I’m pretty sure no one expected last night’s game to go down the way it did. No, seriously. If you were able to predict that the Canucks were going to go down three goals in the first, Luongo was going to get pulled and Andrew freaking Raycroft was going to save the day, I’d like to sit down with you and pick your brain for the upcoming lottery numbers.

As I’ve mentioned in some previous posts, I’ve finally moved back to Calgary. Since I’m now situated in Alberta, I thought now would be a great time to touch on what’s now the ‘hometown’ team for me.

Why am I writing about the Flames? Well, Sun Tzu laid it out pretty cleanly:

“If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.”

While it may not be enjoyable to do so, I consider it a necessary evil.

Another horribly late postscript. I apologize. My move from Toronto to Calgary has drained the hell out of me so I’m just getting things sorted out. I basically passed out after the game last night and had to run around doing errands today, hence the superlate post. I’m hoping things will be totally sorted come Saturday. We’ll see…

Okay, so this post will be dealing with the Toronto Maple Leafs a little bit, but I promise that it’s for a good reason. There’s also going to be a lot of Internet nerd talk going on here, so if neither of those points hasn’t resulted in you running screaming into the night, thanks.

More off-ice shenangians, injuries and some games to recap all going on this past week with the Canucks. I don’t know about you, but my week was a busy one. But you’re not here to read about my dreary life, you’re here for the Canucks Week That Was!

So almost 24 hours later I’m writing up the postscript to last night’s game. I apologize for not having a write up done earlier, for the scant few of you who are dying to know what I thought of the game (hi Mom.) Anyway, I was hopping over to NHL.com to check something out and I scanned the headlines bar really quickly. And, well…

Why are you people coming here for my insight? I am clearly a 10 year old trapped in an adult’s body. Seriously.

Added bonus: Bill Guerin apparently owns a windowless van:

Lots of talk being made about Edmonton radio personality Dan Tencer’s postgame comments following the Oilers loss to the Canucks Wednesday night. Tencer, in what he described as his frustration taking over due to what was a poorly officiated game that saw some weak calls made against the Oilers (something which I did note and comment on in my postscript), commented that the Canucks have been mediocre and that their fanbase is cocky. Going the predictable route of an Oilers fan who is trying to win an argument involving his team, he was quick to make mention of the Canucks lack of championships and that he doesn’t understand why the Canucks have a sense of entitlement.

I’m getting a little tardy with these writeups. I apologize. I’m in the process of moving and I’ve come down with some sort of stomach bug which made viewing last night’s game hilariously fun. If I start babbling about pink elephants that’s why.

Anyway.

Critics of the Vancouver Canucks are going to be hard pressed to find fault with last night’s game. All the wonky calls, strange occurrences and other mishaps that have plagued their games for the past week and a half were nowhere to be seen Thursday night as they squared off against the Dallas Stars. For once, there was simply a hockey game to be played.

Yeah, consider me surprised. After a rather forgettable 50 minutes or so that saw the last place Edmonton Oilers, a team that had just 1 win in their last 15 games, carry the play and pretty much look like a team that wasn’t last in the Western Conference, the Canucks finally woke up and decided to win the game.

I mostly wanted to post this picture because Jordan Staal’s face is hilarious. Anyway…

Well, not a whole lot going on this week with the Canucks. I mean it was pretty uneventful for the most part, nothing really huge to be writing about, so perhaps I should just skip the Week That Was.

Alright, I’m a horrible liar. Let’s get into everything that was going on with the Canucks this week.