Canucks news
Posted on March 27th, 2008 – 12:42 PMBy Michael Russo
Just talked with the Vancouver Province writer and Roberto Luongo has flown back to Coral Springs, Fla., where his wife, Gina, is expected to give birth to their first child today.
Luongo is due back to Minnesota tomorrow, and he is expected to start, according to Province writer. Luongo’s second-lowest save percentage (.896) against any team is Minnesota.
Also, Brendan Morrison is done for the season after tearing his ACL last night in a collision with Ruslan Salei in Denver.
The Sedin Twins have combined for 14 points in the last five games.
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hopefully bobby lou will be alittle bit tired
Let’s hope for a LOOOOOOONNNG labor, with everyone being ok, of course.
- In the highlights, Luongo looked horrid last night.
- As a UFA, I feel bad for Morrison although I don’t like him that much for a top end player. I was curious if the Wild would take a run at him this summer.
Didn’t Parrish’s slide coincide with the birth of his daughter? Let’s hope Luongo’s does the same.
Morrison would have been a nice fit with Gaborik, a fast, playmaking center.
Bulldog, monkey mans wife will most likely stay in Florida, while he will be in Vancouver. A little hard to lose lack of sleep because of 3 am feedings and have it affect your game from that long of distance. But we can always hope.
Baby names for the Luongos’
Boy - Giovanni
Girl - Sophia
and Marney (and hubby) - Grady Gellner? Cripes, you want your kid to get his arse kicked in school? That’s OK it’ll make him tough (like the Johnny Cash song ‘A Boy Named Sue’).
MPD is in parent’s basement listening to his Janis Ian records!
Russo ever hear why Pouliot was scrathed? Thanks klj
scratched sorry
El Gato, Marney’s kid has her hubby’s last name so it’s not Grady Gellner, I just can’t remember what the name is right now.
Was that another Florida reference??? 
I think they picked the name Grady ‘cuz GreenStar was already taken.
It’s Grady Greenstar.
i would never allow any child of mine, boy or girl, to be named grady.
Makes me think of Sanford and Son!
Dang it Gato, you beat me to it.
Labor doesn’t necessarily need to be real long, just active at like, 6pm to 3am, with a noon flight back to MSP for the game tomorrow.
And a kid right behind him kicking his seat the whole way from Miami to MSP.
Mr. Russo, you need to revise the last line to ‘The Sedin SISTERS’! 
VoR - you forgot to add the guy with the case of the drizzlers coughing on him all through the flight!
In my world Grady is a dogs name.
It’s not as bad as “Apple” or any of those other awful movie star kids names. My favorite has to be Jason :ee’s kid.. his name is “Pilot Inspektor”. Awful name, but fun to say!
Too bad for Morrison, wonder if it will hurt his chances to get a decent contract in the offseason… Good for the Wild however and the playoff push, Hasn’t morrison done pretty well against Minnesota this year, I thought he has…. I don’t really like seeing people get injured but wouldn’t it be nice if one or both of the sedin twins could get injured and wouldn’t be able to play tomorrow night, haha…
That would be Jason Lee. Not :ee.
Bandgeek: Marney’s hubby’s sur-name is something like Miathiason.
am i wrong but did Gellnar and Michael Cuddyer date at one time?
Thanks Mike (non Lemming Mike) I thought it was something like that but I was drawing a blank.
Austin, Jason Lee can call his kid what ever he wants as long as he keeps making movies. I’m not fond of Earl but have loved all of his movie rolls (especially the one in Dogma).
i thought that was inga hammond, not marney
My favorite is still
Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette.
Penn Jillette’s (Penn & Teller) kid.
I thought Inga Hammond was the village bicycle of the Twin Cities.
VoR…I’ve seen her sports casts. More like the village idiot.
I’m surprised Burrows didn’t pull something running away from Smyth last night. I think Smyth would have chased him all around the superelipse if he had to.
Hey Bandgeek, did you know that Jason Lee was a professional skateboarder back in the day? Check out this video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mYIB0jMui-I
He is credited with inventing a handfull of tricks (most notably the 360 kickflip). He was quite good. I do love him as well. He is a funny dude. I loved him in Mallrats.
“Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette.”
