First of all it starts at the ownership level which is the Aquilini’s. Being hockey fans as well as owners they will not be happy with the sudden exist in the first round. It’s estimated that for each home game in the playoffs the team makes about $1 million plus in profit. Besides that, after [...]
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The model that GM Mike Gillis built is not the one for the playoffs. You only need to look at the two teams, Detroit and Vancouver, who were knocked out in the first round to understand that. Speed and skill may have worked back in 2008 but it doesn’t work today. Today the playoff teams [...]
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Come on now, you knew this would have to happen at some point in the playoffs. Enough has been written about the Canucks goaltending debate to publish a small book. Well, the debate stopped yesterday when Coach Vigneault stated, “I am going to play the goaltender that I think is going to give us the [...]
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I write this knowing that the series is not officially over, but been down 3-0 against the LA Kings, I do know that the Canucks will not beat Jonathan Quick four straight. With that said, the prognosis on this team, that is about to expire, was taken into consideration. The makeup of the Canucks has not really [...]
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What surprised me was the poor defensive play that the Canucks displayed last night against the Kings. After gearing up for the playoffs for most of the last quarter of the season, to witness that type of zone breakdown and giveaways was puzzling. True, the Kings had a lot to do with that but the [...]
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I did some research on how important the Canucks power-play was to them during last season’s playoffs. In round one against Chicago, the Canucks scored a total of three power play goals, of which one of them won them game two, 4-3. The other three wins were from even strength goals. The Hawks won games four through [...]
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