I am le horrible with le blogging. I know. Interviews and other responsibilities have taken me away from this. Or, excuses, excuses. What will the lazy bastard come up with next?

Ahem. So, the Edmonton game was pretty horrible. I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to blog that, as I like to try and write something up even when the Canucks lose. So, sorry. I do think that Luongo looked bad and that he’s probably run out of mulligans this season for off nights. I’ve got something brewing shortly looking at Luongo, but, well, time.

Also thought that the D, to a man, looked bad. Nothing on par with Bieksa’s gaffe Saturday when he couldn’t find the puck in the crease. They weren’t getting to the loose pucks or winning the battles along the boards and it ended up costing them a chance at a comeback. The fact that it was the Edmonton Oilers…well.

I really like the Kesler line, as they’ve been causing a lot of havoc out there, although most of that has been only in the way of chances. Grabner got a number of chances against Edmonton but just couldn’t convert. I really hope that he sticks around once Samuelsson is healthy.

Beyond that, the Canucks bottom six played rather well against the Oilers, while the Sedins were largely quiet.

But they made up for it tonight against the Ducks, resulting in Henrik getting back on top of the NHL scoring race, edging Ovechkin out by a single point. Washington does have a game in hand on the Canucks, and with single digits remaining in the games remaining column, the Art Ross derby suddenly got a whole lot more interesting. I’m still not convinced that Henrik is 100% which is a strange comment to be making given that he had a great game against the generally physical Ducks. That pass to Burrows? Ridiculous.

I noticed that Rypien only had about 5 minutes of icetime all game. I guess Alain Vigneault hasn’t really been impressed with his play as of late. I don’t think he was injured (although with Rypien you never know), but interesting that Alain Vigneault was being selective in who he threw out on the ice.

I loved Andrew Raycroft’s performance, too. More importantly, I liked the fact that the fans were cheering for him. One, because he’s a guy who has had to play on some horrible teams and is really starting to make a case for himself. I know Toronto fans (and potentially Boston/Colorado fans) won’t share that sentiment, but I generally don’t wish ill will on players not named Todd Bertuzzi.

The second reason I got a kick out of those cheers is because Roberto Luongo had a front row seat for them. Think of it as the fans sending #1 a message: you can be better, you need to improve. Get your act together and all will be forgiven.

Or maybe I’m just being way too bloody romantic with these Postscripts now. Hah. I do think that Luongo will take that chant to heart and look to ‘get in the groove.’

The Canucks play next against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday!