Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Mind your ankles...it's bandwagon time!

Ah yes, nothing like a loss to bring out the best on the CDC board. Despite playing well in the last half of the game (to be fair that's all I watched), the Canucks lost 3-1 to a much improved Carolina Hurricanes team. The reactions on the board?
- Is AV's job in jeopardy?
- do we need to be worried yet.?
- I want your opinion * 12
Would you do it? Luongo for Kopitar?
(Perhaps I should explain this one... there is a school of "thought" amongst some CDC'ers that one of the reasons we are going to fail is that in the 2005 draft we chose Luc Bourdon, a Dman ranked 6th in North America by Central Scouting. Forget that there were 9 teams before us, and we were looking for a defenseman first. It all boils down to Kopitar's 12 points are needed NOW, damn a defenseman who may someday replace Mattias Ohlund!!! So let's get rid of the best goalie we have ever had, despite the fact he starts EVERY season like this, for a Slovenian, because that is truly the answer to the problem.)

- Fire Dave Nonis

- Anyone else think the Sedin Twins are overrated?

there are more, but why bother as a number of them simply rehash things already covered in these threads...
It's just amazing to me sometimes the number of so-called fans who are so willing to decalre the season over after a loss... I can't even justify such a thought if the team was 0-9 simply because there is so much hockey to play. Yes their games have been frustrating to watch so far, as there hasn't been a game where you can say they played a solid 60 minutes. But for crying out loud people... The GM is not going anywhere, you don't fire the coach for being 1 game under .500 at the start of the season, and you don't trade the best damn goalie in the league for a guy in his second season.

For those who care to look, there were some positives there, the Canucks answered the bell quite well in the toughness department, Ryan Kesler continued his strong play and Morrison got another goal. The Sedins have been quiet for a couple games now, but compared to some players around the league and the slumps they're in, it's hardly a reason to panic. We have Detroit tomorrow night. They're off to another fine start, and no doubt it probably has something to do with a bizarre combination of stem cell research, black magic and Viagra. But there is something about the Wings that brings out the best in this team, and maybe this is just what we need. But what do I know... after all there must be something wrong with me, because I haven't even looked at the panic button yet.






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