If you ask any of the media, people in the hockey circle, writers, bloggers, Canuck fans, and the local cabbie, I would have to say 99% of them would say they never saw that one coming. You know I’m talking about the Cody Hodgson trade for Zack Kassian. Sure, the Canucks needed another gritty tough [...]
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There are three Vancouver Canucks that are currently being paid a combined total of $10.9 million, for arguments sake, let’s call it $11 million. From lowest to highest they are: Manny Malhotra ($2.5M per – 1 yr. remaining), David Booth ($4.2M per – 3 yrs. remaining) and Keith Ballard ($4.2M per – 3 yrs. remaining). [...]
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This is getting to be a habit. It’s an especially pleasant habit for fans, if you like watching great goaltending that leads to wins, and it usually does. Last night again, Vancouver Canucks Cory Schneider put in another outstanding performance, stopping 47 of the 48 shots directed at him. The result was another win, a [...]
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Now that the Canucks have rattled off two straight wins under goaltender Cory Schneider, and with Roberto Luongo ready and willing to play, will Coach Vigneault run with the hot hand? It would seem logical, what with a team that has struggled for the last 20 games, but would Vigneault risk alienating Luongo? With back-to-back [...]
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The title above is the slogan being used by the Vancouver Canucks this season, “Heart of a Canuck”. As my learned Twitter follower (straithenator) tweeted last night “Heart of a Canuck is in desperate need of a transplant or a defibrillator.” So very aptly stated after last night’s lack of performance in which the Canucks played what [...]
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Is it just me or is Mike Gillis the best General Manager the Vancouver Canucks ever had? I realize the final judgment will be if he is able to bring a Stanley Cup to Vancouver, but you can never say he didn’t try! The plan has always been to build a second line to balance [...]
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