Posted on June 29th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Yesterday I touched on the Canucks need for depth at the centre position and included Cody Hodgson as part of that group. I also went on to say that with the current Canuck centre’s, where would Hodgson fit in. I don’t see him unseating any of the starters in [...]
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Posted on June 28th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Now that the 2011 NHL Entry Draft has concluded, the Canucks now get down to business with Free Agency, which is only three days away. A few of the UFA (Kevin Bieksa) and RFA (Maxim Lapierre) players have been re-signed or have received qualifying offers (Jannik [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With Free Agency a week away and some pressing matters still not resolved with the Canucks own Free Agents, who will walk and who will stay? This of course will trigger the need to replace these players, so let’s have a look at the possibilities. UFA’s on Defense: [...]
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Posted on June 20th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I have decided to write about something that is completely non-hockey related and I’m speaking here about the U.S. Open. What I watched over the previous four days on the various television networks, was golf history in the making. Golf is a sport that is dear to me [...]
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Posted on June 18th, 2011 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nuck IceMan” Johnson Since my profession is accounting, I decided to put my capologists hat on and make the signings and deletions for the pending RF and UFA’s. I spoke previously about some changes that were needed and I led off with toughness to survive the play-offs and return back to [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Toughness: I have been writing about his even before Mike Gillis became the GM of the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks are not built for the Stanley Cup which leads to not being tough enough, and this was exposed in the final outcome with Boston. Vancouver had no answer [...]
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