Hockey anyone?

[Bai Qi44]

Oh well, we lost. Loungo is absolutely terrible on breakaways. Bourdon needs to be send back to junior or traded to LA for Kopitar (yeah right!). Columbe needs to be called up cause he clearly outplayed all the d-men in training camp. The only reason he's not up here is cause of his size and management wanting Bourdon to be in our lineup.

The Sedins and Naslund continue to be good, but guys like Pyatt, Chouinard, Bullis, Kesler, Morrison, and Cooke lacks any offensive talent whatsoever and how much are we paying for these crappy players??? Way too much. I noticed Linden once during the entire game. I noticed he cleared the puck and never knew he was on the ice again. I didn't notice Chouinard at all till one of the announcers mentioned his name. We must have the most overpaid players in the league. I never got the Fitzpatrick signing and I still don't. Krajeck has surprise me in a good way though. Anyway, I think it's going to be a really long season. Loungo needs to carry the world on his shoulders and so does the Sedins and Naslund if we were to even challenge for a playoff spot.

[trizz251]

NO WAY carolina won. that is insane, something is wrong with the scoreboard i swear. haha

not a bad game, but you guys really did come up short. Hey bai qi, you're right the nuks can't do what they use to do, I think nonis is probably working on it, I want to see the canucks be successful, they are the only canadian team that haven't won the cup yet, it'd be so cool if all the canadian teams won cups. I'm not counting the sens cause supposedly they won it long long long time ago. ne ways. I really want the nuks to be successful, maybe this year is a start of a beautiful journey, you never know, but still, the nuks really need to improve.

[Bai Qi44]

Well, Vancouver has won the Stanley Cup before. We won it in 1915 as the Vancouver Millionaires. I remember this cause I was 14 at the time.

Anyway, we have you guys on Monday. In the past, although we weren't as fast as the Oilers, were were just as talented, if not more so, than the Oilers. This season, we're nowhere as fast or as talented as you guys. I think your coach would've figured out by now that all you have to do on Monday is shut down the Naslund line and get breakaways on Loungo. We have no secondary scoring and Loungo sucks on breakaways.

[Kiss7]

kiss is so mean to my oil players, oh wells, haha, i dont' hate the nuks, haha i like them but then oil takes first place in my ranking, haha.

hey what did I do?? superkarate asked me if the Comrie - Salo thing was true and I replied that ask trizz or any Oiler fan around and they'll know for sure.


Anyway back to hockey -


Canucks lose to Sharks 6-4 Offense was not a problem tonight, but instead - shaky goaltending especially pathetic D cost us the game. Well Luongo wasn't exactly that bad - but he wasn't sharp either to keep us in the game. Rory Fitzpatrick. One Word. ARGH.

Going into the season I had lots of hope in Bulis however this is rather questionable now. I'll let time tell but so far Im not very pleased. Bob Gainey once stated that no matter how he looked at Bulis he will only remain a 15-20 goal scorer or a 3rd liner at best. Bulis himself said he knows he is a scorer and an offensive asset that will provide the team with goals if given the icetime and chances. He has two ways to go. To either prove Boby Gainey right or make him look like a retard. It's just 5 games - I know - so hopefully we'll see Bulis improve over time and provide some secondary scoring instead of our first line.

I guess because this game is vs. my 2nd fav team the Sharks the pain of a loss is not so deep compared to most. But disappointing enough. What a shame on homeopener.

Once again - pathetic D and relied too much on Roberto. He is not expected to shut the door and bail us out everynight and tonight is an example.

Finally some signs of secondary scoring - offense was not an issue tonight as we had the goals. Normally 4 is enough to win a game, and if Im correct, I recall that our boys scored the most goals among any other game we have played so far. Correct me if Im wrong though. It's defense that cashed in for 2 out of our 4 goals - and the other two? Once again from our Swedish line. Why am I not surprised.

