Interesting game last night in as much as there were not a lot of shots-on-goal (Van – 22, Dal – 25) but seven goals scored (Van – 4, Dal – 3). Usually the low shot totals indicates a lower scoring game but with the ability of an NHL player to score when given the right [...]
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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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Like a sprinter that has come out of the blocks running the 200 metre dash, we stop to have a look at how the Canucks are doing and how they have positioned themselves in this shorten season. As they have reached a little over 1/5 (20.8%) point in the 48 games, the Canucks are right with [...]
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It didn’t look like the end result would be promising after the Edmonton Oilers opened the scoring in the first period, and then added another eight minutes into the second. You have to give credit to the Canucks for bearing down in the second to out-shoot the Oilers 15-4 and when Jannik Hansen scored in [...]
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Let me see now, Roberto Luongo, the backup goaltender, just posted a 3-0 shut-out last night, has allowed only two goals against in the last two games, sports a 1.61 GAA, .938 save percentage, and looks like he’s entering the zone that I have witnessed many times since 2006. Controversy, what controversy? Really! I’m not [...]
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It seemed like the Anaheim Ducks intention from the drop of the puck last night against the Vancouver Canucks, was to run them out of the rink. It didn’t quite matter how they accomplished that or how many penalties it took. That might have worked if the Canucks power play hadn’t produced, but by the end [...]
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