You can throw all the stats for the season out the window because in the play-offs anything can happen and the Canucks can attest to that. Since the 2006-07 season Coach Alain Vigneault has only coached the team past the second round once, and that was 2010-11, which seems like light years ago. In that same [...]
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There’s never a dull day in the season, albeit a shorten one, following the Vancouver Canucks hockey team. Today, we find out that Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider will not start tomorrow night because of an undisclosed injury. Now the only incident that I remember in the Chicago game, was when he seemed to strike his head [...]
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After trying to build the Canucks after the Wings, which got old really quick when the bigger and more physical teams started winning Stanley Cup’s (Kings, Bruins, Blackhawks), the Canucks are no further ahead then when they started. While the rest of league caught on, Canucks GM Mike Gillis never adjusted to that play-off makeup [...]
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Even with all the talent and skill Henrik and Daniel Sedin possess, the one flaw has always been their lack of speed. Yes they have adapted from the days when they first came into the league and their game relied more on strength, with all the clutching and holding, and they carried more weight. But now [...]
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With the trade deadline only nine days away, the rash of injuries the Canucks have had, and the need for a third line centre, will management look at some UFA players to fill that void? Now this may mean just renting one of these players for the remainder of the regular and post-season, but there’s [...]
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Usually the experience following the Vancouver Canucks is like being on a roller coaster. If any of you have ever been on the roller coaster at the PNE Playland, you’ll know exactly what I mean. The first part is the long climb up and then it’s curves, plunging straight down where you think you’ll come [...]
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