't hurting so far. We pulled out a close one actually scoring 2 power play goals last night which is a miracle that we got any but got the 3-2 win and are sitting currently in the second wild card spot. Game Thursday against Calgary who is in the first spot and we could overtake them with an outright win. 3 game winning streak, 4 game point streak. Maybe perhaps they took those Vancouver videos to heart.
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Canucks get a big W in Montreal & it must of been good ice because both teams were just flying out there.
Wow Marchand is taking his own medicine.
He likes to give it ..but he has to take it.
FA vid has him running into a big hit.
Like a guy running fast right into a wall.
TNA vid also ...he cross checks & he gets cross checked immediately from behind by another guy.
;D
Guess before he gives out cross checks he will make sure Chara is out on the ice to come to his rescue.
Yes me thinks Preds are better since studying a Vancouver game tapes.
( but Canucks have secrets they still have not used yet ... )
My IPAD is not charging ...so...maybe it's too old or charger not working...11% ...gotta check into this so if I do not post for awhile...
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Change both the cord and the wall plug first and foremost. Hope that is it. My phone did that and the first time there was an issue with the cord that fixed it. The second time it did it.... well, let's just say I learned the lesson of backing up the phone a lot more frequently than I did and had to pay a whole lot of stupid tax to get any pictures off my phone. Hopefully that isn't what you have run into where the battery essentially just stops responding because it essentially becomes a very ineffective boat anchor.
Big game tonight. YUUUUUGE. Need a win.
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Sorry to see you guys lost last night but if you get a chance to watch some highlights from our game, HOLY COW!!!!!!
We went up 1-0 right at the end of the first. Second was bad and we ended down 2-1. About 10 minutes left in the third, we score to tie it. We start playing better, really been a struggle up to this point. Then we have a complete boneheaded transition, only having 4 people on the ice with one getting off, by the time we got it fixed they had scored and there was only 45 second left in the game. So we win the faceoff, pull the goalie, get a couple really good chances but the puck is kept out by the goalie, guy has to take it behind the net, tried to shoot, gets blocked by a defender, somehow fishes it out of the defenders stick, throws it in front of the net, one of our guy somehow grabs it off another guy's stick and shoots it in. Score with .1 seconds left. I think there was .2 but they reset the clock at .1, not that it really matters. Tie game, overtime. Some back and forth but something like a minute and a half in, same guy that scored the tying goal is on the ice carrying the puck in, tries to pass it to a teammate but it gets blocked by a defender with his skates but then gets stuck in his skates and he can't find it. Same guy grabs it and shoots it and goalie is caught completely by surprise. Crowd and players go wild, game over. Just a crazy crazy game but very exciting. Didn't allow us to take over the first wild card spot but kept us in the second and got us a point closer to taking the first one from Calgary.
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Yes it was the cable !
My IPAD must of been charged easily 1000x or more so am happy the battery still is active.
Am going to check highlights of the Pred. win later but what an exciting game as you described it.
Imagine if this was game 7 of the finals!!!
Pred fans would be so hyped they would be awake for 24 hrs /7 days after.
Flame fans too but because of shock.
Missed the Canuck game but sports on local evening news showed Demko letting in easy early goals.
Markstrom needs to heal up & get between the pipes.
Knee injury must get healed 100% or could easily get re injuried. "Shoot" what crazy injuries at the bad time.
Guess what? Canucks VS Leafs on Saturday in Toronto.
Pay back time. Hope 1000 Canuck fans are in the building. (Ha)
Maybe our 2 goalies will get mildly injured so we can get the emergency back up to sub in.
Same result with him in net ....WIN. :o 8) ;D
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Demko better not let in any more easy goals or put in our recent traded for goalie. ( or bring back a Eddy Lack where he is? Car 54 where are YOU ? )
Canucks / Leafs tied 2-2 .
Both teams want this one.
Chris wants this one...
FA Nova & I want this one.
Predict Vancouver will pour in the goals & win easy.
Anderson boooooo! Was it FA once say Leafs owned Rask & traded him to the Bruins?
Rask been a torn in Leafs butt since.
No he has not been our torn but Tim Thomas Bruin was our torn a few yrs ago...but Canucks smell the Cup this year! Leafs will be our stepping stone ;D
2nd period nearly over...Canuck player tripped up & no call !!!
Nylander skated like a jet but Hughes our star D man gave him a shove in the back so it spoiled the Leaf from getting a close in shot away !
( thank you ref...for the non call )
Leafs are getting some very close chances...5-6 at least in the 2nd.
Canucks skating hard but someone has got to tell the Leafs to save some energy...take it easy...relax at bit...in other words Leafs are CHECKING too hard & looking after their end.
This is a disaster ...because Leafs will tire in the 3rd Canucks will strike.
Oops last minute of the 2nd & Leafs are starting to tire...Canucks hit the bar !!!
The 3rd will be like taking candy from a baby.
Leafs are frustrated & tired.
Custer last stand.
Pack of Lions in for the kill..
Take the $$$ to the bank...Leafs are going down down down pal....in the 3rd ...1-2-3 you lose wrestling or 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 KO in boxing...fini (French)el finish -O ( Spanish ) Finished (English )
Canucks will score 2-3 goals in the 3rd to take the W.
Well ok Canucks lose (again) to the Leafs. For some reason the Leafs play their best when they play the Canucks.
If Leafs played like that in all their games they would be in the top 5 teams of the NHL.
They put so much into this game & assume they will go back to their hot & cold play style & lose the next game.
Chris the Leaf advisor must of took out his whip before the game. Faster faster ...
Canucks hit the iron...refs in this game born in Ontario?
Anyways game did not go the way I drew it on the chalk board. >:( :( :-[ :'(
Ya brew is flowing across Canada....as Chris states. Booze for victory & a glass or 2 for defeat.
Markstrom we miss you (a lot )
Demko has been letting in 1-2 weak goals in the start of games & it puts the team behind the 8 ball.
Time to put in our back up.
Weak goaltending is like a wide open receiver dropping a 50 yard easy catch !!!
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Yep, the brew is flowing in a few homes tonight. The Cup is ours. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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At least the Canucks didn't lose to a 42 year old zamboni driver.
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Canucks started off looking good against the Blue Jackets but then fell apart. Got to watch the highlights. That sucks.
Preds got absolutely screwed Saturday. Didn't play the best and got down 2-0 but then scored 1 on a break away and then with 5 minutes left scored but were called for goalie interference. Definitely should not have been the call for so many reasons. First, the guy stopped before touching the goalie but then a defenseman comes in and crosschecks in the back right into the goalie so not his fault, guess that is two, should have been a cross checking call and not a goalie interference but should not have been goalie interference because he was blocked in. Third, the puck was already by the goalie before contact was made, possibly even in the net before contact was made. However, since the ref called goalie interference, there was no review allowed. So, instead of tied game, the goal was disallowed and we spent 2 of the last 3 minutes on the penalty kill. They should so totally be able to use video review to get an important call like that right. Heck, if they had called it a goal it would have been instantly reviewed for goalie interference but because they called it no goal there was no review. Should work both ways. Sucks when it happens to your team but sucks all the time that the refs decide a game with a wrong call.
Since you guys lost and Calgary won, you are now our target for taking over first wild card spot. Lot of teams grouped right around us. Going to be an interesting stretch.
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Stupid penalties. Rousell should hang his head in shame. If your stick is going near the opponents feet,surely to Schmitt you need to be aware especially after you just got away with a slash. There's 2 points that you need but can't get back because of lazy or selfish penalties. Maybe a game or two in the press box might help with self discipline.
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Hopefully Canucks get back to their winning ways in front of home fans.
Rusell gets "carried away" and goes into the sin bin.
No discipline.
TNA that really sucks.
Tying goal & yous get it taken away plus get a penalty.
Refs have shafted your team a lot this season.
Yes vid review would of got the call correct.
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Hopefully Canucks get back to their winning ways in front of home fans.
Rusell gets "carried away" and goes into the sin bin.
No discipline.
TNA that really sucks.
Tying goal & yous get it taken away plus get a penalty.
Refs have shafted your team a lot this season.
Yes vid review would of got the call correct.
Heading out of the playoffs now.Bring out the clubs.
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We followed up the last performance with two hard fought periods. Fell down 2-0 after the first but fought back to tie it, gave up another then tied it again and ended the 2nd tied 3-3. Then came out in the third completely flat with no energy, no care, no desire, nothing and proceeded to give up 5 goals in the 3rd. It was ugly. Can't play like that when you are a bubble team. So disappointing.
Sounds like you guys are in a similar spot. Good teams buckle down and get it done here at the end of the season. Both our teams seem to be buckling and fading rather than growing stronger. I realize it is a long season and guys are tired but keep playing like this and it will be a very long off season too.
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Heading out of the playoffs now.Bring out the clubs.
Ouch ! After reading this felt a jab or pain like I sat on a thumb tack.
Words can come thru the electronic airwaves & can literally slap a guy.
Chris I hope you catch a fish the same size of Roddy.
Something has really stirred you up.
Me what have I done to receive such a painful comment ?
Me I have never ever posted anything bad about the Toronto Maple Leafs.
In fact never lied ever ! I have never ever lied in my entire life !!!! ::)
Go Canucks Go ( get into the playoffs ...please )
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We followed up the last performance with two hard fought periods. Fell down 2-0 after the first but fought back to tie it, gave up another then tied it again and ended the 2nd tied 3-3. Then came out in the third completely flat with no energy, no care, no desire, nothing and proceeded to give up 5 goals in the 3rd. It was ugly. Can't play like that when you are a bubble team. So disappointing.
Sounds like you guys are in a similar spot. Good teams buckle down and get it done here at the end of the season. Both our teams seem to be buckling and fading rather than growing stronger. I realize it is a long season and guys are tired but keep playing like this and it will be a very long off season too.
Yous did the same as the Canucks did in the 3rd period in Columbus.
( only yous worst ! )
Floodgates openned up. Seen kids crying in the stands.
Time for the Canucks & Nashville to lace up their skates tighter.
EDIT IN: TNA ...watched the 6 pm tv news & heard about tornados hitting Nashville.
Very serious damage & loss of life.
Sorry to hear about that.
If not one thing it's another thing...
Good news bad news in this world.
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Yeah, lucky we had no damage. Went north of us by about a half hour drive which is still way too close but last I heard was 19 dead. Know a couple people who had their apartment building hit and while they are alive thankfully, they no longer have a place to live. Very scary. I know that likely affected our guys last night as they started out pretty flat with some boneheaded plays.
Then they just couldn't get any puck luck. Get a shot from the outside, goalie is able to block it but not smother it, we have 3 guys around the goalie within 2 feet, closest defender is 5 feet out, so have all angles covered but the bounce is weird and goes over one of the guys stick and the defense is able to grab it. Should have been an easy goal. Games in hand only help if you win them and we aren't. We are now out of the playoff position... again. Hope both of us can turn it around and knock out some of those above us. Otherwise it will be a long offseason.
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Ouch ! After reading this felt a jab or pain like I sat on a thumb tack.
Words can come thru the electronic airwaves & can literally slap a guy.
Chris I hope you catch a fish the same size of Roddy.
Something has really stirred you up.
Me what have I done to receive such a painful comment ?
Me I have never ever posted anything bad about the Toronto Maple Leafs.
In fact never lied ever ! I have never ever lied in my entire life !!!! ::)
Go Canucks Go ( get into the playoffs ...please )
They lost again tonight poor you, FA, Nova and a few others will have another sleepless night Well I guess you all will be getting used of it now. ;)
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And how did your Make Beliefs do ?
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They lost again tonight poor you, FA, Nova and a few others will have another sleepless night Well I guess you all will be getting used of it now. ;)
"Sleepless night" ...what time is it? 2:21 am
I normally get zzzzzzzz but with Canucks self implosion ( finding new ways to lose ...4 straight loses ) lately only get zzzzz s
Less zzz s
What would FA say at a time like this ? ( respond to Chris kicking sand in our Canuck fan faces )
Oh ya ..At least we did not lose to an emergency practise goalie taken from the stands pressed into service !!!
;D ;D ;D
I feel sleepy now. Goodnight Everybo....zzzzzzzzz
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Sorry you guys lost last night. Letting Arizon win puts them tied with you and 2 points ahead of us. We are supposed to work together to keep these other teams beat out. Hoping for a win tonight against Dallas but doesn't look good for us. Play them early on Saturday on national TV so you can all watch us lose. 11 am your time.
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Sorry you guys lost last night. Letting Arizon win puts them tied with you and 2 points ahead of us. We are supposed to work together to keep these other teams beat out. Hoping for a win tonight against Dallas but doesn't look good for us. Play them early on Saturday on national TV so you can all watch us lose. 11 am your time.
Win one for TNA.
Yes let's work together as you say.
Yous did not trade your very best top 4 players on your team as requested a few wks back.
( for future considerations )
So yous were first not wanting to work together.
( but again TNA thoughts/prayers for Nashville as these tornados were really really bad. Not sure what the final death count will be... In Tupelo (sp) Tenn. in 1930s Elvis just a young kid tornados hit I think 200-400 people died. Lots of twisters in those parts. Scary. Need underground shelters on property & emergency sirens in neighbourhoods.
Good business to start up.
Go Canucks Go Go Nashville Go.
TNA watch out for Chris. He may post a comment about Predators dusting off their golf clubs.
I'm still "All shock up" by his vicious verbal attack on us friendly peaceful all is well Don't worry be happy Canuck fans FA Nova & yours truly. He told us the Canucks will be golfing soon.
He had been kicking sand in FA Nova & my face all week. :-\
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Wouldn't be a great business as there are sirens located almost everywhere already and most places are built with a room that is secure enough. I think the death toll is up to 24 or maybe 27. There were something like 180 injured and a whole lot dealing with damage or finding a new place to live. Had an emotion couple moments of silence last night for everything. Many other teams have been giving money to help too. It was kinda funny that Minnesota donated a bunch when we played them, a bunch of other teams gave half of their 50/50 drawings to the effort but Dallas hadn't done anything which is who we were playing. By the end of the game they had corrected the situation. I know a lot of the guys were out volunteering the day before the game, some with chain saws cutting downed limbs. Really brought the community together.
Got the win last night too. Dominated actually, 2-0 shut out and there were a couple loose pucks around the net but they were all cleared out and we had a lot of very high danger chances. It really wasn't much of a competition which was good to see. We are tied with you guys pending tonight's game. We play tomorrow early, 1 Central, and most of the rest in our group play Sunday so will be a couple days before we know how all of these games are going to play out.
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Wow near 30 dead. So sad. Plus at night it hit. People in their bed & sirens going off. Terrifying.
So congrads on W.
Guess it's hard to really fully enjoy sports when you see the suffering in the area.
Our Canucks got a big win 6-3 over Avs.
It was a very close game right to the end.
4-3 Canucks in the 3rd & Avs were getting many chances...looked like they would tie it up.
Then Canucks get a goal 5-3 Avs pull their goalie with over 2 minutes to go..
We score in the open net.
6-3 final. Both teams were really skating hard. Demko was on his game & the Canucks put the extra effort to end the losing streak.
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One wonders if Mr. Green is going to get a shorter leash soon. There's lots of coaching talent available.....
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One wonders if Mr. Green is going to get a shorter leash soon. There's lots of coaching talent available.....
Nova the way the Canucks played yesterday was so disappointing. They had Sat. to rest up after Friday's big win.
Blue Jackets played in Alberta on Sat. so it's a back to back games for them.
Canucks fighting for a playoff spot should of been all over Columbus.
