74 games played, 45 wins, 96 pts, 8 more games to go till the post season...
I can't imagine a better NHL season for my Vancouver Canucks. Fans around the league call Canuck fans dreamers. That we think of the most outlandish trades and pickups and to some extent they are correct. All we have as fans to our credentials is that we went to the cup finals in 94 and lost in game 7 to New york. I was 12 the day the Nucks lost that game. And it's been 13 years since that day. Fast forward 13 years and now the Canucks are in position to birth a playoff spot. In October, sports analyst predicted the Canucks to finish 10th in the west and to miss the playoffs the second time in a row. Newly aquired Roberto Luongo would have to wait another year till he got a taste of the playoffs. At present the Canucks are 6 pts out of top spot in the west and have one of the best team records since Christmas. Canada's hottest team right now and if I heard correctly one of the TSN analyst said that they may have to choose the Canucks as the best Canadian team to have a chance at winning the cup(Post a 2-0 win vs Nashville). But whos kidding who, any team in the playoffs has a decent chance at winning the cup.
All season the Canucks have been riding the coat tails of Bobby Lou(Roberto Luongo). MVP Chants have been cheered at GM PLACE and the NHL Buzz is that Brodeur & Crosby are the other leading canadiates for the Hart trophy. The Sedins have step up and their amazing puck posession play has dazzled spectators. Surprisingly even if Captain Markus Naslund has been a dismal impact. His leadership in the room and integrity to keep morale up probably rubs off other players.
As the Canucks countdown and play the rest of the remaining games. This Canuck fan stranded on a island in the C of Red is just excited to how deep into the playoffs they can go. It's been awhile since Canucks fans can really rally around a goaltender since Kirk Mclean.
Am I a dreamer? Yes.
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Just be careful getting your hopes too high if Calgary and Edmonton are any examples. Go big one season and crash and burn the next.
You know, Edmonton has been so bad since they traded Smyth, I'm almost wondering if part of the "strategy" Lowe talked about was to throw the rest of this season for draft picks. Seriously. It's that bad.
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