Thursday, October 14, 2010

Start the season in the hopes of loading up a scoring combination

Start the season in the hopes of loading up a scoring combination


Ryan Kesler in a joe thornton jersey has moved up from the second to the first power play unit, working alongside Daniel and Henrik Sedin to start the season in the hopes of loading up a scoring combination. But the move leaves the second unit, which was as successful with Kesler as its anchor last season, without a true center, and it looked disorganized in the season-opening loss to Los Angeles. It also leaves Kesler wearing st.louis blues jersey, who likes to hold onto the puck, playing without it most of the time. As for how long the experiment lasts, it was hard to tell after the second game because the Canucks failed to draw a single penalty against Florida in a 2-1 win over the Panthers on Monday.


Daniel and Henrik Sedin wearing vancouver canucks jersey have three points each already and the Canucks have three of four points. But, with just three goals scored so far, Vancouver bears no resemblance to the NHL club that finished second overall to Washington in goals for last season. Heading into Wednesday night's game in Anaheim, second-liners Ryan Kesler and Mason Raymond — who scored 25 goals apiece last season — have no points. They've had chances, particularly in Monday's 2-1 win over Florida at Rogers Arena, but nothing to show for it. Raymond has 10 shots on goal in the two games, while Kesler has four. “It doesn't enter my mind,” said Kesler in a henrik sedin jersey following Tuesday's practice of his line's failure to hit the score sheet so far.


Having attended Penn State, I've met and become close with many a Philly sports fan. They love their Phils and Eagles, but there's a special emotional connection between these individuals and the Flyers that just isn't there with those other franchises. Flyers fans who liked wearing Vancouver Canucks jerseys at games (or in the city, in general) are loud, vulgar to the point that it's almost disgusting and want their team to win at any cost. Red Wings fans love their team like you love your kids. Even more impressive, the Detroit hockey fans I've met, spoken with and become close with are some of the most knowledgeable fans on the planet. Sure, Hockey town has seen better days, but that's not because fans stopped caring about the Wings ignoring winnipeg jets jersey.


That's been nickname since junior. I've got my niece sitting in the snow and a breast cancer ribbon that says 'mum' on it for my mum," said Dubnyk in a Daniel Sedin jersey. Renney knows his young players (Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Magnus Paajarvi) are very much a work in progress, along with the team as a whole. "What is it they say? You need 10,000 hours working on the computer (to be good at it). They're not experts yet (in the NHL) and far be it for me to suggest I am as a coach. But I do believe there's a good group here and they have to touch all these emotional connections, never mind the physical or cerebral part of the game. There's a lot to take in," said Renney in a roberto luongo jersey.


Mason Raymond wearing teemu selanne jersey hasn’t scored in the first two games of the season, but after setting a career high with 25 goals last season and being rewarded with a two-year, $5.1 million contract extension, it seems only a matter of time before the speedster lights the lamp. He had five shots for the second straight game in Monday’s 2-1 win over Florida and created several other chances for line mate Ryan Kesler, who is also without a point in the first two games. As good as the chances have been so far, it’s hard to imagine the speedy duo will go without much longer, even with stone handed Jannik Hansen as a new winger with selanne jersey. “They were our best line,” said head coach Alain Vigneault.


He resumed skating this week, but the Penguins don't know when he can resume playing. Staal, wearing hawerchuk jersey, one of the NHL's best two-way forwards, still must regain strength in his right leg, which is weaker than his left, and go through training camp-like conditioning before he can practice. Goals have been tough to come by against Luongo, who has stopped 72 of 74 shots through Vancouver’s first two games, including a 41-save performance in a 2-1 win over Florida on Monday night. Pittsburgh Penguins centre Jordan Staal in a dale hawerchuk jersey is skating for the first time since last season. Staal couldn't work out or train due to the infections, and he missed all of training camp last month.

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