Coach Green mid way thru the. 2nd period should of read the players the "riot act". (Try to light a fire under their butts)
Demko gave them a chance.
If it's not Demko some games letting in an easy goal or two then it's the team playing so-so.
Too many laid back players on this team.
Seems if they play hard they need 3 days off to recover physically & let the hot air out of their puffed up heads.
Markstrom seems to be the leader on this team. He hates losing.
His goaltending is missed & also his leadership in the dressing room.
He gets the team going more so than our head coach or the Captain.
Players these days control the coach not the coach controls the players.
They know the coach will be fired before major changes on the team player personal.
Is there any rule against having the owner being the head coach & he can hire two head coaches but give them assistant titles. With the owner behind the bench during games & his looking on as the two (head) assistant coaches run practises should get players flying off the bench & zooming up and down the ice.
Coach Green should of blasted his players during the Sunday game to see if he could wake them up alittle. Oh time change had these guys putting an excuse in their brain to play badly or maybe the sunny vacations at beaches with golf courses nearby.....
Coach Green seems to be too nice & the players take advantage too often.
And look at the Preds ...shutting out Dallas 2x in a row !
Do us a favour Preds. When you meet Toronto soon "beat them" ;D
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Came down with a horrible cold, yesterday could barely do much of anything, just laid on the couch and slept/watched tv. Today is only slightly better but have a couple things I need to get out to the auditors so working just a little bit today. As little as I can get away with at least.
Preds looked very good against Dallas, finally. We looked really bad against them the first times we met them. It wasn't just a shut out but it seemed like a pretty easy shut out. They only had a couple times where they had a good chance of scoring while we had a whole bunch of high quality chances.
Saw the Jets won last night, we play tonight. Arizona lost which makes it hard for them to get back into it but still a lot of teams in this group, Jets, Wild, Cannucks, Preds. Flames and Arizone could also play a role.
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Came down with a horrible cold, yesterday could barely do much of anything, just laid on the couch and slept/watched tv. Today is only slightly better but have a couple things I need to get out to the auditors so working just a little bit today. As little as I can get away with at least.
Preds looked very good against Dallas, finally. We looked really bad against them the first times we met them. It wasn't just a shut out but it seemed like a pretty easy shut out. They only had a couple times where they had a good chance of scoring while we had a whole bunch of high quality chances.
Saw the Jets won last night, we play tonight. Arizona lost which makes it hard for them to get back into it but still a lot of teams in this group, Jets, Wild, Cannucks, Preds. Flames and Arizone could also play a role.
Just saw on tv news that possibly up to 60% of people getting corona virus have only mild symptoms.
Light cough basically...no fever no sore throat etc...
So people infected may get mild symptoms to the far end of the scale life threatening !!! and anywhere's in between. What a sneaky virus.
Makes ya wonder if there's a break out amongst NHL players or fans what will happen then ???
That cold ya got could be just that OR who knows...could it be .....
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Maple Leafs ,Preds,Canucks all win !
5-4 in shoot out in Canucks/Islanders game.
Keep the coach keep the coach keep the coach.
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I think generally the virus isn't deadly except for the old, the really young, or people that have other issues. I would think given how healthy most of the hockey players are it might keep them out a couple games but have no lasting effect. It is more them giving it to someone that is higher risk that is a huge concern in my book. Say it is very mild for them, just a cough, so they play, cough on their glove, pick up a puck, toss the puck into the crowd during warm ups to a kid, that could get the kid sick and if they are having other issues already.... that would really suck.
Heard San Jose has decide no indoor group activities would take place so no clue where the Sharks will play their games. Ohio suggested something similar but it was only a suggestion and both the Blue Jackets and the Penguins have said the games will still be in front of live crowds. Crazy crazy time.
I like the placement as of today, let's just leave it as is till the end, ok? Preds, Canucks, Jets, all tied but Jets lose out and go home crying. We played very well except for about half of the third period where they scored two very quick goals because we just lost our placement and were reacting instead of playing how we are supposed to play. Coach called a timeout and got it turned around and we held on. We are only 4 points behind Dallas who is 3rd in the division so that isn't out of reach either with how bad they have been playing. I'd be ok with that. I'd be ok with Dallas being knocked out completely. Both of us just gotta keep winning.
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God only knows if this virus gets worse and worse or starts to subside with warmer weather.
China getting less cases ! That's good news.
But generally correct...younger people with healthy bodies get recover but....some younger people have died. The doctor who blew the whistle in China looked young but he kicked the bucket.
Heard there's two types...L and S strain. The L strain is aggressive. Mutates.
Italy death counts went from like 290 to like 800 in one day !!!
Must be the L strain in that part.
Just hope it goes away soon. News is filled daily with it.
Only ones that kinda like the situation is hand sanitizer ...masks...toilet paper...etc companies that cannot keep up with orders/demand.
Cleaning/sanitizer wipes....included.
At least in the Vancouver area it 's that way.
One affected care home in N Vancouver BC have workers on 16 hr shifts because other care aids did not want to work. It's on lock down.
Crazy crazy crazy... Need special glasses that can detect the virus. Ya there 's some over there & over there ...go this way.
Yes it is affecting some sporting events.
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The NBA suspended their season tonight. One of the players was tested positive for Covid 19
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Yeah, it is crazy. NHL is reviewing and supposed to come out with something today. The people on NBC Sports showing the Blackhawks game were saying they would be surprised if the NHL didn't also suspend the season, at least for a while. Crazy times we live in. Toilet paper, sanitizer, disinfectant spray all in short supply here. In Italy they closed everything but doctor's offices and grocery stores. Every other business was supposed to close. My wife is planning on going to the grocery store tonight to stock up on that and a bunch of non-perishable foods. She made fun of me earlier in the year for being nervous about the pantry not being stocked and just buying what we needed for the week. Growing up we always used to have a couple week's worth of food stocked because you just never knew when weather would make it impossible to get out of the house for a while. Now she is glad I made her stock it a little bit more and is planning on stocking it even more.
I'm still feeling quite sick. All the symptoms match but then they also match a normal cold. I haven't gotten tested because I am already self-isolating and resting and doing everything they would tell me to do so there is no reason to know one way or the other.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy and interested to hear what the NHL does this morning.
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The NBA suspended their season tonight. One of the players was tested positive for Covid 19
Yes the snowball has rolled down the mountain & it is now a big giant massive snow globe !!!
The little camp fire is now a raging forrest blaze !!!
Tom Hanks infected.
Yes FA TNA it now is so bad the common word is cancel cancel cancel postpone postpone postpone...
NHL MLB MLS ...
PM Trudeau wife has flu like symptoms is getting tested.
Gee if only a person went to a pharmacy & ordered $10,000 worth of hand sanitizer.
Advertise & hire an auction company. ( bid in person or internet )
Here we have 5 bottles of hand sanitizer. Starting bid $100....we have a bid for $500 ba do da ba Do I hear $520 ??? We have $600 ! Ba daaa baaaa daaa do I do I hear more? Anyone ? Going once going 2x SOLD !!!
Paddle 215 please go to clerk & your 5 bottles will be packaged for you.
FA says : Thank You.
Ok the next 5 bottles ...Starting bid $100.
We have a bid $400 !!!! Da baaa da da $410 ? We now have a bid $500 da baaa da ba $510.....
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Suspended indefinitely. While I understand the move it is going to suck.
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We will be awarded the Cup now because we are Canada's favorite team. Also I got my last pay cheque from the team for now. ;D ;D ;D
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We will be awarded the Cup now because we are Canada's favorite team. Also I got my last pay cheque from the team for now. ;D ;D ;D
Not so fast there Chris.
FA Nova TNA & yours truly have something to say about this.
Never mind "Submarine Chris"...have to re-name you...."Sneaky as they come Chris"
Boy...talk about trying to pull a fast one. Trying to pull the carpet from under our feet.
The word is to re start games as soon as the virus disappears or slows & then get games in....play offs even if they go right into July.
If the Maple Leafs are to win the Cup they will have to do it fair & square. ;D
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We will be awarded the Cup now because we are Canada's favorite team. Also I got my last pay cheque from the team for now. ;D ;D ;D
I thought Covid 19 affects the respiratory system, but I guess it affects the brain functions as well. ;D
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We will be awarded the Cup now because we are Canada's favorite team. Also I got my last pay cheque from the team for now. ;D ;D ;D
Well, it has been a little while since the Canadian teams have won the cup. Let's see, 1993 was the last year? Ouch. Yeah, perhaps if they just cancel the season we could just give it to all Canadian teams and you can all share it, pass it around during the offseason. I'm all for helping losers feel better about themselves. Wait, that might have come out wrong. Nah, seems fine to me :)
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Well, it has been a little while since the Canadian teams have won the cup. Let's see, 1993 was the last year? Ouch. Yeah, perhaps if they just cancel the season we could just give it to all Canadian teams and you can all share it, pass it around during the offseason. I'm all for helping losers feel better about themselves. Wait, that might have come out wrong. Nah, seems fine to me :)
What Chris said was OUCH & sneaky.
Then read TNA's post and it's OUCH x 10 ! No way we will share the Cup.
Reading FWR sport's chat warning...may be hazardous to one's well being!!!!
1993 is a long time for Canada not winning the Cup. :'(
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I thought Covid 19 affects the respiratory system, but I guess it affects the brain functions as well. ;D
Ya ya ya maybe this is what happened.
;D ;D ;D
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Shh, don't tell anybody, I was going to let Vancouver have it first and then figured you guys would get corona virus all over it and pass it along to all the rest of the teams. Or just perhaps claim things are too bad and the road is blocked and you can't get it over to Edmonton. Or maybe it was just lost.
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Shh, don't tell anybody, I was going to let Vancouver have it first and then figured you guys would get corona virus all over it and pass it along to all the rest of the teams. Or just perhaps claim things are too bad and the road is blocked and you can't get it over to Edmonton. Or maybe it was just lost.
Wow TNA your a genius !
Ok great idea.
Bring the Cup to Vancouver first with the idea it will be shared equally with other Canadian teams then we will claim it got lost...."somehow" but secretly is in Canucksville !!! ;D
Then when the new season starts the Cup re surfaces.
Maybe FA Nova & yours truly may even get it a few days.
Cup on the dining room table with bottle of French red wine & Elvis songs.
Doesn't get better than that.
Ok TNA you have redeemed yourself. Your a genius ;)
( TNA your even more sneaky than Chris by 10x but as long it's to the Canucks benefit it's like a "good sneaky" )
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What Chris said was OUCH & sneaky.
Then read TNA's post and it's OUCH x 10 ! No way we will share the Cup.
Reading FWR sport's chat warning...may be hazardous to one's well being!!!!
1993 is a long time for Canada not winning the Cup. :'(
No ouch there. How many Canadians are the best of the best in the NHL? Good on the lads for bringing some Trumpian dollars to the great white north.
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Ya every team in USA or Canada get paid in USA green dough.
Most teams have on average 7-15 Canadian players.
Blues have majority Canadian lads.
Great Montreal Canadian play #16 I think "Pocket Rocket" passed away last week.
But notice there are not that many French Canadian players as there once was....a lot of the boys coming from western Canada.
Stand to be corrected.
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Watching the Leaf game tonight, #34 has 4 goals what a player.
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Leafs in the midst of their longest undefeated streak since 1967 ;D
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No sports !!!
Withdrawls !!!
No NHL hockey !!!
Covid-19 corona virus !!!
WTH (hell...not F....)
Good time to watch You Tube ..past games...classic western movies.....singers/concerts...info vids....
fishing vids...oh maybe FA watches that famous destruction of Toronto vs Boston game. Hint...
3rd period ... Gotta keep old wounds unhealed.
( Canucks had a similar game but it was a regular game...so no big deal. ;D )
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Leafs in the midst of their longest undefeated streak since 1967 ;D
I needed a good belly laugh. Thank you!
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Self isolating down here in TN. Got the pantry all stocked, a load of toilet paper. Work decided to have everyone work from home which I do a lot anyway so not going to complain about that but got to spiff up my at home workspace a bunch. Had just been working on a laptop but got to bring home two monitors and a keyboard and mouse and a station I can plug my laptop into so it all works seamlessly. Hope all of you up there are staying safe.
Growing up these were the best times because the Nooksack river was still open for steelheading until April and we would head up into the mountains with the drift boat and hot shots. Would hardly see a soul but would catch so many fish. Those were the days.
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FA Chris TNA Nova & all FWR hope ya all stay healthy in these trying times.
This virus has to be so active & catchy ...to have all sports events & gatherings cancelled.
The recent past China numbers & now the explosion in Europe shows just how catchy Covid 19 is.
Get well TNA.
Good your in your home isolating.
Hopely when warm weather comes the virus will curtail...& numbers drop.
Wash hands often....keep hands away from nose eyes mouth.
Last night was talking to this guy & then he stuck his hand out ( shake hands )
I just about shook it but caught himself.
So we bumped elbows instead.
When the Canucks meet the Leafs we will be very thoughtful & will give them a few elbows !!! ;D
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When the Canucks meet the Leafs we will be very thoughtful & will give them a few elbows !!! ;D
LOL ;D
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Just make sure those elbows aren't to the back of the head :)
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Never did I ever think those ELBOWS the Canucks would give the Leafs would be worthy of a penalty.....no no no God forbid.
The ELBOWS are the nice friendly greeting when a Canuck player meets & greets a Leaf player on the golf course or beach or street ....touch elbows Hi there ! ::)
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Uh huh. Sure that is what you meant.
See a member of the Senators has tested positive so it has now entered the hockey community.
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Uh huh. Sure that is what you meant.
See a member of the Senators has tested positive so it has now entered the hockey community.
Over 400 people died in one day in Italy !
1000s have died in that country. Unreal.
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Having a compromised immune system and being self employed is tough right now. Cancellatios galore. I hope this passes quickly.
In others news, I heard a certain Toronto fan.started an argument with his wife. As a long time Leaf supporter, he was missing the feeling of losing.
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What do you do Nova?
My dad is self employed as an appliance repairman which means constantly going to other people's homes. Very scary. Luckily he has pretty much shut down the business this year although last I heard he was still doing some calls. I haven't talked to him since this all started though because I have been too sick to talk. Going to have to call him soon.
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Not much you can do right now. I run a carpet cleaning company and you'd think sanitary services would be busy as a herd of beavers. Im doing a school today and follow up on a flood but after this it gets dead as a doornail. Lots of time to get my books in order and work on a few new marketing strategies.
Life will be back to normal soon.
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Novabonkers also advises the Canucks in his off hours.
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I bet people just aren't even really thinking of the benefits and are just freaking out. Not sure if you do much advertising but I would imagine an advertising campaign about disinfecting the carpets might be effective. I would imagine people are more worried about non-carpet things right now though. Upholstery disinfecting might be huge right now though.
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Not much you can do right now. I run a carpet cleaning company and you'd think sanitary services would be busy as a herd of beavers. Im doing a school today and follow up on a flood but after this it gets dead as a doornail. Lots of time to get my books in order and work on a few new marketing strategies.
Life will be back to normal soon.
Done a few dif. types of jobs in my life including 2 jobs as an activity/house attendant in psychiatric homes. Basically house control giving meds driving van ( class 4 lic ) , driver 48 passenger bus, carpet /building cleaner and lastly floor maintenance (sealing waxing buffing floors )
My first carpet cleaning job at an apt I had a window where one guy moving out & another moving in.
Had a portable red colored Steamex machine.
I 'm doing the job & suddenly water is all over the carpet !!!!
