Best game they have played for months. The defence really stepped up and all players contributed, even Stone played solid in his own end. I never really noticed before tonight but Stone is very efficient at stapling a guy to the boards and helping break up a cycle. Hopefully he can step up and continue. Brodie was great tonight as well and it was great to see the D move the puck to the forwards quickly instead of side to side, totally made a difference in getting the offence moving.
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Lucic breaking his face on that hit might have been the greatest thing I've ever seen. If he connected on that he would have Gifford that poor ####er! I was up near the top and that collision was so loud it was amazing.
Great game, lots of fun and loved the compete. Lindholm being physically with Petersen all night was great, loved seeing that and the kid looked frustrated. Fluky goals and not real dangerous for the canucks.
And Roussel dropping like a bag of hammers once Lucic got mad was also awesome..
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Great game by Hanifin, liked Andersson to. Tkachuk set the tone. When Gio is back I want to see Gio - Hamonic and Brodie - Hanifin. Those pairings will complement each other much better.
Again, Tkachuk is a beast and the true heart of this team. Still sooooooo thin on the right side though, BT needs to find right winger.
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Happy birthday N-E-B low key one of my favourite posters. Also probably cause I can tell we’re similar in age.
Hard to believe we’re just 3 points out of first place. This team needs to find something to get behind and if that’s the injury of their captain I’m all for it.
Go flames go. Don’t do anything over the top at the deadline and Push for top 2 in the pacific.
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We're playing the Flames at the right time as they’ve looked terrible and are without Giordano.
Their season to date goal differential is minus 25. Need to come out hard and score early to keep them down so they stay on the ropes.
And then win the turd!
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Flames have lost 3 in a row all in Reg
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HUUUUUUGE game. Burry the flames and send them to the dump!
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I think that we're going to see a very focused group in the Flames tonight..Just because Gio is not in the lineup does not mean that they are going to go down easy...
Good to see that EP does not have cracked tailbone, (whomever wrote that ,..needs a slap)...However, not having him in the lineup against the Wild the other night, was not the reason we lost...
Key game of the season for both teams.
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hoping for a fiery affair. my hatred for the flames has come back again.
My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined
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Jake you can't stand there.
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This might be a barn burner
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I feel like the book is out on the Canucks, high pressure and we fold quite easily
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What the hell was that.
Hopefully a Prophet
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I feel like the Flames have an elite team inside them just waiting to break out.
The Tkachuk Curse
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The Matt Tkachuk curse continues.
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Even I couldn't be pro-tank if Tkachuk had a Canucks uniform on.
What a shame we missed out on him.
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That decision by Miller to fight Tkachuk was the difference. Love JT but he definitely made the wrong call on that one. You can drop ‘em at 0-0 but when you’ve just opened the scoring 34 seconds in, keep your mitts on.
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Frustrating play by the Canucks since Miller decided to fight Tkachuck. Not his smartest decision even if he got the only punch in
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What on earth are they doing right now?
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Turn on the game, Calgary scores. Fml.
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Wow that was a ****ty backcheck
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Oh come on guys.
What are you guys doing…
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That's one of those where if my team scored it I'd argue it's fine, but because it's on my team I'm all "but he kicked his pad! He clearly made the save on the shot, how else did it get momentum towards the net other than him kicking the pad!!!"
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Miller shouldn’t of fought, Pettersson shouldn’t be playing. This is going to end poorly
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Remember when we drafted Juolevi instead of Tkachuk
just thought I’d say that so we can all reflect
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Now's not the time.
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Time for some of you to move on from the Juolevi-Tkachuk hindsight. Its a horse that's been beaten to death and we can't change history so time to get over it.
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It's never going to go away, bro lol. The nature of how it happened contributes to it, too. Imagine passing on him and handing him on a silver platter to one of your biggest rivals.
He's going to haunt this organisation his whole career, and rightfully so.
The Dark Bounce
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not the bounce we deserve, but the bounce we need right now
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Canucks get the bounce they needed
Swede on Swede Crime
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Backlund has some bug up his ass about EP...constantly cheapshotting him.