Haha, that is pretty funny. I wonder if the kid will grow up to be a cop?
You are correct VoR. I think quite a few gents have spent time in Inga’s penalty box.
Doesn’t matter if Jerry Seinfeld’s long-lost brother (Luongo) gets any rest or not. he was absolutely putrid last night and has been less than average against the Wild. No big deal. Get to 2 goals and you beat the Nux. Navycoats beat the Preds tomorrow night and the Wild clinch with a “W”.
Snap shot of remaining games.
Wild:
03/28/08 - Nuk’s vs. Wild
03/30/08 - Avs vs. Wild
04/03/08 - Cows vs. Wild
04/06/08 - Wild vs. Avs
Cows:
03/29/08 - Grease vs. Cows
03/30/08 - Cows vs. Nuk’s
04/01/08 - Cows vs. Grease. This game pulls us back even games remaining.
04/03/08 - Cows vs. Wild
04/05/08 - Cows vs. Nuk’s
Nuk’s:
03/28/08 - Nuk’s vs. Wild
03/30/08 - Cows vs. Nuk’s
04/01/08 - Avs vs. Nuk’s. This game pulls us back even games remaining.
04/03/08 - Grease vs. Nuk’s
04/05/08 - Cows vs. Nuk’s
Avs:
03/28/08 - Grease vs. Avs
03/30/08 - Avs vs. Wild
04/01/08 - Avs vs. Nuk’s
04/06/08 - Wild vs. Avs
DB I really hope your prediction comes true for tomorrow night. “Go, Go, Go, Go Wild!!” Hmm that sounded much better in high school.
My all time favorite celebs kid name, Kevin Smith (Silent Bob) named his daughter Harley Quinn, she’s named after a minion of the Jokers from the Batman comics, to funny.
Sure would be nice to get some help from the Grease, especially against the Cows….
Dweezil.
Moon Unit.
Every time you guys call them the Cows I think of South Park. The school mascot is the Cows.
I wonder if Harley Quinn will be in ‘Dark Knight’? She’s popped up in most of the anmiated series.
It’s interesting that he picked a DC character. He always seemed like more of a Marvel guy to me.
How about “Oingo Boingo Luongo”
and just call him “Go” for short………
“Go Luongo”
sorry, I had a huge lunch, and am so stuffed I can’t think too well.
Quick, divert the stork.
Dweezil.
Moon Unit.
Both awesome as well. What do you expect when Frank Zappa is your dad eh?
Speaking of Harley and unusual kid names, I know a girl named Harley Davidson.
I too was wondering if Morrison would be a good fit for the Wild.
I’ve been trying to think who we could go after this summer, and I think he was on my mental list of potentials.
I think Stoll from the Grease would be good too.
It’s funny. Each night we will have a new “favorite other team” depending on where the points are.
I don’t care what time Bobby Lu gets here, I just want to see Fred Sanford in net instead of Bobby Lu.
The wife, and I have number 3 on the way. We’re in the market for kids names.
Kirk, that’s why we gotta pull for the Grease to run the table. If we do our job and the Grease run the table, it’s a win-win for the Iron Range Red.
Kirk he’s an equal opertunity comic reader. At least that’s what he’s always said. He’s just worked with Marvel on some books and movies so he got that reputation. I love how he works hockey into many of the movies with Jay and Silent Bob. Clerks: they play hockey on the roof, Mallrats: one of the characters wears a Vulgarians jersey (#37, and I have a replica in my closet), Clerks II, Randal’s hat is for the Leonardo Reapers, a Leonardo New Jersey team, you can get one of their jerseys from Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash and it’s on my birthday list.
Kirk, if we win it all, no question…
Lord Stanley Cup Wise
Right thread this time:
Breakfast, shmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ’s sake. It’s only the second period and I’m up 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, “the Whale,” they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime.
Is Harley Quinn related to Martha Quinn?
Dr. Michaela Quinn Medicine Woman???
I think Stoll from the Grease would be good too
only if he brings ms hunter with him
Nailed it in one Buck. One of my favorite scenes from Mallrats, everytime I see the movie I say that line right along with him.
Who cares about Luongo? They still have to find a defensive answer for Sean Hill.