Some small clear coloured hose in the machine had a crack !!!
So I call the Steamex place & they are open so drive over there get it fixed ....rush back to apt ( near Granville ) & finish the job....but other guy is now moving in....
Parties not impressed...dirty looks....think I lost a few yrs off my life.
If I die at 75 or 80 or 90 or 95 it will be 5 yrs shorter than I should of lived.
Never thought of this story for many yrs but as Nova said he's in the carpet cleaning business this story came up.
Seems many go to wood or simulation looking wood floors...& get rid of carpet.
But apt buildings it's good to have carpet as it dampens the noise of footsteps for those living in apt below.
Nevertheless many put wood floors & walk with their shoes on & people below listen to noisy walking steps :o
As for the virus goes it seems in the last two days the message is this is SERIOUS for USA & Canada.
First time there was no bread or eggs at a Shoppers Drug Mart !!!
Spain & Italy have 100s dying daily recently.
A few blocks north of Steveston Village (Richmond) 2 couples visiting practised social distancing.
One couple sitting on 2 chairs & there was a ditch & other couple sitting!!!
If talking is to be done between Canucks & Leafs have player(s) be on one side of Grand Canyon & other players on other side. ;D
( watched a Youtube vid of Leafs vs Flyers & WOW talk about penalties / fights Tiger Williams & other Leafs vs those broad street bullies ...1970s ..no hockey so watching lots of history )
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Our local Fox Sports channel that usually shows our games is showing games from earlier in the season every night we were supposed to play a game. The radio station is doing much the same thing but they are playing old playoff broadcasts where we won. So that is nice. Got to watch our 4th game of the season last night. The difference in styles between the coaches was very clear to see and very clear to understand why things feel better now.
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Maybe Fox could string all the Leaf losses over the past 5 years ;D. The old red steamex machines. 45 psi water pressure and a single 1 stage vacuum moving 25 cfm of air to pick up the water. They worked but were slow as turtles.
The first machine I bought back a few decades back was a hot rod in comparison. The machine I use now has 500 psi and 250 cfm of air flow. The heater takes the water temp to 110 Celsius. The wanding was back breaking but now there's teflon glides to make it almost effortless. I came over to the cleaning from being an installer. Knees just didn't like that.
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I bet people just aren't even really thinking of the benefits and are just freaking out. Not sure if you do much advertising but I would imagine an advertising campaign about disinfecting the carpets might be effective. I would imagine people are more worried about non-carpet things right now though. Upholstery disinfecting might be huge right now though.
I've started calling customers with closed facilities and it seems to be working. Some of my monthly contracts are waiting. Bit of a bummer aa they pay monthly expenses and a chunk of the labour bill. I just need to be creative.
Finding anything for disinfec9 or anti microbial is impossible. I have a small stash for my family but that's all. I had a stage 2 flood that ate at my spare. You can make your own hand sanitizer with aloe gel and 99% rubbing alcohol, but soft surfaces are a different animal.
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Maybe Fox could string all the Leaf losses over the past 5 years ;D. The old red steamex machines. 45 psi water pressure and a single 1 stage vacuum moving 25 cfm of air to pick up the water. They worked but were slow as turtles.
The first machine I bought back a few decades back was a hot rod in comparison. The machine I use now has 500 psi and 250 cfm of air flow. The heater takes the water temp to 110 Celsius. The wanding was back breaking but now there's teflon glides to make it almost effortless. I came over to the cleaning from being an installer. Knees just didn't like that.
Ya quite a dif. in power.
Imagine a carpender likes his hammer he may have used for ages so I have a wooden mop that I used for 25 yrs ...it represents the many yrs of hard work & sweat & the 9 yrs used in steady floor waxing jobs. If I feel lazy to exercise I just look at it & say "Al get out there & exercise"
One look at it brings back the memories of hard work.
It's my rod kinda like the stick Moses carried around in the Ten Commandments movie.
Keep stay everyone.
People are dropping like flies world wide.
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Now we use a flattop like a swiffer to apply wax. There certainly is a lot of hard work in refinishing a floor, but when it gets that appearance of glass, few things are more rewarding. I also do tile and grout but it's not as much fun as a filthy carpet or a beat hard surface. I am the worst geek......
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Now we use a flattop like a swiffer to apply wax. There certainly is a lot of hard work in refinishing a floor, but when it gets that appearance of glass, few things are more rewarding. I also do tile and grout but it's not as much fun as a filthy carpet or a beat hard surface. I am the worst geek......
Your right Nova.
Many when it comes to cleaning or carpet cleaning or strip seal wax some take major short cuts....but a person has to at least aim for a 90% quality job. Most places were industrial or heavy use places plus cleaners did not do a good sweep /wet mop in their cleaning ...so no way I'm going to do any higher than 90-95 % floor waxing quality because the cleaners /janitors did bad cleaning ???the floors looked terrible after a week or so....they did not sweep or wet mop property.
Have to have pride in one 's work so did try to do an honesty job nightly.
For example if I was doing a semi truck dealership it took me 3 nights.
Service area washrms.....top floor change room lunch room hallway washrooms side room stairs.....main office hallway bunch of side offices washroom.
The floors were bad shape when due but after 3 days sparkling shine.
Basically did about a steady 60 locations...dealerships ....clothing factory...industrial big places...banks...railway...many places near airport...warehouses..fish plants...sometimes had to wax & there was wkrs or a shift at the place. ( best to wax when the building is empty of workers of course)
That was a pain in the butt. Try to take chairs tables out of a lunch room into the warehouse ...scrub seal wax & put air fans to quicken drying coats and warehouse wkrs walking on wet wax ....because these certain warehouses had very expensive stuff ( pharmacy products. ) they would not allow me or janitors to be in the place by ourselves. Fear of theft.
One place I did had 5 alarms.
Another place I did ya had to push about 12 numbers to deactivate the alarm.
One time I pushed the 12 numbers but nothing happened ???? !!!! Quickly pushed the 12 numbers again...in times past it always worked to shut off the alarm.
60 secs went by & siren goes off !!!!! The alarm code was changed but no one notified me about it.
Dam that siren must of made noise for 20-25 minutes. I got a hold of the cleaners by cell phone & they tell me the new alarm code. That alarm was so.....loud...plus two New West police came.
So after that was all sorted out....oh big wax job waiting to be done. Not a good way to waste 45 minutes before my start time.
Places I did not care to wax was downtown Vancouver. Must of did over 300-400 dif. places in 9 yrs but mainly the same 70-80 locations...some monthly bi monthly every. 3 months...customer budget or need.
But downtown was the worst...make 3-4 trips back & forth from truck with floor maching floor buckets mops sealer/wax, stripper chemical and all sorts of people wondering around...worst to bring stuff back to the truck at 4am ...once 4/5 guys surrounded me outside so I backed up against an outside wall. They looked at me & suddenly walked off. I stayed emotionless & was ready to put up a fight. Guess they wanted to rob me...I'm not that big 5ft 9inches but was very physical looking because of the hard work.
165 lbs but solid 165. These 4-5 guys were not tall & not that strong looking so I guess they went off to rob an old man .....ha!
I mainly worked solo even though could of had a helper.
Helpers sometimes very good workers as they were strong & did good job & other workers always taking short cuts...for example after scrubbing the floors & pick up either by big mop or wet vac the helper says "let's just put on the sealer now" I say " No as we must get clean water in bucket & rinse the floor to get off residue ...then put sealer/ wax coats.
One trucking place I did /warehouse ...the warehouse wkrs left at 11:30pm so I thought the place would be empty all night.
So I start scrubbing hallway washrms lunchroom main office enterance area & three side offices...
Basically got all the floors ready for sealing/waxing & then this worker comes in at 2:30 am !!! He needs to use one side office area ( 4 desks or so in that office ) He like is a broker or whatever...setting up the trips for semi's etc...he's as mad as "hell" I had to try to finish my sealing /waxing with this office wkr !!!! ( in the way ) Ha ! Funny now but not so that day.
Too many places had to carry floor machine & equipment up stairs...
It was quite the challenge most nights.
One place was a drop in centre ...two floors...but many rooms had carpet...but some areas down stairs & on main floor quite a good sized lunch room area. Haul out tables chairs on to carpeted hallway..
But this place had an elevator....so brought equipment to downstairs....
The crazy part that I did not like was.....3-4 times during the job the elevator door opened & closed by itself !!!
Gave me goose bumps & kinda freaked me out. Like for example it could be 3am & I'm applying a coat of wax & it's dead silence & suddenly the elevator door opens ...then closes.
I have a faith in the Good Lord so that helped !!! Ha.
Anyways haven't thought about my past job for awhile so it brings back memories.
Stay safe folks. New York State has 10% of it 's population infected ! ( what I read on net ) wash hands wash hands & 5-6 ft social distance.
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Finally got a hold of my dad last night. He is doing well although still willing to do service calls. Nobody has called for a couple days though so not going to complain about that. He takes daily walks with the dogs and explores the stream where we used to raise coho. Actually has some that returned to spawn last Fall and seeing some smolt in there now so despite us thinking it was a total loss, seems like we did help a little.
The Lynden resthome had 3 cases from what he said. That is dangerous if it starts going around there as those are the people that can hardly handle anything. Sort of glad my mom passed last year because she had a paralyzed diaphram and breathing was difficult and she could hardly breath, let alone cough and if she had caught this it would have been horrible.
I take nerd to a whole new level in my job. Maybe someday I will try and explain it.
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I know that feeling of horror when doors open. One place I do is a residential building with etched concrete that gets a yearly application of urethane. I have to do it in the daytime as there's too much traffic. I had a woman slip and fall on wet finish. Thank heavens for liability insurance although the buildings insurance not mine covered it. Funny how she was so hurt she couldn't stand up but 3 days later she went out and bought a new motorcycle and was riding all the time.. She also claimed her car was broken into 3 times in the underground parking lot. Hers was the only one. Just before Christmas I did the Lee building. It was Vancouver's first high rise at 6 stories. I had people swearing up a storm at me, slumping through the slurry, the wet wax or totally ignoring me. One guy started yelling at me and called me a"retaded janitor" working for minimum wage. I made $4500 for 4 six hour days. I'll take those minimum wage jobs all day long.
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I know that feeling of horror when doors open. One place I do is a residential building with etched concrete that gets a yearly application of urethane. I have to do it in the daytime as there's too much traffic. I had a woman slip and fall on wet finish. Thank heavens for liability insurance although the buildings insurance not mine covered it. Funny how she was so hurt she couldn't stand up but 3 days later she went out and bought a new motorcycle and was riding all the time.. She also claimed her car was broken into 3 times in the underground parking lot. Hers was the only one. Just before Christmas I did the Lee building. It was Vancouver's first high rise at 6 stories. I had people swearing up a storm at me, slumping through the slurry, the wet wax or totally ignoring me. One guy started yelling at me and called me a"retaded janitor" working for minimum wage. I made $4500 for 4 six hour days. I'll take those minimum wage jobs all day long.
I hear ya ! People can be so nice or in between or be jerks & cons.
See you got the cream for your hard work. Happy for you.
Me was going thru a bad 1st marriage ( love/hate relationship ...but wish her the best ) so I was a sub contractor.
Definitely worked like a slave for near slave wages...but no one held a gun to my head.
At least it paid my mortgage & food & basically not much left after that.
But I'm a millionaire compared to 90% of the world's population which live in poverty.
Stay safe ...social distancing & wash hands wash hands wash hands.... :)
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Yes, agree. Things are crazy. Wife read about a girl who had this, had seemed to get through the bad part and was starting to feel better, enough she had made plans to hang out with her boyfriend later in the day. He texted her a couple times a couple hours later but got no response and went to check on her and she was dead on her floor. So it can fool you and turn around and just take you out when you think you are through with it. Just scary.
Hearing it might take 4-6 months of isolating before we are through this which will mean we won't get back to hockey and can just hope it doesn't go into next season.
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So since I have a couple minutes, I am an Actuary. When people don't know what that is, I tell them we are the math nerds behind insurance. My job is to take all of the money my company has set aside for claims, project each policy holder forward for the next 50 years and make sure that we have enough set aside now plus premium being paid plus investment income to make sure we will have enough to pay the benefits we are obligated to pay. I am testing in the realm of $200 billion in starting money set aside. My wife and kids laugh listening to some of my conference calls because routinely they hear "Oh, it is less than $10 million, I don't care." I have been involved in mistakes that cost the company $150 million. I have been involved in decisions that have cost the company $800 million. Both of those are money we have to set aside now, we will be able to release it sometime in the future but not sure when, might be 50+ years.
I live all day in spreadsheets and on conference calls as my team does most of the actual running of the models and I am just reviewing and discussing with management. It can be very very stressful. I have employees all over the globe, some in Nashville with me, some in Houston, New York area, California, India, have had some in China, Phillipines, etc. It is high stress, high reward. It is why I used to enjoy going home and going fishing with my dad during breaks to help unwind. Those days seem to be done now though as it has been probably 5 years since I last went fishing with him. It just sucks.
Anyway, that is a bit about me.
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Tell ya one thing I would of been fired if I cost the building maint. co. $150 million. :o
TNA you have quite the job. Stressful. Must be.
Actuary. Learn something every day.
Hope ya deal in cash when paying out.. (Ha!)
And have a very very very very good internet protection.
Hackers getting in & stealing $$$$ or hackers freezing your computers & ya have to pay $$$ to them to unfreeze....
There's another scary thing to worry about.
ID theft & all that goes with it.....
Hope you are feeling better yourself from cold or whatever. Nashville folks have tornado damage ,no hockey & now this virus. Suffering plus.
China if info is factual has less & less cases & they used social distancing. Even welded the doors shut in some buildings. Think we Canadians are heeding the message. In my bike ride yesterday was talking to a few people for about 20 minutes & we kept a 6ft distance ...but one lady coughed a few times but she said she has asthma plus got some dust in her lungs when cleaning. But hey who knows? When a person coughs am I going to trust it's not Covid 19 ?
So far I've come across 3 people that really were coughing ALOT. 2 when biking for exercise...(did not count this lady as she just coughed 2-3 small coughs in 20 minutes) and 1 was a cashier. She coughed 3-4 times ( dry cough )
The bad thing is this Covid-19 virus can last so long on surfaces. If ya buy oranges what if someone coughed or sneezed on them? at the store.
That virus can be active on the peel for 48 hrs possibly.
Or bananas etc...so maybe leave the fruit for two days before eating it. Or was fruit with peels in soapy bleach water.
The scary part is we cannot see where it is. Invisible enemy.
So we touch handles door knobs grocery basket handles / shopping carts so on & then rub around our face as we have an itch & presto....virus enters thru mouth nose eyes.
Before I go into any store/ pizza shop etc I put sanitizer on hands before & after ...
Just started to gargle a bit of strong mouth wash also after coming out of stores.
A lady doctor & her husband doctor who work at a Toronto hospital watched (her) 77 yr old dad die from the virus.
He was very healthy & put his daughter thru university etc...but he went to the UK recently & returned ...shortly after he got sick.
Think he lasted only 1 week.
100s dying daily in Europe if not 1000s
Buy a sailboat & load it with whatever peanuts walnuts porridge vit. C sup. & go off & anchor somewhere.
Have internet/ radio and after things get better ...return to port.
There's a book ...The Great Influenza
It tells of the flu in 1918-19.
Lasted 18 months world wide.
50-100 million died.
They had parades while it was happening ...no wonder it spread.
Stay safe folks.
Watch youtube hockey.
Sadly this virus even if ya get better it damages the lung tissue so it may cause permanent damage.