As much as I hate to say it - besides our top line of Sedin-Sedin-Naslund, talent basically doesn't exist in our group of forwards. Sure we registered for many shots most games but most of the time they lack the quality - if you know what I'm getting at. Explains why scoring isn't really contributed beside anyone named Sedin or Naslund. And for example, out of 30 shots at least 19 comes from our top line.

I understand hardwork is the factor in AV's books but I do recognize the strong need for some serious talent and offense. It really could help and share/spread the scoring burden of the Sedins and Naslund of this one-line team. Not to mention we are a slow group this year unlike the previous offensive fast-skating Vancouver club. Don't be mistaken I'm not trying to compare this team to the past one as changes are obviously due for with a new system with so many unfamiliar faces but just stating the differences and my 2 cents so far. But again .. $$$$ CAP SALARY/SPACE/LIMIT.

At least we all give the nod to this team's work ethic. The other factors - its just 5 games we'll slowly work to improve and make the changes as the season progresses.

On the other hand, Minny and Buffalo are doing pretty damn good. Both undefeated so far. The Sabres probably the best offensive power in the league so far. Quite a few teams fall in that category as well - such as the Sharks. Good for us tonight for shutting down the Cheechoo express and his buddy Thornton tonight from any points.

Another upside of tonight's game: Bieksa finally had his 1st NHL goal on a PP and registered for 3 points. About damn time Kevin gets his goal. It was quite a shot as well. Congratulations! He's looking to get good and I have faith in him to develop to a solid quarterback. Although his dumb unnecessary hand on puck penalty led to a 2 man adv.

Hopefully we start winning again on Sunday's game vs. the COILERS (haha trizz... )

By the way, superkarate - Canucks Scratch & Win are on sale today. You could get a chance to win 3 game tickets and roadtrips as well. And did you see the new scoreclock/board and power energy/plasma bars? It'll be hella crazy if I can actually go to a game this year amd see those. The lights and vision are insane - those baby pump me up.

Some dude videotaped the home opening ceremony as he was there and heck those are sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj3fISAD3mQ

[Kiss7]

Oh well, we lost. Loungo is absolutely terrible on breakaways. Bourdon needs to be send back to junior or traded to LA for Kopitar (yeah right!). Columbe needs to be called up cause he clearly outplayed all the d-men in training camp. The only reason he's not up here is cause of his size and management wanting Bourdon to be in our lineup.

The Sedins and Naslund continue to be good, but guys like Pyatt, Chouinard, Bullis, Kesler, Morrison, and Cooke lacks any offensive talent whatsoever and how much are we paying for these crappy players??? Way too much. I noticed Linden once during the entire game. I noticed he cleared the puck and never knew he was on the ice again. I didn't notice Chouinard at all till one of the announcers mentioned his name. We must have the most overpaid players in the league. I never got the Fitzpatrick signing and I still don't. Krajeck has surprise me in a good way though. Anyway, I think it's going to be a really long season. Loungo needs to carry the world on his shoulders and so does the Sedins and Naslund if we were to even challenge for a playoff spot.

You just about summarized almost everything I had on my mind. Especially about Coluombe. I don't think it was fair just because his size is about the only downside. Get him up here, let him play a couple of games, get a taste of the NHL, and a talented defenceman like him should be due for solid performances soon or no time. I agree he totally outplayed most of the other dmen on our team and earned the spot over Bourdon. And Patrick can contribute to some scoring as well seeing as he has an offensive upside.

[Kiss7]

Well, Vancouver has won the Stanley Cup before. We won it in 1915 as the Vancouver Millionaires. I remember this cause I was 14 at the time.

I hope you're kidding... I don't believe you're 105.

