Posted on September 29th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson If the points in October are as important as March, should the Canucks split the goaltending load between Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider? If you have followed this Canucks team since Luongo arrived in 2006, you should know that Luongo’s record in October has only been above .500 [...]
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Posted on September 27th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the movement of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg it has been announced that the NHL should have the realignment completed by sometime in December of this year. This leaves an interesting opportunity for the Vancouver Canucks to consider another division in order to reduce their travel miles. [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the release of Owen Nolan yesterday, that pretty wells shoots down my theory of a Bill Guerin veteran type player joining the Canucks, to help them win the cup. At 39, times catches up to you and with the Canucks looking to utilize some of [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson After watching a couple of the pre-season games, which everyone knows are auditions for a few spots with the Canucks and their farm team the Chicago Wolves, I now can place the names with the skaters. With the injuries to Ryan Kesler and Mason Raymond, it [...]
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Posted on September 21st, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Every season I patiently wait to see if this will be the year that Alex Edler finally blossoms into the top defenseman that the Canucks expect him to be. This will be Edler’s fifth season in the NHL having played in 304 games, while scoring 32 goals and [...]
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Posted on September 16th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Here I go again, now entering into year number 41 contemplating whether this Canucks team can get back to the Stanley Cup final. Their other two visits, first in 1982 and then in 1994, were followed by long droughts before they had a sniff at returning. When you look [...]
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