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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My first impression was that the 5-2 win against Minnesota was the best game from start to finish that the Canucks had played since the 5-2 win over Anaheim on December 29th, some 15 games ago. They limited the opposition to 20 shots-on-goal, which was about half the number that they had been giving up [...]
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The topic of protecting the Canucks captain Henrik Sedin has once again reared its ugly head. No so much with Henrik though because when asked about it the other day, said this in a perturbed voice.”You know what I’m pretty tired of that question.” “We won the Presidents’ Trophy last year and went to the [...]
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Number Five: After Vancouver Canucks Coach Vigneault has expounded many times, that the best players will see their rightly portion of ice time - he pulls a switch. As per his quote, “You know, sometimes you have to go with your gut and my gut told me to keep him in there.” Vigneault was speaking of [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Canucks once again are starting the season without a legitimate heavyweight enforcer. Now before you go ranting about last season and how the power play replaced the need for an enforcer, let me quote you from a former NHL tough [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson There’s not much to this case that you have not heard or seen already. I’m speaking of course about the Stanley Cup finals in which the Canucks were whittled down to a skeleton crew of walking, or should I say – skating wounded on defense and offense. [...]
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