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Are they seriously going to force Petey to go fight back against Backlund? Somebody step up
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I'd give two firsts to have Tom Wilson on this team cheap shotting opponents for **** like what just happened.
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Great, Petterson just got Tim Thomas'd and they're going to do nothing. What a bunch of *****es.
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Somebody has to feed Backlund some fists tonight
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Backlund has been a ####in goof the whole game
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Even HNIC highlighting how little the Canucks are doing to protect Pettersson.
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Sloo foot against Pettersson there wtf
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Backlund being a bitch tonight. First the slew foot on Petey and then this.
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I know every team bitches about this but I swear there’s no other star player in the league that gets absolutely thrown around with no consequences like Pettersson.
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Backlund has been such a piece of #### this game lol
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Backlund is always a piece of ####
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Pettersson is clearly hurt, and shouldn't be playing. The Flames know this and are taking advantage. While the Canucks do nothing. Brutal.
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****ing stand up for Pettersson you ****ing cowards
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And Pettersson gets the call
thats a sick joke
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Lmao the Flames give no F****s they are openly targeting Pettersson, even the goaltender.
Dube Rips One
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The defense is hilariously bad.
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Markstrom, what was that.
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Team getting killed by Mangiapane and Dube. LOL
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This isn't Markstrom's best game...
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Our bottom 6 doesn’t have enough sandpaper, nor is good is enough to take on harder defensive matchups and/or push play into the others teams end.
A good team would keep the puck in the Flames end, punishing their already weakened group of dmen.
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Why did we start Markstrom, why can't Demko get a couple here...
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When Markstrom isn’t Literal Jesus we lose, and that’s not good.
Looch with Frosted Tips
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the caveman scored. How sad
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What's with that teenager dye job on Luc?
Midlife ####in crisis much?
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Hahaha Lu-bitch
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Of course. What can be worse?
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Of ****ing course it had to be him
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Looch. Nice highlights, bud.
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Frosted tips
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That skinny blond hockey alien faked a drop pass.
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Hey Milan, the 90s called they want your hair back.
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Must be even better being Lucic. Paid that much money to suck at your job and look like a *****ebag
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We're getting pwned at home by the Flames.
Where the eff is the push back?
Effing sad.
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Getting destroyed by looch.....
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Should get that nose looked at...don't want to end up looking like Marchand.
Top Line, Finally
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Over. ****.
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Yeah the Flames are kicking sand in our faces tonight.
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We had posters here mocking the fake tough guy Flames after their loss to EDM. THIS team isn’t even fake tough
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Game ,set, match.....Flames were the more desperate team, and could've won the game in the 2nd...
Canucks just look gassed to me...and have looked a step behind in their last 3 games..
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Canucks showing no emotion, just take the beating and no push back. Stir **** up
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This is the type of game that usually starts our late season collapses. We will soon find out but very unhappy with their lack of push back and fight(literally)
Reider into the EN
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Lmao that was the most embarrassing shift of the game, they had the extra man and the Flames controlled the entire play in the Canucks zone.
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We had an empty net, and they STILL made it look like a PP for them.
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**** the flames.
**** game.
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Lol this is the worst game of the year.
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weak soft team
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We just got embarrassed by a pathetic Calgary team, but hey, at least our depth is better than the 2011 team, amirite?!?
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I'll give this team one thing, when they suck, they really suck hard.
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And that's all folks. FFS!
Scorched Earth
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Flames were simply the better team tonight.
-Intensity. The elevated and we couldn’t match. The play of their support players was the difference tonight (Ryan, Magiapagne, Lucic, even Jankowski)
-Team play. The flames were good at getting in lanes and blocking shots. Stifled any offensive momentum.
-Special teams. Anemic PP made a difference.
-Petey. Clearly playing injured, and the Flames made sure to take advantage. Lack of emotion or pushback from our side is concerning.
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Fire Newell Brown.
