This will be short and to the point as tweeted today with what’s happening around the NHL today. – I guess Oilers are quite not there yet. Down 6-1 in the first period against the Sharks. – So what if Cory Schneider is last in GAA 41st out 41. He has great company. Ward 40th, [...]
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There is a number of the core Canucks that are looking pretty old these days, as they had trouble keeping up with the young Oilers last night. Okay it was the second game of a back-to-back but this season that will be the norm. Take for instance the Sedins, Alex Burrows - who disappeared for 17 minutes in the [...]
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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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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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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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In Daniel Sedin’s case it was turn the other jaw, which Blackhawks Duncan Keith firmly planted his elbow. That was at 13:36 of the first period and although Sedin came back for a brief time on the ice, he quickly retired to the dressing room for the rest of the game. For that Keith received [...]
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