Some are saying it's the Matthew 24 times. Talks about pestilences ...as one sign.
Or 1 of the 4 horsemen riding to earth ( Book of Revelations ) the pale horse talks about a "death" ( virus) & famine...
1 of of 4 dying.
Myself am hopeful this will turn around soon hopefully in next 2-3 months max.
Let's try to social distance & try not to go to store too often.
Hope it does not spread to military or submarines ...if military personnel gets sick it just may tempt another country to launch an attack.
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Yeah, I work for a very big company that has all sorts of protections. It isn't just cash sitting in a bank account, it has bought bonds, real estate, other investments. It is where all the assumptions come in where things get really complicated. How will people pay premium lapse their policy, pay extra, die, etc. It all gets really complicated. Then you add in what the assets will do, which ones will default, for mortgages, which ones will pay early. Which bonds will exercise their call option and when. What rate will they earn. And that is just scratching the surface. It can be quite a lot.
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Clearly there are a lot of people who choose to ignore social distancing. You see it practically ererywhere. It's disgusting to see all those college students frolicking on the beach in Florida or the people jamming the parks the past weather.
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Clearly there are a lot of people who choose to ignore social distancing. You see it practically ererywhere. It's disgusting to see all those college students frolicking on the beach in Florida or the people jamming the parks the past weather.
100 x !
Very very well said.
College students...let's eat drink and party What virus ?
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Agree as well. Although college students feeling invincible is nothing new. They haven't been shown to be the brightest bunch of people. They don't learn street smarts until they get out, if they ever do.
Wife and I were discussing NY last night. It doesn't surprise me that they are having such a hard time of it. So many people shoved into such a tiny space. Everyone living in apartments where all you need is someone to have gotten into the elevator before you and coughed, or maybe pushed a button or opened a door and you are now sick. So many people together on the subway, buses, walking down the street. It really is just a disaster waiting to happen.
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Prince Charles , Mrs Trudeau ( PM wife. ) entertainers...Harvey Weinstein ( ex Hollywood boss ) have got it. Many many doctors nurses etc..have died...world wide.
A local dentist went to a convention not so long ago...he died yesterday I believe it was.
Care aid wkrs on call & needing $$$ overtime double time pay) are working 2 shifts & going to dif. senior homes.
Result is care aids getting sick and virus spreading to old people in the facility.
Philippines I understand will be soon on lock down. No domestic planes or ferries...no travelling city to town or town to city..stay in house.
Yes FA you may need to get refund as Lions season may be toast.
Yes TNA you are so correct in other section comments.
Elevators ...sneezing on food packages or produce or door knobs /handles...dam virus lives on any surface 2-3-4 or so days !!! Gee ya get home with groceries ...and possibly the banana peels are full of corona virus...wkr has virus on hands /gloves as he stocks ...or customer 's cough or sneeze.
So we grab the banana ,peel it, get virus on our hands...eat banana...rub our nose with finger or pick our nose ( ha) presto ...transmission.
Wash hands wash hands wash hands & sanitizer ....
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One of the girls that works for me is from the Philippines. She said things there are going to be rough because all of the middles and upper classes have nannies to care for the kids, they all come from the poor villages every day. So, the shut down is needed there but it might be too little too late.
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One of the girls that works for me is from the Philippines. She said things there are going to be rough because all of the middles and upper classes have nannies to care for the kids, they all come from the poor villages every day. So, the shut down is needed there but it might be too little too late.
Heard that about 1/3 of the population is very very poor.
Nutrition not good / living conditions / can not afford to pay for doc or dentist so this group living in poor huts ...no running water...one would think it's conditions the virus can spread fast.
Crowded/ no sanitizer ...
Interesting times. Like a Hollywood Sci Fi fiction movie but we are in the movie.
We are the main actors.
Hope the movie ends well.
Stay safe TNA FA Nova Chris ( poor Chris he must be having a tough time not watching Leafs or going to get his Timmy H. coffee & going to the river ...) & all members & Rod/Nina family ...stay safe /keep well. Do not let your guard down. Wash hands wash hands ...I even gargled Listerine after coming out of store(s) & sanitizer before & after.
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Leaf's undefeated streak continues. Chris is so overjoyed with the performance of his team that he's seen on Keith Wilson bridge every night banging his pots and pans at another win.
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Amazingly, the Preds won their game last night too. We seem to win every game on TV these days. It is a lot of fun. I haven't checked the standings recently but we have to be getting close to first, right?
Everybody here that I know is still fine. Couple of our friends lost their jobs, one temporarily, the other for good it seems. Know that makes it tough. The one that lost her job though is a nurse so figure she should be able to get a job during all this, just might be very high risk.
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Maybe if we all yell at a planned time in every state/province... "Get outta here Covid-19 ...you are not welcomed...go away NOW .
Maybe it will flee ::)
Only if that would work.
Dust off fishing poles , watch hockey football ...go in public again ...
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Would be nice if that would work.
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Was wondering why there were no posts here, then read the shutting down fishing thread and it all made sense. Some people really are bitter against people who are happy with their faith. It isn't a matter of having a healthy debate, it is about insulting and pulling out the strangest comparisons and use that as proof of their warped sense. Just crazy.
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Well if Rodney ever puts up an off topic section guess there will be lots of posts on any topic over there.
For me I'm just going to talk fishing / sports from now on. ;D
Anyways can you imagine...the NHL players who were injured in Jan or Feb whatever...and they fought back to get back into playing condition ...knee back neck groin injury .. then get back for game or two
& then league shuts down....
The player gotta think what next ?????????
Can see it now....Canucks or Preds or Canadian team....just 1 minute away from winning the Stanley Cup game 7 !!!
Score 4-1 it's in the bag... 59 secs 58 secs .......20 secs....fans going nuts ...we finally did it!!!
5 secs 4-3-2 - the nuke bomb hits !!!
Game not completed. :o
( TNA thank you for words of support. To stand with me publicly means a lot.
But ya know deep down they are just rapping how they feel...and I would rather they criticize me out right ....than secretly gossiping behind the scenes. But even the New Testament says the gospel is foolishness to the natural mind. In other words the gospel message looks illogical.
So no wonder people conclude believers are a little nutty. Plus there are plenty of bad examples...including I was one. Think the prodigal son story shoe fits on my foot perfectly. Problems when I drank too many beers in the bar watching some game/boxing...and when drunk people do things they normally would not do when sober.
But am now more obedient. More blessed for it. Plus never ever go to the bars anymore.
I give them "thumbs up " for telling their honest views. Positive or negative.
Do not expect people to agree with me as if they believed everything that people say we would all be simpletons.
Shared my heart & the ball is in their court now.
(And thanks to Rodney too because if he were a lesser man he would of banned me by now.
Honestly like every member on FWR ; even the ones that think I'm nuts.
Again thank you TNA , your words of support were so appreciated & Robert_G )
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Show me a believer that hasn't strayed some, some to quite a degree. Went to a church growing up where the pastor was a dad whose son was held up as this amazing guy that had withstood amazing pressure in high school and was such a good guy. He went away to seminary. Find out he really hadn't been tempted in high school because his family was well known and he couldn't step out of line at all without it coming back on his dad and when he finally was tempted in college where there were no consequences, he did not handle it well. It was sad to see and actually drove his dad into a bit of a mental breakdown tearing up the church. He got things turned around but there was a lot of time where that family was having a real rough time.
I believe much the same as you. I have had to have many of the same type of conversations on another chat board and gotten much the same response. People can be very hateful to believers and yes, the Bible does tell us that is going to happen. It is more hateful but the same type of thing for people who financially are better off. They pay actuaries well. My wife was also an actuary. My wife and I have a nice house and paid cash for new cars when it was time and we pay for front row 200 level season tickets for hockey. Generally though, that is it. We take our vacation and go visit and stay with family. We might go to Vegas to gamble a couple times a year but we eat at home almost exclusively, we saved a lot. Both of our parents taught us that, whether you make a lot or a little, to save. My wife retired last year. She teaches now but only part time and only to get her out of the house. I still work but the hope is that I will be able to retire in a couple years, by age 50. We are very blessed but there are still people who make just as much as my wife and I did when she was working who are very upset and hateful. Yet in the end, it isn't because we have an advantage over them, it is because we paid the price early in life in the form of not taking vacations, not having new toys, etc. as retiring was more important. For some of the people, they dislike believers because they have a completeness, purpose, serenity, lack of a hole in their life that others are jealous of and are yet not willing to make the sacrifice that is required to get the same so they turn hateful. Others have dealt with hypocritical or aggressive Christians that have really turned them off like a horrible salesman can turn you off and entire brand of car.
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That was interesting.
Wish my wife was more like you & your wife.
Budget/saving $.
Me I'm more of saver than spender. An Arima boat I bought ( chiped in with my dad ) we bought used & made a big savings.
Even went to USA to buy it.
Could we have bought new YES.
After a few years did sell it though. Really enjoyed the boat.
But my wife tends to spend.
She has job so she pays for it.
Shoes cloths ...designer mall.
One year later she gives cloths to relatives / her family than she starts all over again.
But I have tried to share with others about my faith many years as you say you did the same on forums.
In early 1980s was working in psychiatric group homes / activity wkr. / house control/ meds ...class 4 lic.
Steady afternoon shift. (Single then.)
So thought what can I do in the daytime ? I have free time.
Got on paper ...topics /websites / testimony of people in sports entertainment etc of believers...then got 1000 s printed up. 4 big boxes ...
Then walked dr to dr in Vancouver / Burnaby and folded paper /put in mail boxes. So many times had dogs attack ....4-5x
Never put my name on paper or asked for donation or put any church name.
Paper just stuck to the gospel message.
You are so right...some believers are pushy or pressure..
Or they come across like give us your brain/ your life...too controlling.
And there are so many bad examples of course...some tv preachers it comes across $$$ give us your $$$. Their tv program is 90% $$$$ then they mention 10% or less about the gospel.
Then yes the Christian scandals...
Plus JW & Mormons coming to people's doors...so I can see why the average person is so turned off to anything religious.
These days I offer people Chick cartoon tracts.
Like "Gunslinger" ( title. ) or "This was your life" or "The Choice" ...at Christmas give out "Humbug"
Out of the 100 or so titles Chick tract prints maybe I like about 10 max.
The other 90 tracts they print I'd not give them out if they gave them to me for free.
On back of tract I put some good youtube testimonies.
But even the 700 Club tv program 60 minute one from Virginia Beach ( I watch daily mon -fri ) sometimes Pat Robertson starts praying for needs of the tv audience.
He'll say something like : God shows me there's someone named Helen. Helen you have a burning in your intestines ..God is going to heal you now. Touch her Lord ...
That sort of idea.
Pat is using the 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians ch 12 ... Tongues miracles healings word of knowledge so on...
But he does zero teaching before he starts praying.
99% of Christians have no idea about these 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit so how in the world does secular people view what he is doing ? They immediately think he's a fraud or making it all up.
Some will think Pat is a psychic or something ( of course Christians are to stay away from new age/occult) but Pat assumes everyone knows all about charismatic gifts.
It just adds in to confusion.
I mean if Rodney is teaching 6-10 yr olds fishing methods he will explain the basics...he does not assume these beginners know what knot to tie etc..he would teach/explain.
Plus when I give people the Chick tracts...again never ask their name address nor give mine.
Plus do not put any church address on the tract.
If they ask what church...I share ya can go to Protestant ch or Catholic ( but pray to Jesus only not to Mary/saints or tell your sins to a priest ..tell them to Jesus only ..Jesus doesn't need a secretary. )
But make sure the pastor is sincere & humble ...genuine.
Met one priest who was so wishy washy he did not believe that the evil one existed!!!
Why is he a priest? He doesn't believe what the Good Book says.
I even share with people ya can pray & read New Testament ( old too ) at your dwelling ( house apt townhouse ) & not even go to church.
But yes TNA ..thanks for sharing.
You have a good life so just keep washing your hands / sanitizer because it is really shocking what is happening in the last few weeks. Yes older people get the virus & die but it is taking out so many even younger folks. So do not get this virus...ya want to retire soon ...hey go to a remote tropical unpopulated S Pacific island ...no people...no virus. ;D
This is very scary. Even heard some say it could be 1-2 million die in the USA even so who knows where this will end. Then they are saying a 2nd surge in the fall.
My wife works as a care aid but is off at the present but will be back to work at end of April.
Man I just hope she does not get infected & bring it into our home.
I 'm 65 (had heart attack a few yrs ago heart stint)...my mom whom I look after is 84 so it's concerning. But I guess if it's time to go ...it's time to go...should we get sick & kick the bucket.
( that's when faith really comes in handy...when a person dies.. want my elevator to go up )
Thanks TNA again for sharing your story with us FWR members.
Now we know more about you.
But yes everyone keep washing hands / sanitizer ..keep hands from touching face.
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Yeah, a boat is one of the things on the list. We only really have bass and catfish here, bluegill, small stuff like that. The closest lake is an hour away. Wife would like a boat we can ride around in and she can sit in the bow and just enjoy. I would like one we can fish from. Finding one that allows both we could do for 4-5 thousand used but despite keeping an eye on the classifieds for at least the last 5 years and finding a couple possibilities, we have only gone and checked out one which we didn't even really consider. I miss fishing but with nothing close, just can't justify the cost of a boat.
However, the goal is that once we retire, we will be selling our current house, moving to a much smaller house/condo around here so we can come back during the winter and watch hockey games still and then buying a large area of land up in Alaska where we can spend all summer looking at the ocean, watching whales and otters, fishing for salmon and everything else when we want to, and generally not being around anybody else. Being up there now would have made social distancing a lot easier but her son is a senior in high school and so we aren't ready to move yet. Plus there is a couple more years of saving that we need to do and hopefully pay off the current house so that when we are ready to move, money is not a concern.
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TNA hope your dreams & plans go the way you want them to go.
Keep a rifle nearby ..Alaska..
Maybe a grumpy bear about...
Yes nice nature & peaceful up there.
If & when you get a boat you will enjoy!
Honestly the very best times was fishing from the boat & other times just dropping the anchor ( Westham Island area off the Fraser R or Ladner....areas & just soaking in the sun. Boat lightly rocking..
Looking at the sights & listening to sounds...
It was so peaceful.
By the time we got home literally felt so renewed mentally.
Like we returned from a vacation.
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Yeah, agree. The times out on the Fraser fishing with my dad in his boat have been great. We used a drift boat when I was growing up and that was about as peaceful as you could get. Cold as all get out but peaceful. We were often so quiet we would float right up under bald eagles sitting in trees and you could get so close to them. Just amazing.
When we get to Alaska, we will have a boat. Maybe two or three. That is already in the budget. Want to fish in rivers a lot, but also spend some time on the ocean. Just not sure if I have a boat able to do well in the ocean it will be good to fish in the river. Will have to see. And definitely wouldn't mind having a drift boat and drifting down with a hotshot or something.
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Hewes ( Christian owned. ) or Arimas or a Double Eagle boats may have a model that may suit your needs. Stable / low draft .
But see you have it all planned out quite well. Full steam ahead !!! Edit in : or Ironwood ( really like their hull design...seen one at harbour a few days ago ) or is it a Silver Streak spelling on Van Island ?
You have american money & buying in Canada goes a long way.
Are Silver Streaks good ? Have not studied owners views ....