[superkaratemonkey]

no its true kiss, bai qi is a very old man. i met up w/ him once for a beer thinkin i'll be chattin hockey w/ a guy my age, i end up getting druck w/ an old man. bai qi is an angry drunk too, we almost got our asses kicked cuz he was starting shit w/ these biker gangs. it was a very forgettable nite overall

anyways, i pretty much feel the same way about last nite game as u guys, theres not much more to add. i was disappointed that we still lost even tho we completely shut down thornton and cheechoo and their PP. i figured if we can do dat we'd win, but their depth player steped up and contribute while our depth players continue to be invisible. im a huge morrison fan, but even im getting annoyed w/ him now. not only is he not contributing offensively, hes now becoming a liability defensively too. a guy his speed should NEVER have to take hooking penalties, yet he took like 3 already this yr. kesler continues to prove he have no shot, creativity or vision. his attack involves dumping in the corner, and cycling. if he takes it to the net once in awhile, he could be successful, but he havent figured dat out yet. bulis i thot was ok, his pass to bieksa was a beauty. but all the other guys, like linden and burrows and green, arent doing anything out there this yr! u can basically call up 9 guys from the moose and play them on our 2nd/3rd/4th line, and get the same results we r getting rite now. its bloody ridiculous. bourdon needs to go back to junior, hes not ready this yr and if we keep him up any longer we mite damage his confidence permanently. luongo didnt have a good game, and when your highest paid player isnt playing well, chances r u'll lose. its no surprise. i blame it on his new pads and helmet hehe, looks cool but he dont look comfy in them.

oh well, next up is back to back against the oilers. i cant believe smyth broke gretzky's record for fastest 3 goals. i bet wayner never thot smyth would be the one breaking it lol. thx bai qi for the tvuplayer, now i dont have to fork out $10 for PPV . dat money will go straight to your dinner haha.

kiss, i never bought scratch and win tix b4, just becuz i've never have much luck w/ them. but if i win tix to the road trip i'll take u w/ me (depending how many tix i get tho) , who knows mabbe we play the ducks in one of those games so u can meet that ugly getzlaf dude haha. but the opening ceremony sux nowadays. i still remember the good old days when they have fireworks for the home opener. but i watched the clip u posted, and its the same stupid laser show as last yr. and i think its funny how they butchered linden's name. of all new ppl we have this yr he messed up the one guy who characterized the canucks! lol

[Kiss7]

kiss, i never bought scratch and win tix b4, just becuz i've never have much luck w/ them. but if i win tix to the road trip i'll take u w/ me (depending how many tix i get tho) , who knows mabbe we play the ducks in one of those games so u can meet that ugly getzlaf dude haha. but the opening ceremony sux nowadays. i still remember the good old days when they have fireworks for the home opener. but i watched the clip u posted, and its the same stupid laser show as last yr. and i think its funny how they butchered linden's name. of all new ppl we have this yr he messed up the one guy who characterized the canucks! lol

HES NOT UGLYY and the clip of the homeopener with our new scoreboard/clock and plasma energy bars are cool

[trizz251]

whats with us and 3rd period comebacks. it seems like that's the only part of our game the 3rd period. I hope the oils will start playing 60 minute games like they use to do

[Kiss7]

Thanks to Mr.105 years old - I mean BaiQ44 - for the TV program with NHL centre ice - I watched the Avs-Coils game today. I didn't know who to cheer for. I didn't watch the first 2 periods but I watched the 3rd and I must say it was some pretty enjoyable hockey there. Not what I neccessarily call an awesome game but at least there were some fast-skating truely offensive hockey - haven't seen any of that since last season. All we really do right now is trap for most of the time. Kinda funny how I hate trap systems and disliked teams for using it- such as the previously ZZZZZzzzzZZZ paint-drying Wild and now we're the one using it. Wild being boring and trap trap trap is a thing of the past and right now they play some fairly exciting offensive hockey. Ooh how things have changed.

Although I like the work ethic of the Canucks' this year especially in the first 2 games- I must say I truely miss that offensive hockey we played before. Defence is the best offense is what I always here but like Ryan Smyth turned it around: Offense is the best defence - I totally agree with him.

And dealing Bert to Florida is obviously a huge blow to our offense which is a given and we all saw it coming but what has to be done has to be done. Bertuzzi in his worst lacklustre year still managed 71 points - his 3rd best NHL career season in stats - and this just goes on to show what a talent he truely is.

