Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Since this topic has been milked to death, and a lot of comments came from it, this will be the last that I mention it this season. Well maybe for a while since there are playoffs coming up. This term “greatness” has been bandied about in relation to [...]
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Written by: Larry “the Nucks IceMan” Johnson The past two games against the Ottawa Senators and the Calgary Flames have been the best four periods of hockey I have seen the Nucks play this season. I mention four periods because the Vancouver Canucks owned the Ottawa Senators in every category for the whole three periods and [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson The Canucks this year is a study of a team with a multiple personality disorder. It has a first period where they suffer from confusion, lack of urgency; forgetful of responsibilities, carefree, lackadaisical and memory loss. In the second period they are more conscious of their surroundings, responsible, [...]
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Written by: Larry ‘The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Carrying on from my previous article (link), I wrote that the Chicago game would be the first of the two stages of the litmus test, with the second being the Colorado Avalanche. Stage One was to see how the Nucks measured up to a highly talented team with [...]
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The Power Forward Nathan Horton on the attack Nathan Horton, who is 24 years-old, 6’2”, 230 lbs, and plays right wing, will cost the Canucks a top prospect or two. But this guy is a player. He has scored an average of 27 goals per season, is feisty, big, and tough, and would be the [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the possibility that the Canucks’ top shut-down defenseman, Willie Mitchell, will not play again this season due to recurring concussion like symptoms, it’s time for GM Mike Gillis to be aggressive at adding a similar-type defenseman and also an offensive forward. Neither coach Alain Vigneault nor Gillis [...]
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