The Ugly Duckling

Although they are fellow "Canadians", it seems like people will never accept the Vancouver Canucks as a Canadian team. Over the years, people tend to cheer for all the American teams to beat them out of the playoffs, even though I feel as do many others that the Canucks are Canada's only hope of bringing the cup north back to where it belongs. Many skeptics believe that the Bertuzzi incident really gave the entire Canucks franchise a horrible reputation. Bertuzzi hit Colorado's player, Steve Moore from behind in retaliation for an earlier hit by Moore against Bertuzzi teammate Markus Naslund.

Bertuzzi hit on Moore
 

The Vancouver riots made it worse to some extent, it was a public disturbance that broke out in the downtown core of Vancouver on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. The riots happened immediately after the conclusion of the Boston Bruins' win over the Vancouver Canucks in game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. This was a repeat of the 1994 riot where a riot arose after Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals in which the Vancouver Canucks lost to the New York Rangers. Even with all these events, people should still cheer for our best hope. In this season disappointments have come from Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and the Montreal teams who all failed to deliver this season. Although Ottawa has its chances, analysts and sports enthusiast will agree that the Nuck's are our best hope of bring the cup north.   

Another problem comes with the nationality of some of the players, and the twins who play for the team. Although their are barley any actual "Canadians" of the roster, they are still a CANADIAN team and without them, we can expect another American team to win, sine we haven't seen the cup since 1993.

In the end, we must support our fellow teams and join them in the road to the cup.

Retrieved from: http://canucksarmy.com/2011/5/11/12-questions-after-2-rounds-2