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We got this. Thomas isn't impenetrable, if today proves anything, its that we can score on him, there were multiple chances for more than 5 goals, he's just another goalie, not a god, he's human. We come back game 7, and we win this.
2 posts, 3 open nets that the puck just bounced at the wrong time, and the 2 we scored on him he was committed way too far out of his net.
Let's hope the bounces will go our way on Wednesday and we bury some of those missed chances...
The NHL is a mess in terms of dictating acceptable and unacceptable on-ice behaviour. Seems to have a trickle down effect where the refs can't be counted on to call two identical infractions. This has to be the worst officiated playoffs I have ever seen.
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I know I'll get bashed for saying this but I don't think Thomas is GOD, I think the Canucks are making him out to look god like. Yes, you guys can throw all the stats at me but that won't change my opinion.
agreed. Tim Thomas is mortal. We had a lot of bounces not go our way tonight...at least 3 posts i believe. Harsh reminder that hockey is a game of inches
I still can't believe Daniel (or Henrik?) took all those shots from that little rat Marchand. Game is nearly over with an almost impossible score to climb back from, was he looking for a penalty to be called? Show some heart and fight back. Its disheartening because it only reinforces their image as "sisters". Another issue is their diving. The sedins arn't the only ones doing it, but this is looking like fucking soccer.
I did admire Kesler's heart. You could see him beaver tapping for the puck near the end and just taking wristers to hopefully generate something. If Thomas doesn't win MVP, it will be Kesler when his effort translates into some goals in game 7.
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[23-07, 02:03] shawn79 i find that at vietnamese place they cut ur hair like they cut grass
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The problem is that the league has come out to say that they don't want any of this stuff going on after the whistle and any team that does it will get penalized. Well guess what, that's how Boston plays (not just Marcharnd) and so far I haven't seen them doing otherwise because nothing's being done to stop them.
and for the love of god, PLEASE fucking stop calling everyone else bandwagoners because you think you know better or have watched more hockey and that somehow makes your opinion more valid. There are fans here that have followed the Canucks for 10, 15, 20+ years so shut the fuck up about bandwagons.
and what do I expect of Daniel when he's getting whacked? Not retaliate so that the refs can call a penalty against whoever's punching him? If the Sedins push back, guess what, both of them will get sent off. So what the hell is he supposed to do then?
FYI Marchand got penalized for those punches. What more do you want? The ref isn't going to break them up, that's not his job. All Daniel had to do was grab onto his arm and push it away, or better yet just skate away if he doesn't want a confrontation. Instead, he stood there and flopped his head around, and looked like a fool in front of his team and his fans.
I know I'll get bashed for saying this but I don't think Thomas is GOD, I think the Canucks are making him out to look god like. Yes, you guys can throw all the stats at me but that won't change my opinion.
Yup, those fanned opportunities and missed empty netters could've amounted to 4-5 goals
FYI Marchand got penalized for those punches. What more do you want? The ref isn't going to break them up, that's not his job. All Daniel had to do was grab onto his arm and push it away, or better yet just skate away if he doesn't want a confrontation. Instead, he stood there and flopped his head around, and looked like a fool in front of his team and his fans.
Are you sure he got penalized for that? I don't remember calls being made at that point. The box score just shows that Daniel got a 10 minute misconduct and so did Marchand + 2 for roughing - is that it? If so, how the hell did Daniel get a misconduct for being a punching bag?
Probably for something he said after... So that's two 10 minute misconducts for Daniel Sedin? Crazy
Edit; This might explain it:
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Sedin said he asked Sutherland why he wasn't calling a penalty and the referee responded with 'I will'. Sedin jokingly replied, 'When, after the fifth punch?'
BOSTON — His team has managed to score just eight goals in six games, but Daniel Sedin has no doubts about the biggest game of his life on Wednesday night.
"We're going to win Game 7," Daniel said emphatically after the Canucks dropped a 5-2 decision to the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final on Monday night.
To do that, he and the rest of the Canucks are going to have to solve Boston goalie Tim Thomas.
Daniel said there is a simple explanation why the Canucks, who scored more goals than any other team this past season, haven't been able to put the puck in the net in the final.