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Yeah, I'm sure there are some good ones out there. Just need to find the right one. We are thinking in the Homer area because there is still driving possible but the closer we get, the more the wife is willing to consider someplace that doesn't have roads and only has boat access to get even further away. She does want running water and electricity so that will limit it some. We spend a lot of time "dreaming" imagining how we are going to get the house built. We want a big deck, raised so bears can't get on it, half of it screened in, with a fireplace out on the deck, overlooking the ocean. My wife likes pretty river rocks so we would like to build the fireplace out of pretty river rock. Have another big fireplace inside. Then have close access to a river. Have a nice kitchen because I can cook up some mean meals. Of course we will have satellite TV and internet.
And no, we don't plan on having a guest house people can come and stay at, LOL, that is the first thing out of people's mouth when we start talking about it.
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Yeah, I'm sure there are some good ones out there. Just need to find the right one. We are thinking in the Homer area because there is still driving possible but the closer we get, the more the wife is willing to consider someplace that doesn't have roads and only has boat access to get even further away. She does want running water and electricity so that will limit it some. We spend a lot of time "dreaming" imagining how we are going to get the house built. We want a big deck, raised so bears can't get on it, half of it screened in, with a fireplace out on the deck, overlooking the ocean. My wife likes pretty river rocks so we would like to build the fireplace out of pretty river rock. Have another big fireplace inside. Then have close access to a river. Have a nice kitchen because I can cook up some mean meals. Of course we will have satellite TV and internet.
And no, we don't plan on having a guest house people can come and stay at, LOL, that is the first thing out of people's mouth when we start talking about it.
This plans sound exciting !
Nice house plans/lay out.
The fishing & scenery will be 2nd to none.
Some things to consider.
If you live in remote /boat access only it 's going to cost much more to build.
Barge everything...
Are ya going for a log home build ?
Must be lots of companies that do build wherever the site is located.
But are you willing to have to boat for fresh produce / groceries milk veg / fruits
Maybe drone delivery ?
Possibly you need to go to Homer but it 's stormy/high waves...
Winter it's dark...are you staying 365 up there ?
If your a snowbird ( Nashville hockey season ) are you going to leave your house with all your valuables a sitting duck when your away? Possibly have a person to live on property for free in a small cabin to check on things.
High crime rates in Alaska. Assaults theft....believe it or not rape in Alaska every 7 hrs !!!
That's the figure that's reported.
Most rapes do not get reported !
How 's your health.
Think in 20 yrs your 70. Then 5 yrs later 75.
Me I want to go to the store 4 blocks away. Ha!
I want a Fresh Slice Pizza at least every 2 weeks.
There's that well done movie : think it's Mr Bland builds his dream home Cary Grant.
Really funny. He's an advertising guy who builds his dream home & all the extra costs he never dreamed would happen. Drill for water well too deep ...costs more...but seeing his frustration is so funny.
But hey not trying to be negative but really think things thru the positives & negatives...
Keep enjoying those Nashville Predators re-runs.
I'm watching the Canuck re-run where they win the Stanley Cup. How sweet it is! ::)
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We are aware of the extra cost. Not sure on the type of house yet but a log cabin is possible although there is some extra maintenance so not sure. If we live remote, then we will plan on boating to get supplies. Was one of the benefits of not being as remote. There was actually an area that we could have bought. It was I think 500 acres for like $120,000. No roads close yet though, at least not real roads, 4 wheeler path but by the time we are ready to build, who knows. We could have built a house out in the middle of that and never seen another person.
No, we won't be staying 365. Only in the non-hockey season. Will have to figure out a way to keep things safe, or perhaps just don't have anything still in the house that is worth taking. Winterize it good and put the TV or whatever in a hidden safe, locked away.
I make amazing homemade pizza so not overly worried about pizza although I am sure we will go into town every so often for dinner. Everything is more expensive up there too.
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That pizza must be tasty !
Yes TNA you are a big boy & know best.
Even if you live up there for 10 to 20 yrs ya can always sell or rent the house.
But for me ... am 65 if I had your $$$ ...I'd just rent a nice cabin in some resort up there for 2-3 months...buy your own boat & store it at some location for the winter. ( inside storage. )
Then have a nice dream house around Nashville...not far from hwy thus easy to travel to get to NHL games.
Something like Jerry Lee Lewis ranch..
One of his homes near Memphis.
Open for tours when he's not there.
He's got his own lake in the back of his house for fishing !!!
Big fish but heard he catch/release.
You can have the best in winter in your dream home...hockey games shopping medical ...
and 3 months up in Alaska is a lot of time to enjoy the whales fishing nature ...and with your own boat you can have plenty of time on the water.
EDIT IN: there's a Jerry Lee Lewis album Young Blood ( think it 's called. ) The front cover has him sitting on a sofa outside in back of his ranch house. In the background is the small lake on his acreage. Yep stocked with fish.
Heard a sports guy on tv yesterday say the last game the Canucks played was 3 weeks ago !!!
It feels like 1.5 or 2 months ago. Only 3 weeks ago !!!!
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Yeah. By the time we actually get there, things might change. We want to be away from people and it is tough to do that in a rented cabin but maybe that is possible. We have already looked at property and actually had been in contact with a real estate agent on one property. Asked a number of questions and she had a couple answers but it was on a bluff and we weren't sure how far up over the water we would be so asked her if she would go to the property and take some videos and send them to us. We would pay her a hundred for the time. She apparently didn't want to go through that amount of work so she just stopped responding. The crazy part is, we have never even been up there. Never set foot in Alaska. Yet we were willing to buy some land already despite it likely a year before we would get up there even to see it.
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TNA really think it out as ya say you were never been up there ...
It such a big change. You like hockey and imagine you want to watch the home games ( season tickets )
The season ...is how long Oct to April ( or is it Sept ) with playoffs...
...so the house in Alaska would be used only 4-5 months & sit vacant 7-8 months???
But you call the shots.
Impulse buying is not good. Once I got into this buying spree feeling and spent $500 on cloths ( 1970s )
I like that & need that ...next day I looked at the items & thought " why did I buy that? "
Looked so good in the store but at my apt cloths looked disappointing.
But do as you will. You know what you want in life.
Think it thru on every angle.
Why not have a nice house in the Nashville area ...built super strong..( tornados ) & you like attending hockey games....stores not far away...hospitals ...or buy a house & reno to your liking.
Lock it up with good security doors...good alarm system & spend 3/4 months in Alaska.
Have your own boat ....store at inside storage in winter...so ya can do 100s of hrs fishing in that 4 months. Or boat costs / fuel / storage costs / insurance maybe ya just rent a boat or get guide.
If you stay closer to shore ya do not need a big expensive boat.
Believe me 4/5 months in Alaska you will get your fix.
Or instead of cabin maybe an RV & have it stored. Driving back is long but an option.
Anyways you and Mrs have lots of time to think it over.
2 more yrs ya say before retiring.
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canucksfan 27 on YouTube for a little hockey fix.
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canucksfan 27 on YouTube for a little hockey fix.
Got my fix watching Hip checks pt 1 .
Nice !
Will need another fix later.
Thanks.
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Impulse? We have been discussing this for.... 8 years? We have discussed it in such detail that we could probably be separated into different rooms and be asked to list out what we want in the house and be able to come up with a pretty consistent list. We don't want to stay in Nashville because other than hockey there is nothing here for us. In fact, before we got into hockey the plan was to have a condo or something down in Belize and a house in Alaska. Alaska could possible be changed to Montana after visiting Glacier National park last year. The plan is to plan a fishing vacation up there one of these years before we retire up there. The goal is to be somewhere with great salmon fishing, whales and otters, and few people. The choices are limited. And if the Preds start tanking or something happens, staying year round is a possibility minus some trips to Vegas or vacations. Or perhaps getting NHL package and watching games up there. My guess is we will spend a lot of time traveling during the winter and some during the summer. But who knows I guess.
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Well ya did say in another comment yous never been up in Alaska and you wanted the realtor to go to some place check it out and send you pictures.
What if she said someone else is interested to buy that nice piece of acres but if you make an offer near asking you will get it....hurry though.
I bet you would of bought !!!
( just joking )
You know best what you want.
Belize ...crocs some places ...
"Kissing" bugs come out at night. Bite ya at night. & poo by the bite. If poo grits into bite area ....it gets into one's system. Affects heart organs so on in future...
Other than that great place to retire.
Gee if people keep dropping to Covid 19 ...there just may lots of good buys in two yrs.
Some people like Phoenix Arz.
Glen Campbell moved there when he lived...
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I'm looking at buying something in Nova Scotia for summertime digs when I retire in a couple of years, 5 months here and the rest back there. I looked at a standard 3 bedroom house on 5 acres for 125 k. When we sell here we're going to look at a condo because the wife won't go a long time away from the grandkids. Soon.....
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Hopefully they will have a CFL franchise in the Maritimes in a couple of years.
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The place we had considered was not far from civilization, it was on the main road from Anchorage to Homer. It already had electricity on site and a well dug for water, I think. There were developments going on in the general vicinity so if we bought 5 acres and then decided when we got there that it wasn't the right spot for us, we could have sold it. If we bought it we would have already likely taken a trip up there to scope it out so would already know if we liked it or not. And we weren't going to spend a fortune, of course that is all relative to one's income I guess. I think it was in the $50k-$75k range. I have looked at property (and drooled but couldn't really consider it) where it is on the last curve before dropping down to Homer (so Homer is on the south side of the peninsula, this is on the north right where it turns to run mostly east), gated lot, huge house already on it set up very much like how we would like our except probably not that big. Windows everywhere, had greenhouses, a smoke house. It was a lot though. $1.5M if I remember right. That would have to be a fully year round house if you are going to pay that amount or you would have to be super rich if that is a vacation house. Too much to have to clean too but would have been living very nice if we could afford that.
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I'm looking at buying something in Nova Scotia for summertime digs when I retire in a couple of years, 5 months here and the rest back there. I looked at a standard 3 bedroom house on 5 acres for 125 k. When we sell here we're going to look at a condo because the wife won't go a long time away from the grandkids. Soon.....
Nova buy it quick ...TNA may grab it!
But honestly that is a very good price.
Ya FA CFL is starting on the east coast sooner than later.
Wonder if a Kelowna could host a CFL team?
Fans could bus / drive from Kamloops Vernon Penticton.
Have home games on weekends at 1 pm.
Plenty of time to get there and daylight driving back.
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The place we had considered was not far from civilization, it was on the main road from Anchorage to Homer. It already had electricity on site and a well dug for water, I think. There were developments going on in the general vicinity so if we bought 5 acres and then decided when we got there that it wasn't the right spot for us, we could have sold it. If we bought it we would have already likely taken a trip up there to scope it out so would already know if we liked it or not. And we weren't going to spend a fortune, of course that is all relative to one's income I guess. I think it was in the $50k-$75k range. I have looked at property (and drooled but couldn't really consider it) where it is on the last curve before dropping down to Homer (so Homer is on the south side of the peninsula, this is on the north right where it turns to run mostly east), gated lot, huge house already on it set up very much like how we would like our except probably not that big. Windows everywhere, had greenhouses, a smoke house. It was a lot though. $1.5M if I remember right. That would have to be a fully year round house if you are going to pay that amount or you would have to be super rich if that is a vacation house. Too much to have to clean too but would have been living very nice if we could afford that.
Well it must be nice to have those retirement plans.
When we bought our SUV I had a tornado of thoughts....trying to decide.
Narrowed it down to 5 models ...which one which one and then had to deal with sales making their arguments which only made the job harder.
Hey and that was only 5 choices.
You both will have 1000s of options ...where to buy ...then when narrowed to an area ....which property to buy?
Neighbourhood, shopping centre, medical, crime rate, weather, transportation / roads ...
Hope it works out.
The worst senerio is you like one place but your spouse likes the other place...and as you debate amongst yourself FA & Nova buys each place.
Gone ...too late...TNA keep looking...
Oh after 6 mos you both find one you agreed on. As ya discuss what ya should offer....watch out I might buy the place. ;D
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LOL, well, see the great part is, none of it is so set in stone that we can't figure all of that out. And who knows, by the time we get there, maybe some other place will call us. Or maybe a full year plan is the new plan. Or maybe we don't live long enough to realize the dream. But dreaming, especially dreaming with your spouse of your future together I feel is very important. Have a plan of what the future looks like together, something you both look forward to. It isn't just the same thing or just getting through life, there is something ahead that is different, better, and yet together.
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Tom Webster past NHL player coach scout has passed on.
Remember the guy well. Coach when Wayne G was with the Kings.
First yr with Boston he got something like 30 goals !
But played little after that in the NHL so he went into the other hockey league and scored a bunch.
71 yrs old .
Brain cancer.
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Ouch, always sucks to hear of stuff like that. Hope his family is doing well.
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Ouch, always sucks to hear of stuff like that. Hope his family is doing well.
Surfing YT and one lady isolating ...and not enjoying life like we all are restricted to do ...Covid 19 circulating....then gets results from tests that took forever ...delayed results ..
Result...she has cancer !!!
She then swears and apologizes.
Life sometimes throws a curve ball.
Left her a comment about that should give her some hope to the One whose's bigger than cancer or death.
I miss FA & Chris duking it out with their jabs. Think these guys go back 15 yrs ribbing each other about hockey !!!! ;D
FA has his famous ribs and that replay of Leaf melt down against Boston.
But Chris has very good comeback ribs that are so cutting !!!! How cutting you say?
Like a long needle jabbing you in the butt ! ;D
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Just miss everything hockey
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Just miss everything hockey
Ya I just miss going into stores or riding a pedal bike in the community and yes watching sporting events on the boob tube.
I mainly have Telus tv because of the various sports channels and for the local news ..
And Nashville has that double crazy ness of the tornados and now virus...
Plus in the last day of so...tornados / winds hit the the south eastern USA I believe...did not catch the full report.
Booooooooo.....
FA says he should become an evangelist and get people to send him $$$ and he will pray and get rid of this virus ( $ racket. ) ;D
Commented I'm too wise to fall for that one!!! Not a penny he 'do get from me!
Hrs hrs hrs later...a great and mighty Evangelist FA Canuck is coming to town.
Well that changes everything ...does this ministry have an address ? Like to send in a grand ! $1000.00
Oh think I'll pass on evangelist Chris Bo dine T bone Maple Leaf the 3rd.
He sounds fishy to me !!!
;D
Guess will just have to get my fix that Nova put a link to.
This virus is like that alien in the Predator movie...with Arnold S.
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Yeah, we didn't have any tornadoes near us but the possibility was there. Had a lot of watches and some really bad weather. Just no tornadoes thankfully. Hit south of us on the TN/MS border though. It is rough enough having to stay inside most of the time but then to deal with weather on top of it, super scary. Luckily work is keeping me busy although wish that would let up a little as well. I would be ok being more bored than I am right now.
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Ya I just miss going into stores or riding a pedal bike in the community and yes watching sporting events on the boob tube.
I mainly have Telus tv because of the various sports channels and for the local news ..
And Nashville has that double crazy ness of the tornados and now virus...
Plus in the last day of so...tornados / winds hit the the south eastern USA I believe...did not catch the full report.
Booooooooo.....
FA says he should become an evangelist and get people to send him $$$ and he will pray and get rid of this virus ( $ racket. ) ;D
Commented I'm too wise to fall for that one!!! Not a penny he 'do get from me!
Hrs hrs hrs later...a great and mighty Evangelist FA Canuck is coming to town.
Well that changes everything ...does this ministry have an address ? Like to send in a grand ! $1000.00
Oh think I'll pass on evangelist Chris Bo dine T bone Maple Leaf the 3rd.
He sounds fishy to me !!!
;D
Guess will just have to get my fix that Nova put a link to.
