Posted on January 30th, 2011 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I last talked about the Canucks at the 50 game mark and I had a segment entitled “Surprises”. Within that I discussed the maturing of Alex Edler and how he had risen to be the number one defenseman in the organization and the most valuable. Next thing I [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry ‘The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It’s interesting what a lopsided win will do for a club that has a collection of forwards breaking the scoreless slump. All of a sudden there are smiles and the tension on the stick is not so vice-like. Just about all of the names I mentioned in the [...]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2011 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It seems since the 2006-07 season the Vancouver Canucks have been making do with one line, especially in the play-offs. That one line was and still is the Sedin line with Alex Burrows or someone else as the third member. It looked like all of that would change [...]
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Posted on January 21st, 2011 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson This may seem like a strange question, what with the Canucks already at $62.6 million according to capgeek.com, and the possibility of trying to clear cap space for Sami Salo. But it has been mentioned in the media that the Canucks might be looking for a gritty [...]
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Posted on January 18th, 2011 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson You didn’t really think that the Canucks would go through this season without any injuries or adversity did you? It’s as normal in the NHL as the rising and setting of the sun. If you have been following my tweets then you would have noticed that quite a [...]
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Posted on January 16th, 2011 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Has Canucks Alex Bolduc been skating too close to the much injured Sami Salo in practice? Bolduc suffered a high ankle sprain earlier this season and missed 22 games, last season he was out with a separated shoulder and just recently on January 14th, he separated his shoulder again and [...]
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