This Garry Galley dude....not only does he suck at calling games but he's gotta get off EDM's dick.

Ference - "I'm surprised I got a penalty. It was a good bodycheck."

Yeah i tried looking for a highlight package from Canucks on youtube, they only show the single goals seperately for now. probably will come out tmr.

anyways on Sbsia:

Another goal from him! guy seems to have a decent shot at least
Anyone watch the entire game? How was he overall?

Sbisa for the cup2014

download NHL gamecentre on your phone. i usually look at that some time after the game and they have game highlights

Highlights are up

Horvat plays in the Nashville game today. I think that Sestito is sitting out this game. :woot2:

Canucks' Horvat will make debut vs. Predators - Sportsnet.ca

Ference to have a hearing.

Not sure what it entails yet. Got the notification via ESPN.

Voted by OHL coaches as best at faceoffs last year.

Something we desperately need.

H. Sedin - 51.1% (112/219)
N. Bonino - 43.0% (80/186)
B. Richardson - 50.0% (75/150)
L. Vey - 40.5% (32/79)
S. Matthias - 42.5% (17/40)

Total - 46.0% (319/693)

I'm actually surprised Henrik is over 50% because it doesn't seem like it. Richardson was at 55.2% last year, so he's having a rough year in the dot, but the others have never been good at faceoffs.

With a faceoff specialist like Kesler gone it's no surprise the Canucks are struggling at faceoffs...

but 2nd last in the league in faceoffs....next to the Buffalo Sabres :pokerface:

It's okay. CoHo is playing on the fourth line.

If trends continue, he might ask for a trade out of Buffalo.

I wouldn't consider Kesler a faceoff "specialist", but he was certainly above average.

Kesler's 3-year running average (11-12, 12-13, 13-14) is 53.5% (he's at 53.6% this year).

Top 50 faceoff guys over the past 3 seasons (min. 1000 faceoffs):

1. Zenon Konopka (60.5%)
2. Rich Peverley (59.7%)
3. Patrice Bergeron (59.6%)
4. Manny Malhotra (59.5%)
5. Adam Hall (58.9%)
6. Vladimir Sobotka (58.7%)
7. Paul Gaustad (58.1%)
8. Joe Vitale (58.1%)
9. Jonathan Toews (57.8%)
10. David Steckel (57.4%)
11. Joe Thornton (57.1%)
12. Boyd Gordon (57.0%)
13. Antoine Vermette (56.8%)
14. Jerred Smithson (56.7%)
15. Jussi Jokinen (55.8%)
16. Travis Zajac (55.6%)
17. Jeff Halpern (55.6%)
18. Pavel Datsyuk (55.1%)
19. Steve Ott (55.1%)
20. Joe Pavelski (55.0%)
21. Jim Slater (55.0%)
22. Eric Belanger (54.9%)
23. Jarrett Stoll (54.9%)
24. Matt Cullen (54.8%)
25. Brad Richardson (54.7%)
26. Derek MacKenzie (54.7%)
27. Dominic Moore (54.7%)
28. Jay Beagle (54.2%)
29. Andrew Desjardins (54.2%)
30. Mikko Koivu (54.0%)
31. Paul Stastny (54.0%)
32. Jason Spezza (53.8%)
33. Brandon Dubinsky (53.6%)
34. Claude Giroux (53.6%)
35. Ryan Kesler (53.5%)
36. Anze Kopitar (53.0%)
37. Marcel Goc (52.9%)
38. Valtteri Filppula (52.8%)
39. Stephen Weiss (52.6%)
40. Chris Kelly (52.5%)
41. Sidney Crosby (52.5%)
42. Samuel Pahlsson (52.4%)
43. Eric Staal (52.4%)
44. Ryan O'Reilly (52.4%)
45. Jay McClement (52.2%)
46. Jordan Staal (52.1%)
47. Matt Duchene (52.0%)
48. Brian Boyle (51.9%)
49. Vernon Fiddler (51.9%)
50. Mikael Granlund (51.8%)

...
Average of 129 players with 1000+ faceoffs (50.8%)
...
102. Nick Bonino (47.3%)
116. Shawn Matthias (45.8%)

Aren't some of those numbers "inflated"?

Factoring that some guys take more faceoffs than others due to PK & PP as opposed to just even strength (which would make Keslers percentage lower since he takes all 3, no?)

Meh im not really good at numbers so it'd probably only make a 0.3% difference :lol

If Horvat draws in I see Sestito out and Bo playing with vey and doreset. With Bo either playing centre on that line or just taking faceoffs and swapping to wing after.

If anything, it inflates the numbers of PK specialists as top offensive players tend to be worse at faceoffs than top defensive players.

Average of bottom 50 in points per game (min. 1000 faceoffs): 51.9%
Average of top 50 in points per game (min. 1000 faceoffs): 50.3%

Just scored free tix to tonight's game as well.. 2 free games in 4 days :woot2:

Looking forward to seeing Horvat in person.

Harman Dayal
@HDayalKDFan
Sbisa while playing defense for the #Canucks

https://twitter.com/HDayalKDFan/stat...702914/photo/1




:lawl:

Although Sbisa is a minus when it comes to playing defence for us, he has some offensive upside.

Derek Dorsett been getting some points lately (in his bottom 6 role of course)
Also, here is him in the Caps game in a scrum with Brooks Orpik

He takes Orpik's own helmet off and starts beating him with it:

hockey - Jiffier gifs through HTML5 Video Conversion.
http://giant.gfycat.com/CavernousFancyAxisdeer.webm
we got a clearly got a keeper

:lawl:

So Andersen gets hurt and Gibson is expected to start

...Gibson then gets hurt in warmups

Rollie the goalie is the ducks current goaltending coach

lol

i'd say that's not bad at all, given the circumstances.

Lisa Ann and Michael Del Zotto twitter beef:
Porn Star Lisa Ann Has Twitter Feud With Michael Del Zotto

:lawl:

WOOOOOOOOOOO 1-0