This virus is like that alien in the Predator movie...with Arnold S.
Car 54 where are you?
Are you ok...not sick I hope.
Miss your inputs .
Do not let this Covid 19 mutate you to........submarine FA ;D
Yes I know this dam virus has been very hard on all of us.
Just hope a medicine / vaccine is found. Seems to be our only hope.
TNA glad your safe.
( foul scary weather )
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Hopefully he is so busy working and disinfecting businesses and working so much he can't even think about hockey.
Our schools generally end in the middle of May. They decided yesterday they are not going back to school this school year. We have been out since the end of February. They have missed half a semester. For those still in school next year they will probably be alright although those taking AP classes still have to take the AP tests. Not sure how they are going to do that although heard they might just limit the test but now you have kids out there getting credit for stuff that is only 3/4 of what is expected to be learned. How is that going to affect them in future classes? Seniors are going to have an issue too. They aren't even sure how they are going to do graduation, whether it is in person, virtually, or a mixture of both. Just strange times.
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Ya TNA the schools have been closed up here too.
Possibly if this dam virus is still here in 6 mos 12 mos and longer ...everything will just have to start up again ...one would think.
All public sinks with sensor to turn on and off...
Hand sanitizer stations....
Masks for everyone ( masks that work that actually filter ) ...but the best would be findings of a drug that gives 100% recovery if and when a person gets sick.
And of course a vaccine would be the very best!!!!
Or hopefully this virus will just run it's course and go away.
Their is rumor this virus escaped from that micro lab or whatever it's called in Wuhan.
Military germ warfare product.
By mistake a wkr did not get dis infected 100% ...bit of virus on arm or hair etc???
From there like a genie in the bottle escaped.
Who knows.
But how does one play football?
The trenches ..running plays ...guys lined up at the line breathing hard ?
Or hockey games ?
Players wearing masks ?
As for FA it is obvious he is getting cranky.
A few of us members shared our faith out of love....and I bet it just does not line up with his belief system.
Well I'm from Adam and Eve and he I assume thinks he's from cheeta ( the ape in Tarzan movies ;D)
God bless him anyways.
Blind as a bat ...in regards to certain areas. ( think I better send myself a poo stir stick ...mix batter for cupcakes or poo stirrer ! ) ;D. Submarine FA ....Car 54 where are you? :)
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Yeah, it got too heated for me so I avoided that discussion.
The Pred's GM had an interview yesterday. Said that he thinks we will be playing hockey a lot sooner than people think, just without fans. That they are looking into sending all the teams to North Dakota, all players getting tested before going, completely isolated once there inside the group of hockey players so no one then can get exposed. Would be interesting. I would be ok with that.
Wife and I discussed who the TV personalities would be. Do they only allow one group in and they do all the games? Do all of the teams bring their own team of coverage people and they are isolated as well?
Also, for those players who went home, wherever that is (Preds have 3 that are not in Nashville but don't know who and where they are), how do they get them to North Dakota? Private jet I assume but could be interesting logistics.
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Learned one thing when it comes to arguing on forums about religious / politics the taboo topics is it can either be discussed in a heated emotional way....like I'm right your wrong piss on you go to hell Jack my friend OR ya say your point view and they say theirs no problem !
We agree to disagree ...life goes on.
I do not avoid you or black ball a person because we dis agree on something ;D
But not once in the discussions did I think I'm better or they are nuts for having their view...
Me I'm saved only by grace mercy so cannot brag or feel better than anyone. Plus this ? about Jesus can only be settled by a heart prayer to Him.
He responds then people know He's real and not BS.
Lots of people have not come to the realization or wanting to pray from the heart. Maybe they think God hates them so they feel scared to approach Him. Me literally have felt the presence of the demonic so that really motivates me to share the gospel ..but hopefully not in an arm twisting way.
But at the CFL games ( pro ball ) FA has season tickets...at end of the game the Christian football players from both teams form a circle at centre field ..hold hands and have a prayer.
Even in the Oh Canada anthem we have God in the words...like your coin ..In God we trust.
But lots of people put that heart prayer off ...till another day month year ...sweep it under the rug.
My job is to encourage a person to say that prayer before it's too late.
I tell them if ya do not want to go to church no problem....but that prayer is needed if ya make it to heaven.
God is loving forgiving so why not?
But WOW that would be great if hockey starts up !!!
Play the games in one area ...a few rinks...isolation. Finish off the season ...then playoffs.
The teams playing in one -two rinks in one area ...no playoff travelling city to city so the games will possibly be even better. Player rest up better.
But isolation will have to be for everyone reporters cooks refs media players ...because if not the virus can sneak in just by one person and screw it all up.
The games on tv can bring advertising $$$ to the league.
Shorter commercials but more of them bring in the $$$$ !
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Yeah, I would imagine you are either in the area with everyone or out, there is no crossing except for people delivering food and supplies. I would also imagine there would be daily testing for players or something similar. You test positive you are out sick until you are clear. Would definitely be interesting but would love some good hockey on TV.
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Yeah, I would imagine you are either in the area with everyone or out, there is no crossing except for people delivering food and supplies. I would also imagine there would be daily testing for players or something similar. You test positive you are out sick until you are clear. Would definitely be interesting but would love some good hockey on TV.
Honestly even food and supplies should stop.
Have milk / food in freezers ..or powered milk...frozen veg. ...get tons of potatoes in dark cool area..spaghetti ...big supply of hockey sticks stored...
Because if delivery guys can bring in the virus...even virus can be on outside of boxes for 2-3 days...
Total quarantine around some ice rink....fenced off....all personnel ....refs coaches players cooks every food every hockey equipment "everything" ...beds ....gyms...inside a fenced off area.
Finish season...playoffs ...bingo we watch on tv.
Hey maybe even the CFL can do the same....games pay per view...
Side note: Dustin Byfuglien given his outright release from the jets.
Hope he returns to Chicago.
It seems he had his heart there.....like Bobby Clarke a flyer.
Wayne G. I think would of finished with much better stats if he stayed with Edmonton.
That team should of stayed intact.
Hogged the Cup too in the 90s as well if they stayed together.
The Eskimos CFL team back yonder won 4-5 Grey Cups in a row. They stuck together as a team !!!
( on the most part ) ....never to be done again...cup after cup.
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I guess if you do it right, you don't need deliveries. I could see bringing in a bunch of livestock and having some butchers on site so they can get fresh meat. No fresh veggies though could be a problem. Suppose you could set something up where deliveries of fresh vegetables comes in, get put on a conveyor belt and go through a cleaning process before it gets inside the compound. Otherwise it could just be a lot of canned stuff. They do it in the navy for long periods of time so it is possible but it might be quite a sacrifice.
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Ya I like that idea...cattle and fresh meat. ! ;D
Also conveyor belt bringing in the boxes....better put security where they load boxes ..some hockey fans who want to watch live hockey games in person may try to get on the belt and sneak in...
Watching the game on tv we hear the crowd cheering /boos...
So with no crowd there the games will be kinda different....maybe put a mic on each player coach and leave all mics on at same time...
5 sec delay ..because lots of beeping out bad language ...
Or have a tunnel and fully contained fan section totally air tight ...100 seats.
No virus can escape to players.
Highest bidder gets seat ticket for each game.
The very rich hockey fans the who of who in business ...maybe spend 1 million per ticket...and in playoffs ...Stanley Cup finals .... 5 - 10 million per ticket. ;D
Just put the live mike in the sealed off fan section ...and they can do the booing cheering for tv ...
Maybe they will have to be beeped too.
Actually have a rule if anyone swears they get ejected ...this way they will not swear...so in turn no tape delay...I want to watch game live baby oh ya !
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I think without crowds you wouldn't even need any additional mikes to pick up the swearing, not just from the players but from the refs as well. I actually wouldn't mind being able to hear the players more. Listening to some of the miked up sessions we have gotten, some of the yelling they do during plays is really interesting. A slight delay for beeping would be acceptable to me. It would at least be hockey.
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No no no even 5 sec delay means we are watching re play ;D
The 100 billionaires who bought tickets....watch game woo hayyyy oh....then they say things like T-bone steak please....$500 bottle of wine please...I want to buy so and so player's game stick and jersey...
$25 grand no problem.
Heard Gallant sp? Ex Vegas coach in talks with the NJ Devils.
Plus football player un retiring TE and rejoining QB Brady on their new Florida team.
So TNA when buying your future dream home...maybe a place where a low % of Covid 19 exist.
Mind you the locals may think your bringing the virus to their community and they say: Go back to Nashville friend. Outsiders not welcome. :) who knows what the virus situation will be in a few months or years...still here or ???
Or another new virus just as deadly ...shoot !! Crap!! Well guess we all gotta kick the bucket some time.
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Markstrom knee is 100% ...
He's our #1 stopper for sure. He's steady....not up and down.
Let's go for the Cup.
Canucks hopefully are exercising daily and hopefully Toronto and Nashville players lazy...and pigging out.
;D
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Commish said yesterday that they would not be able to play in a non-NHL stadium because of all of the facility and replay needs. Instead they will likely have one designated stadium in each division where all games will be played. Not sure how they will handle travel between stadiums but seems they are focusing in on a plan of some sort.
And I sure hope the next bug that comes around doesn't cause us to crap. Coughing and breathing issues are bad enough. We don't need to add diarrhea to the list.
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Commish said yesterday that they would not be able to play in a non-NHL stadium because of all of the facility and replay needs. Instead they will likely have one designated stadium in each division where all games will be played. Not sure how they will handle travel between stadiums but seems they are focusing in on a plan of some sort.
And I sure hope the next bug that comes around doesn't cause us to crap. Coughing and breathing issues are bad enough. We don't need to add diarrhea to the list.
TNA do you have a flu or do you have Covid 19 ( maybe you got tested )
Imagine you have the normal flu as never heard Covid 19 gives people diarrhea.
But hope you are improving day by day.
2 summers ago got hit really hard by a flu.
First time in many yrs.
Since then I get my yrly flu shot.
But it knocked me off my feet for 5 weeks at least and 2-3 months till my lungs felt normal.
Sounds like the NHL will bringing us hockey. Hope they can get 2 arenas open up to get games in.
On our sports channel each night they are showing 2 past NHL games.
Nice to see past stars.
Some good hockey.
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Our nbc ch from Seattle had NHL replay games on.
One was the Preds vs Penquins for the Cup !
Gee know of someone who would of been interested.....but knowing who won the Cup that yr. maybe there would be no interest...by certain party.
Tell ya one thing Canucks were in finals 3x and still no cigar.
The way it 's going the Canucks may be 10x in finals and no cigar :(
Hope it's not a game 7 loss in Vancouver...the riots .....all buildings flattened.
Or in the least every window broken !!!! :'( from crying to the crowd have beer and then >:(
and then all he_ _ breaks loose !!!
In finals it all great joy and soooooooooo sad if no cigar.
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No, I don't have the craps. I was saying I hope the next bug that goes around doesn't cause that because it would be horrible to add to this. I am getting better. Still get the coughs some. Not sure what I had as I have not been tested but pretty sure it was Covid. But I'm ok. Just waiting for some type of hockey somewhere.
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Canucks have been to the big dance a few times...no cigar.
Nashville has been to the dance and no cigar either...
Toronto had been to the dance and they have smoked many cigars !!!
Many Stanley Cup wins.
Imagine Chris is watching replays.....and drinking some cool ones .
A beer or two.
At least during Covid 19 he can get his mind off it with those Cup victories.
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Heard they are considering allowing teams back to facilities to start practicing but not sure if that is true or not. Also heard they are so bent on finishing this season they are willing to postpone next season, have no off period between this year and next and play games every other day with some back to backs and no all star break or week off.
Heard the players are against the single site option because it would be weeks spent without their family around which I understand but is not ideal. Will be very interesting to see how this all works out.
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Canucks have been to the big dance a few times...no cigar.
Nashville has been to the dance and no cigar either...
Toronto had been to the dance and they have smoked many cigars !!!
Many Stanley Cup wins.
Imagine Chris is watching replays.....and drinking some cool ones .
A beer or two.
At least during Covid 19 he can get his mind off it with those Cup victories.
Most of my time has been working on pictures of numerous road trips around BC for a couple of FB pages I contribute to. Watched us win the Stanley Cup the other night from a few years ago. 1967.lol.
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Most of my time has been working on pictures of numerous road trips around BC for a couple of FB pages I contribute to. Watched us win the Stanley Cup the other night from a few years ago. 1967.lol.
Busy hands will keep ya outta trouble.
Man,I hope we Canuck fans ( Nashville fans ) can one day watch replays of a Stanley Cup team!!
Pens Red Wings Oilers Chicago have those many Cups in not the too far past.
Life is just not fair...it 's just not fair...
If the Canucks get into the finals it would be nice if they win it fair and square.
But after 3x and no cigar ...what if they get there and it's 0-4 OUCH!
......so did not Bobby Clarke wack a russian's ankle during the USSR - Canada 1972 series...we won !!!
Did not a figure skater get Nancy Kerrigan knee whacked ...so
If the Canucks get into the finals think the team will have to not win it fair and square...take out a few players by whacking their ankles ...whack their knees.....
This should help with our first CUP. Like tilting the ice surface...we skate downhill other team skates uphill...hey that's a good idea. Canucks can start construction on the rink now!!!
It's a win at any cost....a Cup at any cost....it's the "Christian thing to do". ::)
( prevents a big riot should Canucks lose so ya let's cheat ) ;D
No tell no tell no tell....secret plans.....
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Most of my time has been working on pictures of numerous road trips around BC for a couple of FB pages I contribute to. Watched us win the Stanley Cup the other night from a few years ago. 1967.lol.
Still living in the past Chris ? Did they have colour TV back then ? ;)
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Imagine watching the Canucks 3 losses in the finals on a black and white tv.
Now that would be very depressing.
Mind you watching the BC Lions win the Grey Cup on a color tv is bliss !!!
Now only if the Lions get the Grey Cup and then after Canucks win the Stanley Cup. Could our hearts handle it?
But as it is a feat to get into the Stanley Cup finals ....losing team should get the Silver Cup if they take the series to a game 7.
We'd have two Silver Cups.
That's like 1/2 a cigar...better than nothing zippo.
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No face masks for sure. Did they wear helmets?
So, finally gotten mostly rid of the cough and now.... yeah, kidney stone. Not big enough to risk going to the doctor but just uncomfortable a lot. So much fun.
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I wonder if they will finally put in a rule to stop Marchand from spitting on people or licking people now? Maybe a benefit from COVID19
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I wonder if they will finally put in a rule to stop Marchand from spitting on people or licking people now? Maybe a benefit from COVID19
;D ;D ;D
Ya he has done that a few times.
Think he does it because the player he licks is sweating ...so it's a good source of "hydro /salt"
Not sold in stores.
Yep but that tongue if it has Covid 19 ...it 's then like the saliva of that reptile that is so poisonous.
Wonder if he gets tempted to lick his teamates?
In the dressing room ...." Come on Marchand stop that ok "
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I would imagine trying to lick a teammate while they are in the shower will result in a significant beating, unless they are into that of course. But the other person being into it doesn't seem to be a requirement in the past for his lickings.
I can just imagine someone getting sick from it and the uproar that would cause.
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I would imagine trying to lick a teammate while they are in the shower will result in a significant beating, unless they are into that of course. But the other person being into it doesn't seem to be a requirement in the past for his lickings.
I can just imagine someone getting sick from it and the uproar that would cause.
Big lawsuit ? But the defence would be a player could of caught virus "anywhere" ..
