Posted on December 16th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
I was interested to see how Cory Schneider would play in light of his past performance (shutout – Avalanche). Personally, I thought he was lights out in the first period, when he stopped three successive shots without his stick, but then had a letdown in the second and third periods. I would be surprised if Schneider plays [...]
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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 January 21st, 2011 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson This may seem like a strange question, what with the Canucks already at $62.6 million according to capgeek.com, and the possibility of trying to clear cap space for Sami Salo. But it has been mentioned in the media that the Canucks might be looking for a gritty [...]
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Posted on November 15th, 2010 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson As everyone that follows the Vancouver Canucks knows, there are a number of prospects, including several number one draft choices, playing in Manitoba for the Moose. This past weekend the Moose won both games against the Rochester Americans 3-2 and 6-2. Manitoba is currently tied for second place in [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2010 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Since there were a number of very good prospects that the ‘Nucks Nation got to watch, throughout the season I will be bringing some updates on how some of them are progressing. Let’s start out with Cody Hodgson, the Canucks’ number one 2009 draft choice, who many will be familar [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2010 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the re-assignment yesterday of Centres – Mario Bliznak, Jordan Schroeder; D-men – Kevin Connauton, Evan Oberg, Chris Tanev, Sean Zimmerman and Forwards Prab Rai and Aaron Volpatti, the Vancouver Canucks now get down to a working formula for this season’s line-up. What this also does is [...]
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