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The thing with Burrows is he plays every single game with passion and gives it 110% game in and game out, he never takes a night off and his overall work ethic is amazing.
I just hope that Kesler doesn't get a big contract and goes MIA for the next few seasons. It'll be interesting to see how Gillis plays this whole situation during the off season.
There are certain disadvantages to playing in the Western Conference. For one thing, many of your opponents will be good at hockey, and therefore it's hard to win games (this is, of course, not true of the Eastern Conference). For another, it's very hard to get any amount of publicity.
An example: Did you know Henrik Sedin(notes) leads the league in points, and has for a considerable amount of time?
It's true. I looked it up on NHL.com just now. For those unfamiliar, he's the one that has a brother that looks just like him.
I've always been a big fan of both Henrik and Daniel Sedin(notes). I think they play an entertaining style and, well, they're incredibly underappreciated.
Fun fact about Henrik: He has scored 75 or more points in each of the last five seasons (he now has 78 with 28 games to go this year). Some notable players to not do that are Jarome Iginla(notes), Dany Heatley(notes), Dany Alfredsson and Marian Hossa(notes).
Not that you'd know that. Even within the Vancouver media, there was constantly talk that the Sedins were "not first-line players." And no matter how many corpses were dropped on their line, they piled up points at or near a point-a-game pace. Has-been versions of Markus Naslund(notes), Pavol Demitra(notes) and Anson Carter(notes). Or Jason King(notes).
So now they have a competent linemate in Alex Burrows(notes), and look at the production from all three. They've scored 178 combined points in 144 man-games, and that's obviously with Daniel missing 18 games (a streak during which Henrik still scored 18 points). The twins are second and third in the league in points per game behind only Alex Ovechkin(notes), not that you've heard a word about it from Versus or NBC.
Perhaps the reason no one realizes how good the Sedins are: They rarely score flashy, or "Ovechkin-y," goals. Most of their goals look like this. Their ability to cycle is unrivaled by any on the planet and their preternatural knowledge of where the other was, is and will be borders on psychic.
I watched a Canucks game last week in which the Canucks struggled against the lowly Oilers. No one had a good night. Except the Sedin-run power play, which combined for all three Vancouver goals behind three assists from Henrik, the overtime game-winner and two assists from Daniel, a goal and an assist from Sami Salo(notes), and a goal from Burrows. That's when I decided to write this column.
This weekend, I was a little nervous watching the Canucks' game with Toronto. The Leafs, inexplicably led 3-0 and chased Roberto Luongo(notes), and the Sedin-Sedin-Burrows line hadn't done much. I couldn't in good conscience write a paean to the Sedins with no points between them in their most recent game, especially if it was against the Maple Leafs.
But they came alive in the third period as they are wont to do, scoring three rather Sedinish goals and finishing with three goals and two assists between them (Burrows, meanwhile, had 2-2-4 in the game) and simply took over the game like it was no big deal.
The way Alex Ovechkin is rampaging up the leaderboards in both goals and total points, it's likely that Henrik will be forced to relinquish his death-grip on the Art Ross frontrunner's spot pretty soon; but if this little run at the top makes even a few more people say, "Wow, the Sedins really are awesome," then that's okay with me. It might force the NHL to acknowledge the existence of the Western Conference beyond Detroit.
Funny the first time, possibly the second, but come on, this shit is getting annoying. Thanks for the great publicity to Vancouver Canucks Hockey and fans. Let it go, any monkey can wear a suit and dance around. 15 mins of fame is pretty much up.
Like raygunpk said yesterday, the word is that Sutter has lost it and is making last ditch moves to try and save his and his brothers job. From the looks of it, I think the Sutters brother will be out if the team fails to make the playoffs or has a first round exit. I guess it'll be a rebuilding phase come next season for the Flames if this is the case.
Like raygunpk said yesterday, the word is that Sutter has lost it and is making last ditch moves to try and save his and his brothers job. From the looks of it, I think the Sutters brother will be out if the team fails to make the playoffs or has a first round exit. I guess it'll be a rebuilding phase come next season for the Flames if this is the case.
doubtful....the sutters are fine
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Lol, I don't know about that...and the Flames are down 2-0 in the 3rd vs. the Flyers...lol.
hahahaha....you expect these players to have good chemisty with each other for the first game(less than 36 hours from them being sent to calgary)?..its not like its only 1 new person in the line up....you're silly, but it was a good effort
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hahahaha....you expect these players to have good chemisty with each other for the first game(less than 36 hours from them being sent to calgary)?....you're silly, but it was a good effort
sounds like a start to a long line of excuses that we will be hearing
HAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHHAAAAAAAHHHHA Flames down 3-0, 2 mins left, Flames must be the biggest epic fail this season and it must sting the Flamer fans that the Oilers might win tonight in god knows how long.
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