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Holy crap... Canucks now *SEVEN POINTS* clear of Philly for first in the league... and Philly has only two games in hand. Seven up on Detroit, and Detroit with one game in hand, too!
Slipped to third in goals-for, but still WAY out front in goal differential - +61, Boston second with +47, Chicago third with +36.
Yeah, the back to back weekend wins were huge in terms of league standings.
As much as we were slumping the last few weeks, Philly and Detroit weren't doing much better... they might have gained a point or two on us during that stretch, but that's it.
Before the weekend, Philly was only three points back with two games in hand, so they could have been one point ahead of us. But since they lost back to back games on the weekend, as it stands now, Philly is at LEAST three points behind us, while Detroit is at LEAST five points behind us.
Originally posted by v.b. can we stop, my pussy hurts... Originally posted by asian_XL fliptuner, I am gonna grab ur dick and pee in your face, then rub shit all over my face...:lol Originally posted by Fei-Ji haha i can taste the cum in my mouth Originally posted by FastAnna when I was 13 I wanted to be a video hoe so bad
are these pro athletes supposed to be eating pizza or are these special non-greasy pizza?
Pro athletes burn a ton of calories and many of them will hit up fast food after games.
Guys like Ovechkin and Ochocinco have been known to hit up McDonalds right after practices taking down 2 or 3 Big Macs. Hell look at Michael Pheleps even, the amount of McDonalds and pizza he eats.
Canucks Nation leaves foe frustration, defaced statues in SoCal
By Greg Wyshynski
My god, they finally got to Gretzky.
The Vancouver Canucks went 2-0 in back-to-back games at the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks over the weekend, and a small army of 'Nucks fans reveled in the domination.
Along with the Canuck'ing (and re-Canadanization) of the Kings' Wayne Gretzky statue outside Staples Center, there was also a report that Vancouver fans attempted to do the same to the Mighty Ducks sculpture outside Honda Center.
Oh, but it didn't end there. They chanted "Ellll-issss" inside Honda Center to taunt the home-team goalie. They took over areas outside the rink at Staples, becoming the largest gathering of pasty-skinned Canadians in L.A. since the NHL Draft.
And they left some of the locals rather stunned.
OC Register columnist Jeff Miller chastised the invaders:
While their fans were in the Ducks' ears. The visitors heartily sang "O Canada" before the game and lustily chanted "M-V-P" after Daniel Sedin(notes) scored and Henrik Sedin(notes) assisted. Before the night was over, the crowd was chiding the Ducks with "Na, na, na, na. Na, na, na, na. Hey hey, goodbye."
Yes, even by Honda Center's shaky standards this was a bit excessive. This isn't the sort of spastic behavior usually received at home. Unless you live with Charlie Sheen. It wouldn't have been surprising had the Ducks gone out to the parking lot afterward and found that their cars had been keyed.
While it's not exactly uncommon to see Canadian fans travel to warmer locales for road trips (see: nearly every Florida Panthers home game in the winter against the Leafs or Habs), Robert Williams of Canuckz.com sees something else afoot here for Canucks Nation:
Canuck nation now travels, impressive when you consider the geography. Vancouver's closest rival is Calgary, an 11 hour drive. Only Colorado Avalanche fans have to travel further to get to another team's rink. New York Rangers fans can drive to 11 NHL cities that are a shorter drive than Vancouver-Calgary.
Even when the West Coast Express was in full flight, you did not see anything close to the kind of support the Canucks get on the road. Sure, you'd see fans in Calgary and Edmonton, but that's been ramped up in recent years.
Now Canucks fans show up in great numbers in every Canadian city, as well as border cities such as Buffalo (I remember a bunch of fans painted "Bieksallent" on their chests at a game against the Sabres in 2006-07).
Did the Canucks get that kind of road support during last postseason against the Kings, given that all three California teams are in the Western Conference playoff mix this year?
One of the Canucks contingent wrote this on CDC:
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So I just got back to the hotel after a fun night on the town in LA. The Canucks Ducks game at the Honda Center was unreal. There were soooo many Canucks fans, we totally out numbered the Ducks fans and it looked like there were more Canucks fans in Anaheim then in LA. The Honda Center itself is a gorgeous arena, even nicer then Staples Center and Staples Center is really nice. One thing I noticed right off the bat was how rude and arrogant some Ducks fans were. They constantly brought up the fact that they won the cup and some made some really rude remarks towards Canada and all the fans visiting. One guy actually told me to go back to my hole in Canada, I just laughed and asked him what the score was? Kings fans seem a lot more knowledgeable about the game then Ducls fans. Anyways we had Go Canucks Go going throughout the game along with a bunch of other chants, we even had a Leafs suck chant going in the third. As the clock ran down all the Nucks fans sang na na na naa hey hey good bye. Everyone then took the party to concourse, we literally took it over. Tons of we want the Cup chants and we even sang Oh Canada. It was unreal, it was literally an Olympic/playoff atmosphere. As we were leaving the staff at Honda Center were in shock at all the fans and how we were celebrating, they said they've seen nothing like this. The after party was at JT Schmidtz across from the Honda Center but we ended up missing it cause we had to get back to LA. As we left fans were honking and screaming, it really felt like the Olympics after a win. We got back to LA and hit up a bar where I ran into a bunch of people from Vancouver and even Toronto. All in all it was a great time and something every Canuck fan should do someday.
