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X26 said:
Unless he absolutely shits the bed, it seems one this is a given: thomas is winning the conn smythe
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I don't really see it that way if the Canucks win. A player on the losing team has only won it 5 out of 45 times. They'll award it for a lesser performance by a winning player if they can possibly get away with it.
 
vatstep said:
I don't really see it that way if the Canucks win. A player on the losing team has only won it 5 out of 45 times. They'll award it for a lesser performance by a winning player if they can possibly get away with it.
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I dont see how, thomas has been the best player period. Hes on an elite tier this series
 
vatstep said:
I don't really see it that way if the Canucks win. A player on the losing team has only won it 5 out of 45 times. They'll award it for a lesser performance by a winning player if they can possibly get away with it.
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The problem is no one on either team is really standing out. Unless Kesler or one of the Sedin twins has a monster game 6 or 7 Thomas will win it. If he doesn't meltdown.
 
I'm sorry for asking that dumb question. I thought basketball was the only sport where a superstar literally disappears at the end of the game.
 
Revenant said:
I dont see how, thomas has been the best player period. Hes on an elite tier this series
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this

EDIT: SUPER impressed with Tanev's play tonight, he looked really poised and smooth on the ice tonight.
 
vatstep said:
I don't really see it that way if the Canucks win. A player on the losing team has only won it 5 out of 45 times. They'll award it for a lesser performance by a winning player if they can possibly get away with it.
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Conn Smythe reverse-jinx?

I would have agreed with you a week ago, but Luongo shit the bed twice (even though he wasn't necessarily bad), Henrik hasn't been consistent in this series (nor produced much), and Kesler has slowed down a lot since the Nashville series (pretty sure he's got a groin injury). Thomas should be the favourite right now, regardless of which team wins.
 
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Yup, as a die-hard Nucks fan I'd give the Conn Smythe to Thomas in a heartbeat. Dude has been consistently incredible and gives his team a chance to win every single game.
 
bardia said:
EDIT: SUPER impressed with Tanev's play tonight, he looked really poised and smooth on the ice tonight.
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Yea that kid is pretty solid, you barely notice him out there, which isn't a bad thing. Seems to always make the smart play and keeps working.
 
Socreges said:
Conn Smythe reverse-jinx?

I would have agreed with you a week ago, but Luongo shit the bed twice (even though he wasn't necessarily bad), Henrik hasn't been consistent in this series (nor produced much), and Kesler has slowed down a lot since the Nashville series (pretty sure he's got a groin injury). Thomas should be the favourite right now, regardless of which team wins.
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Thomas and Luongo are the ONLY two players left that can even remotely be considered. I just don't think it's out of the question for Luongo to get it if he plays one/two more good game(s) and wins. I can see them ignoring the games in Boston.

Not a reverse-jinx. I would be proud of Thomas if he were to get it, win or lose, but Giguere accepting it in 2003 was probably the saddest thing I've ever seen and I don't really know if I want a memory like that of our own.
 
dream said:
But really, I don't understand how it's not a guaranteed point when you have one extra man than the other team has.
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Well, it helps. It's only a guaranteed point when the coach is pulled and the team gets a 7th player. But that occasionally leads to suspensions and fines.
 
vatstep said:
Thomas and Luongo are the ONLY two players left that can even remotely be considered. I just don't think it's out of the question for Luongo to get it if he plays one/two more good game(s) and wins. I can see them ignoring the games in Boston.

Not a reverse-jinx. I would be proud of Thomas if he were to get it, win or lose, but Giguere accepting it in 2003 was probably the saddest thing I've ever seen and I don't really know if I want a memory like that of our own.
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Fair enough.

I do think they will consider Luongo getting shelled 8-1, though. Hard to forget. Even Brodeur was amazing against the Ducks in '03, but Giguere still got it since he was so incredible throughout the four rounds.
 
Socreges said:
Well, it helps. It's only a guaranteed point when the coach is pulled and the team gets a 7th player. But that occasionally leads to suspensions and fines.
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not to mention when the puck hits the hidden sensor on the ice hidden before each game that triggers the "multi-puck" mode. That's when things really get crazy.
 
Revenant said:
not to mention when the puck hits the hidden sensor on the ice hidden before each game that triggers the "multi-puck" mode. That's when things really get crazy.
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Ugh, don't remind me. That's exactly how the Jets beat us in 2012.
 
Canucks-GAF Meet-Up of DESTINY

When: Monday, Game 6, 4:00pm
Where: TBA
How: PM me to RVSP and I'll link you to the Facebook event page.

Alright Canucks-GAF.

Elimination-game time boys. If there was ever a time to be downtown in anticipation for history to be made, then it's Monday. Let's actually try and get this meet-up done right and better than the last one. Forget about CBC Plaza, that place is an utter no go at this point with how packed it gets.

So my thought is, let's meet up at a bar or restaurant. We'll pick one, and hopefully, someone won't have work and will be able to get there to save a table.

Any other suggestions, throw them out.
 
