Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson This is going to be a very interesting time for a number of the NHL teams as they try to figure out how to get back in good standing with the salary cap. There are nine teams that will face cap penalties ranging from $50,000 to $4.1 million [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson The rumor mill is just a spinning these days with what seems to be the inevitable – that Kevin Bieksa will be traded. There have been a number of teams mentioned with the first one being Columbus Blue Jackets and now San Jose Sharks. I can’t see why [...]
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Written by: Larry ‘The Nucks IceMan” Johnson By now, you have all heard that Tanner Glass, Jannik Hansen, and Mason Raymond have filed for arbitration after having received qualifying offers as RFA’s. Now, I can understand Raymond taking this to arbitration as he had a minimum qualifying offer of $700,000. Glass and Hansen? Not so [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson As reported by TSN at 1:11 PDT the deal with Dan Hamhuis is done. The contract amount is $4.5 million a year for six years. Other teams offered more money but Vancouver was the team that Hamhuis wanted to go. That now brings the total to nine D-men [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I wrote an article a couple of weeks ago about the Top Five Western Conference Team Cores. When I looked at it closer it reminded me, and should also for the Canucks Nation, that this core is running out of time. With this group of players the average [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I guess signing Aaron Rome to a new contract is good from a depth position, but is he really in the mix for a number six man, and what does that say about the ‘Nucks defense? Interesting that Montreal chose Jaroslav Halak over Carey Price after the performance [...]
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