Honestly when it happened I thought the guy should of been given 10 game suspension.
( guess nothing in the rule book ...then make new rules )
2nd time...banned for season ..if near end of season ...banned for most of next.
Tyson ..bites ears ....muzzle the guy should be rule or wear ear protector ...but he may bite nose...
Muzzle Marchand if he just can't help himself. Oh boy...
They should call the 6 ft distance the Marchand Rule. ( keep 6ft away ...maybe 7 ft ..he may have a 6 ft tongue. ) oh boy.
Hope your health improves more and more. Prayer said for you.
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I wouldn't think with mouthguards they would have to worry about unintentional lickings but I would think if you say get hit in the back you could have a little spit fly out and land on someone and it be accidental. So I would say every licking is a 10 game suspension for first occurrence, second occurrence is a season suspension, third is lifetime ban. For spitting, it would have to be obviously on purpose with the same penalty.
Still hurting with the stone. It comes and goes. It isn't very big which is good. I've had some that were so big they could hardly pass. This is more like the stitch you get in your side when you run too much and you are out of shape with occasional sharp stabs like you just got stabbed. And then I can go a couple hours with nothing. Hoping it passes soon though. It is the third or fourth I have had in 8 months.
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I wouldn't think with mouthguards they would have to worry about unintentional lickings but I would think if you say get hit in the back you could have a little spit fly out and land on someone and it be accidental. So I would say every licking is a 10 game suspension for first occurrence, second occurrence is a season suspension, third is lifetime ban. For spitting, it would have to be obviously on purpose with the same penalty.
Still hurting with the stone. It comes and goes. It isn't very big which is good. I've had some that were so big they could hardly pass. This is more like the stitch you get in your side when you run too much and you are out of shape with occasional sharp stabs like you just got stabbed. And then I can go a couple hours with nothing. Hoping it passes soon though. It is the third or fourth I have had in 8 months.
never had a stitch for many years but know the pain of them from memory. They really hurt like a knife jabbing into you. Ouch.
Guess I don 't get stitch because never run anymore.
If a guy came at me with a knife ...my escape is run quick...
Was a very very good runner at one time.
But now if guy came at me with a knife well...gotta go into combat and hope for the best.
Heard these stones are such a problem 100's of 1000s of operations yearly.
Some very tiny but other stones can be huge !!!
It's gotta keep you humble that's for sure. OUCH ...must be terrible if pain starts as your driving and making a left turn ......
Lordy if your kissing the wife.....
Ya get them a lot .
Does the stone affect your bile ....or digestion process?
Hope you get better soon.
Prayer said again for ya.
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The small ones hurt like a stitch. The big ones, unbelievable the amount of pain. Yeah, getting them while you are driving or doing something else can be horrible. My brother got one while fishing on the Fraser with a Chinook on the line. They were in the boat and he was in the back of the boat, pole in hand while my dad drove and my other brother watched. Despite the adrenaline and everything else going on, it hit him and dropped him to his knees. He handed the pole quickly to my other brother and then spent the rest of the time while they fought the fish on his side writhing in pain. It really can drop you with the amount of pain. The first one I got I woke up in the middle of the night, like 1 am, feeling like I was having lower back cramps. I had spent the evening before moving a bunch of heavy furniture so I wasn't happy but figured it was that. I took a shower and stretched and it relaxed a little bit so went back to bed, about 2, woke up and started throwing up. Was taking a shower as often as the hot water heater would warm the water as that helped a little bit but we were at my ex's grandparents and their house was old with a small hot water heater. Spent the next number of hours throwing up and writhing on the bathroom floor. Went to the ER and was told I had a 7 1/2 mm stone. You can generally pass anything smaller than about 7 or 8 so it was right at the upper limit.
That stone was the worst I have ever had. The ER gave me medicine to get me back home as we were visiting 7 hours away from home. Ex drove the whole way back. Went to a urologist when we got back and since it was in the tube the option was they have to go up and grab it. It is just as bad as it sounds. They take a scope, probably a quarter inch diameter. They knock you out but they stick that up your ... uh peehole I guess is the best way to put it, go up to the stone which is likely a foot inside, grab it with some pinchers and yank it out. If it is too big to just yank out they cut it with a laser and then yank it out. So, I went in to get that done, they knocked me out, woke up and was told the horrible news that it had gone back up into the kidney and they couldn't grab it so instead they put a stint in, which is essentially a tube that goes from your kidney to your bladder to keep the stone from passing. This is attached to a surgical string which comes out or your peehole and they taped it around, well, shortly below the peehole. So, that was a horrible experience itself but then being a young man at the time, the next morning a certain.... wood, showed up, which they had not left enough string left and so the string started ripping my hole and so we had to cut the tape.
I dealt with the stint for a couple weeks because the insurance company would only pay for a traveling lithotripsy which is what they use to blast the stones up instead of one of the ones that were at hospitals because it was cheaper. I finally got it blasted and then you pee sand for maybe a week which isn't comfortable, doesn't really hurt bad but feels like your innards are caught in a whirlpool and being sucked through your peehole as all of the tubes spasms and quiver.
So yeah, they can really suck. It doesn't affect the bile. It doesn't really affect your digestion although it will give you an upset stomach because of the pain. And of course the pain killers they give you will make you horribly constipated so that doesn't help.
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TNA gee it all sounds like a horror movie.
To go through all those experiences...man you have suffered.
Think I'd be tempted to drink a light olive oil ....full glass in a day...for 3 days...
Maybe get so much oil ..that stone may get lubricated out. :o
This day and age ...ya just think a supplement or medication could prevent or fix instantly.
Nothing worse than to had a problem...then get constipated ....to add on to it....
Me Doctor Whobataaaaaa what your problem..no please do not tell me. No time to explain.
I must leave my office in 5 minutes.
New improve formula and technique...
You sickness problem standing up.
Sooooo we put rope pulley ...put you upside down till tomorrow when I come back tomorrow you should be improve.
Gull blatter fix gull stone fix , heart improve , more blood to brain...less blood to feet ...
That is the technique....the formula is pay my bill ( $$$ ) then I take you off pulley ropes and back to feet ...standup time...go home now.
Oh by the way ...TNA if you get stone problem in future would you like me to make appt for you to see Dr Whobataaaaaa ?
Just joking....
Anyways hope you get well soon ...
Health is so good ...
Times had hep B ...
Mono....
Major heart attack.....stent....
Flus.....
Really injured back ...20 plus times I guess...back spasms ....or back joint pain...
When your sick it just seems it takes forever to get well sometimes....
I take apple cider vinegar ...1x daily...with unsweetened pineapple juice....1 orange daily ....forkful sauerkraut ( food to feed good bacteria in intestine ) 1 pill suppliment vit. D 1000 ui.
Plus eat whole wheat or 10 grain bread...organic porridge as part of breakfast...
Plus try to avoid the sugar ....too excess salt or bakery goods...white flour ...white rice...potato chips ...cheese corn chips ...oh sure cheat sometimes but mainly avoid.
Ice cream sometimes...
Take care ...you will be prayed for that your healing will come faster ...hope it will help.
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I appreciate it. Everybody is unique in what causes theirs. Mine are even more unique because mine are hard to see on ct scan, or impossible. I have had dozens so I know what they feel like. Had one, hurt on the right side so went in to the urologist. He has himself operated on me at least six times for stones, either blasting or pulling them out. A couple years ago, I went in with the same kind of pain, they took a ct scan and they said I didn't have any. Sent me back to my primary care doctor, who said it seemed like a kidney stone but if they said it wasn't, maybe it was diverticulitis. Sent me to the doctor for that, he said he was almost positive it wasn't that but did a colonoscopy to be safe. That was so much fun and he found nothing. Eventually passed it with nobody being able to tell me what it was.
So this last time I went in and he treated me like I was coming in there hoping to score some pain killers to get high. Sent me for a ct scan and they couldn't see anything, although I had blood in my urine when they tested it. The nurse told me that since it wasn't showing up on the ct scan, it wasn't urological and tried sending me back to primary care. I ended up having to go to the ER, they said the only thing that made sense was kidney stone so went to another urologist. They did a ct scan but then did another scan where they do an IV with contrast. Said they couldn't see anything on the regular one but with the contrast, I had 2 between the kidney and bladder, another 3 smaller ones in the kidney on the left side, 1 on the right, and about a dozen really small ones in the kidney. One of the stones was hurting on the right side, the other on the left, so one was even hurting on the wrong side of my body but it showed the other doctor was full of it.
And yesterday things ramped up enough I called my new doctor hoping he could send in some medicine without seeing me. He can do that but needed a CT scan so went and did that yesterday. That wasn't fun as they scanned my temp as soon as I walked in the door, gave me a face mask that I had to wear, and the waiting room had very few seats so everybody had to be distant. Waiting on results from that. I don't like taking the pain pills but will if I have to. They have pills that dialate the tubes which will allow it to pass easier. They also have pills that make it so the tubes don't spasm which is where most of my pain comes from. Others get pain because the stone blocks the tube and the urine backs up into the kidney and if that happens it can actually damage your kidney significantly or even kill you.
So, still having fun here. All prayers appreciated. Would like for it to pass soon.
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Ring around the roses here we go...like driving around the block 100 x for no reason.
You were in pain and all signs showed it was stones...but doctor said "no" so then it's back to reg. MD and he sends you to get scoped up the bum ...never had it but ya you have to have no poo ...and then drink some untasty liq. ....then they use an old WW2 periscope and check your bum and insides...
...so they send you to a new specialist ...and use dye so it shows up better...and there those pesky stones were !!!
Finally treatment.
If these guys knew the proper "what could be going on" with TNA ...they should of put the dye test right at the beginning & saved you a lot of grief and time.
Some doctors are like mechanics...a not so knowledgeable one trial and error ...finally finds the problem.
Other mechanic BINGO this is the problem and this is the fix/repair .
Hang in there ...
Use lots of Franks Hot Sauce ( from red pepper ) ...maybe this will prevent future stones from forming.
One day at a time.
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Mine seem to be from eating fried okra. Can be from spinach and that type of greens but don't eat a lot of that but fried okra is a weakness of mine.
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Mine seem to be from eating fried okra. Can be from spinach and that type of greens but don't eat a lot of that but fried okra is a weakness of mine.
;D ;D ;D
Just one more bite of fried okra....
WTH ....another bite or 2 -3 -4 ...
Ah...just finish it off.
Remember ..then stabbing pain comes....from stones..."It only happens when I laugh"
Laugh and then "pain" in lower right side !!!!
Was it you who posted a vid?
Youtube vid: Inside Kidney Stone Disease.
( TNA ...it shows the dif. types of stones ..4-5 and what they consist of.
Did say some that can cause pain are the size of a tip of a needle/pin and nearly invisible.)
TNA please watch youtube: Remove painful calcium deposits from your body ( 3 best home remedies)
Dr. Mandell.
Apple cider vinegar
Maguiusum 500 mg calcium 1000 mg ( both in one pill. )
Chanca Piedra.
TNA the reviews are out of this world for this chanca piedra ....nickname The Stone Buster.
Check out on youtube.
Hope it helps.
Imagine if Ali boxed Holmes on rematch ...Holmes destroyed Ali in 1979 bout ( think it was 1979 )
Bout 2 ....
Everyone has put their $$$$ on Holmes.
Millions and millions on Holmes to win.
Zero on draw / zero on Ali win.
Ding bell rings 1st Round ... Ali comes out of the corner ...Holmes comes out of his corner ...ripped & in shape.
Ali throws a jab and it connects on Holmes shoulder. No big deal punch.
Suddenly Holmes drops !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is in pain like he got hit by a donkey kick in the "between the legs" !!!!!
Ali wins in 10 secs 1st round !!! Greatest victory ever !!!!
Ref checks Ali's gloves and taped hands....no steel or foreign object ...all legal.
Reports are divided to who to interview !!!
Ali or Holmes ...like what happened ????
Ali says: I trained hard for this bout. "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee"
...
In dressing room of Larry Holmes .....doctors say : Kidney stones attack :o
Ali : Fake news...it was my punch ::)
Now you have the rest of the story. ( that never happened )
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Yeah, a lot of the remedies depend on the type of stone. I somehow mix two of the types. Tried all kinds of remedies. My dad gets them all the time too. Very much genetic in my case and nothing seems to really help.
One of the huge problems I see is that the doctor's get paid for treating the symptoms (the stones). Finding a cure for the stones removes that source of income. Not sure the people who could come up with a cure have the incentive to come up with a cure. Those of us with them don't have the expertise.
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But do try the apple cider vinegar and :
google: chanca piedra. Think you will be amazed with the promising reviews it gets. ( stone buster )
Gee I should feel lousy today as for the first time in a long time had 6 beers and a touch of tomato juice...within 2 hours.
Soaking in the sun listening to Elvis gospel songs on youtube.
Should of kept it to 2 beers.
During the night was so thirsty...must of drank 1/2 container of milk.
Maybe a good thing as best before/expiry was May 5 .
Well it was not sour. ( buy the skim milk so there's no fat )
Gotta protect the arteries.
EDIT IN: hearing more & more about NHL starting up for just TV games !!!
Your past comments on the subject is coming together.
But it will be hard to watch some games if the sun is out....
When Vancouver area has a sunny day ...people get outside because for 6 months we weather is extra gloomy / damp/ cold/ rainy/ snowy/ ....
Finals are on ...or one's team going far into playoffs...of course will watch every game at that point.
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I think NASCAR is starting back up next weekend. I think NBA people are able to practice as I heard some guy saying it was really weird going out for shooting practice and the aide that was getting the ball for him had a mask on and gloves. So assume if they are practicing with team personnel that is sanctioned by the NBA. Hoping NHL is able to follow suit soon.
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We have TNT stores in Richmond ...3 of them ..inwhich lots of Asians go to ...I go there too but not recently...but the new rule is to shop there a mask is needed.
Vancouver is offering the rink if the NHL wants to restart the season.
Lots of hotel rooms avaible .
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Which is great except it doesn't work very well if the players have to quarantine for a week or something just for crossing the border. That would have to be figured out before a rink in Canada could be considered I think. They have been saying for a bit mid May to early June for teams to start team activities in a limited fashion. We are mid May so I am hopeful.
Unfortunately, like everything else these days, this thing has become so political that the different factions are digging in their heels on which way they are going to go which means some states are going to be very slow in restarting. I have a friend who was a nurse here that got laid off when it all started. Her job was giving shots to people getting ready to leave the country so of course that isn't needed now. She is in NY working. Said the beds are mostly empty and a lot of the ventilators are not used and she wishes they would relax things a bit. Eventually, most of the people will have to get it before the effects minimize. The goal of isolating was to not overwhelm the hospitals but now that the hospitals have room they should relax things more while the hospitals have the nurses and equipment. If it goes too long the nurses will start getting laid off, the equipment will be sent....somewhere, and then if another wave hits they are less prepared.
But what do I know I guess.
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Pierre LeBrun is indicating that there has been significant progress made on a 24 team playoff schedule. Not sure when that could take place but seems there is progress being made on getting us back to some hockey. Fingers crossed people.
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Are only 24 teams willing to restart ?
My thinking is play 5 games to end reg. season and then 16 teams go to the playoffs.
But if I was in charge ....when everything gets back to normal...I'd change the playoff system.
Have regular season ....80 games then only 8 teams make the playoffs.
Also in regular season and playoffs no back to back games.
Teams then know they can "put out lots of energy" and then can recharge the next day.
