by talking to the other nucks fans over at Nucks misconduct. oh wait, you’re not even a member of their blog. and your screenname shows lots of pride in your team.

And by the way, only 1 game is done. There’s still time for emotions and a near sweep. However, I think this will go 6 or 7, which is what most of the readers here thought before the series started. We know this is a dangerous team, and multiple people have said it on this blog. But honestly, who wants to talk about the skill of the other team when you can just laugh about the sack or douchebags that is the canucks. You can keep bitching about not getting respect here, but I personally won’t respect a team who whines and pulls hair to get out of a fight.

I think energy is what was missing. I’d take 37 back. If Buff is a fwd, give him a chance to succeed on the top line. Sharp is a center now leave him there with hossa. The fact that goaltending isn’t their strong point is exactly why Niemi should stay put. I know the Hawks can score 6. 9 is tough.

I have been reading this blog and have been trying to be polite and bite my tongue (it is your house). I said before that you are all underestimating the Nucks D and Luongo.

This Nucks team put up the 2nd best offence in the league this year are showed it tonight. You Hawks fans are a little arrogant and I hope this game shows you that this series will be tight. It is only one game but we got home ice back and proved that y’all got some issues in goal.

Goood luck fellas….by the way, I found it funny from you previews what you bagged on the most for the Canuck is what beat you down tonite.

Good times.

No more more meetups for me. I’ve been to two of them, both vs. Canucks. Both 5-1 losses. Niemi got pulled in both games.

Also, some dude at the BL tried picking a fight with me as I was closing my tab last night, but I couldn’t figure out why. He’s lucky I’m more of an agitator than a fighter, because picking a fight with a Hawks fan after a game like that is really fucking stupid.

That said, it was great meeting some more of my pantsless friends last night. Special thanks to Trixie for the smokes and beers (I think I’m her favorite).

in so many ways.

(seriously) for A SPLIT SECOND I thought the Hawks had come back and won last night…
/sigh
Went back to sleep for a couple of hours. Hasn’t helped. Quit fuckin’ with me hockey gods. A joke’s a joke.

….not worried, although we are still not the same team as we were in early November. We still are not rushing the puck out out of our zone….it pass….pass.pass.pass.pass..zzzzzzzzzz

As Sam mentioned, this game was a tale of two goals, the one late in the first and then again early in the second, basically 40 seconds apart. Stole our confidence like I haven’t seen before.

These two teams are so even that I think the balance will come down to who thinks they deserve it the most, who develops the cockiest attitude early enough to have it last. That took a serious blow last night. Last year our team had a tangible swagger, and I think Nashville knocked a bit of that out of us this year (even though Calgary took us 6 last year, think of how different a tone that series was than Nashville).

A win tomorrow will go a long way toward getting the swagger back, but every single line needs to play like they’re human pipe bombs. I’m definitely projecting my own thoughts, but it feels like they’re trying to find their game while they’re out on the ice, they’re not just letting loose and relying on a winning instinct.

I want a team meeting today with Madden at the helm, one minute long: Do this or we fucking lose you fuckwads. Do it. Don’t fucking think, do it.

It pissed me off when people were raggin’ on Hossa in Round 1 because he wasn’t lighting up the score sheet. Anyone who watched that series closely knows that he was our best player in at least 4 of those games, he just wasn’t getting rewarded.

Last night was different. It might have been his worst game as a Hawk. He looked timid and lost at times. How many times did he put a play offsides? I counted at least three. Did he do that three times all year? His pinch on Vancouver’s 5th goal was Kopecky-esque, he bit on a deke and fucking fell down.

You can’t put the loss on one player, obviously, and I’m not doing that. But Hossa needs to put this game behind him and play like the fucking cyborg we all know and love.

mebbe a wee bit tough on Niemi, nut this (unlike Haugh and Rosendouche’s coverage- why do I even bother!) describes what happened last night.

…is Sideshow Bob. Fucker was nails in the 1st period, when the Hawks had a decent edge in play.

All week stupid microphones in his face over Buff and 20 Cent- I thought he was gonna punch a reporter.

All the elemets of a meltdown where there, but he stood tall.

Sayeth Kaner:

“Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the goalternder and say good job to him.”

Gotta go with Uncle Nemo Monday. He’s shown a great ability to bounce back all year.

VAN scored their 2nd goal with only seconds left. It was not bad, they had allot of pressure and good chances on LU, just did not nail them. The 2nd period well…um…………….sure…………..Hey at least the Hawks got onto the ice, and skated around. The 3rd was not too shabby either +1 GD.

But the overall effort last night was very underwhelming. But I’m not nearly as concerned after last night as I was in Game vs NSH. This was a funk game, as you pointed out, hopefully night like the string they put together in March.

Series is only 1-0, bring on Game 2.

Last night sucked. Let’s get it together. Game 2 is tomorrow. If we lose that one, then we can start to worry.

There, now go enjoy your Sunday.

/sigh

Byfuglien was successful last year against the Canucks in the playoffs, rattling goalie Roberto Luongo with traffic and physical play. He played 10:43 primarily on a line with Troy Brouwer and John Madden and had a team-high six bong hits.

Sopel looks ok against teams that are not skilled. Now that we are getting deep into the playoffs he is being exposed. The Sharks-Nucks-Wings and Penguins will tear this guy up. He is simply too slow to be out there against skilled speedy teams.

Bolland has lost it completly. This team needs a second line center. Hossa has absolutly nobody to set him up.

