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Feb 10, 07
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Nucks vs Flashers 7pm cbc
   GAME: Vancouver Canucks (30-20-4) @ Atlanta Thrashers (30-18-9). Forgive the Canucks if they don’t extend a warm hand when the Thrashers’ bus pulls into The Garage Saturday. It’s not that they’re impolite, they just haven’t seen Atlanta’s team in two years. The last time these two franchises clashed was back in February of 2004 when Jeff Cowan still wore the blue and orange and Dany Heatley potted the game-winner in a 4-1 victory. Plenty has changed since then. The Canucks aren’t the high-flying goal machine they once were. Instead, this team’s strengths lie in the crease and on the penalty kill – though that’s not always enough to pull two points out of the fire. Despite Roberto Luongo in goal, and the NHL’s top-ranked penalty kill, the Canucks still stumble like they did Wednesday in a 3-0 loss to the Blackhawks. Just 24 hours after dealing the division-rival Oilers a 5-2 blow in Edmonton, the Canucks fell to a Western Conference runt in a game that featured all the fireworks and excitement of a library tutorial. Luongo made 20 saves and the Canucks put 34 shots on Patrick Lalime - who was making his 2007-07 debut - but neither team mustered any sustained offensive sting. “It was very unfortunate. Very disappointing,” said a disheartened Alain Vigneault. “Obviously our execution tonight wasn’t good enough.” Adrian Aucion scored late in the second when his looping point shot tipped off Kevin Bieksa’s stick and over a fallen Luongo. The other two goals were empty netters. "It was a disappointing loss for sure," said Markus Naslund. "We didn’t match their intensity." The shutout was just the Canucks’ third regulation loss since Christmas – a run that’s seen them go 13-3-3. They sit one point back of the Flames for top spot in the Northwest. Just as the Canucks’ streak seems to be tailing, the Thrashers are picking it up. They’re coming of a 6-3 drubbing of the Avalanche Thursday. Marian Hossa and Slava Kozlov broke out in spectacular fashion picking up two goals and two assists each. Goaltender Kari Lehtonen made a career-high 45 saves in net as the Thrashers kicked of a six-game road trip that won't bring them back to Philips Arena until Feb. 22. The Thrashers had dropped three straight, including a 5-2 loss to the Flyers, but still lead the Southeast division by 6 points. They boast one of the most dynamic offensive attacks in the league led by Hossa, who sits fourth in NHL scoring with 33 goals and 71 points, and have three skaters in the top 20 (Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Kozlov). Like the Canucks of old, the Thrashers struggle to keep the puck out of their own net. They surrender on average, more than three goals per game, and have the second-worst penalty kill. That won’t matter if the Canucks can’t squeeze more out of a power play that had climbed into the top half of the NHL before tailing off. Vancouver’s power play has been blanked in three of the past four games scoring twice on the last 23 attempts. Vancouver holds a slight edge in the all-time series, 3-2-1. Vancouver’s record versus the East this year: 6-1-1. Canuckleheads better fix up look sharp or they're gonna get their asses handed to them by Hossa. 5-4 nucks. 
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Feb 11, 07
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good game, nuff said. But the last couple minutes got me freaked out...it almost turned into a shooting gallery for luongo :(
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Feb 11, 07
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Isn't that what coach Alain Veigneult said in The Province newspaper (today's edition)? I swear! And I agree...I FUCKIN AGREE! Welcome to Vancouver Luongo :)
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Feb 11, 07
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He's playing well with or without the wrist shot. He's still playing as good as anyone on the Canucks rite now.
He has the wrist shot but he needs to be open to use it. Thats what his linemates are suppose to get him.. some space but he isn't exactly playing with a prime morrison or bertuzzi though
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Feb 11, 07
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I've seen moments when I was expecting him to release a wrister and 99% of the time, he's double clutching and doing something else.
It's weirding me out. Agreed, he's playing well, though we need to pick up a linemate for him and Morrison at the trade deadline.
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Feb 13, 07
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We definetly need a center that can feed him the puck or another winger that can feed him the puck. Naslund is a sniper before a playmaker.
When he put up 104 pts he put up 48 goals cause he had linemates *bertuzzi and morrison* feeding him the puck. He needs to be open to use the wrist. He doesn't quite have the speed of a sakic. Nor does he have a wrister with no windup like sakic.
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