Two Captains at WJC?
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »It's starting to get colder in Vancouver, but as December rolls around there's only one thing on my mind (besides trying hopelessly to acquire Olympic tickets for cheap): The upcoming World Junior Championships to be held in Saskatchewan, starting on ...
Ode to Ehrhoff
Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »This is the way you approach newcomers, Canuck fans: Set your expectations so low that by the time they come around to playing for Vancouver they'll surprise you. Coming into the season, my demands for Ehrhoff were miniscule compared to that ...
The Hodgson Demotion
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »I find it incredibly intriguing how much of the debate going into the Vancouver Canucks' main camp this fall was the possibility that the team could ice four rookies in the season opener this Thursday, yet when the smoke had ...
A Spot for Shirokov?
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »To quote an old James Bond movie, you could say that winger Sergei Shirokov arrived from Russia with love. He came to Vancouver and was as much of an unknown as anyone can be. There was little that people had ...
Ehrhoff, Lukowich and Schneider, oh my!
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »I went to bed last night still a little terrified at the prospect of seeing Aaron Rome playing for the Vancouver Canucks next season, and in a few short hours of the morning the club had traded for Christian Ehrhoff ...
The Tale of Two Prospects
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »In one corner there is Cody Hodgson, the 2008 first-round draft pick and the Vancouver Canucks' golden boy who can seemingly do no wrong. In the other corner is Patrick White, the first selection by the Canucks in 2007, who ...
Matt’s Mock Draft 2009
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted in NHL Entry Draft, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »The time for talk is over. For the last four years, the focus and the spotlight of the 2009 draft class was wunderkind John Tavares, and now his time has finally arrived. Today, the man who has been labeled as ...
Draft Countdown - Nick Leddy
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »They say a lot of the best American players come from Minnesota, and everything that Nick Leddy seems to do on the ice these days renders him everything that Minnesota hockey embodies and symbolizes. There are plenty of reasons to get ...
Draft Countdown: David Rundblad
Friday, June 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »For all the talk about towering defenseman Victor Hedman in this year’s upcoming draft, little attention has been given to another defenseman who has all the makings of an NHL blueliner in David Rundblad. The Swede doesn’t carry the size of ...
Canucks at the Draft
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Before proceeding, it should go without saying that the Pittsburgh Penguins earned the Stanley Cup on Friday night; coming together in the second half of the game despite losing captain Sidney Crosby says a lot about how much the team ...
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