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"Thank god Datsyuk is out". My ecact words at the end of overtime. Always a great game when these 2 teams play. No yapping, no bs just beautiful hockey. Did you catch Luongo's celebration and him laughing mid shot at Bertuzzi? Awesome!

Yeah don't even get me started on how this game is being officiated thus far, or all year for that matter. pp's are 18-6 in favour of Detroit. I will give them credit though, they are really good at not letting the refs see their constant hooks.

We're all over them 14-4 shots, Bieksa just made a stupid play that led to that goal.

There will be no 24 to add to this list

See what happens when a shirtless John Madden isn't there to watch for poles from out the top of the sunroof?

Nick Kypreos tweeted earlier that he's "hearing Kostitsyn and Weber to Nashville for Halischuk and a draft pick. I really wanted the Canucks to get Gill but the Preds scooped him... seemingly for the sole purpose of defending the Sedins cycle. i

Canucks are rumoured to be interested in Gaustad as well. Maybe Raymond for Gaustad? You guys do like you're small, speedy forwards.

Unfortunately the vast majority of Canuck's fans are idiots and really don't know what they are talking about when it comes to hockey. I've spent the majority of Luongo's time as a Canuck defending him against people who have been calling for him to be traded... stats don't lie. Luongo is once again putting up numbers that will have him as a finalist for the vezina, and in my opinion if it weren't for how well Schneider has played in a bigger role this year Luongo would run away with it.

Back in the 2005-2006 season, the Vancouver Canucks were lead by a watered down version of the West Coast Express, and had dug themselves quite the hole trying to get into the postseason. They never did, and missed the playoffs for the first time in 5 years, but they looked to have found something quite unique in the process. We all know how important games in March are, especially when trying to solidify a playoff spot, and with some injury problems, the Canucks called up 24 year old Alexandre Burrows, who had been playing in the AHL for the Canucks affiliate, Manitoba Moose. Before playing in Manitoba, Alex was winning ball hockey tournaments in Quebec, and playing in the ECHL for the likes of the Greenville Grrrowl, Columbia Inferno and the Baton Rouge Kingfish. Dave Nonis, the GM at the time, had liked what he saw from Burrows over in Manitoba. He had piled up 30 points in 33 games in 2005-2006, so Nonis gave the kid a shot with the big club. He played his first NHL game January 2nd, 2006 at home against the St.Louis Blues in a 4-1 loss. On Jan 10th, just a week later, at home against the hated Toronto Maple Leafs, Alex scored his first NHL goal on Leafs goaltender Ed Belfour. You could see glimpses of a star in the making. His play on the ice was aggressive, and you could see the determination, this guy did not want to go back to the minors. In a pivotal game late that season against Los Angeles, Alex Burrows made a believer out of hockey fans on the West Coast, after notching his 1st career NHL hat trick in a huge 7-4 win. As stated earlier, Vancouver went on to miss the playoffs, but did they find a piece that would help them in years to come? In 2006-2007, Burrows was a mainstay on the Vancouver roster, but with limited ice time. New head coach Alain Vigneault also used Alex on the penalty kill, and he saw a player willing to block shots and put it all out there to get the job done. He, Ryan Kesler, and goaltender Roberto Luongo had propelled the teams penalty kill to number one in the NHL. The offensive production however, wasnt quite there as Burrows struggled, scoring 3 goals and 9 assists in 81 games. That season he played in his first career NHL playoff games and gained some very valuable playoff experience playing into round 2. In the years that followed, Alex Burrows became a household name amongst Vancouver hockey fans. He began playing in a much bigger role for the team, and became a top line player for the Canucks in the 2008-2009 season. The chemistry he had found with Daniel and Henrik Sedin was instant magic. The amount of highlite reel goals between the three was just fantastic to see as a Canucks fan. Alex had become one of the Canucks more important players, and quite the agitator. Teams across the league began to notice, and so did fans. That season, while on a 9 game funk, Alex Burrows scored one of the more dramatic goals in Canucks history, in a 4-3 home ice win against the Carolina Hurricanes. With the game tied at 3-3 late and with Carolina on the powerplay, Ryan Kesler chipped the puck ahead to an open Alex Burrows who scored on the breakaway shorthanded with under a minute left to end the doom and gloom that had hung around the team for two weeks. That goal turned the tide, and the Vancouver Canucks made a charge up the standings and won the Northwest division crown on the