Everytime we lose to Calgary is the worst day of my life. We seriously need some sort of bite back though, Petey was being mugged all game with zero response and it was kinda embarrassing to watch. Topped off by the fact that Boeser was injured and this Saturday sucked a lot.
Still hyped to for Sedin week thougph. Since I hope we comeback with a big game on monday cause we've looked pretty bad last couple of games.
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Teams have recently figured out if they run us, rough us up, knock us around they can beat us. It works dammit.
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Miller played great, but dropping the gloves when you have the momentum going your way is just not a great idea. That's Tkachuk's bread and butter and Miller let him spark his team.
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I dont know why everyone is so pissed. This is the real Canucks. They've been #### for 3 months, these are the kinds of results this team has deserved for a long time. I'm really really hoping the bottom falls out now so Benning doesn't do anything stupid at the deadline to save his job.
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I live in Calgary.
I have to endure these ####ing redneck inbred hicks on Monday. #### this ####ty ####ing city.
Edit: it actually is a really nice city, just sucks being with Flames fans.
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At the same time it's kind of hard to get mad at lack of calls when we just piss it away every single time. It's ridiculous that we can't even get a shot on net.
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Someone post the montage of Petey getting tossed around all game and send it to DoPS. ####ing joke how the same ref who let Pettersson get injured in Boston without a penalty let's Pettersson get tripped, held, blockered in the face, etc.
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The whole "punish them on the PP" strat only works when your PP has a pulse, which ours doesn't
Lack of calls only gets worse in the playoffs, really gonna have to adjust to that if we're upset about it now.
Demko is a good goalie who has stolen games for us already. Give Marky some rest.
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There’s one big positive from tonight: there is now national attention on the fact that our team is too soft or scared to stand up for our 170 pound superstar. Something needs to change, now, and now there’s some gas on the fire.
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I don't ever ####ing want to see Tim Schaller play another game. Dude offers literally nothing to this team 5 on 5. He just floats around on the ice until he can go home and collect a paycheque.
At least Zack MacEwen is willing to actually make his presence known on ice.
Supposed to be a Rat
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Welp, might as well watch this one. Because of the implications…
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Lol chucky loves fighting now apparently.
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I cannot believe I just saw Lucic and Reider score
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Lucic’s theme song is the entire Shrek soundtrack
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I refuse to watch the post game when the Flames win. Hrudey just creams himself for 10 minutes.
Switched to the Canes Knights instead.
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Division is even tighter now. Ugh
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LOOOOCH!!!!!!!!!
lol
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Looch scores.
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Mangiapane sure loves his scrum punches doesn’t he? Never will drop the gloves but loves to punch with them on while in a crowd.
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Replay of a Backlund slewfoot, Lucic sucker punch and a Backlund blind slide into a players legs and Louie says they are battling hard.
Louie - you are crossing dangerously into Flames homer territory here pal. Be careful or you’ll be up there with Hrudey and Cassie the Cow.
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Hm, Flames are really doing some damage on the Canucks.
I think they deserve the 2 points. Better not choke this lead.
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Here are my thoughts after getting home from the game:
Top line reunited looked good at times. A couple of times, they would get hemmed in our zone after the previous line changed off. Sometimes Johnny would curl away from the puck carrier when they had it in our zone along the boards... not sure why. I watched him after plays without the puck, never complained to the refs. Still looking for his favorite target Monahan, and very few of those no-chance shots at the side of the net.
Second line. Tkachuk's fight right after the opening Canucks goal really motivated the Flames for the first 10 minutes. Pretty much took over the game at that point, and was up 2-1. Mangiapane has his usual one near-miss/dangerous chance of the game, but what was noticable was a carry-out he did from the D zone as well as the penalty he drew against Petterson. Good strength and confidence on the puck there.
Third line. By far the best of the game. Lucic with his hits and tip-in, lots of Luu chants from the crowd every time he touched the puck. Do nucks fan do that? Or was I hearing Flames fans? Dube his 3 points say otherwise, but from my view not all that noticeable. But Derek Ryan -- I really see what people mean when they say he "does all the little things right".
