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Archive for January, 2008

200 Sellouts Hardly Impressing

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Everyone seems to make a big huff about how the Vancouver Canucks have sold out their games for two hundred straight contests. And, while it is a large number of consecutive sellouts and quite an accomplishment, selling out isn't exactly ...

Surprise, Surprise

Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

Teemu Selanne has returned to the Anaheim Ducks in an effort to repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Wow, I'm just so shocked, this totally came out of the blue. Scott Niedermayer AND Teemu Selanne somehow managed to find a loophole around ...

Slim Pickings

Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

The time still isn't right for Dave Nonis to make a trade. In terms of asking prices, we're all aware that the former Burnaby North Secondary graduate is not willing to trade the farm for a Mats Sundin or Marian Hossa, ...

No Love For St. Louis?

Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

No, not the Blues. I'm talking about the diminutive, speedy winger known as Martin St. Louis. You know, all this trade rumour talk about acquiring a Mats Sundin or signing a gimped Peter Forsberg, and nobody in this town seems to ...

Who is Fabian Brunnstrom?

Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 148 Comments »

Yeah, who is this guy, and why should the Vancouver Canucks make a run for him? Besides the fact that Brunnstrom is being labelled the next Daniel Alfredsson, the Swedish star and unrestricted free agent is tearing it up for Farjestads ...

Naslund is THE “Team Player”

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Markus Naslund won't ever go back to the Naslund we used to know. As much as I and the rest of Vancouver would like to believe Markus Naslund is capable of doing the end-to-end rushes and firing a deadly accurate ...

Tanguay On His Way Out

Saturday, January 19th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »

As reported first by TSN's Pierre McGuire, during last night's game between the Calgary Flames and Los Angeles Kings, McGuire reported that Calgary left winger Alex Tanguay has agreed to waive his no-trade clause and could soon be on his ...

Why I Didn’t Get The Job

Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Random | 1 Comment »

So over the winter holidays I had two job interviews, both with the Vancouver Canucks organization. Quite plainly, any position with the Canucks would be a dream come true for me, or any fan, for that matter. I'm here because ...

Why Didn’t LA Sign Cujo?

Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

The Calgary Flames signed goaltender Curtis Joseph to a one-year, $1.5M contract this morning, allowing CuJo to earn half of that, which adds up to about $650K for the rest of the year.  My only question is: Why didn’t the Los ...

So Much For The Brabarian

Saturday, January 12th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

TEAM 1040: There was a big blowup between Jeff Cowan and Alain Vigneault tonight. The camera caught the two walking down the hall in 2nd intermission, exchanging heated words. Vigneault turned off into a room, Cowan takes step back and ...