If it’s one thing the Chicago Blackhawks exposed of the Vancouver Canucks, it was that it is was still a player or two short in order to get to the promised land. That centre position with Jordan Schroeder will have to be upgraded and another depth gritty forward added. In last nights game it was [...]
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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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Out of 11 games in January the Canucks play a favourable schedule with seven home and four away. Three of these games are against teams that the Canucks have or are in the process of building a dislike for. Only one of these teams is not in the Western Conference and these games will have [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson This was the best game the Canucks played against the Blackhawks since games one and two of this series, even if they did lose in over-time. This is something to build on for that all important seventh game in Vancouver on Tuesday. Vancouver brought their hard hats with [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Much has been written about why the Canucks have failed in the last two games, being outscored 12-2. Half of their special teams have not been special, as the Penalty Kill is ranked 11th out of 16 teams. The Power Play on the other hand is third, so [...]
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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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