Posted on February 28th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
If you ask any of the media, people in the hockey circle, writers, bloggers, Canuck fans, and the local cabbie, I would have to say 99% of them would say they never saw that one coming. You know I’m talking about the Cody Hodgson trade for Zack Kassian. Sure, the Canucks needed another gritty tough [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
I would have to bet that the biggest shocker for the ‘Nucks Nation today was the Vancouver Canucks trade of their first round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft – Cody Hodgson. It looks like the plan started to unfold for the Canucks when they picked up playoff experienced Sammy Pahlsson from the Blue [...]
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Posted on February 24th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
This was another of the games that happens during the course of an 82 game schedule that you mark as a must watch one. With the two top teams in the Western Conference squaring off, it was bound to be a good game and it did live up to its hype. None of this hack [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
What has happened to the current sports fans that their anger and love for their teams goes so deep as to create the violence that we witness in today’s society? I’m going to deal with each face separately which involve matters that are common to many of the Canuck fans, and some that are not. [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
With the emergence of Byron Bitz, and the current core of grit and toughness in Dale Weise, Max Lapierre, Kevin Bieksa, Andrew Alberts, Aaron Rome, Chris Higgins, Jannik Hansen and Ryan Kesler, will that be enough for the playoffs? The ideal situation for teams in the playoffs is to have at least one of those [...]
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Posted on February 14th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
What a delicious rumour. From what I have heard, and TSN has verified its accuracy, the Blue Jackets’ Rick Nash has provided to Columbus a list of teams that he would consider a trade to. Since Nash has a No Movement clause in his contract, no one really knows if Nash went to Blue Jackets [...]
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