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Archive for April, 2008

Gillis Signs Laurence Gilman

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »

Laurence Gilman arrives on the scene from the Phoenix Coyotes and comes with an impressive hockey career, having been in the Coyotes organization since getting his first chance with the club in Winnipeg. Oh, and I forgot to mention, Gilman is ...

Stamkos Bolting For T-Bay

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in NHL | 3 Comments »

Tampa Bay has drafted the highly touted Steven Stamkos two months before the NHL Entry Draft. Yahoo! Sports has indicated that Tampa Bay has begun marketing Stamkos as if he has been drafted. They have created a website, "Seen Stamkos", pretty ...

Naslundian Dilemma

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | 4 Comments »

There's a real strange feeling around Vancouver regarding the situation of Markus Naslund. There are a handful of backers who would love to see him back in a Canuck uniform next season, and there are an equal amount of naysayers ...

Playoff Predictions, Part II

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in NHL | 11 Comments »

With Round 2 of the NHL playoffs, it's time once again to lay the hammer down on your bold predictions. As well, I have taken the liberty of updating the scores of who is ahead of who. The scoring system ...

Not The Answer

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Canucks | 2 Comments »

Francesco Aqualini said when he fired Dave Nonis that he wasn't pleased with the way the team was run. He said that the Canucks needed to go in a different direction; that they needed a shake-up and someone who could ...

Hitler reacts to Canucks

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Canucks | 3 Comments »

A little light laughter for those of you still recovering from the Canucks' failure to make the playoffs:

NHL Agents Turned GMs

Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, NHL | 3 Comments »

The latest garb coming from The Province indicates that not only Brian Lawton and Rich Winter, but Mike Gillis may be involved in the hunt for the vacant general manager position for the Vancouver Canucks. What do all three of ...

Meet The Candidates

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | 9 Comments »

The Dave Nonis burial is complete. Both owner Francesco Aquilini and ex-GM Nonis have had their say in the matter, and now it's time for both parties to move on. While Nonis is currently unemployed, the Canuck organization must move ...

The Nonis Backlash

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »

I'm not impressed. I'm so not impressed. In their first move since becoming the official owner of the Vancouver Canucks, the Aqualini Investment Group fired Dave Nonis, general manager of the club for three years and part of the organization for 17. ...

Nonis Fired!

Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | 4 Comments »

As per TSN: The Vancouver Canucks have fired Dave Nonis after three seasons as the team's general manager. Nonis was promoted to the post in May of 2004, replacing Brian Burke after six seasons as senior vice-president and director of Hockey ...