Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson If there’s one thing that is certain in a hockey mad city, it’s that its fans are passionate about their team, and that includes yours truly. But – are we too hard on our team having such high expectations? I’ll answer that for myself because I cannot speak [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the release of Owen Nolan yesterday, that pretty wells shoots down my theory of a Bill Guerin veteran type player joining the Canucks, to help them win the cup. At 39, times catches up to you and with the Canucks looking to utilize some of [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It doesn’t come as a surprise that Ryan Kesler had surgery to repair his injured hip at this time. Anyone who watches the Canucks, suspected he received this injury during game five of the San Jose series, and knew for sure he was not 100% after that. Begs [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Yesterday I touched on the Canucks need for depth at the centre position and included Cody Hodgson as part of that group. I also went on to say that with the current Canuck centre’s, where would Hodgson fit in. I don’t see him unseating any of the starters in [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Now that the 2011 NHL Entry Draft has concluded, the Canucks now get down to business with Free Agency, which is only three days away. A few of the UFA (Kevin Bieksa) and RFA (Maxim Lapierre) players have been re-signed or have received qualifying offers (Jannik [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With Free Agency a week away and some pressing matters still not resolved with the Canucks own Free Agents, who will walk and who will stay? This of course will trigger the need to replace these players, so let’s have a look at the possibilities. UFA’s on Defense: [...]
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