Well, maybe not

The team played well, but these bogus calls are starting to get irritating. So many silly phantom calls for both sides. If the refs are going to start being the game, then let's see come calls for diving. It is really tiresome to see thoroughbreds falling over at a nudge.

Ah well. Sucky reffing isn't a new issue, so it shouldn't be a shock to the Canucks. Time to suck it up and still play hard. Bulls*it reffing should be a motivator, not a deflator.

That being said, it was a fun night for the boo birds. After feeling the breeze of a Canucks player skating by Vokoun managed to go down like he had been shot by an elephant gun. Hence thereafter he was roundly booed each time he went near the puck.

Yes, it's OUR money. We'll entertain ourselves as we wish.

The league really has to take a hard look at the product they are putting on the ice. Too many phantom calls and missed calls. Not only for the Canucks but the Oilers tonight were the most recent beneficiary of this oddness. Yes, please call hooking, tripping and obstruction but also do it fairly and make sure that it actually hinders the players. Waving a stick in the general direction of another player is not a penalty. Let's also do something about these players who when they feel a hard breeze decide to fall over like they've been shot.

And what's this about feeling the need to even up calls? If a team is not disciplined then give them all the penalties. It's called a rule book. Utilize it.

Enough of that.

We won't even contemplate the Minnesota game.

Next game: Monday, November 6 versus Dallas at the Garage.