"While Maxim Lapierre picks up a few goals every season, he isn't exactly known for his scoring, so it may have seemed odd to see him come out as the first shooter in Saturday's shootout against the Colorado Avalanche. After all, scoring in the shootout had already been a struggle for the Canucks; how was sending out a fourth-line energy forward going to make things better?

Why did Alain Vigneault choose Lapierre? Simple. Lapierre lied to him.

"Max kept telling me he is four-for-six," Vigneault said.

So apparently Lapierre didn't lie just once; he did so repeatedly. He "kept telling" Vigneault that he has scored 4 times in the shootout. Lapierre was, in fact, 3-for-6 in the shootout in his career prior to Saturday's game.

Let's face it, a 66% shooting percentage looks a lot better than 50%, but it's a subtle difference. Deceit is all about subtlety. If Lapierre had told Vigneault that he was 6-for-6 or 5-for-6 in the shootout, it would have sounded unbelievable. Instead, Lapierre ensured that he would get a chance to strut his stuff in the skills competition by crafting a bewilderingly believable lie. Max Lapierre is the Keyser Soze of the Canucks."