Leafs suck chant.
By Canucks fans.
In Anaheim against the Ducks.
So I just got back to the hotel after a fun night on the town in LA. The Canucks Ducks game at the Honda Center was unreal. There were soooo many Canucks fans, we totally out numbered the Ducks fans and it looked like there were more Canucks fans in Anaheim then in LA. The Honda Center itself is a gorgeous arena, even nicer then Staples Center and Staples Center is really nice. One thing I noticed right off the bat was how rude and arrogant some Ducks fans were. They constantly brought up the fact that they won the cup and some made some really rude remarks towards Canada and all the fans visiting. One guy actually told me to go back to my hole in Canada, I just laughed and asked him what the score was? Kings fans seem a lot more knowledgeable about the game then Ducls fans. Anyways we had Go Canucks Go going throughout the game along with a bunch of other chants, we even had a Leafs suck chant going in the third. As the clock ran down all the Nucks fans sang na na na naa hey hey good bye. Everyone then took the party to concourse, we literally took it over. Tons of we want the Cup chants and we even sang Oh Canada. It was unreal, it was literally an Olympic/playoff atmosphere. As we were leaving the staff at Honda Center were in shock at all the fans and how we were celebrating, they said they've seen nothing like this. The after party was at JT Schmidtz across from the Honda Center but we ended up missing it cause we had to get back to LA. As we left fans were honking and screaming, it really felt like the Olympics after a win. We got back to LA and hit up a bar where I ran into a bunch of people from Vancouver and even Toronto. All in all it was a great time and something every Canuck fan should do someday.
Yeah I watched a VAN-ANA game in the Honda Center back in 2007 and one guy told me to "sit down" after I was celebrating a Canuck goal. Rude mofo's...
Even in 2007, there were numerous Canuck fans in Anaheim, but not as many as now!
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I was tempted to head down for the LA trip myself this year, but couldn't convince my buddies to do it. It's a nice getaway in the middle of winter/spring. Cheap flights from Bellingham, relatively cheap tickets, and there are always hotel specials (or if you have friends in the hospitality industry, family/staff rates).
Hopefully, the NHL will continue to schedule the Canucks' California games in a similar way in the future.
Yeah I watched a VAN-ANA game in the Honda Center back in 2007 and one guy told me to "sit down" after I was celebrating a Canuck goal. Rude mofo's...
Even in 2007, there were numerous Canuck fans in Anaheim, but not as many as now!
Totally agreed... I did games 3 and 4 in LA last year for the playoffs and we had so many jerkoffs tell us to shut up and sit down. Just going to take a leak was a pain it itself; people would give you the stiff shoulder walking through the halls and talk shit to you when you're lining up waiting for the pisser or a beer. Then again, I guess it didn't help that we had big faces too... lol
And our section had a lot of Nuck fans too... but def not as much as now. Those two vids are amazing!
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nammer don't listen to me, they listen to money. do you know how cheap it is to have someone killed in vancouver? let alone a beat down
The Province covered a story about Aquilini and how the owner is committed to winning by trusting Gillis and his crew. Good read:
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PHOENIX — Let’s be diplomatic and say the origins of the relationship were unconventional.
Francesco Aquilini was still in a massive lawsuit over the Vancouver Canucks when he hired Mike Gillis as the team’s general manager in the spring of 2008. Gillis, for his part, had moved to Vancouver some months before and wasn’t exactly in demand as a potential NHL general manager.
The pair were brought together, in part, by the unlikely combination of former Canuck and Gillis client Geoff Courtnall and The Province’s Tony Gallagher. And when Aquilini fired Dave Nonis as the Canucks’ GM, he interviewed one candidate and one candidate only for one of the most coveted jobs in hockey.
Unconventional? That’s putting it mildly. A blueprint for success? Well, it was original. But almost three years after their relationship was forged, Aquilini and Gillis now stand at the core of the NHL’s best team and, together, they’ve transformed the franchise.
In the end, you can question how it all happened, and the jury is still out on some aspects of Gillis’s administration. What’s beyond dispute, however, is the level of trust Aquilini has invested in Gillis and the resources he’s placed at his disposal.
“No one has carte blanche,” Aquilini said during the team’s current road trip. “But he’s been placed in control of the hockey operations and I don’t think I’ve said no to him yet.”
And that trust is reflected in the NHL standings.
“I think Scotty Bowman said the greatest thing he had in his career was solid ownership,” said Gillis. “I have to agree with him. The luxury we have here is we have people who are committed to winning and who are prepared to look at things differently.