last day of the season. He followed that up by scoring the double overtime winner in St.Louis in round 1 of the playoffs that season as the Canucks completed the 4 game sweep of the Blues. Alex Burrows became "that" player. A player that opposing teams hated, but someone the home fans admired greatly for his contributions. He also became a team player, and clearly wanted to do anything he could to make the team successful. He went as far as taking a pay-cut when he signed a 4 year extension worth 8 million dollars on February 4th, 2009. We all know he would have received more on the open market, but he saw something special in Vancouver, and that's a situation that's few and far between. The following two seasons in Vancouver saw his line mates Henrik and Daniel Sedin win a few huge awards at the annual NHL Awards. Henrik with the Art Ross in 2010, and Daniel with the Art Ross and Ted Lindsay in 2011. The twins had mentioned a big part of their success had to do with playing alongside Alex. He has now scored over 20 goals in 4 straight seasons, including 2011-2012. Through his career so far, Burrows has been the part of many controversies. From referees out to get him, to Ron McLean ( a former official) verbally assaulting Alex on Hockey Night in Canada, even to this day. Many fans of other teams started to hate on him cause through their eyes he was the subject of diving and embellishing to get powerplays. Through all this hatred from every corner of the hockey world, Burrows just continued to play hockey. This past Spring though, at the start of the run to the Stanley Cup finals, he may have just cemented his name in Canucks lore. The Vancouver Canucks, heavy favorites to win the Stanley Cup, faced off against the hated and despised Chicago Blackhawks in round 1. The Canucks had built up a 3-0 series lead and looked home and cooled off, only to see the officiating turn towards them, and the Hawks reeling off 3 straight wins to force a deciding Game 7. The city was devastated, and the fans demoralized, at the thought of one of the biggest collapses in pro sports happening to their team, right in their backyard, against a team so hated. This game was literally the biggest game in Canucks history, and it was only round 1. Burrows scored early in the game on a feed from Ryan Kesler to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead. Who else?? Burrows somehow, some way always managed to come through in monster games. That lead stood almost the entire game. Alex was also awarded a penalty shot at the beginning of the 3rd to ice the game, but he was robbed by Crawford. With just under 2 minutes remaining, the Blackhawks were penalized, and Canuck Nation was ready to celebrate, but Jonathon Toews gave Canucks fans a scare they'll never forget, by scoring shorthanded, to tie the game and send it to overtime. This game already felt like a loss, atleast to me, but alot of Canucks fans. The amount of disbelief and nervousness across the entire province was at an extreme. Overtime had begun, and just a few minutes in, Burrows was called for a penalty, and Canuck Nation was standing on very thin ice. You could just imagine how Alex had felt. He had a chance on a penalty shot to put the game away but couldn't, and here he was, sitting in the penalty box, putting his team shorthanded, with a chance to forever scar Canucks fans. His good friend Roberto Luongo bailed him out by making a massive stop on Patrick Sharp point blank. The penalty was killed, and Alex saw this as an opportunity to finish what he should have earlier. After a dump in by Canucks defenceman Dan Hamhuis, Hawks defenceman Chris Campoli didn't like what he saw on the boards and decided to lob the puck into centre ice out of his own zone. At this point, everything happened so fast. It was a blur, and you just couldn't believe what you had witnessed. Alex grabbed the lob pass by Campoli out of the air, threw it down on the ice, skated in about a couple strides, and unleashed a slapshot top corner over Crawford to win Game 7, send the defending cup champs home, and send the city into a frenzy. He did it again. Alex Burrows, two goals in Game 7 ,when we needed him the most, delivered. The Canucks moved on all the way to the cup finals, to see Alex score another big overtime goal in Game 2 against the Boston Bruins, and 3 points on the night, he clearly was Mr. Clutch. Its astounding really, that this kid was so close to quitting hockey, after trying over and over again, to get teams to give him a chance.Today, people proudly wear his jersey and t-shirts all over town. His involvement in charities and community work only solidifies himself as one of the more popular Canucks in history. Tonight, in Nasvhille, Alex will play his 500th NHL game, a truly amazing accomplishment for a guy that wasn't supposed to make it big. You have to hope as a fan, that Alex Burrows never wakes up from this dream. Follow us on twitter: @BrowntoBure And BrowntoBure.hockeyforums.net

