cause and effect. Cooke was being checked by the other defencemen. it's not as if he intentionally brought his stick up - he was trying to protect himself. Either way he still drew blood .

As for the fans, many cities has bad examples including Calgary, and Vancouver - booing a national anthem is pretty retarded though.

 

I agree with this part of the statement

Matt Cooke's stick didn't even hit the Calgary Player. If you watch it over, it was the other Calgary players stick that hit their own player.

I have to say that I am a Canuck Fan from beginning to Start. But when your team does wrong you have to own up to it. The canucks didn't deserve to win because they didn't put nearly as much effort as the flames did. Where the **** was Naslund all those games? He showed up and showed what he could do with 5 seconds left in the game. That is BS!! Nobody was hitting, the Canucks got schooled by a less skilled team. I wont blame Auld for anything because he did whatever he could. I will say that this series showed how valuable Bertuzzi was. There was nobody in front of the flames net. Jovanaski would rush in from the point, the D man would shoot at the last second and it would go off the Calgary player and end up as a break out the other way! What the **** were they thinking.

As for Bertuzzi/Moore.... I think Bertuzzi got robbed. He didn't deserve what he got. No-one can say that Bertuzzi broke Moores neck because they couldn't prove if it was Bertuzzi's hit that broke his neck or the two Colorado guys that jumped on him after. I will also say that What Bertuzzi did was NOT wrong. HOW he did it was... As well, why did the league go after him so harshley, and then a few weeks later when the same type of incident happened with 2 other teams, the guy only got two games??? Why didn't the league punish the Flyers/Ottawa? game where the two teams broke the record for most penalty minutes in a game via bench clearing brawls? Bertuzzi was used as an example, and I think it was grossly unfair. I also think Bertuzzi could have created a different outcome to the flames/canuck series.

End Rant................

 

Yeah, wish I've seen a replay. The first pass was pretty bad IMO, having been there myself (and who hasn't really) it's no secret that things happen quick and intentions can easily be misread by refs. And yeah, he was getting worked pretty good before it started up, but in all honesty... he knows how the game is played, and what will get him a seat at center ice.

The "best" team isn't the one that has more skill or strength, it's the one that puts it all together the best. I don't think anyone can say the canucks did it this year. I personally think they got robbed in the last Ave's series... but not this one.

To be fair, I don't think they could have got past Detroit anyway. The Wings and Ottawa will be playing for Lord Stanley's cup this year.

 

I new the Canucks would be finished without Bertuzzi although I thought they had the talent to get past Calgary. They looked like the old "smurf" team from years ago. Too many small weaker forwards on this team and no goaltending experience to go anywhere in the playoffs. Canuck fans are so loyal and there are so many, look at all those flags on those cars. This city really deserves a championship sometime.