"It's pretty easy because Tim Thomas has been outstanding," Daniel said. "Still, we're 3-3 and we won all three games at home and we have the fourth game at home. So we have the seventh game at home and we'll take that. We are confident."
Daniel thinks it's imperative the Canucks get Thomas moving around in his crease in Game 7 on Wednesday night (5 p.m., CBC, Team 1040).
"Today, I thought we got him moving a little bit more and we have to get him moving side to side. That's the only chance to score."
Vancouver led the NHL with 262 regular-season goals and offence wasn't considered to the team' Achilles heel heading into this series.
But the Sedin twins have struggled, combining for five points in six games — three of those came on a couple of mean-nothing goals in the third period Monday night — and 41-goal scorer Ryan Kesler has just one assist in the series.
The Bruins, most notably Thomas, have managed to largely silence Vancouver's top two lines. Vancouver has been outscored 19-8 in the series.
"Well, they have a good goalie over there," was Henrik's explanation for the team's pop-gun offence in the Cup final. "I thought today we did a lot better job of moving the puck and getting those open chances. Again he made some saves. We missed a few ones where we could have scored. But overall I thought we played a lot better."
Thomas clearly seems to be inside the heads of the Canucks’ goal scorers and acknowledged after the game that this is probably the best streak he has ever been on.
"Well, at this level in the NHL, you know, if you want to call it a ‘streak’ that I've had, I've had some good run in different years and in different leagues," he said. " My first year in Finland, I won the championship there and I had a really good run. I was actually 9-0 in the playoffs and a .962 save percentage or something like that.
"But this is a totally different level. You're playing against the best players in the world. That was high-quality hockey in Finland, but this is a whole different ballgame."
Henrik was not taking any consolation from the fact that he managed to get his first point of the series when he scored a power-play goal 22 seconds into the third period.
"It doesn't matter, we lost the game, that's the only thing," Henrik said. "I would have loved to score the goal when it was tied 1-1, but we were down 4-0. It didn't really matter."
And he knows both him and Daniel will be under the microscope in Game 7.
"Danny scored five goals in the first series against Chicago after six games and we still get criticized," Henrik said. "That's not a problem."
Daniel said the players must remain calm, even though he knows the team's fans will be in crisis mode.
"It's going to be crazy," he said. "We know it's a big game, obviously. It's the last game of the season, it's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, but you have got to treat it as a normal game. When you go out there the crowd is going to be going, you can't be overexcited, that's when you take the stupid penalties and you overdo things. Stay calm and we always play well at home so we are going to be confident going into the game."
Daniel's confident prediction about Game 7 came when he was discussing Vancouver's awful first period Monday night, when the Canucks fell behind 4-0 before the game was 10 minutes old.
"Like I said, it happened and we have to deal with that as a team," Daniel said. "It's enough with the blaming and all that. We lose as a team and win as a team and we're going to win Game 7."
Didn't see if this was posted, but good article. Mark Messier guarantee?
wow 34.5% of 3300 people who answered TSN.ca's poll think Schneider should start game 7? There's 1000 idiots who read TSN.ca
The general population knows NOTHING about hockey. Whoever posted that the media bias does dictate a lot of the general consensus on issues is damn right
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[23-07, 02:03] shawn79 i find that at vietnamese place they cut ur hair like they cut grass
[23-07, 02:03] shawn79 do u go to vietnamese places for haircuts
We got this. Thomas isn't impenetrable, if today proves anything, its that we can score on him, there were multiple chances for more than 5 goals, he's just another goalie, not a god, he's human. We come back game 7, and we win this.
Yup, and did you guys notice what Bieksa did all game long? He shot the puck wide with someone parked on the side of the net for the rebound, we almost opened the scoring using that play.
Thomas comes out a lot and he tends to over commit and that's one play that can work in our favor and even shots from the points he tends to over commit. That's why Boston's D collapses in front of him so they can block or clear the rebounds in a hurry. He's got weaknesses, Canucks know them but the question is they have to find a way to take advantage of them tomorrow.
Canucks need to find a way to score in the powerplays.
So much dirty and rough stuff going on after the whistle.
If Canucks picked up on their PP, the series would be over, and guarantee Boston will start playing nice.
I'm really not all that worried though. I had a feeling they would lose tonight, and I honestly didn't really care either, since I was secretly hoping for a game 7... for a home win. That being said, if Canucks could win it in 6, they would have won it in 6. They failed to do so, so I believe they can do it in 7.
