Sunday, October 26, 2003
DAMMIT...BUT BERTUZZI LOCKED UP
The Canucks were a mere 1:14 from extending their home ice winning streak this season to 5 when Krys Kolanos of the Phoenix Coyotes hit paydirt with a wraparound goal that got by Dan Cloutier (as Phoenix goalie Sean Burke was being pulled for an extra skater), who up to that point was having his best game of the year, according to radio color man Tom Larscheid.
However, the Canucks blew a 2-0 lead and had a 3-2 lead from the Naslund goal (top line gets a goal, yay!) up until the Kolanos goal. The Canucks also went an inexcusable 0-for-8 on the power play, probably the main reason they didn't win this game, other than the Brent Sopel giveaway of the puck in the neutral zone, which started the debacle in the second period where Phoenix got their two quick goals.
GREAT POSTGAME NEWS as a press conference announced that Todd Bertuzzi has been signed to a new 4-year contract (this year's terms under the previously signed contract are tossed out) and will remain in a Vancouver Canuck uniform. This eliminates the main distraction hanging over the Canucks over these first few weeks of the season. A 4-year deal is what I call stepping up, and that is EXACTLY what Canucks owner John McCaw did in this situation, new collective bargaining be damned. In Bertuzzi's words, he "[wants] the parade down Robson Street." If there is ever a chance of that happening, I really hope I can be there for that. It'd be cool as hell.
So yeah, the Canucks should have won tonight and they were crap on the power play. However, the Bertuzzi contract is one huge distraction to take away. Great job by McCaw to step up and great job by GM Brian Burke to convince him that this is the right thing to do. They have shown the team AND HAVE SHOWN THE FANS (hint to Mariners management) that THEY ARE COMMITTED TO WINNING THE STANLEY CUP. This keeps together a great core of players that has tried to stay together over the past few years, and hopefully they can get the Cup real soon.
And when the hell is Johan Hedberg going to get some time in the net? Good gracious, he's only played twice in eight Canucks games this year. And with Cloutier letting in that wraparound goal (postgame callers are ripping him for this)...come on.
Back to studying for a test tomorrow in Structural Geology...
However, the Canucks blew a 2-0 lead and had a 3-2 lead from the Naslund goal (top line gets a goal, yay!) up until the Kolanos goal. The Canucks also went an inexcusable 0-for-8 on the power play, probably the main reason they didn't win this game, other than the Brent Sopel giveaway of the puck in the neutral zone, which started the debacle in the second period where Phoenix got their two quick goals.
GREAT POSTGAME NEWS as a press conference announced that Todd Bertuzzi has been signed to a new 4-year contract (this year's terms under the previously signed contract are tossed out) and will remain in a Vancouver Canuck uniform. This eliminates the main distraction hanging over the Canucks over these first few weeks of the season. A 4-year deal is what I call stepping up, and that is EXACTLY what Canucks owner John McCaw did in this situation, new collective bargaining be damned. In Bertuzzi's words, he "[wants] the parade down Robson Street." If there is ever a chance of that happening, I really hope I can be there for that. It'd be cool as hell.
So yeah, the Canucks should have won tonight and they were crap on the power play. However, the Bertuzzi contract is one huge distraction to take away. Great job by McCaw to step up and great job by GM Brian Burke to convince him that this is the right thing to do. They have shown the team AND HAVE SHOWN THE FANS (hint to Mariners management) that THEY ARE COMMITTED TO WINNING THE STANLEY CUP. This keeps together a great core of players that has tried to stay together over the past few years, and hopefully they can get the Cup real soon.
And when the hell is Johan Hedberg going to get some time in the net? Good gracious, he's only played twice in eight Canucks games this year. And with Cloutier letting in that wraparound goal (postgame callers are ripping him for this)...come on.
Back to studying for a test tomorrow in Structural Geology...
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