So ..Ryan Smyth broke Gretzky's record. Hahah I bet Wayne thought he will never live to tell the next Oiler that will break his record. Purely amazing. haha trizz is probably thinking to himself after reading that: wow kiss said something good about the Oilers for once...has hell finally frozen over? haha but seriously though I'll give credit where it is due and Ryan Smyth- although the hattrick he scored were his famous garbage goals again comparing to Gretzky's which were probably pure beauties - he still beat the Great One's record.

At first I wanted the Avs-Oils game to go into OT so there would be more good hockey to watch but now I think back about it if it did go into OT that would guarantee an extra point for the loser - and dont forget- we're ALL in the same division - so ... haha I guess I missed that type of hockey so I found that game pretty entertaining although I only really watched the 3rd.

Sykora is truely a good addition to the team and added more offensive power to the Oilers team who is already efficient in them. But as a veteran he's providing more depth to the group which lost majorically in that category when all the ex-Oilers FLED the "city of the champions". haha I just like to hurl a few friendly mild insults at times so don't take that seriously trizz

but by the way - where did ape-Spacek go? :S (well he does look like one throwing a fit ) and trizz aren't you so glad that the 2006 Stanley Cup champions the Carolina "we can't even sellout during the Cup playoffs and more than half of our 'fans' that claims to know hockey are nowhere to be found anymore" Hurricanes are stinking it up so far this season? well they won today..but they're still doing not so good. But I do congratulate those guys though for winning the most prized priceless trophy ever.

[superkaratemonkey]

actually the avs-oilers game was on cbc, u didnt need to watch it on computer.

and spacek went to buffalo.

gratz to sundin for his 500th goal, wat a great game he played today. i hate to say it, but the leafs are doing really well, in fact the best out of all canadian teams imo. who woulda thot stajan would have as much goals as the whole canucks 2nd+3rd+4th line combined.

btw, i dont really mean the laser show opening ceremony "sucks", its just kinda boring watch the same thing yr after yr. basically u goto any canucks home game they do the same thing b4 the puck drop. i wish ur old enuff to see the opening ceremony in the late 90s, w/ all the fireworks and noise.....

[Bai Qi44]

Kiss, you must be what? 20 or something? Anyway, I don't believe you're a girl. No girl would know that much about hockey or junior hockey.


You're speaking about dealing Bert away being a big blow and it was necessary. The guy hurt the team when it wasn't a pp. He was a minus what and hurt Naslund's performance as well.

Anyway, not re-signing Carter might be a much bigger blow. If he was re-signed, we would have 1 and a half lines now with the potential of that half line becoming a full line if they find the right person to play with Naslund and the lazy Morrison.

Monkey, the TVU program was originally designed for expats outside of US and Canada. I personally know a lot of Canadians in China and Taiwan who would love this program cause they don't get any hockey period. I remember the only time I saw hockey highlight during my full year there in 2004 was the Bertuzzi punch on Moore.


Anyway, our offense sucks and it's been appearent even before the season started. I heard that Bondra, Leetch, and even the retired Palffy can still be signed. Although both Bondra and Palffy are injury proned, they are still very good players and if we can get lik 55-65 games from either of these two guys, they'll be worth the risk. As for Leetch, I don't know what he's like these days, but he's automatically better than any of our bottom d-men. Of course, this is assuming Bourdon will be sent back to juniors (no doubt in my mind) to open up cap space and hope those any of thoese players would sign for cheap. Damn you Bobby Clarke!!! You cost us $1 million of our cap. I swear, we should take revenge on him next season or the season after that.

[Kiss7]

Kiss, you must be what? 20 or something? Anyway, I don't believe you're a girl. No girl would know that much about hockey or junior hockey.


You're speaking about dealing Bert away being a big blow and it was necessary. The guy hurt the team when it wasn't a pp. He was a minus what and hurt Naslund's performance as well.

