watching the boston series. is heartbreaking. kesler at the end
Kesler at the end made me an even bigger Kesler fan. Showed more emotion then most, or all. You sure know who wants it the most when times like that happen, and we found out who wants it the most.
In fact, I think Kesler started tearing up a bit, or couldn't even look at the Bruins, when they kept praising them and then later to bring out the Cup. Kesler was emotional again, yet, so was I.
I still have not seen any highlights of game 7 or anything that happened post game, i turned it off on the empty netter.
Still cant bring myself to watch it.
I didn't watch the last 5 minutes or any post game stuff...listened to the end of the game on the radio and that's it.
I refuse to see the Cup being awarded to another team on our ice.
Sorry didn't watch the YT video either...way to soon.
Maybe in a couple years or if they can win one soon I will watch it but that day I felt worse then the day me and the ex-wife decided to get a divorce...heartbreak.
I watched the whole thing. Seemed only right to watch the Cup get awarded--the fans inside Rogers Arena showed teriffic class not just in saluting their team, but being respectul of the Bruins. It's something that kind of got lost in the shuffle with all the rioting afterwards.
I've been oddly OK with everything since then. But when I see a picture of one of the Bruins holding the Cup, I do feel my stomach clench a bit.
Regardless - this was a great year, great memories. Hope we can add the best of all next year.
I watched the whole thing. Seemed only right to watch the Cup get awarded--the fans inside Rogers Arena showed teriffic class not just in saluting their team, but being respectul of the Bruins. It's something that kind of got lost in the shuffle with all the rioting afterwards.
I've been oddly OK with everything since then. But when I see a picture of one of the Bruins holding the Cup, I do feel my stomach clench a bit.
Regardless - this was a great year, great memories. Hope we can add the best of all next year.
Yep, I agree. Its not quite as hard I would have thought, and this video, despite the heart-wrenching ending, really highlights the fact that we got to watch a LOT of very, very good hockey this year.
This past season was the most entertained I've ever been by any sports team in my life, and I'm indescribably excited to know that this team is going to be in the upper echelon of the NHL for a long time.
All you can ever ask of a team is to give the fans a chance for something big to cheer for - everything else is out of everyone's hands. I'll take cheering my team to the Finals over cheering my team to barely make the playoffs ANY year.
Walked into Costco Monday night... saw the Book on the canucks season. flipped through it. Read game 6. Wanted to puke!
I don't think I will ever get over this failure. It is just so epic. Too know 100% the team was robbed by injuries just makes it so unbearable. Too see how this team, which scored the most goals through the regular season could not buy a goal in the SCF was like something out of a Bruins fans fantasy that came to life! It just sucks and will always suck for me.
I will never watch game 7, and still will not look at or watch any image of a bruin holding up a cup.
Game 1 next season is going to be average, as the banner raisings will be meaningless.
For me next season is all about the Sedin's and Luongo and how they respond to this loss.
Im still upset about how it went down. Hate boston always will. I love lou but still am mad that he said he was too tired and too mentally drained to do his best.
Im still upset about how it went down. Hate boston always will. I love lou but still am mad that he said he was too tired and too mentally drained to do his best.
Not that I question the validity of the statement, but do you have a link to this anywhere? I've never heard that.
Didn't read through the thread, just saw the title but I'm not even close to being able to revisit this. Still firmly entrenched in the anger stage of grief. Don't know if I'll ever re-watch any of it, the whole damn thing still feels like a colossal failure and I can't get over the dreaded feeling that it most certainly will be another 20+ years before we get another crack at it....
Ha-ha, yup, not even close.
*Oh and save your self righteous "it's just a game" crap. I know it's meaningless in the grande scheme of things but I guarantee there are plenty of meaningless things that you care about more than you should.*
from team of destiny, with Chi OT heroics to Kesler-superman to immaculate deflection to multiple leads & shutouts in the final .... to seeing it all crumble in epic fashion ...all the while having to endure the media & popular refrains of "old time character bruins vs cheap, whining diving canucks." Then we wreck our freaking city in monumentally embarassing fashion to top it all off..
