ZFan38

yes and no. he will get pretty much all the criticism in the paper tomorrow and the usual idiots will be calling for him to be traded but most people remember how bad it was goaltending wise for the canucks before luongo. i've said all year that the canucks dont have the defence to make a long run in the playoffs and imo this series proves that to me more than it says anything about luongo.

insane pace early.

No, in the 05-06 playoffs the top 4 seeds in the West all went out in the first round.

Shaun Marcum has a no hitter through 6.

Defensively, yes. Obviously Canada was pretty scary last night but how many of those opportunities would they have gotten that clean against us? Evgeni was terrible, they turned it over like mad and their D's were terrible. They gave up after that 4th goal. Watched all of those first 3 games on DVR and think we're the 2nd best team remaining. I love the way our first line is playing and think we'll get the opportunities against Finland. Unfortunately the guy in net has been pretty good. I wish Sweden would have pulled that out though. Also I'm probably the only guy in here who likes watching national hockey games and occasional Blackhawks games, but have never really adopted an NHL team. I want to adopt the Devils just so I can root for Parise (and to a lesser extent Langenbrunner). Tell me why I shouldn't. i dont watch many devils games, but they have a reputation as being one of the most boring teams in the league.

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rodgers INT

They made it sound like he was woozy but never left the bench. Mitchell came out of the box and blindsided him. If they kill this, huge. he did leave the bench. looked like possible concussion. tsn said toews was saying something about upper body pain.

justin morneau

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283634

I think the Canucks are in a good cap situation also. At least I think I read that somewhere in the last week or so. They are supposedly looking to make a run at the Neidermayer bros also. Yeah they'll be able to match any offer the Sedins get. The Niedermayer bros are from BC and according to their agent, they may be willing to take a pay cut to finish their careers here.

Details?

Fwiw, around here Beach gets compared to Bertuzzi a lot. Big, skilled, inconsistent, takes bad penalties and not great in the locker room.

What's with the fans throwing all that crap on the ice? Seems like Canadian hockey fans would be above all that. I know they are passionate, but that's just silly. I completely agree. The atmosphere GM Place is fantastic, but you will find a ton of idiots there.