Anyway, not re-signing Carter might be a much bigger blow. If he was re-signed, we would have 1 and a half lines now with the potential of that half line becoming a full line if they find the right person to play with Naslund and the lazy Morrison.

Ooh Im going to break it to you that I'm actually under 20. haha how did you know I was a guy kidding kidding Im really a girl and yes I do know a lot about hockey and everything going around the world of hockey especially NHL. Since becoming a fan of the game, I've always read, watched and analyzed the game, the players, facts and because my uncle is a huge Canucks/hockey fan since '94- he would show me past games he had taped and tell me more about hockey and also what went on in the NHL past. But for most time I obtained my knowledge of hockey by reading esp. the Canucks.com forum. Although it's dominated mostly by 12 year olds who should've either been doing their homework or going to bed already - the board is definitely there for a good read - and laugh I learned a lot from the boards and it's true. I dont post there at all however.

Everyone thought at first the team - or Sedins- could do without Anson Carter - and although it's still kinda true - at least #77 would be there to provide some secondary scoring and make hella one of a duel with the wonder twins. Naslund would then be put on another line so the talent would be spread out more. But what Carter is asking for would definitely hurt Canucks' tight cap so Nonis decided to let him walk and since almost any hockey player as long as they have a brain and eyes, would click with the Sedins who are just entering their prime, he decided to look elsewhere for a forward. And everyone thought it would be Bulis playing with the twins but however after training game and preseason - the team ended up like this:

Sedin-Sedin-Naslund
Pyatt-Morrison-Bulis
Burrows-Kesler-Cooke
Linden-Chouinard/Santala-Green

Also have I mentioned before Bourdon and Fitzpatrick are absolutely TERRIBLE. Before all his chances dry up Bourdon could show he could make an impact and put up a stronger and solid performance - then he might not be sent back to the juniors. However it looks like he could be back there anytime soon. Fitzpatrick - lets not talk about it. I agree with BaiQ44 - I dont understand the Fitzpatrick signing since Day 1 and I dont think I would ever do. Sometimes I feel for those guys - a few years in NHL already - still a pylon - and I think signing them would give them a fresh new start and another chance to redeem themselves but I guess sometimes things aren't the way they are for nothing.

To tell ya the truth - this is what's boggling on my mind right now- you might think it's still too early but I think Fitzpatrick we 100% could do without him. Trade him (like yeah somebody would take him but why not give that a shot),dump him on waivers or send him to the Moose in exchange for Tremblay. Tremblay had a decent pre-season and looked better than Fitzpatrick imo however.

Our expansion 'brother' on the other hand, is looking great and thanking us for picking up their wastes. If only we had half the offense they had .

Our defence always hurt without Salo - not only 'hurt' but a huge blow. Last year that was also one of the factors on why the Canucks missed the playoffs. On Friday's Sharks game during the PP we definitely struggled to keep the puck behind the blueline. That's another reason why I miss Baumer - he's a very good quarterback that knows very well how to keep the puck in and anyone remember last year during our final stretch before the playoffs after Ohlund-Salo-Jovo were out with injuries? He was easily our best defenceman, definitely our quarterback and led the team in +/- .

However it's only been 5 games - the beginning of the season usually turns out to be a whole different tale by the end. We'll see how things flow and hopefully Nonis recognizes some neccessary things that need changes, make them, also add some solid offense to get some secondary scoring so we're not a one-line team riding the tail of Roberto Luongo and last but not least- make the playoffs As long as we ensure that work ethic of the Canucks we saw in the first 2 games during the stretch of the whole season - everything could work out as we're bound to learn, change and improve. I wouldn't say I'm not worried - but I definitely know it's not time to hit panic button yet so hopefully we'll all see a much different and better Canucks team exceeding expectations than we have all ever imagined. Go Canucks BEAT THE COILERS!

