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Why is it that every year after the Canucks get out of the playoffs (and other teams too - I just pay the closest attention to the Canucks) people start clamouring about how terrible certain players are and how wrong and bad everything is and how our coach was an idiot? Or alternatively make blanket statements like - the other team was simply better. No contest.
Blah blah blah.
I should really know better than to read the comments by fans on TSN.com and other sports pages. It's the internet and people always make statements as if they are experts, even (and especially) the people who don't watch all the games.
Everybody's talking about how the Canucks choked on home ice. Luongo sucks. He should never have had the captaincy (and my favourite - this just proves how good the Canadian Olympic team was because they won the game despite having Lu in net. Are you fucking kidding me? Roberto outplayed Martin Brodeur - arguably the best goaltender ever - in that tournament and that's why he got the start in the gold medal game. STFU!). And then they start wailing on Alain Vigneault's coaching. He won the Jack Adams Award for best coaching in the league in 2007, they don't give those out to just anybody!
The main problem I have with sports fans and commentary is that everyone making them seem to have the attention span of a goldfish. Chicago and Vancouver are two good and (I think) well matched teams. Everyone's talking about how the Canucks choked at home - but they're forgetting to mention how the Blackhawks did too. Game 1 and Game 5 were both completely dominated by the Canucks. In fact all the commentators were saying after Game 1 that this series was going to go to the Canucks no problem, after a game like that.
The only reason we're not going to a Game 7 (in Chicago where we were VERY good) is because the 'Hawks managed to come back in Game 2. That was the victory in this series. The only truly even period in the whole series was last night in the first when both teams were playing their best. It was a fantastic period of hockey - great scoring chances on both sides and amazing saves from both goaltenders. And at the end of that period the score was goose-eggs. And then Byfuglien smashed Edler's knee in a clean hit (I hate Byfuglien). And Salo was already playing wounded, and suddenly the Canucks were playing with four D instead of six. I know it's an excuse, but I think it's a pretty good one. Also I agree that we need better depth on Defence, if our best option is having Salo play while injured instead of pulling up someone else. (Also I really miss Willie Mitchell. Please make your head stop being concussed.)
So no, I don't think the Blackhawks are a better team than the Canucks. I think they're pretty much equal in skill. And it's balls that this has happened for the second year in a row, but we're still one of the top eight teams in the league (30 teams) - top four in our conference (15 teams). This is nothing to sneeze at. (Also I am reasonably certain we would have beat Detroit if we played them instead of Chicago - which almost happened).
So stop talking about us like we're the Toronto Maple Laughs - we are not only getting into the playoffs we are getting past the first round.
The bright side is that I won't have to miss any games while I'm in Italy. It doesn't seem all the bright at the moment though.
And now it's the Sharks and the 'Hawks in the conference final - and I'm still pissed at them, but damn I want the 'Hawks to win. The Sharks are all bums.
In other news - Dear Habs, please beat the Penguins tonight. They don't belong in the Northern Hemisphere anyway and Sidney Crosby is bland and annoying (yes even when he scores in overtime against the Americans).
Love, Me.
Blah blah blah.
I should really know better than to read the comments by fans on TSN.com and other sports pages. It's the internet and people always make statements as if they are experts, even (and especially) the people who don't watch all the games.
Everybody's talking about how the Canucks choked on home ice. Luongo sucks. He should never have had the captaincy (and my favourite - this just proves how good the Canadian Olympic team was because they won the game despite having Lu in net. Are you fucking kidding me? Roberto outplayed Martin Brodeur - arguably the best goaltender ever - in that tournament and that's why he got the start in the gold medal game. STFU!). And then they start wailing on Alain Vigneault's coaching. He won the Jack Adams Award for best coaching in the league in 2007, they don't give those out to just anybody!
The main problem I have with sports fans and commentary is that everyone making them seem to have the attention span of a goldfish. Chicago and Vancouver are two good and (I think) well matched teams. Everyone's talking about how the Canucks choked at home - but they're forgetting to mention how the Blackhawks did too. Game 1 and Game 5 were both completely dominated by the Canucks. In fact all the commentators were saying after Game 1 that this series was going to go to the Canucks no problem, after a game like that.
The only reason we're not going to a Game 7 (in Chicago where we were VERY good) is because the 'Hawks managed to come back in Game 2. That was the victory in this series. The only truly even period in the whole series was last night in the first when both teams were playing their best. It was a fantastic period of hockey - great scoring chances on both sides and amazing saves from both goaltenders. And at the end of that period the score was goose-eggs. And then Byfuglien smashed Edler's knee in a clean hit (I hate Byfuglien). And Salo was already playing wounded, and suddenly the Canucks were playing with four D instead of six. I know it's an excuse, but I think it's a pretty good one. Also I agree that we need better depth on Defence, if our best option is having Salo play while injured instead of pulling up someone else. (Also I really miss Willie Mitchell. Please make your head stop being concussed.)
So no, I don't think the Blackhawks are a better team than the Canucks. I think they're pretty much equal in skill. And it's balls that this has happened for the second year in a row, but we're still one of the top eight teams in the league (30 teams) - top four in our conference (15 teams). This is nothing to sneeze at. (Also I am reasonably certain we would have beat Detroit if we played them instead of Chicago - which almost happened).
So stop talking about us like we're the Toronto Maple Laughs - we are not only getting into the playoffs we are getting past the first round.
The bright side is that I won't have to miss any games while I'm in Italy. It doesn't seem all the bright at the moment though.
And now it's the Sharks and the 'Hawks in the conference final - and I'm still pissed at them, but damn I want the 'Hawks to win. The Sharks are all bums.
In other news - Dear Habs, please beat the Penguins tonight. They don't belong in the Northern Hemisphere anyway and Sidney Crosby is bland and annoying (yes even when he scores in overtime against the Americans).
Love, Me.