“I think it’s the greatest strength we have. [Aquilini] will do anything to help us win.”
Three years in, there is much about Gillis’s organization that requires a leap of faith. You have to believe, for example, that sleep doctors and sports psychologists make a difference. You have to believe that the analytics and Moneyball principles he employs give the Canucks a competitive advantage. And you have to believe the prospects he’s assembled will step into the team’s lineup and keep the train rolling.
It also helps if you believe the Mats Sundin signing was a seminal moment for the new Canucks. Gillis clings to that belief. “It legitimized the organization as a place where a top player wanted to play,” he says.
But the veracity of that position isn’t the issue here. What’s important is Aquilini has fully endorsed Gillis’s vision for the team and backed it up with his cheque book, changing the look and feel of the Canucks in the process.
The new locker room, the new computerized video system and the expanded scouting staff all cost money. You can be damn sure the new practice facility planned for the Plaza of Nations will cost money, as well.
And Aquilini hasn’t blinked when he’s been handed the bill. The Canucks’ payroll, for example, is listed at just over $59 million for salary-cap purposes, but the actual amount Aquilini forks out for players is closer to $70 million.
It’s the totality of the operation that has revitalized the Canucks, and the root of the reform is the bedrock principle that any tool will be examined in the pursuit of winning, irrespective of the cost.
Gillis believes the players respond to that approach both inside and outside the Canucks’ organization. That belief, you need to know, doesn’t require a leap of faith to accept.
“The plan was to re-invest in areas that had either been neglected or never fully developed,” said Gillis. “I thought Vancouver was never on the A-list of teams and to get on that A-list we had to do things differently. We had to make sure people knew they’d be coming to a place that was dedicated to winning. That was the key message, and the strategy hasn’t changed.”
Neither has Aquilini’s faith in his man. The owner stuck his neck out when he made the hire three years ago and, if it wasn’t exactly hailed as a master stroke then, opinions have since gone through some revision.
“People were questioning it at the beginning,” said Aquilini. “This is the business we’re in. People criticize. That’s OK. If I was wrong, I’d have to deal with it.
“It was a big decision but, in the end, it was our money at stake. I’m very confident and I believe in my ability. The difference is nobody sees it in the business world.”
But they’re seeing it now in the hockey world, right at the top of the NHL standings.
Totally agreed... I did games 3 and 4 in LA last year for the playoffs and we had so many jerkoffs tell us to shut up and sit down. Just going to take a leak was a pain it itself; people would give you the stiff shoulder walking through the halls and talk shit to you when you're lining up waiting for the pisser or a beer. Then again, I guess it didn't help that we had big faces too... lol
And our section had a lot of Nuck fans too... but def not as much as now. Those two vids are amazing!
it's a shame you (or your friend) didn't sport a #10 skate jersey
Totally agreed... I did games 3 and 4 in LA last year for the playoffs and we had so many jerkoffs tell us to shut up and sit down. Just going to take a leak was a pain it itself; people would give you the stiff shoulder walking through the halls and talk shit to you when you're lining up waiting for the pisser or a beer. Then again, I guess it didn't help that we had big faces too... lol
And our section had a lot of Nuck fans too... but def not as much as now. Those two vids are amazing!
Oh boo hoo, POOR YOU. That's the kind of treatment you can expect when you're cheering for the away team in the home teams arena. You think Ducks/Kings fans are bad? Try cheering for another team inside Rogers Arena. I wear my Ducks jerseys with pride and gladly put up with all the shit talking, stiff shoulders, mean mugs, and challenges (yes, I've been challenged to fights at Ducks/Canucks games haha) I get from Canucks fans.
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THE ROCK: "What's your favorite donut?"
DETECTIVE #2: "Jelly."
THE ROCK: "Oh, you like jelly. Well, jelly's a good one. The Rock says this; write this down. When you leave here, go down to Dunkin Donuts, get the biggest jelly donut you can find!"
(crowd pops louder)
LAWLER: "Oh, no... this guy's a COP!"
THE ROCK: "Write it down. Hold that jelly donut up, SQUEEZE all the jelly out, squeeze all the-- write it down; you like writing things down-- squeeze all the jelly out, and then-- write this down, you don't want to forget this-- TURN that sumbitch sideways, and stick it STRAIGHT UP your CANDY ASS!"
The Province covered a story about Aquilini and how the owner is committed to winning by trusting Gillis and his crew. Good read:
It seems like it was only yesterday Canuck-nation was in horror that Aquilini took over the reigns in place of Gaglardi-Beedie; the pair that was so frugal that they negotiated their way out of a deal. If it took them over 2 years to even get a whiff of coming close to deal (if they actually came close as they say) I can't imagine what progress if any would the franchise make in a 4 - 5 year span with ownership of that philosophy.
Moreso, it seems like it was only yesterday Canuck-nation deemed we had a dumbass for an owner based on his mumbled public speech and hiring an uknown as a GM.
Kind of puts in perspective the loudest of Canuck-fan wisdom.
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