Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson After taking a look at last seasons final and the starting goaltenders, the answer would be a no. Because if you look at who was left playing that position for the Stanley Cup, Chicago’s Antti Niemi cap hit of $0.827 million and Philadelphia’s Michael Leighton at $0.183 million [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I will bring something up that I have mentioned before when it comes to signing free agents, and no, it’s not about the amount of dollars. What I see to attracting players to the Canucks is taking a look at where they were born, and if they [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson When you think about the climb that the Chicago Blackhawks have done, it is impressive. In hockey years it may seem like an eternity to its fans but to an outsider it is quite remarkable when you think they finished last in the Western Conference in 2003/04 with [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I took a few days off to get away from the Vancouver Canucks’ last loss, so bare with me for the brief bit of words as I go through withdrawals. It gets harder and harder each year to follow this team since it came into the NHL, [...]
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Written by: Larry ‘The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I turned if off after the third goal in the second period as I didn’t need to see anymore to know who was going to win and I wanted to get this article in before it got late. The ‘Hawks were not going to give up three goals [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson The only thing that was mad about that game, was the Chicago crowd towards its goalie Antti Niemi, who got lit up for five goals by the visiting Vancouver Canucks. Nothing like a little motivating redemption to inspire a team after getting their noses wiped by the Blackhawks [...]
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