Harley Quinn ….. sounds like “Harlequin”
Hey Kirk,
How about “Enachelle” if its a girl
(sound it out phonetically)
and if it is a boy, name him “Per” (pronounced Pear/pair)
it is a Scandanavian name …. then you son would be called “Per Wise” (PAIR Wise”
ok, just goofing around with you.
Congrats on the future little one however!
Stoll=RFA.
Ricky Bobby’s sons: Walker and Texas Ranger (or TR, as we call ‘em.)
Thoughts on Huselius or Ryder? Can either of these two play center? (Ryder has 3 +25 goal seasons, is only 27, and averages more goals/season (26) than Rolston.
With B-B-B-Benny playing pretty well, I wonder if the Wild really need a new center next season. With him, we’ve got Koivu, Shep and Bel. And from what I’ve read, B-B-B-Benny prefers playing center over wing, and he tends to be more productive at center.
I’d certainly hope that he could play on a regular basis, rather than getting Foy-like minutes.
Yes we can all be Oilers fans from now to the end of the season.
What I’m trying to get at is maybe it would be better to try to get a guy like Smolinski who can play wing or center and is defensively responsible and then either re-sign Rolston or try to get another goal-scoring winger (Ryder and Huselius are appealing).
I think Demo would be a better re-sign option than Rolston, but I have a feeling he’s getting sick of playing center, and DR might have to write into his contract that he doesn’t have to play center if he wants to re-sign him.
Luongo may not be back…first births are the hardest…you never know how long they will last!
Lord Stanley Cup Wise has a nice ring to it. Could never get the wife to buy in on that one.
One if my favorite pictures is my boy, and I touching the Holy Grail during the All Star festivites when the game was here.
VoR,
Nicely played. Genius, even. Rolston moves on for big bucks, we sign the MTL pair (Ryder/Smolinski).
That allows us to re-sign Demo…..WHICH, of course, is about the only way you can realistically expect to re-sign Gabby long-term.
Love the contract stipulation re: playing center. lol!
El gato - I think I saw on TV that Marney’s son’s last name is Mathiason. She must use her maiden name. Grady Mathiason is a little better than GG
food
Thanks for th suggestions Damp. Good ones!
That name sounds better I will admit. Congrats to the couple.
Bethany, the key to your statement is “you never know” because Mrs. Reason was in labor for less than 2 hours when our little guy was born.
Ok, how ’bout Penny Wise.
(Or did someone already suggest that?)
I always thought Luongo looked like Count Chocula.
Count Chocluongo!
All I know is the boys better be ready for the Knuckleheads tomorrow night. I watched part of the shellacking they took last night @ Avs. They are going to be a desperate, ornery bunch coming in here tomorrow night so we need to be on our horse right away. 5 minute: Or Frankenstein!
Penny Wise. Clever. I worked with a guy whose last name was Cobb. He wanted to name his son Cornelius.
I know there’s food, but this is more appropriate to this thread…why in the h3ll does luongo’s family live in Florida when he’s based out of Vancouver?? That’s quite the plane ride.
And on the subject of hotties (Ms. Hunter) one of the dudes from the T-wolves is dating the Victoria Secret model Adrian Lima..yummy.
Corn Cobb, hilarious.
I woulda gone with Tyrus.
OK, I’m out. Keep it rollin’ in here!!!
Go Wild!!
Ok Kirk …one more name
for a boy
“Oldan” or “Olden”
yep, you guessed it … “Old and Wise”
too much Kool-aid for me today.
I’m still giddy from watching Boogie demolish Zack Turtlini last night.
Isn’t Marco Jaric dating Adriana Lima? I guess the ladies think he’s dreamy or something.
Phil,
Luongo used to play for the Florida Panthers, and I am guessing that the Mrs. refused to leave for cold Canada.
That was “supposedly” the reason that Pronger wanted out of Edmental, err I mean Edmonton.
plus maybe she hates hockey, and doesn’t want to watch the games.
For the poor child’s sake…
Let’s hope the little tyke looks more like Gina than Roberto…
…for the love of God! Please!
And, for Phil: Luongo family lives in South Florida because he was traded from the Panthers to Vancouver prior to the 2006-07 season for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen…of those three, only Allen is still with the Panthers…
14 points in the last five games? Wow…the children of the corn have been on a tear