[trizz251]

unde 20... no way, haha, really how old are you maybe you're just as old as i am cause i'm under 20 too, but thats already an established fact, haha, i've been watching hockey since i'm like a little boy, haha.

To Kiss -- Smyth does have garbage goals, but hey it doesn't matter how you get them as long as they count on the score sheet. city of champions always city of champions, end of story, eskimos sucks, haha. I think montreal is gonna win the grey cup but thats not important.

Don't you guys think that the oilers really need to play a 60 minute game, they've been sleeping in the second period, i dont' even know what's up they can't get their legs going and when they do, well they killed san jose and out played the AVs. I hope next game, vs the nuks we can get our legs going from the get go. Offence vs. Luongo, i'll put my money on the oilers, cause all we have to do is shut down your "ikea" line, haha

[superkaratemonkey]

But for most time I obtained my knowledge of hockey by reading esp. the Canucks.com forum. Although it's dominated mostly by 12 year olds who should've either been doing their homework or going to bed already - the board is definitely there for a good read - and laugh I learned a lot from the boards and it's true. I dont post there at all however.

haha ur one to talk!

hey BQ, ru living in hongkong? i heard u can get NA sports channel in HK to watch hockey, altho its not very popular. but this is def better since its free. leetch wanna play in the east (and the NYR more specificly) so theres no chance hes coming here. bondra would be a good fit for the morrison line, but not sure how much he wants. oh btw, ru posting on hfboards.com again? ur 'someguy44' rite?

trizz, the oilers r winning by only playing well in the 3rd, imagine how good they'll be playing the whole game! but i dunno if they'll put in a good 60mins effort, since they r having success rite now. i think they'll change only after they r beat badly, then they'll realize dat they neeed to play hard the whole game.

[Kiss7]

haha ur one to talk!

im not 12.......

[trizz251]

if you're not 12 then what are you, haha under 20, that's like YOUNG, haha i'm under 20 that makes 2 of us, haha. But i'm getting there, haha, school is definetly killing me, haha. Too many calgary fans at the U of A, well they disappear a lot, they just go poof after the oilers win or when they lose, haha. Stupid calgarians why can't they go to their own university.

The oilers better play 60 min sooner or later, cause the sooner the better, or else we're in big trouble. Its gonna bite us back some day, it's funny how we only play like 1 and 1/2 period and we can manage to dodge almost every single PP the opponent gets and our PP just kills them, they take 3 penalties, chances are they're gonna let one in. Which gets me thinking, if our defence sucks so much quote unquote all those analyist, then why is our PK like ranked in the top 10?? well it could be just roloson, but really you can't rely on your goalie to win and the nuks know that better than i do

[Kiss7]

Which gets me thinking, if our defence sucks so much quote unquote all those analyist, then why is our PK like ranked in the top 10?? well it could be just roloson, but really you can't rely on your goalie to win and the nuks know that better than i do

you hit right on the nail!

I really hope the Canucks realize we're a one-line team riding the tail of Luongo and get their asses together.

[Bai Qi44]

Ooh Im going to break it to you that I'm actually under 20. haha how did you know I was a guy kidding kidding Im really a girl and yes I do know a lot about hockey and everything going around the world of hockey especially NHL. Since becoming a fan of the game, I've always read, watched and analyzed the game, the players, facts and because my uncle is a huge Canucks/hockey fan since '94- he would show me past games he had taped and tell me more about hockey and also what went on in the NHL past. But for most time I obtained my knowledge of hockey by reading esp. the Canucks.com forum. Although it's dominated mostly by 12 year olds who should've either been doing their homework or going to bed already - the board is definitely there for a good read - and laugh I learned a lot from the boards and it's true. I dont post there at all however.

