Vancouver Canucks 2013 stanley cup run!

[-Jrabbit]

Ben is just going through the Kubler-Ross grief cycle. Unfortunately, he's kind between stuck on Stages 1 and 2 (Denial and Anger) out of the 5.

After he overcomes these, we still have to walk him through Bargaining and Depression before he can finally achieve Acceptance. Unfortunately, By the time that happens, another season will probably have started. And the cycle starts all over again.





(Believe me, I know -- I'm a Cubs fan. The only difference is, I achieved Acceptance years ago.)

[Supr49er]

I was at the game (loudest game I have ever been to) and there were maybe 8-10 more Canuck penalties that could have been called.
An amazing collection of players everyone hates - Sestito, Burrows, Bieksa, Lapierre, Kassian, Kesler. And Kesler, you have an amazing amount of talent. Stop the diving, whining and general douchebaggery and people will respect you.

[-Jrabbit]

Yoour eyewitness account is meaningless. You are clearly not a Canucks fan and therefore are part of the conspiracy against them.

[Guynemer]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Ben Kenobi]

Henrik Sedin is a Thug

Henrik has a penalty on average once every two games. Same as Marleau btw. Playoffs he has 4 PIM, placing him tied with Desjardins, the only Shark player with 4PIM.

I've seen the game, San Jose hacks and hits and trips, but they don't get called for.

Do you not see Couture's dive? Sedin barely even touched him. Sedin poked him and he responded by flailing over like he was struck by a train. What a dive.

[Ben Kenobi]

Yoour eyewitness account is meaningless. You are clearly not a Canucks fan and therefore are part of the conspiracy against them.

Whatever, at least I can see a dive.

[Ben Kenobi]

I was at the game (loudest game I have ever been to) and there were maybe 8-10 more Canuck penalties that could have been called.
An amazing collection of players everyone hates - Sestito, Burrows, Bieksa, Lapierre, Kassian, Kesler. And Kesler, you have an amazing amount of talent. Stop the diving, whining and general douchebaggery and people will respect you.

Hey, did you see the Thornton dive? Gets hit on the right hand, waves around the left hand to try to cadge out a penalty.

Seems to be working just fine for San Jose - they never get called for anything.

[Ben Kenobi]

Even better - they're only 7th out of 16 teams in the playoffs. Not even really being penalized all that much - SJ just plays a very different style that doesn't take many penalties (like CHI).

They just don't get called for what they do. That's the only difference I can see. They take far more liberties than the Canucks do - but they do get away with it. The Canucks just get the usual ticky-tack penalties.

[Ming]

Henrik has a penalty on average once every two games. Same as Marleau btw. Playoffs he has 4 PIM, placing him tied with Desjardins, the only Shark player with 4PIM.

I've seen the game, San Jose hacks and hits and trips, but they don't get called for.

Do you not see Couture's dive? Sedin barely even touched him. Sedin poked him and he responded by flailing over like he was struck by a train. What a dive.

BLAH BLAH BLAH...

Again, one more time... TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
WHAT A COMPLETE CHEAP SHOT, and a dangerous one at that.

Henrik Sedin is a Thug...

[Ben Kenobi]

WHAT A COMPLETE CHEAP SHOT, and a dangerous one at that.

Oh please. When I played I got shoved onto concrete. Tore up my entire left arm. No penalty. Played the rest of the game and had a cute nurse patch me up later.

That? Wasn't dangerous at all. Look at how hard Sedin is pushing him. Look at Couture embellish the hit. Can you not see that? It's patently obvious.

[Asher]

There's no doubt he embellished, just as there's no doubt Sedin intentionally thwacked him in the head with the butt-end of his stick. Thug.

[rah]

h please. When I played I got shoved onto concrete. Tore up my entire left arm. No penalty.

That's your rational for thinking that the clip isn't a penalty? What a moron. I guess it's OK to try to injure people because it happened to you once.

[Ming]

Oh please. When I played I got shoved onto concrete. Tore up my entire left arm. No penalty. Played the rest of the game and had a cute nurse patch me up later.

That? Wasn't dangerous at all. Look at how hard Sedin is pushing him. Look at Couture embellish the hit. Can you not see that? It's patently obvious.

Yeah... a blow to the head with a stick is never dangerous... Oh please.... What a moron.... I see what the video shows. The same thing everybody else but you see!

[Ben Kenobi]

There's no doubt he embellished

Thank you. So no penalty on the play. If you call Hank then you call Couture for 'unsportsmanlike conduct.'

Penalty ratio is 17:7 so far for the series. That's 2.5 goals in favor of the Sharks. We would expect the series to have a 50 percent chance of being 2-1 or 3-0 with just the officiating. Take the officiating out, you're looking at a 2:1 Canucks or 1:2 Sharks lead in the series.

Officiating has cost the Canucks a game and a half so far.

[Ben Kenobi]

That's your rational for thinking that the clip isn't a penalty? What a moron. I guess it's OK to try to injure people because it happened to you once.

I'm seeing plenty of Shark plays where they hook, slash and punch the Sedins but don't get called. Far worse than that one there. So yeah, call it fair or not at all.