Posted on April 25th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
First of all it starts at the ownership level which is the Aquilini’s. Being hockey fans as well as owners they will not be happy with the sudden exist in the first round. It’s estimated that for each home game in the playoffs the team makes about $1 million plus in profit. Besides that, after [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
A top nine forward that can play and is tough. Mike Gillis on TEAM 1040 radio said that the Canucks are looking to add some toughness in the form of a forward that can play on either of lines one through three. My comment on that is – what took you so long? Now hold on [...]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
If you go to the Chicago Wolves site and click on Team/Roster, you will notice that there is only six names listed and none of those are any that I recognize. My understanding is that a number of NHL teams share minor league teams by placing some of their prospects with that shared team. If my memory serves me [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It has been a long time since I last wrote anything about the Manitoba Moose, so I thought I would update those that follow this site. I watched a game last night to see which players that caught my eye earlier in the year, were still progressing or [...]
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Posted on March 4th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson The following quotes from Canucks Captain, Henrik Sedin, came from the content in the body of an article by Sports writer Brad Ziemer, of the Vancouver Sun. “I thought we played our best game in three or four weeks.” We had everyone playing our game, we didn’t give [...]
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Posted on January 7th, 2011 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Hope Roberto Luongo’s shutout disappointment has nothing to do with the shutout bonus, unless the bonus goes to charity. If not, the reaction would not look good for the $10 million this season and the $6.7 million salary he’s paid, for the next seven seasons. Does ‘Nucks centre Alex [...]
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