Fourth line. Bennett was intense. He was winning puck battles on the boards and finishing his checks. Points still aren't there. Jankowski was good on the PK, and sent that pass over to Gaudreau on a 2-on-1, but it was in Jonny's skates so Markstrom had more time to make the save.
D-pairs. Having Hamonic leave put minutes onto the other D-men. Kylington and Brodie showing some good jump on the rush or leading it. Stone acquitted himself well, blasted some shots on net and pinned the Vancouver players to the boards when needed. Andersson his usual steady self.
As for the Canucks, they really didn't look like the team at the top of the division. They were hardly dangerous at all, shots from the perimeter, and the few chances in the slot, Rittich cleaned up easily. Being at the game, I can see the players' faces and Petterson looked very frustrated (Johnny-like), and was pissed off anytime someone played him physically (notably Backlund, Stone) and would look to the ref all the time for a penalty, especially after he was called for one.
Rittich was bored in the 2nd period. He was trying to stay focused, and I was worried he'd let in a soft one.
Anyway, great win for the Flames... and hopefully it will be sooner than another 17 years before I get to attend a game because they haven't lost in front me yet in the 4-5 that I've attended.
Sorry for the super long post.
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Just got back!! Be proud of the Flames fans in Vancouver!! We were there and we were loud and it was awesome to be a part of! Soooo pumped, won’t be able to crash for a bit!
Johnny - Wasn’t floating nearly as much and got robbed on that Jankowski play; looked engaged and starting showing the vision and passing we know so well. Please please please keep Lindholm with him and Mony.
Tkachuk - Brilliant. Captain material and it’s showing in spades. Have never had a better time as a Flames fan at a game than tonight with my Tkachuk jersey while my bros rocked Monahan and Gaudreau jerseys. From the response with the fight to the goal to the constant hounding of every single puck. What a joy to where his jersey in a barn that literally passed on him. Mint!
Rittich - Can’t bs understated tonight, made key saves when need, pushed the pucks to the corners, cleaned up the puck when needed and gave Pettersen a good shot to boot after he overstayed his welcome in Ritter’s crease. The butthurt cry from the fans was hilarious!
Andersson - We have a top 2 in Andy and he will continue to grow into that role and is an absolute joy to watch. He plays a beautiful game with so much vision and patience. The shot where he creeped into the Center slot was a gorgeous sequence as was his spinarama in his own zone to shake the defender. He plays a rugged game and reminds me so much of Valimaki only as a righty that it’s crazy. Valimaki - Andersson is the future 1-2 of this club and that’s very exciting.
Dube - Seems faster to me live, just a non stop motor and a desire for the puck that is noticeable. Plays a smart game, is very good on zone entries and on the rush and is starting to show hands that support his wheels. What an absolute clinic he displayed on the 3-2 goal! Sky is the limit for Dube IMO.
Lucic - Bring this type of game against the Oilers and we might have a fan favourite on our hands. If Lucic can really consistently play like this - and I’m not saying that he hasn’t for stretches - but really bring that sort of tone into pivotal games like tonight then look out. Nuclear deterrents are harder and harder to come by and his presence could pay so much dividends for this club in the playoffs. Stunning showing tonight from the big man and here’s to him keeping the momentum up.
Everyone put in a full 60 tonight and it’s time to carry that through California!
Petterson was invisible. The only way I knew he was on the ice was by looking for his number. When he had the puck on the rush, Flames players were racing past him, and he always would pass it to another player. I didn't see him take any shots, and looking up the game stats confirms it.
From this ATL, it is quite clear that the Canucks fan base is actually sort of reasonable in their takes here, especially when compared to the fan base of the (c)Oil.
Full disclosure: I am impressed by the Canucks' current "rebuild" attempt, especially as compared to that of the (c)Oilers'. Vancouver has a number of players that I respect, as opposed to their early-to-mid 2000s team that housed a number of dinks.
Nevertheless: V=NG. And may the 50 year drought continue, ad infinitum.
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