After writing a recent blog about not firing Canucks coach Alain Vigneault, it appears that he may have to be sacrificed for GM Mike Gillis’ ineptitude at bringing in the missing pieces needed to build a Stanley Cup team. Lets face it, the core of this team, which includes the Sedins, Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows, [...]
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Ever since February 15 the signs were there that this Vancouver Canucks team was not as good a team as they thought they were. Now you can massage the numbers any way you like it but a loss is still a loss, whether it’s in regulation, over-time or in a shoot-out. In the last 15 [...]
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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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