Under 20, a girl, and a hockey fan??? I guess that means a lot of guys hit on you eh? I would too if I didn't live in Alberta and wasn't 105. I guess she's all yours Monkey. j/k haha

I've been a huge Canucks fan since 89. I must be old cause I don't need tapes or anything to remember the 94 cup run. I almost went to downtown with my friends after game 7 and it's a good thing I didn't cause that was the night of the riots. As for the Canucks.com forum, I used to go there a lot, but not as much recently cause that forum is ran by 12 year olds. Oh yeah, I have game 6 and game 7 of the 94 Stanley cup files on my harddrive. Those two games, along with game 1 of that finals and games 5-7 of the 94 1st round against Calgary were the greatest games in Canucks history by far. I have never seen a team choked in the playoffs like Calgary did. They were up 3 games to 1 and lost in 3 straight OTs to the Nucks that year. Then, we pretty much just demolished Dallas and Toronto. And after that, all the Rangers fans were looking down on us and thought that their team could've eliminated us in 4. Maclean played the best game a Nucks goalie has ever played in game 1 and we snuck out of New York with a victory. Too bad, I don't have that game's files. Before game 5 when the Rangers were up 3 games to 1, Ranger fans had already planned a parade and to their surprise, the Nucks ruined that parade by beating them 6-3 that night. We won game 6 and the city went absolutely nuts. Anyway, I've never seen a city that acted that crazy before. You will never appreciate or know what / how it is till your home team is in the Stanley Cup finals or World Cup of Soccer finals. Anyway, I'm rambling, but those were great memories. I remember all the restaurants were empty cause all people cared about at the time was the Canucks. Every bus and every car was honking their horns. The buses had signs that read "Go Canucks Go". Every school had students dressed in Canucks uniforms or make up and drums were banging. Sorry, too much rambling.

Damn, do we ever need a player like Bure now in order for stuff like that to happen again. What the hell has happened to Linden? He was singlehandedly the best Canuck of game 7. I mean, Leetch is one year older than him and Modano is just as old and neither of those players had their skills diminish the way that Linden has had his.

haha ur one to talk!

hey BQ, ru living in hongkong? i heard u can get NA sports channel in HK to watch hockey, altho its not very popular. but this is def better since its free. leetch wanna play in the east (and the NYR more specificly) so theres no chance hes coming here. bondra would be a good fit for the morrison line, but not sure how much he wants. oh btw, ru posting on hfboards.com again? ur 'someguy44' rite?

Nope. In 2004, I spent a year in HK, Taiwan, and various parts of China. Now, I'm in stupid Cow Town. Yup, I'm someguy44. The same username I used to use in this forum. I was also ZhaoZilong44, the same guy who started the hockey thread after the great Spcnet crash. Bondra would be automatically better than anyone on our team not named Naslund or Sedin (in terms of offense that is). I read somewhere that he only wants like $500 with bonuses or $1million without, but I think he might want a contendenter though.

[superkaratemonkey]

man, i really wish i was a hockey fan back in 94. i was wondering wat the big deal was w/ hockey cuz i didnt get it or enjoy it back then. so i made it a goal to sit through a hockey game in the 95 season and try to understand the game. i end up watchin the avs-wings season opener, and i was blown away by the skill and speed of the teams, and i was addicted to hockey ever since. it also explain y im an avs fan. but i really do regret not following the canucks for the 94 run tho. i seen bits and pieces of games, but never watched the whole 60+ mins. i remember the bure elbow tho (on churla or something), saw it on the hilite and i was like "whoa, u can do dat in hockey? im never playin hockey in my life!"

haha i knew it was too much of a coincident for someone else to have the same user name. how come u dont post there much? oh btw, chek out this thread on hfboard, http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=300039, some really funny stuff in there. actually it was so funny i spat my milk on the keyboard! specially the roenick and domi pics.

the bonus money could be the sticking pt, cuz it could count against this yrs cap, which we have no room for, unless we demote bourdon. but if we demote bourdon, i rather spend the money on a Dman, seeing how salo is as durable as tofu apparently. plus, theres no telling bondra can still put up 30 goals, and no gaurantee dat morrison will be able to set him up either. add to the fact dat hes pretty fragile as well, and it may be enuff to turn nonis the other way.