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The Vancouverite Canucks Blogger: Just Do it With Blood in the Water

This past week the Canucks kicked things off with a 2-1 shootout loss to Minnesota. A shootout loss? Really? Luongo, this is why you get the big bucks. Screwing up shootouts is not ok sweetheart. Considering that we have 1 line capable of scoring, I think shootouts are going to be kind of key for us this year. It would be pretty awesome if our goalie knew how to work them.

The streak continued with Friday’s home opener loss to the Sharks. That one hurt, but the silver lining to this 6-4 punisher was definitely the next day’s headlines. Seriously, could the sports pages have featured any more hungry shark puns? I think my personal favorite had to be “The Canucks’ thin back-end proved too tempting for a hungry Sharks side”. Honorable mention goes to “Blood was in the water — and the sharks were circling.” So sexy.

Tonight we face the Oilers and it looks like we’ll be doing it without Salo and his injured groin. I’m predicting a massacre. I don’t think this one will even make it to the shoot out. Unless perhaps our new CEO (Chris Zimmerman, ex-head of Nike Bauer Hockey) can light a fire under the team’s ass with some of that ‘Just Do It’ sis boom bah bullshit. Honestly, those Bauer ‘Earn your ice-time’ ads make me feel like I could score and I can’t even skate. Now you get those on a loop in the locker room, get Zimmerman shouting out some Nike taglines and you’ve got yourself a little game night magic. I’m sensing serious secret weapon possibilities here. And he’s not even Swedish.

Tonight: Vancouver Canucks (2-2-1) vs. Edmonton (3-1-0), 7:00 pm PST.

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Posted by: Miss 604

October 16, 2006 10:29 PM

Huh? Salo was in tonight and completely on fire. Our D was totally strong with scoring chances all over the place. Burrows played like he wanted to be here, Ohlund was a machine and the Nick Lachey look-alike Bieksa was working like a dog.

"Considering that we have 1 line capable of scoring, I think shootouts are going to be kind of key for us this year." Sure Luongo had a shakey start to the season and our 6 million dollar man is fallible but everything is still coming into place and we definitely have more options for scoring than anyone could ever imagine.

Although I was totally weirded out by Ronning and most of the PPV coverage, ya gotta love the hot steamy men-in-towels interviews after the game. I didn’t know our boys were so tattooed…

Posted by: C

October 17, 2006 10:04 AM

I couldn't have agreed with you any more before the pucked dropped last night. That's why we watch sports, because the outcomes never ends up being what we predict. It's a lot easier commenting after the game then before it.

Posted by: Miss 604

October 17, 2006 10:17 AM

For all my comments (before games) check out www.miss604.com, http://vancouver.metblogs.com, and www.thecrazycanucks.com -- and my posts are usually more than 45 minutes before the puck drops.