Comments on: Series at a glance: Vancouver-Los Angeles playoff preview

By: bensawesomeness

bensawesomeness — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:10:16 +0000

LA could do the winner of Detroit- Nashville a HUGE favor here – Vancouver’s the only team on the West side of the bracket that ‘scares’ me

By: homelanddefense

homelanddefense — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:17:41 +0000

Id love to see the Kings win this, but my head tells me Vancouver in 6

By: mgspike

mgspike — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:28:27 +0000

You’re blinded by your love of the kings. Luongo may be over rated but he is far from a sieve. No sieve has ever come one game away from winning the cup or played the vast majority of games in 2 presidents trophy winning seasons. You did get the second point right about the sedins being good people. You can try and bully them but the kings are no Boston bruins. And you’re now talking about bullying as a key to victory, so what’s so bad about it when the Canucks “bully” as you claim? And who on the Canucks are the bullies anyways? The sedins? Mason Raymond? Alex elder? Higgins? Burrows, kesler, lappiere, bieksa etc are all far from being bullies. They are simply Hard working players who are aggravating to play against due to their speed and aggressive forechecking. Bully is the wrong word when describing the Canucks. I live in Vancouver too but have a different take on this arrogance thing. I find most fans here are confident but know that each round will be extremely difficult and there is always a chance to be upset. We of all fans know that nothing is won until the final game. Gonna be a good series against the kings. Bring it on!

By: cup0pizza

cup0pizza — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:53:18 +0000

Vancouver easy in this one, probably in 5 as a couple of others have suggested.

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:40:23 +0000

CLOSE FOR ACTION !
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It’s good to see some fellow Kings supporters here ! … hey man, how’s it going ?
The way I see it friends, the Canucks have three key weak spots which we Kings need to exploit, in order for us to prevail …

1) Roberto Luongo … this $65 million dollar Italian sieve is probably the most over-rated goalie in the league, as the only thing going for this clown are his over-sized pads … when he gives up goals, he gives them up in bushels .. therefore it’s important that we focus our lethal firepower directly at this fool, with unrelenting ferocity …

2) Sister Act 2 … the Sedin brothers are good people no doubt … nonetheless, it’s important we adopt the Boston template from last year by really sticking it to them ! … the Swedish mind is averse to confrontation and strife and therefore we need to capitalize on that in no uncertain terms …

3) Arrogance … trust me friends, I live here in Vancouver and right now the entire city is talking about making it “16 victories” this time around … on the radio, they keep going on and on about us “all” being Canucks … you talk to any Canucks fan on the street and they’ll tell you straight up that reaching the Stanley Cup finals is already a “fait accompli” as far as they’re concerned … this arrogance is probably the biggest chink in their armor and we Kings need to exploit that to the fullest … the Vancouver Canucks are indeed “bullies” as the commenter above has accurately noted … and the best way to deal with the bully as we all know, is to really “give it” to him, with such force that he doesn’t even know what’s happening ! … a cinematic analogy perhaps could be the following, where a heavily superior French “man-o-war” (ie: the Canucks) thinks it’s about to sink it’s teeth into some helpless prey (ie: the Kings) …

By: highlander24

highlander24 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:14:38 +0000

@kitshky haha that too. Was just putting it more gently I guess.

By: babar61

babar61 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:38:11 +0000

I agree, Canucks in 5.

By: kitshky

kitshky — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:15:29 +0000

So now Vancouver punks and bully’s teams!? I thought they were p*ssy wimpy, whiny, divers?

By: chocotay77

chocotay77 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:01:16 +0000

van city in 5 games

By: phillyphever

phillyphever — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:30:38 +0000

Vancouver in a sweep. LA will be lucky to steal a game at this point.

By: loinstache

loinstache — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:56:08 +0000

Although the regulation season isn’t a good indication of the playoffs, the Canucks played their worst hockey in a stretch that included 2 games against the Kings. LA may have stellar D and goaltending, but they can’t control a game like the ‘Nucks do. Van has greatly improved their ability to strike and shut a game down, and then counter-attack when the other team is forced to open up. I call Van in 6, with 4 games being decided by a single goal.

By: highlander24

highlander24 — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:15:27 +0000

*time *contended *contend. I blame autocorrect!

By: highlander24

highlander24 — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:12:23 +0000

Although the season series is tied at 2-2 and the Canucks have dominated in recent history, the Kings have handled them much better this team around. No game has been a blowout. The Kings have contented even in the two losses. Plus the key to Vancouver’s success is their ability to punk and bully other teams, which the Kings haven’t let happen. With the experience from two years ago and proven ability to content, the Kings should fair much better this time around. 1 vs. 8 might not be what it seems. All we need to do is score, early and often. GO KINGS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: canuckdude82

canuckdude82 — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:35:31 +0000

Kings blew their chance at the second round losing to San Jose last night.

By: danphipps01

danphipps01 — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:16:00 +0000

Fear isn’t the issue. Vancouver’s enormous edge in firepower is.

By: psujay

psujay — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:13:16 +0000

The Kings have three players who have come back from down 3-0 in a series. They won’t be scared.

By: trbowman

trbowman — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:55:28 +0000

Kings in seven