But regardless ref blow the whistle and drop the puck !!! :)
Hang in there TNA .....don't worry if you think things are bad now just wait it will be 100x worse soon....
( just joking ) ......like the guy with hernia says: it only hurts when I laugh.
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News said Texas is opening professional sports May 31st without spectators. California is hoping for the first week of June. So, maybe there will be hockey soon. Hoping so.
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More news coming out. Seems positive.
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl-nhlpa-hoping-for-resolution-in-7-10-days-1.1477043 (https://www.tsn.ca/nhl-nhlpa-hoping-for-resolution-in-7-10-days-1.1477043)
https://www.tsn.ca/border-closure-extension-not-expected-to-affect-nhl-planning-1.1477094 (https://www.tsn.ca/border-closure-extension-not-expected-to-affect-nhl-planning-1.1477094)
I don't know what they do about the quarantine but I think that likely means that however many cities they choose to play in, they will all likely be located inside the US to prevent cross border travel. Seems like they hope to have a solution in the next 7-10 days and they hope to start Phase 2 which is practicing (voluntary it seems) before the end of May so that is right around the corner.
Things are starting to open up down here and get back to a little bit more of a regular schedule which seems nice.
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News today about the CFL season will actually happen and the Grey Cup in December ( instead of Nov )
So....lots of smoke...where there's smoke there is fire.
Restrictions are getting less and less and if there's no major spike then all should go to plan....
Best yet is find a vaccine that works !!!
Then fans can go into crowded stadiums again ....no restrictions ...no masks....
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There was a story a couple days ago about a company that completed phase 1 of testing a vaccine. Testing on something like 24 people. After 40 days, all of them had developed antibodies. Moving to phase 2 but still going to be a bit even once complete with phase 2 to get enough produced to make a difference. Likely 2021 sometime.
But definite smoke happening. The sports writers are over the place. One of them yesterday stated she was able finally able to get excited about writing about the remainder of the season because she felt it was going to happen. One today said they should just write off the season and try and start next year.
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Think they should just have the top 8 teams and start the playoffs.
Label it the 2020 covid 19 adjusted Stanley Cup season.
All teams that miss out just have to lump it.
Yes there are some vaccines that are looking promising Yahoo !!!
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More and more news about starting NHL playoffs.
Ideas but not everyone on board...teams high in pts not happy with too many teams allowed to compete.
Right now on a Sports Net tv it's a replay ..Canucks vs Maple Leafs West Conf. Playoff Game 1.
Linden Bure Pat Quinn coach...
That was a year we nearly ...so close ...got the Cup.
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Phase 2 agreement reached and sent out Sunday evening. So, that is the plan. Now it is just a matter of starting phase 2 which they said they are targeting early June. NY's governor has stated that sports teams in NY can start practicing and if NY is allowing it, I don't see any reason any other state wouldn't. CA and TX already have too. Michigan would be the one that wouldn't but I think Detroit would be out of the playoffs anyways so who cares. More hockey news. Set dates, lets slap this pony and trot off into the sunset.
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Phase 2 agreement reached and sent out Sunday evening. So, that is the plan. Now it is just a matter of starting phase 2 which they said they are targeting early June. NY's governor has stated that sports teams in NY can start practicing and if NY is allowing it, I don't see any reason any other state wouldn't. CA and TX already have too. Michigan would be the one that wouldn't but I think Detroit would be out of the playoffs anyways so who cares. More hockey news. Set dates, lets slap this pony and trot off into the sunset.
I hope we the Canucks do not win the Cup...in this coming modified set up.
It just will feel it came from a patch up season.
Like a toy from a Cracker Box . Anyone remember that treat ? Coated popcorn and a small toy in a plastic bag was in the box. As kids we'd buy a box or two...& say to the friend "What prize did you get?"
For our first Cup I want it from a regular season.
Grey Cup is ok to win it ..patch up season who cares ....90% of teams make the playoffs in the CFL so it 's a joke anyways.
Only 4 teams should make it.
Two west teams should be best 2 out of 3 ...two east ..best 2 out of 3 ...west faces east for Grey Cup.
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I'd still accept the Preds winning it.
No formal training camps until at least July 1st. That means middle of July before we have any games. Boo but still making progress I guess.
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I'd still accept the Preds winning it.
No formal training camps until at least July 1st. That means middle of July before we have any games. Boo but still making progress I guess.
Well you Preds want the Cup do you.....well in that case the line is drawn in the sand.
We Canuck fans will try to win it....and be proud to take it.
Hey 24 teams going at it.....whoever takes it will have to fight tooth and nail.
Might be the best playoffs yet because of less travel. 2 cities is it ?
Predict a team from the west will win it !!! A Canadian team !!! A team close to the ocean...... 8)
Heard the playoffs will go Sept to Nov or something ????? Start next season in December.
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Saying start of phase 3 (training camps) would not start before July 10th now and going to require a couple weeks. Approaching August before they even will start. Very interesting.
And are you talking about Edmonton? They aren't super close to the ocean but can't think of another team in the west that would want it.
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Well that problem is solved. The Canucks will want it....because there's new assistant coaches in town.
Behind the bench will be 3 new assistant coaches....FA Nova & yours truly.
Bring it on.
The Cup is ours !!! well hope so....maybe...possibly...I'm positive ER ER of the fact. Yes yes ..well at least we will get in the finals....& ah & ah....
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I can guarantee you that there will not be any prayer sessions either pregame or postgame.
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I can guarantee you that there will not be any prayer sessions either pregame or postgame.
Ya can't stop "silent prayer" ;D
Is FA around ?
He's in the "can" .
Ok he has a habit of sitting on the toilet for 30 minutes....let's pray boys for 29 minutes.
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Phase 2 starting today, or at least allowed to start today. From looking at the plans for a bunch of the teams, most aren't starting anything today. I think the Preds from what they are thinking are going to be starting in a week. Just takes a while to get everything set up. Most of our players are in town though. For other teams, they only have very few players in twon so then it isn't worth getting all of this set up. At least it is starting.
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Phase 3, training camps, starting July 10th. That is exciting news.
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Wait, what happened with ArimaBoater? :(
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A-Boater and Robert_G is out spreading the Gospel :)
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Not on this site anymore? I haven't been paying attention to other threads. Seems he is no longer with us.
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The Cup will soon be ours. GLG.
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The Cup will soon be ours. GLG.
Wanna bet ?
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Seattle's hockey team is the Seattle Kraken!! It will take them a long time to get cracking, you heard it first here.
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They're Kracking to get going. Wonder who is going to Krack the opening night roster ?
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Can't wait for these games to start.
And love the Seattle name, and logo. Think they did it right. Wasn't very happy with Vegas and the Golden Knights.
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Orcas' favourite food is squid.
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Whale versus Kraken, one of the age old battles in the sea. Viking explorers discussed seeing such battles. Now it will be conducted both above and below the ice (assuming the kraken isn't only a warm water species)
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Our first win of the new normal last night, the Cup is ours.
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Our first win of the new normal last night, the Cup is ours.
Too bad it didn't count but keep dreaming.
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Too bad it didn't count but keep dreaming.
Your guys look bad, cannot watch so going to bed and dream about us winning the Cup.
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Tonight's loss did not count as did your win the other night. Hope you sleep well tonight and did not dream of this game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8GCH5qf9IY
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The Cup will soon be ours. GLG.
Leafs dropped game one 2-0. Leaves do what leaves do in hot weather; they wither and die :)
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Believe Vancouver fell 3-0. Nashville at least scored and lost 4-3.
Hoping for different results all around come tomorrow. For Nashville, one strange bounce just destroyed us. Shot from the point, hits a players stick, glances off heading toward the corner, hits off one of our guys shoulder, bounces off that and over the goalie into the goal. Completely fluke. Somehow that completely destroyed the mental strength we had and we gave up 2 other really quick. Got one back but then gave up a short handed goal. Got one more but couldn't tie it up. Seems about halfway through the second period they got their stuff figured out and mostly dominated the rest of the game. It was just too late.
The Colorado/St. Louis game was quite amazing for a finish. Despite the loss, still glad hockey is back.
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Agree that it was a fluke goal. As they say, good things happen when you shoot. Why did Nashville start Saros instead of Rinne ?
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Leafs dropped game one 2-0. Leaves do what leaves do in hot weather; they wither and die :)
We have the win tomorrow, what a great team we are.
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We have the win tomorrow, what a great team we are.
Nice call Chris, good prediction once again. ;D ;D ;D
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Canucks tamed the Wild tonight to even the series.
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Arizona takes a 2-1 series lead with a 4-1 win. Surprising result
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Agree that it was a fluke goal. As they say, good things happen when you shoot. Why did Nashville start Saros instead of Rinne ?
Toward the end of the year, Saros was much better than Rinne. He also looked better in the training camp. Why they started Saros again in the second game of the back to back... that one might be more of a question although it wasn't Saros's fault we lost that one. We had plenty of opportunity to score and just didn't get people in front of the goal. Tons of pressure but a couple break downs mentally to give up the first two goals, one goal called back because we were offsides and then the wheels fell off. Hoping very strongly we come out strong tomorrow and win and can force a final game on Sunday but that will be a toss up.
Love watching all the hockey. Just wish it was going better. Nice seeing the Penguins down though. LOL.
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Arizona takes a 2-1 series lead with a 4-1 win. Surprising result
Yeah, don't remind me.
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In a penalty filled game this afternoon Canucks win 3-0 taking a 2-1 series lead
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Nice call Chris, good prediction once again. ;D ;D ;D
What happened tonight ? Must have reminded you at how the Leafs blowing a 3 boal lead against Boston in game 7
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Hoping for good results tonight but just not sure the guys have the mental toughness to pull it out.
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Hoping for good results tonight but just not sure the guys have the mental toughness to pull it out.
Eliminated this afternoon
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Leaves trailing 2-0 late in the 2nd period. Will they be trading in their hockey sticks for golf clubs tomorrow ?
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Impressive comeback by the Leafs. Even Chris is speechless
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Impressive comeback by the Leafs. Even Chris is speechless
Not really as was away but back for tonight's win. Congrats on your team win.
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No miracle for the Leafs tonight as they were eliminated. Four consecutive years of bowing out early. Time to change coach and most importantly a new Leaf advisor who knows something about hockey. ;D ;D
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When does the next season start when the cup will be ours?
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When does the next season start when the cup will be ours?
;D ;D ;D
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When does the next season start when the cup will be ours?
We have a seat in front of the Canucks bandwagon for you.
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Yeah, disappointing end to the season. That Toronto/CBJ series was crazy. The comeback to tie it and then win in overtime was crazy by Toronto but seems that took all they had and they had nothing left for game 5.
Trying to remember when they are tentatively planning on starting "next season". November maybe?
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Interesting comments by Brian Burke. Said the Leafs were built for the regular season but not for the playoffs. Think that the Leafs need to get rid of one of their four high priced player (Matthews, Nylander, Marner, Tavares) for a defenceman.
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That Columbus/Tampa Bay game was insane. Started watching about the end of regulation. Gotta say I'm glad I'm not a huge fan of either team or I'm not sure I could have handled that stress. The game about five years ago where we went to three overtimes was crazy enough. I was at that game and it was a late start and didn't end until 1 am. Can't imagine the stress on the teams or the fans from the game last night.
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Started watching the game in the 3rd overtime. Initially thought it was a replay. Korpisalo was unbelievable making over 80 saves.
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In case Chris missed the game, the Canucks win 5-2 in game 1. Rolling right along.
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In case Chris missed the game, the Canucks win 5-2 in game 1. Rolling right along.
A short celebration for you, you know they will lose the series. Am I ever wrong?
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A short celebration for you, you know they will lose the series. Am I ever wrong?
One more win than you guys. More to come. BTW how is Mitch Marner's golf game coming ?
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Hate the Blues, so go Vancouver.
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One more win than you guys. More to come. BTW how is Mitch Marner's golf game coming ?
Good call FA. Leaf advisor greenat the team we have.
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I think Chris is going to start transformation in a Canucks fan. Welcome to the bright side Luke.....
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And another thing- why is Ericson still drawing in? I don't think he's thrown a check in the last 3 years.
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I think Chris is going to start transformation in a Canucks fan. Welcome to the bright side Luke.....
The transformation is complete. He has renamed his truck Canuckmobile complete with a Canuck flag. He was spotted in Chilliwack in Canuck paraphernalia.
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A short celebration for you, you know they will lose the series. Am I ever wrong?
As predicted they are done, have they got the clubs ready?
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As predicted they are done, have they got the clubs ready?
Not as ready as the Leafs. ;D
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Not as ready as the Leafs. ;D
Beginning of the end starts tonight.
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Beginning of the end starts tonight.
For the St. Louis Blues. The Blues are singing the blues after blowing a 2 goal lead.
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That Suzuki kid on the Habs.... wow, crazy. He is fun to watch. Also, Peterson is pretty good as well. He gets pushed off the puck a lot but if he is able to hold control he can do some amazing things.
I also really hate the NBC announcers. Don't know if you watched the Bruins game but there was a hit last game where a guy had his head down and a Bruin lit him up, clean hit right in the chest under the chin but it was brutal and took him out of the game. They then showed one of the Canes players who had a Bruin player in the exact same position and he hit him but didn't light him up. The announcers were saying that this was the reason that the Canes were going to lose is because they wouldn't take the big hits but laid off. I'm sorry, the first hit caused a guy to go into concussion protocol. If those are the types of hits you need to win, that is just sad.
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Suzuki is indeed a joy to watch ..... and he's only 20 years old. Another up and coming star is Jesperi Kotkaniemi. He got sent down to Laval mid season. Since his return for the playoffs, he's been a stud.
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We have our first round pick from last year that there are stories that there are already plans for him to be on the team next year. The same with one from a couple years ago that needed some time in the AHL to get used to the size of the ice over here. Likely losing two to free agency but both have been steady but steady third line people but we have had to play at least one on the second line. Could be interesting. Interesting to see what the off season holds which is all we have to look forward to other than just watching the rest of the playoffs.
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Your team is in the same boat as the Leafs. They too are planning for next year. :D
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One more win than you guys. More to come.
Another good call FA. Canucks on the verge of eliminating the defending champs. The Cup is within sight.
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Opener! Time to put Lost Wages in the rearview mirror. They're a pretty heavy team physically but don't have the speed and finesse of the Canucks.
What happened to Al (a boater)?
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Opener! Time to put Lost Wages in the rearview mirror. They're a pretty heavy team physically but don't have the speed and finesse of the Canucks.
What happened to Al (a boater)?
Spreading the gospel along with Robert_G
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Congrats on beating the Blues. Although you better do better because Vegas ate your lunch last night.
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We'll be much better in game 2.
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I thought I was going to be able to say the same thing about the Avs. And hey started out good, in the first period. And then fell apart.
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We'll be much better in game 2.
Right again !! Back on track.
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Yeah, much better last night.
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Right again !! Back on track.
Watch for the washout just ahead. :D
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Watch for the washout just ahead. :D
Done like dinner, the party is over tonight.
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Done like dinner, the party is over tonight.
The only thing that is done are your Make Beliefs ;)
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The only thing that is done are your Make Beliefs ;)
You can sleep well tonight but be prepared for a big let down, get your beer ready. ;D ;D
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Glad to hear you're back on the Canuck bandwagon.
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You can sleep well tonight but be prepared for a big let down, get your beer ready. ;D ;D
Will sleep well again tonight !! Letdown ? What letdown ?
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Canuck advisor, GM and coaching staff back hard at work preparing for the Oct. 9th entry draft and making the Canucks great again.