Uninspiring.
Watching the opening minutes of this game and seeing yet another stupid penalty, and the lack of offensive ability versus the Dallas defence I am suffering the total lack of motivation to blog.
PERIOD 2:
Much better. Dominant in fact. Thanks to a string of penalties by Dallas there's a glimmer of hope. We still need to score though and Dallas can't keep taking these bad penalties....
PERIOD 3:
Wow. The lack of discipline and the number of penalties by Dallas is stunning. Stunning. They’ve handed the Canucks the series!
GOALLLLL! Trevor Linden on the re-direct!! Amazing!
Vancouver 2 - Dallas 1
Big credit to Trevor Linden; Trev is a champion; a hero; a warrior! What play by one of the oldest players in the league who was said to be in his final season.
I can't watch the end of this... and yet I can't turn away. 3 minutes left!!!
END OF PERIOD. END OF GAME. END OF SERIES.
CANUCKS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CANUCKS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Final score: Canucks 4 - Dallas 1. Vancouver wins the series 4-3.
NOTES:
- The Canucks outshot Dallas in 4 of the 7 games (ditto for hits and face-offs).
- Marty Turco might even have been better than Roberto Luongo.
- Much to the chagrin of Don Cherry who doesn't like them, the Canucks opted for their old retro blue unfiorms
COMMENTS on other performances:
Marty Turco - perhaps the single greatest goalie performance in a series loss. I remember when Ron Hextall won the Conn Smythe trophy in 1985 when he lost the Stanley Cup to the Oilers. Turco was better.
The Sedin twins - they had one off game, but otherwise they were very good. Don't interpret their lack of point production as a bad performance; instead credit Turco for such a great performance.
Markus Naslund - great during the first three games, only satisfactory for the last four. Vancouver needs more from its captain. I wonder if he'll be back with the Canucks next year if we lose to Anaheim...
Willie Mitchell - stalwart, steady, reliable and strong. Our best defenceman.
Kevin Bieksa and Lukas Kraijeck - absolutely awful.
Brendan Morrison - completely absent.
Jan Bullis and Jannik Hansen - played well above expectation. Very strong performances. What did Jan do to evil Bullis? I hated that guy... and don't miss him. Love the new, good Bullis!
Roberto Luongo - Wow. Simply awesome. He's really amazing. Bert who?
I'm happy now. The season has been a success. Anything more is a pure bonus, nothing but cake. Anaheim likely won't offer up any cake though. I predict the Ducks in 5 games. But I welcome any result that contradicts that!
1 comments:
A good win and well supported by the Rain City faithful. Luongo was great as he's been all along but credit to the 'Nucks defence for the most part. It seemed they were losing important face offs though which is crucial in close games. Vancouver did play with a lot more jump last night and looked like a team on a mission. I hope they have more optimism than this blogger!
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