god the rangers love leaving hank out to dry with some limp dick offense. same fucking thing every year ugh. their ineptitude plus washington's newfound ability to play decent defense while still scoring is killing them

nash and stepan need to start kicking it into another gear

xDaunt

United States17988 Posts

May 06 2013 14:42 GMT

#1144

I'm not going to lie. I'm taking a rather sick pleasure in reading Vancouver's sports news and Canucks-related internet forums this morning.

QuanticHawk

United States32084 Posts

May 06 2013 14:46 GMT

#1145

watching the canucks and their fanbase implode every spring has been an annual tradition of mine for many years. i dont know why its so much more satisfying seeing them go nuts vs anyone else. if toronto were to make this playoff thing into a regular occourance, they might replace them. montreal was looking like theyd be fun after the riots a few years back

xDaunt

United States17988 Posts

May 06 2013 14:57 GMT

#1146

On May 06 2013 23:46 QuanticHawk wrote:
watching the canucks and their fanbase implode every spring has been an annual tradition of mine for many years. i dont know why its so much more satisfying seeing them go nuts vs anyone else. if toronto were to make this playoff thing into a regular occourance, they might replace them. montreal was looking like theyd be fun after the riots a few years back

I don't have the same ire for the Leafs or Habs that I do for the Canucks, but that's at least partially because those are Eastern Conference teams. However, I find it hard to believe that either the Leafs or Habs play as dirty as the Canucks do. I think that I have to rank the Canucks as being even dirtier than the Ducks now.

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

May 06 2013 15:01 GMT

#1147

So Calder nominees were announced as Huberdeau, Gallagher, and Saad. I can accept these being the the nominees, but feel Brodin and maybe Yakupov could have been nominated as well. What do you guys think?

QuanticHawk

United States32084 Posts

May 06 2013 15:10 GMT

#1148

that's odd. why exclude yak attack but drop in huberdeau?

StarStruck

25339 Posts

May 06 2013 15:32 GMT

#1149

On May 07 2013 00:10 QuanticHawk wrote:
that's odd. why exclude yak attack but drop in huberdeau?

Not impressed with the final nominations either. I'd put my money on Gallagher because he's always a threat on the ice for a kid his size.

sharkeyanti

United States1273 Posts

May 06 2013 15:34 GMT

#1150

Huberdeau's offense was fairly exceptional with worse linemates. I would have put in Brodin or Hamilton instead of Saad.

QuanticHawk

United States32084 Posts

May 06 2013 15:58 GMT

#1151

ive seen some of yak and huberdeau but ive not seen any of saad at all.

that is true about huberdeau though. saad, you'd think he'd get the same knock on him that yak did.

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

May 06 2013 15:59 GMT

#1152

Saad played outstanding and definitely deserves the nomination. He earned his spot on the Hawks top line and thats saying a lot with how stacked that team is on forwards and he made a ton of plays this year with his amazing work ethic on every shift. He was a huge impact on the Hawks all season and definitely has a great career ahead of him

Edit: totally herped on spelling and words

sharkeyanti

United States1273 Posts

May 06 2013 17:06 GMT

#1153

Only saw Saad a couple games this year and in the 3 playoff games. He looks like he made a pretty big step up from last year. I wasn't sure if him on the top line was similar to the Flyers with Tye McGinn or Lightning with Steve Downie type thing where he fits a role the top line needs. He does seem to make a number of fairly intelligent plays.

Foodar

United States28 Posts

May 06 2013 18:17 GMT

#1154

Game 3 eastern conference quarters tonight between Washington and New York, and i just got my Mike Green shirt in the mail.

you can tell who im going for.

Sub40APM

6336 Posts

May 06 2013 18:38 GMT

#1155

On May 07 2013 00:01 Kyhron wrote:
So Calder nominees were announced as Huberdeau, Gallagher, and Saad. I can accept these being the the nominees, but feel Brodin and maybe Yakupov could have been nominated as well. What do you guys think?

Where is Galchynuk and Conacher?

And I agree about the Canuck forum things, its hilarious. I personally think its because of a combination of their manic-depressive perspectives -- Canucks string together some victories and "plan the parade route, Kesler, Luongo, and the Sedins are the best!" and then lose "FUCK THE SEDINDS I HATE THE CANUCKS" and the fact that Canuck fans are the only ones who burn down their city whenever they make the final.

Slardar

Canada7593 Posts

May 06 2013 18:45 GMT

#1156

Too bad for the Canookers. There is no escaping........the SHARK TANKKKKK! Leafs play tonight, time to see what they are made of. I watched game 2, seemed like it was a different team I was watching.

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

May 06 2013 18:45 GMT

#1157

90s Bulls fans almost burned down Chicago after we WON that 6th NBA Finals. Fans do strange things man. Canucks fans are probably the strangest though. Theyre loyalty is like the one friend thats either there when you need him or hes throwing you under the bus when you get caught

Flaccid

8850 Posts

May 06 2013 19:30 GMT

#1158

Here is the top 10 for rookie scoring this year - useful because it contains the nominees. Still, take it for what it is:

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I would have expected at least a nomination for Yakupov, given that he won the rookie scoring title while playing for a shitty team that didn't score many goals. Still, I suppose I wasn't entirely optimistic given that he played all of his games this shortened-season in the Western Conference and it's doubtful that anyone doing the voting actually saw any of said games.

Strange not to see Conacher nominated as well.

edit: Also thought Brodin was probably the best rookie this year - shows what I know!