Posted on April 19th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Come on now, you knew this would have to happen at some point in the playoffs. Enough has been written about the Canucks goaltending debate to publish a small book. Well, the debate stopped yesterday when Coach Vigneault stated, “I am going to play the goaltender that I think is going to give us the [...]
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Posted on April 16th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
I write this knowing that the series is not officially over, but been down 3-0 against the LA Kings, I do know that the Canucks will not beat Jonathan Quick four straight. With that said, the prognosis on this team, that is about to expire, was taken into consideration. The makeup of the Canucks has not really [...]
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Posted on April 12th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
What surprised me was the poor defensive play that the Canucks displayed last night against the Kings. After gearing up for the playoffs for most of the last quarter of the season, to witness that type of zone breakdown and giveaways was puzzling. True, the Kings had a lot to do with that but the [...]
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Posted on April 10th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
I did some research on how important the Canucks power-play was to them during last season’s playoffs. In round one against Chicago, the Canucks scored a total of three power play goals, of which one of them won them game two, 4-3. The other three wins were from even strength goals. The Hawks won games four through [...]
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Posted on April 4th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
This is not just about the stats, although if you would like to see them here they are. GOALIE GPI GS MIN GAA W L OT SO SA GA Sv% G A 1 Roberto Luongo 54 53 3102 2.46 30 14 8 4 1560 127 .919 0 0 35 [...]
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Posted on March 19th, 2012 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
It would seem with 10 games remaining after tonight’s game in Minnesota, that the lineup will have to be in place before the playoffs start. With Mason Raymond and Sami Salo sitting out tonight’s game, Manny Malhotra slotting back in (on the third line) against the Wild and Cory Schneider getting his second straight start, [...]
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