Lungo's wife lives in Vancouver, I believe she moved here when they had their first child. Luong is probably the most intense guy I've ever seen, all he cares about is winning a cup... Which won't happen in Floridda so I don't see any way he goes back

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Ya I keep getting the "could not be found" msg

He's been like this for the majority of his career, while riding on the coat tails of Ryan Kesler. Lots of skill but doesn't put it to use, needs a change of scenery in my opinion. Lots of the talk around here is Raymond for Moen.

Was really hoping the Nucks would be able to pick up Gill.

Today BrowntoBure was featured on the website of The Province Newspaper (Vancouver) Here's the link: http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/02/17/feature-friday-mason-raymond-view-from-the-perimeter-written-by-browntobure/ hope you enjoy the read. Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BrowntoBure

I despise everything about Mike Ribiero, but this goal is unreal. Check out what he does with his stick.

Well it's that time of year again, Valentines Day. Being that most guys pretty much hate this day, it's time to have a little fun. Ever wonder what the players on your favourite team would write in their valentines to a loved one? Me neither, but i did come up with a few ideas of what some of the Vancouver Canucks might write in theirs. Cody Hodgson: Dear overtime, these past few weeks I've been watching you a lot from a far, I know that might sound kind of creepy to you, but you fascinate me. Although I only get to see you for 5 minutes every couple of days, and you seemingly have no idea I'm there, my need for you grows with each passing game. Maybe it's my age? Trust me O.T I'm very wise beyond my years, and if you would just give me the chance to get to know you a little better, I'm sure we could create something special. Roberto Luongo : Given the love/hate relationship the fans of Vancouver has with their goalie this could definitely be something I see taking place tomorrow. Will he get what he wants? Or is he looking for love in all the wrong places? Alain Vigneault: Roses are red, your jersey is blue. I could not skate and neither can you. Your hands of stone, and beard so soft. When I gaze upon your eyes, I always get lost. You remind me of myself, when I was a Sabre. That's why I keep Keith in the press box, and forever he'll stay there. Pucks over the glass and 4 game suspensions, you are a liability, but I pay no attention. What you lack talent, you make up for in try. This is why Aaron, you will forever be my guy. Love, Coach V. Mike Gillis: Dear any top 4 Dman, I need you and cannot stop thinking about you, with you in my life nothing would stand between my goal of a stanley cup. Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BrowntoBure

I heard Dreger on the radio last week and he figures Seattle is most likely next in line to get the Coyotes if they can get that arena deal done.

LOL the last thing this league should consider is expansion

While we're at it you can deliver this to your drones. I'm not a 'DJ' nor have I ever been.... And in response to the tweets you cited from our page: BrowntoBure BrowntoBure @hollisterkid4 oh i'm will aware of those clowns, that's the beauty though.. we get to mock some of these idiots if they are stupid about it This one was referring to the Edmonton Oilers BrowntoBure BrowntoBure @hollisterkid4 which led to "how can you not hate them" its hard to get one to help though, they aren't confident with their knowledge This one was referring to something a Nashville Predators fan said to me via their message board. As one of your members pointed out "Completely biased takes" you guys gave me material for my blog, then flipped out when you didn't like what you saw... who's fault is that? Any press is good press and not only are you giving it to me but the forum, so thanks for the hits and the readers, try to cheer up alright?

You yourself didn't, but If you'll read again, I was called "clueless" before I said anything. Then as i stated in my response, "While most made valid points" It seemed to me that while some people were actually giving reason's as to why, a lot of it was nothing but ripping on the team or posting video's while not really giving any sort of rational answer to the questions I posed. Also, the Riot pictures clearly had something to do with the topic... So I'll say it again Some people were being idiots, and that's who my comment was directed to, not you yourself.

1 Michael Cammalleri or Justin Williams Cammaleri 2 Lubomir Visnovsky or Jack Johnson - Visnovsky, I think Jack Johnson has been extremely overrated throughout his career so far. 3 Alexander Frolov or Dustin Penner- Neither one can be relied upon to show up consistantly, but when Penner does he can dominate a game. 4 Michal Handzus or Jarret Stoll - kind of a saw off here, the both bring the same thing but Stoll has a cannon for a shot and is huge for faceoffs 5 Raitis Ivanans or Kevin Westgarth- I only remember these guys for getting knocked out so pick one lol 6 Brad Stuart or Matt Greene- Stuart 7 Teddy Purcell or Trevor Lewis- Teddy 8 Derek Armstrong or Colin Fraser- Derek Armstrong easily 9 Kyle Quincey or Alec Martinez- Quincey 10 Wayne Simmonds or Kyle Clifford- Wayne Simmonds, Kyle Clifford is a fringe player 11 Ryan Smyth or Dustin Brown- While Ryan Smyth has had lots of success in his career as being the guy who gets pucks banked off his ass and into the net, I still love what Dustin Brown can bring when he's on 12 Jeff Halpern or Trent Hunter= Halpern 13 Mattias Norstrom or Rob Scuderi- Norstrom did everything well 14 Brayden Schenn or Andrei Loktionov don't know who Loktionov is 15 Wayne Gretzky or Anze Kopitar.. Who the hell is Wayne Gretzky? This one's easy... Kopitar

Although it seems pretty obvious to do this, I don't think Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver will be split up and Winnipeg gets completely shafted by being in that division. Also teams out west will throw an absolute fit if the league takes away their only original six franchise.

hahah I remember in the Bos/Van game this year he said "Jannik Hansen tried to carve Adam McQuaid with his stick last year in the playoffs" I almost spit out my beer, just call the game instead of trying to "rally the troops" Also anyone who saw what the anonymous Sharks fan posted that I removed from here, I did rip them after being called an idiot numerous times after asking them my question. The fact that it was anonymous, and didn't display the truth is why I deleted it. I love debating with people any time, but if you're going to come in as a guest and rip me, at least bring some facts, or it's not getting displayed.

I was told where i could go and what to do with certain things and where abouts i could shove them. Thankfully it being online I didn't have to hear those idiots bastardizing the english language with their disgusting accent. The Hawks are still a big rival, but after we beat them and the way the series with Boston shook down last year Boston is our number one rival right now, we absolutely despise them. Boston thinks they are playing old time hockey and never do anything wrong, but you'll notice that when anything happens to them they scream bloody murder, that whole organization is a bunch of hypocrites, as many people from the east told me its been like that forever, we are just finding out now for ourselves out west.