Can't believe Vancouver is one game away from winning a SC, disgusting to say the least. Hopefully Boston can pull a 2009 Pens (Still Bitter about that) and win the next 2 games but I don't see it happening, if they are going to lose though, I want Vancouver to win on the road, not at home.
 
OH! LUONGO BURN!!!

He said if Thomas played in the paint, he would have saved it. "I would have made the save."

Hahahahahaha!
 
JWong said:
OH! LUONGO BURN!!!

He said if Thomas played in the paint, he would have saved it. "I would have made the save."

Hahahahahaha!
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Why is this team so obsessed with how Thomas plays?
 
vatstep said:
Why is this team so obsessed with how Thomas plays?
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The reporters are obsessed with Thomas, not the Canucks. They're just answering questions.

Anyway, Luongo is right...... but Thomas saves some that Luongo doesn't. Cost/benefit.
 
CrazedArabMan said:
Can't believe Vancouver is one game away from winning a SC, disgusting to say the least. Hopefully Boston can pull a 2009 Pens (Still Bitter about that) and win the next 2 games but I don't see it happening, if they are going to lose though, I want Vancouver to win on the road, not at home.
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take comfort in knowing the wings have the better swedes
 
Socreges said:
The reporters are obsessed with Thomas, not the Canucks. They're just answering questions.
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Well, Thomas hasn't changed anything about the way he plays in three playoff runs, so I don't know why this has suddenly become such a big thing (it started after Game 1). I'm sure the media is posing the questions in certain ways, but they're not forcing Vigneault to ask the league for "clarification" about his play/positioning — stuff like that. But it's the chicken and the egg, I guess.
 
vatstep said:
but they're not forcing Vigneault to ask the league for "clarification" about his play/positioning — stuff like that.
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And no one forced Julien to comment on Lapierre, right? Doesn't mean he's obsessed. Just coaches using the media to get a bit of pull on the officiating when they perceive unfairness.
 
Bwahahaha

I just got back from a beer run down Main. A dozen blocks of everybody honking their asses off, people dancing on the sidewalks and some dude in nothing but a blue speedo and t-shirt waving a huge flag at the middle of the intersection of Main and 14th.

this fucking city, I swear :jakncoke
 
bishoptl said:
Bwahahaha

I just got back from a beer run down Main. A dozen blocks of everybody honking their asses off, people dancing on the sidewalks and some dude in nothing but a blue speedo and t-shirt waving a huge flag at the middle of the intersection of Main and 14th.

this fucking city, I swear :jakncoke
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It gonna burrrrn win or lose
 
omg.

omg.

omg. :(

I just realized that, if we go to game 7, I'm working until 8 on the 15th. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

Win in Boston then, Canucks! If we go to game 7 now, I'm gonna be so mad.
 
Leeness said:
omg.

omg.

omg. :(

I just realized that, if we go to game 7, I'm working until 8 on the 15th. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

Win in Boston then, Canucks! If we go to game 7 now, I'm gonna be so mad.
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call. in. sick. game day.

Honestly is there a single employer in Vancouver that expects people to get work done in a potential Stanley Cup game day?
 
That's my thinking.

Since I'm in Victoria, I'd have to take 2 days off (or at least two halves) to be in downtown Vancouver for the game. I'll be having an interesting conversation with my boss on Monday. Here's hoping she understands.
 
It's a brand new job and I want to keep it. I can't pull that right now. :( :( :(

At least it's a restaurant, so that means it'll probably be full of fans, and we have big screen HDTVs so I don't miss anything.

I just won't be able to be downtown. :(
 
Leeness said:
It's a brand new job and I want to keep it. I can't pull that right now. :( :( :(

At least it's a restaurant, so that means it'll probably be full of fans, and we have big screen HDTVs so I don't miss anything.

I just won't be able to be downtown. :(
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Oh. Actually that should still be pretty good. Much better than working a retail shift at what will certainly be an empty mall. My friend worked Boston Pizza for the Gold Medal game and said it was a blast. You'll be able to rush downtown for the parade / riot afterwards.

At least you're not 4500km away like me?
 
Leeness said:
It's a brand new job and I want to keep it. I can't pull that right now. :( :( :(

At least it's a restaurant, so that means it'll probably be full of fans, and we have big screen HDTVs so I don't miss anything.

I just won't be able to be downtown. :(
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Yeah, I start a new job new next week. Horrible timing :(

Although the plus is I get off at 5, and I work a on Robson, two blocks from Granville.

Edit: Canucks-GAF repost for the new page.

Canucks-GAF Meet-Up of DESTINY

When: Monday, Game 6, 4:00pm
Where: TaBA
How: PM me to RVSP and I'll link you to the Facebook event page.

Alright Canucks-GAF.

Elimination-game time boys. If there was ever a time to be downtown in anticipation for history to be made, then it's Monday. Let's actually try and get this meet-up done right and better than the last one. Forget about CBC Plaza, that place is an utter no go at this point with how packed it gets.

So my thought is, let's meet up at a bar or restaurant. We'll pick one, and hopefully, someone won't have work and will be able to get there to save a table.

Any other suggestions, throw them out.
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