still makes me mother****ing sick to my stomach
and i was there for games 3 & 6, and had to endure their vile fans -- and im sorry if any good Bs fans are reading this -- but your fanbase from my personal experience is the scum of the earth (and Ive been to games in Chi, MSG, Philly, TO, etc etc.) Ive never been insulted so many times, or challenged to fights -- and this was during/after wins for the home side (or I should say routs.) How many championships does it take for a city to lose it's wounded-victim-bully complex? I live in NYC and couldn't give a crap about baseball but now I understand why all these Yankee fans laugh at the Sox fans... Funny thing is, I don't dislike the B's team ..you can't really, except maybe for weaselly Marchand (but gotta hand it to him for stepping up) or caveman McQuaid for trying to kill Raymond ...but they're a good team. I just never want to go to that mother****ing city again. I actually recently cancelled an entire business trip b/c it was planned for Boston (moved it to another city.) I suppose one day I'll get over it, but it'll take a while, and if I ever see Mike Milbury on the street it'll take all my restraint not to tell him to go **** himself.
This run gave me some sweet memories. Burrows' OT series clincher vs. Chicago is one of my all-time favorite Canuck moments. Ryan Kesler pulling a One Man Army bit against Nashville, and perhaps the best team-series we had in the wipeout of the Sharks.
It sucks that our top two centers and our top two defenders were either playing with injuries or on the shelf due to injuries, that really hamstrung us. But you do need some luck, and we just didn't get it. Hopefully next year.
That really was an amazing run. I was fortunate enough to attend many of the games, as rough on my bank account as it was:
Chicago Game 1 - 2-0 Win
Chicago Game 5 - 5-0 Loss
Chicago Game 7 - 2-1 Win (OT)
Nashville Game 1 - 1-0 Win
San Jose Game 2 - 7-3 Win
San Jose Game 5 - 3-2 Win (2OT)
Boston Game 1 - 1-0 Win
Boston Game 2 - 3-2 Win (OT)
Comparing this run to the 94 run, this was not nearly as magical though. I guess because this time we were favourites, as opposed to the Cinderella team, so it didn't have quite the excitement IMO. Still, that game 5 double OT win was the best game I've ever seen. That Game 7 OT win against Chicago was right up there as well.
Here's to hoping we'll be back next year!
Flames fan coming in peace......
I'll be the first to admit I was pulling for you to go all the way, all the way to game 7 and lose. I know it's petty and spiteful, but I wanted you guys to know the pain we felt in '04. Was pulling for the Oilers as well in '06, up to the end.
I believe it was a bit different for the fans of the Flames that year as we weren't expected to be there. I will never forget being at Game 6 in the Saddledome with my wife when they beat the Wings. It was a surreal feeling, much like you guys felt when you got past Chicago.
I was at Game 6 when everyone in the crowd thought that we one on the late goal by Gelina, but it wasn't meant to be. I watched Game 7 at home, by myself, and ended up throwing a bottle through the TV when the late penalty was called on us. A terrible feeling like no other.
I picked your post Pauser because of your last comment, that and as an outside observer I like your posting. Your last point is what you should feel good about. I don't think Flames fans ever felt that we could get back there, not at first anyway. There were years after the lockout where we had a really good team and were just never able to put it together. These were probably the worst years. You guys have a good shot at getting back into the finals, still a good core and wiggle room WRT contracts.
I hope you take this for what it is, a bit of lighthearted fan interaction. By no mean trying to troll. You have a good team and you will have continued success for a while. Enjoy it, it may not always be that way, take it from one who knows.
As for the pain going away -- it never does. Maybe a Cup would change that, but I wouldn't know.
I am not a Canucks fan, but this video gives me the chills every time. Especially the Burrows OT goal, Kesler OT goal when he gets checked by Suter and than Kesler when he splits between Suter and Weber. You guys don't know how fortunate you are to have Ryan Kesler on your team.
I live in Dallas. We don't get the same coverage that you get in Vancouver. Thanks for your polite answer.
Don't fret, I live in Vancouver, immersed myself in all things Canuck for the entirety of that playoff run, and have no memory of that quote whatsoever.
Recently, I've been feeling terrible about Game 7.
Worse than immediatley afterwards, even. I don't know why, but it hurts...
Part of what's so perplexingly painful is the contrast between the feeling of invincibility in the early going (after gms 1&2), and the exact opposite feeling after the first 5 mins of game 6.
Even though they were close, in the 3 games we won it felt like we dominated -- but in the 4 games we lost, yowtch.... I can't remember any Canuck team taking a 4-game beating like that since....? The Robert Nordmark days...?
