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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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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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Maybe teammate Jannik Hansen said it best in reference to Ryan Kesler, “If only all of us could play like him.” “If we could, this would be an easy play-offs.” With that, the Canucks packed quickly, to make the long trip back to Nashville for game six on [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson There are so many story lines from last night’s 7-2 whipping of the Vancouver Canucks from the Chicago Blackhawks; I don’t know where to start. So I’ll just start typing away. The Hawks were definitely the hungrier team, with way more motivation to remain alive in this series [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson As of last night’s game the Vancouver Canucks had entered into uncharted waters with their win over the San Jose Sharks. Not since December 5th of 2010 had they lost in regulation time. But the actual streak really started on November 21, 2010. Since that November date the [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I bet I have written more articles on Roberto Luongo than on the other team members combined. In order to shine some light on this title’s question I thought I would rewind back to when it all started. With the arrival of Luongo through the infamous trade, [...]
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