Van-city Nuckies...

or the Vancouver Canucks as they are more commonly known as...
They are the first team to advance to the 2nd round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs...now before I go too far I must say that I am not a huge Vancouver fan, however there are the odd guys that I can't help but like. For example (former Leafs' player, yeah I said it) Kyle Wellwood, as ashamed as I am to say, I like him when he was with the Leafs and like him even more as a Canuck. Then there are the guys I don't really know but like what I hear about them like Willie Mitchell, Taylor Pyatt(hopefully he will be back for the 2nd round, RIP Carly.), Kevin Bieksa...and I just found out Micheal Ouellet is on that team. They also have a few players I don't like such as Mats Sundin and believe it or not Roberto Luongo(I am usually a fan of goalies but I have my reasons against Bobby Lu). At any rate I don't know the 'Nuckies that well and that's mostly cuz their games are late late...when they are even on.
...I'm having a hard time writing out exactly what I want to say, I'll just rant and hope it makes sense.
I just finished watching the game tonight and Alex Burrows(another player I don't know well but was a fan of, however I will be more of a fan now) scored the game winner with seconds left in over time. Now I knew his name before the playoffs but forgot that he was one of Luc Bourdon's closet friends. (Luc was a defenseman for the Cunucks and last May died in a motorcycle accident in Northern NB, near his home town). After the game tonight they talked to Burrows about his goal but it wasn't until the intermission of the next game that I was reminded of how much this season means to Alex. They showed a replay of his celebration...he held his stick with one hand in the middle of the shaft and then with the other hand 'pulled' back as if it was a bow and arrow...apparently this was a move that Bourdon use to do after he scored and Burrows also did this after his goals on the memorial night for Bourdon(which Burrows had 2 goals).
I don't want to say I forgot about Luc, because I didn't but moments like that remind me how 'human' these NHLers are...I can't wait to see Burrows in the next round and I'm sure Luc is looking down on him. Good Luck 'Nuckies!!

[I'm not sure if Pyatt has played a game in the playoffs this year(I don't think he has) his fiancee was killed in a car accident in Jamaica on April 3rd. I hope he makes it back for the 2nd round...the whole Vancouver team have had a tough year...]