I want to say thank you. Specifically to Sams brother, who steped up, and stepped in to give us a forum to cuss and discuss the lack of effort last night. He caught a ration of shit from some assbags around here for fat fingering a few words, but it was greatly appreciated by me.
If I ever meet him, first beers on me. (He is old enough to drink, right?)

that is all

Im leaving in 6 days, so no more meet ups for me, I think im a curse. The Hawks only scored when I went to take a piss for chrissake. Fun hanging out with you guys, but we always lose when I go to BL. This loss is on me…and the forwards…and the D….and the goalie…and Q…

because they had a little montage of Crosby with some song with “hero” in the title playing in the background. I wish I was lying.

To be fair, Crosby DID get 1st star in 4 of the 5 wins the Pens have had so far, so I guess it’s true. Still, the montage came after McGuire interviewed Crosby, so. Hilarity.

A series is 7 games. I predicted that if the Canucks won, it would be in 7 games by a slim margin. As Im a Canucks fan Im glad that my team won game 1 so they’ve knocked down 1 of 4 needed, but Chicago is still a very dangerous team and a series can shift VERY quickly. Enough about this respect stuff, we’re fans of opposing teams in the SC WCSF. Things will be said, outrageous predictions will be made, respect will be shown or not shown, and hockey will be played. Everyone just relax, don’t troll (unless you’re trolling the Flames blog Matchsticks and Gasoline or the Leafs blog Pension Plan Puppets, we should all head over there and belittle them just for the lulz). Lets all just enjoy the playoff hockey. Not telling you what to do in your own house, just speaking as a reasonable/non-delusional/non-easily offended Canucks fan.

Pens score, fucking Matt Cooke. 1-0 Pens.

If they don’t pick up their game they are going to get lit up.

When are they gonna get this right? I remember the Winter Classic last year was like this too, and that was when I had Comcast. Now I have U-Verse and the feed is skipping around like it’s Miro Satan after scoring a goal.

it sounds like Doc is going to have a coronary – he gets way too excited

3-1

see I got it right that time

but is PK a huge dude?

Why do they continue to do this in the playoffs? “This” being take periods off.

First, it’s the playoffs—every team ups the intensity for the whole game. How come the Hawks don’t?

Second, you’ve got a team that has said publicly that they want you—they want revenge. How can you not be up for that?

Third, the Nucks are the one team that the Hawks “struggled” against this season. Yes, we split the season series, but it’s clear to most (even Conroyd said it in a game) that the Nucks give the Hawks the most trouble. How can you not be ready for this team?

Finally, after “escaping” the first round (thank you, game 5 miracle finish) how can you let your intensity down for a moment, knowing how easily you could be on the golf course?

I just don’t get it. I’m not giving up, and I’m not “booing” the Hawks here, but how can they continue to disappear for stretches in the playoffs? Is it coaching? Some weird arrogance? I just don’t get it. Monday needs to get here already.

The Canucks bitchslapped the hell out of us last night. I didn’t think Niemi looked particularly bad (granted, not his best night either), but we got whacked in every square foot of the rink, each and all. If the Hawks do not totally amp up and get playing at a much more elevated level, this will be a short series.

The Hawks are certainly capable of better play, but haven’t really brought the ‘good play’ out much in the playoffs, and that is fatal if it continues any longer.

did we do a good job of pretending that u love ur hubby and all that jazz?

from Nucksmisconduct;

Antti ‘Claus’ Niemi. Why Antti Claus? He was giving out rebounds like it was Christmas last night.

“Tomorrow,” said the noted philosopher Brent Sopel, “is a new day. The sun will come up and we have to take that approach.”

I want

Hudler is heading back to the Evil Empire..

Vs sucks

another Penalty

I can’t understand for the life of me how everyone in the world is all over Dave Bolland for his performance since he came back from injury, yet Troy Brouwer gets away with murder on this site. Finally the review of Game 1 today finally sorta called out Brouwer. I know he as apparently gone through a tough time with some problems with his father (of which caused him to miss the last four regular season game and of which we know nothing more about), but if you can’t perform you shouldn’t be in the lineup. This guy has done absolutely nothing for seven playoff games now. At least Bolland isn’t hurting us. Brouwer has been a no show and I’m tired of him. Put Burish in there and sit Brouwer if he isn’t mentally ready to play. This team has a chance to win the cup and these chances don’t come every year. Gotta have guys who want it and who will play hard right now. Passanger should sit in the press box. Just my two cents.

I meant moreso the people who write this site. Not the comments. I don’t have time to read every fucking comment, dude. Brouwer sucks and that should be talked about more. Bolland came back way too soon from back surgery. I couldn’t believe how fast he came back. He should have been held out until after the Olympic break and maybe he would be better now. As for Brouwer, not everyone can play on the first and second line. Gotta produce wherevery you play. Maybe the coaches were annoyed he missed so many games at the end of the season? I don’t know. I just think people should get off of Bolland’s back a little bit.

4-3 Snorks!

I was the game last night…I would like a refund! Can someone please tell me why Dave Bolland is on the ice so much, it seemed like he was out there every other shift. I have not looked at his TOI because I do not want to look at the stats from last nights game and re-live any part of that nightmare. He has contributed nothing, is slow to the puck, won’t put a body on anyone, and Q is in love with him! Why he on the ice on every power play and every penalty kill? Does he have pictures of Q blowing someone?

Niemi stunk last night. Huet looked pretty good and was much better at controlling where the puck went as he made saves directing them to the corners, not the fucking slot right into an oncoming Canuck…

Troy Brouwer, where are you?

Seabrook looks like he is skating in quicksand. Keith’s decision-making is slow and horrible allowing forecheckers to get on him and forcing him to make bad passes and turnovers.

Q line shuffling is why he has never won a cup. Maddening. Put lines together and leave it be.

In my opinion, we need some more physical play. Turn Frazier and Eager loose.

WAKE THE FUCK UP HAWKS

Woot!

Q’s 5 on 3 rule!