Urban Vancouver

Sick in the Guts - Canucks Outsider hockey podcast #62

By uncleweed on April 7, 2008 - 10:38pm

{Note: Cross posted at Hockeynw.com and Nowpublic.com}

Returning from an ill-fated Mexican vacation in time to see the Canucks' meaningless season finale versus playoff bound Calgary Flames, Dave rambles on about a horrential bout of gut sickness and hanging at a beach bar in Bucerias while the Canucks imploded.

Wheelchaired and sedated, he arrived home to find the Nucks missing the playoffs, sending off Trevor Linden without a final win and shifting the team in
unknown directions with impending free agents, unclear strategy, and unproven prospects. Finally, Dave (comfy back in North Van) considers how the now-officially-official ownership might move forward before summoning Canucks heores of the future to step forth.

Download Sick in the Guts - Canucks Outsider hockey podcast #62 (.mp3, 50:26, 41MB)

Summertime Hockey Podcast - Swiss Dominate BC Floorball Challenge - Canucks Outsider #55

By uncleweed on July 12, 2007 - 10:47am

On a summer Saturday, Dave heads to the BC Floorball's Challenge Tournament o learn whassup with fast-paced indoor hockey sport and watch the Swiss Selects soundly defeat the Canadian Waveriders in an exhibition besides the 5-nation cup tournament. 

Seeking Optimism on a Day of Mourning [cross-posted]

By uncleweed on May 4, 2007 - 5:59pm

[Cross posted from Hockey NW]

Despite the support of dog nation, the Canucks beat themselves last night with a less than stellar effort in the biggest game of the year.  Sure by halfway through the 3rd period, they were rolling ... a bit ... Burrows (the Uni-brower), sniper of 2 goals this year (and half a dozen disallowed markers) jammed one home to give us life - enough where we knew one of the lads would come through in Overtime like so many times before in this the "season of one goal games," right?  Someone *will* score.

We all made our picks but no one chose what happened - shoot, the shooter was heading to the bench unaware he'd scored.  Luongo knows what happened, he won't forget for quite some time.

So now is the time we seek positives to take away - i spieled on this for much time last night in my post-Neidermeyer haze - but the "isn't it super how we did better than expected" feeling is settling in my belly like a Denny's hangover breakfast - a bit queasy now but should absorb the poison ... eventually.