I can't help but constantly think the stages have been set for a game 7 SCF OT showdown. Has this even happened ever in history?
I keep visualizing a great Vancouver OT goal that will be on par of Crosby's gold medal OT goal. Maybe even more epic than that. Now that will be an incredible ending to an incredible season. Let's see it happen! I've been personally waiting for 17 years. Many fans have been waiting for even longer than that. This will end nothing short of being the most climatical SCF ever. (this is my prediction and hope anyway)
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keep the faith guys
we're gonna do this on wednesday! I cannot wait! It's gonna be an epic game!
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Canucks' Daniel Sedin: 'We're going to win Game 7'
Vancouver star confident his team will rebound in seventh and deciding game of Stanley Cup final By Brad Ziemer, Vancouver Sun June 13, 2011 11:08 PM
BOSTON — His team has managed to score just eight goals in six games, but Daniel Sedin has no doubts about the biggest game of his life on Wednesday night.
"We're going to win Game 7," Daniel said emphatically after the Canucks dropped a 5-2 decision to the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final on Monday night.
To do that, he and the rest of the Canucks are going to have to solve Boston goalie Tim Thomas.
Daniel said there is a simple explanation why the Canucks, who scored more goals than any other team this past season, haven't been able to put the puck in the net in the final.
"It's pretty easy because Tim Thomas has been outstanding," Daniel said. "Still, we're 3-3 and we won all three games at home and we have the fourth game at home. So we have the seventh game at home and we'll take that. We are confident."
Daniel thinks it's imperative the Canucks get Thomas moving around in his crease in Game 7 on Wednesday night (5 p.m., CBC, Team 1040).
"Today, I thought we got him moving a little bit more and we have to get him moving side to side. That's the only chance to score."
Vancouver led the NHL with 262 regular-season goals and offence wasn't considered to the team' Achilles heel heading into this series.
But the Sedin twins have struggled, combining for five points in six games — three of those came on a couple of mean-nothing goals in the third period Monday night — and 41-goal scorer Ryan Kesler has just one assist in the series.
The Bruins, most notably Thomas, have managed to largely silence Vancouver's top two lines. Vancouver has been outscored 19-8 in the series.
"Well, they have a good goalie over there," was Henrik's explanation for the team's pop-gun offence in the Cup final. "I thought today we did a lot better job of moving the puck and getting those open chances. Again he made some saves. We missed a few ones where we could have scored. But overall I thought we played a lot better."
Thomas clearly seems to be inside the heads of the Canucks’ goal scorers and acknowledged after the game that this is probably the best streak he has ever been on.
"Well, at this level in the NHL, you know, if you want to call it a ‘streak’ that I've had, I've had some good run in different years and in different leagues," he said. " My first year in Finland, I won the championship there and I had a really good run. I was actually 9-0 in the playoffs and a .962 save percentage or something like that.
"But this is a totally different level. You're playing against the best players in the world. That was high-quality hockey in Finland, but this is a whole different ballgame."
Henrik was not taking any consolation from the fact that he managed to get his first point of the series when he scored a power-play goal 22 seconds into the third period.
"It doesn't matter, we lost the game, that's the only thing," Henrik said. "I would have loved to score the goal when it was tied 1-1, but we were down 4-0. It didn't really matter."
And he knows both him and Daniel will be under the microscope in Game 7.
"Danny scored five goals in the first series against Chicago after six games and we still get criticized," Henrik said. "That's not a problem."
Daniel said the players must remain calm, even though he knows the team's fans will be in crisis mode.
"It's going to be crazy," he said. "We know it's a big game, obviously. It's the last game of the season, it's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, but you have got to treat it as a normal game. When you go out there the crowd is going to be going, you can't be overexcited, that's when you take the stupid penalties and you overdo things. Stay calm and we always play well at home so we are going to be confident going into the game."
Daniel's confident prediction about Game 7 came when he was discussing Vancouver's awful first period Monday night, when the Canucks fell behind 4-0 before the game was 10 minutes old.
"Like I said, it happened and we have to deal with that as a team," Daniel said. "It's enough with the blaming and all that. We lose as a team and win as a team and we're going to win Game 7."
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