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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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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From the outside looking in, the title may seem like an odd question, but the way the Canucks have played in the past several months, one never knows just which team is the playoff one. Having secured a playoff spot some two to three months ago there hasn’t been much to motivate this team except [...]
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It would seem with 10 games remaining after tonight’s game in Minnesota, that the lineup will have to be in place before the playoffs start. With Mason Raymond and Sami Salo sitting out tonight’s game, Manny Malhotra slotting back in (on the third line) against the Wild and Cory Schneider getting his second straight start, [...]
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Saturday night’s loss against the Montreal Canadiens, the 28th ranked team in the NHL, was a hard pill to swallow. That I was surrounded by Hab’s fans meant I also had to endure the loss being shoved down my throat by them. I don’t begrudge the Montreal fans for showing up in numbers, drowning out [...]
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With the emergence of Byron Bitz, and the current core of grit and toughness in Dale Weise, Max Lapierre, Kevin Bieksa, Andrew Alberts, Aaron Rome, Chris Higgins, Jannik Hansen and Ryan Kesler, will that be enough for the playoffs? The ideal situation for teams in the playoffs is to have at least one of those [...]
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