The 2011 Canuckistan NHL Thread

[Baz]

OK....Oilers will be the most improved Canuck team, and maybe most improved in the NHL.

[canban]

 

This has gone viral with my Wed. night league.

[bubba zanetti]

 

... curtains .... omg .....  

[motormike]

I heard about this Sunday night at a Coaches meeting but didn't see it (or go looking for it) until now.

[Baz]

There are some classic lines in that piece... "My Bauer Vapor X has flex which allows me to bend it, like I used to bend you over the couch."

[canban]

I am guessing that my entire team will show up with Vapour X's w/87 flex in the hopes of getting to the PB right where mom keeps it.

For a book length read from a western perspective on the same topic I recommend  Midnight Hockey by Bill Gaston.

[bluepoof]

It got lame at the end, but the first half had me laughing out loud.  Peter plays hockey on Wednesday nights (er, and Friday nights) and I think we've had that exact conversation.  "You're going to be at the rink until 2am and will tear up your hamstrings!"  

PS: The stick in my cube at work is a Vapor XXX, but my flex is Junior 52.

PPS:  Go Sharks!

[birdrunner]

I miss my midnight hockey.  

[Baz]

Did my Oilers look bloody amazing tonight or what?

Edmonton - 4
Calgary - 0

I used to score goals like this in my dreams.

[canban]

Magic.

The only move I have that was on display in that video is  the fall down and slide into the boards.

The Oilers are playing all of their first round picks since the lock out!!  Looks good on their scouts and development system.

[birdrunner]

Magic.

The only move I have that was on display in that video is  the fall down and slide into the boards.

The Oilers are playing all of their first round picks since the lock out!!  Looks good on their scouts and development system.

Their scouts used to be the key to the Oilers and brought the "Glory Years".   Then they lost their way ... remember who we got for Gretsky? (me neither).   Hopefully this is a trend.

[canban]

Their scouts used to be the key to the Oilers and brought the "Glory Years".   Then they lost their way ... remember who we got for Gretsky? (me neither).   Hopefully this is a trend.

Bags of money and Martin Gelinas as far as I remember.

[bubba zanetti]

Sweet goal. That kid has got great hands.  What a wonderful first goal in the NHL.  

[bluepoof]

2 hours and 35 minutes until Sharks o'clock! Can I say that in a Canada thread?  

[canban]

2 hours and 35 minutes until Sharks o'clock! Can I say that in a Canada thread?  

Only if they have a quintessentially Canadian kid as their new captain.

Go Joe Go!!!

[bubba zanetti]

Did my Oilers look bloody amazing tonight or what?

Edmonton - 4
Calgary - 0

I used to score goals like this in my dreams.

Horcoff is from Castlegar ... making him C is a good idea. I do no know him personally. But the family is known and I hear they are worker bees.

[lizzabet]

little known facts:
-Lizzabet and Alphabet     attended the Oiler's (and Gretzky's) very first NHL game back a whole lotta years ago                      
 
-Lizzabet is from Horkoff's home town  
-The BB&B is hosted in  Horkoff's home town    
-Granddaughter Ryah  (now 3 months old) was sporting an Edmonton onesie last night     (until she drooled too much and her daddy switched her into a Flames onesie)     )   She also sports a Toronto onesie at times to keep the peace.

Yeah Edmonton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[birdrunner]

little known facts:
-Lizzabet and Alphabet     attended the Oiler's (and Gretzky's) very first NHL game back a whole lotta years ago                      
 

Was that back when they played the games outdoors?  

[Baz]

Horcoff is from Castlegar ... making him C is a good idea. I do no know him personally. But the family is known and I hear they are worker bees.

I am very close friends with his uncle. Know the Horc's very well. Been to Shawn's house in his absense, met his wife and even found out she was pregnant before Shawn did.   (He was in San Jose at the time)

Very grounded folks. His uncle (a very good friend) was one time invited to try out as a pitcher for a team in the major leagues, but he had just got a job in a pulp mill a couple of days before, so he declined the offer. (even in his Sr. years he can throw a wicked ball).

The whole family is very grounded and the nicest people you could ever meet. Shawn never did let the bright lights blur his vision. Met his wife while attending the University of Michigan where he graduated on a hockey scholarship. In his final year there, he walked away with just about every hockey award there was before he came to Edmonton.

He shows up to play every night, and even through the very bad years here never once pulled one of those famous NHL Player Diva moves. He plans to stay in Edmonton until retirement.

Imagine standing outside the terminal building in Castlegar & looking across the river. The Mountain you see is pretty much the Horcoff family farm which they still work a bit.

The vid here says it all...

[Baz]

little known facts:
-Lizzabet and Alphabet     attended the Oiler's (and Gretzky's) very first NHL game back a whole lotta years ago                      
 
-Lizzabet is from Horkoff's home town  
-The BB&B is hosted in  Horkoff's home town    
-Granddaughter Ryah  (now 3 months old) was sporting an Edmonton onesie last night     (until she drooled too much and her daddy switched her into a Flames onesie)     )   She also sports a Toronto onesie at times to keep the peace.

Yeah Edmonton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Liz.....

Now seeing how you are (ahem) mature enough to have experianced that game, see if you can recognize the guy on the left. (He has much less hair now)