Rants

The Burrows Watch

Dec 10th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: Rants

December 10 – Down in Nashvegas last night, Sanford stood tall and the Canucks won a hard fought 3-1 contest to jump over Calgary for the NW lead. But while Davison and Kesler will escape the long arm of Campbellian justice, will Alex Burrows for his hit on J.P. Dumont?



NHL Marketing At Its Absolute Finest

Dec 7th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: Random fun, Rants

December 7 – Michael Bay is back to help the good name of hockey. C’mon if Tampa can embrace Saw, then certainly there’s room in our world for Jason Voorhees (as long as he doesn’t say ’sloppy seconds’).



Canucks/Wings Liveblog

Dec 4th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: Liveblog, Previews, Rants

December 4: A few of us bloggy types – Miss 604, Thomas Lupton and Humming Giraffe – are going to do our best not to curse, cry or light car fires while livebloging on canucks.com tonight for your enjoyment.



Let’s play GM: Prucha or Havlat?

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Mike | Category: Nation-Building, Rants

December 3 – I’m bored with losing streaks, so I’ll do what so many others before me have done when they got bored with the basic cable version of reality: make crap up! So who would make a better Canuck – Prucha or Havlat?



If you don’t laugh at it, you’ll pop an artery

Dec 2nd, 2008 | By Mike | Category: Previews, Rants

December 2: The 2008 Comedy of Errors Tour continues with a third straight loss, this time to a team who has never made the playoffs, ranks dead last on the power play and deployed a rookie goaltender. And now our team suddenly has exactly one healthy goalie. The upshot? YOU (yes you) could be the next goaltender if Schneider goes down.



Reunion Tour ‘08 Ends With The Cooker (Liveblog of sorts. And Luongo is injured. Everyone freak out and panic.)

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Mike | Category: Crosby what?, Previews, Rants, Reviews, The NY Rangers Suck

November 22 – Humiliate Naslund’s Rangers? Check. Let Demitra pick apart his old team? Check. Bang heads with our former favorite pest Matt Cooke? Cooke was chucked out in 30 seconds. The bigger news is Luongo is out and it’s officially the Curtis Sanford show.



In a New York Minute (Fishy Liveblog with ‘Nucks/Isles)

Nov 17th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: Liveblog, Previews, Rants

November 17 – Taking in the Demitra & Wellwood show in livebloggy format in a bit. And while I suspect they’ll win tonight opps!, it’s Wednesday I am staring at intently. But first thing’s first: a dance with Garth Snow, the best back-up goalie ever.



The Canucks Third Jersey

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: I'm an ass, Rants

November 14 – OK OK, I have the real sources for the third jersey now. But my option is still better I’m sorry to say. And congrats to Luongo for another notch in his list of franchise records: a shutout streak of 242 minutes & 36 seconds that was snapped in a 2-1 loss to Colorado. Sigh.



Coyotes/Canucks Liveblog

Nov 6th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: Liveblog, Rants

November 6 – Phoenix comes to town and brings Jovocop with them. What if our current #55 squares off with Jovo? My money is on the young guy. Drunkbloggin’ and rampant sinning after the jump.



Praising Luongo and A Gift For Wellwood

Nov 5th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: I'm an ass, Rants, Reviews

November 6 – It’s now impossible to ignore Kyle Wellwood. So I’m late to the bandwagon party? It’s cool, I come from the East bearing gifts for our new lord and master.