Posted on October 6th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With TSN today releasing the Mike Gillis news that Ryan Kelser is expected back in the lineup within five to six games, Cody Hodgson doesn’t have long with his audition. That doesn’t seem long enough to make a case but that’s reality into today’s NHL and especially with a [...]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
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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Posted on May 4th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Say what you will about who wears the “C’ for the Canucks but Ryan Kesler in my mind, has always been the epitome of what a leader should be. He has passion, drive to win, grit, is an elite player and when healthy, shows up in the most [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Anyone that has watched the Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks play during the regular season, could have easily predicted this type of low scoring series. There are two Vezina Trophy nominees playing in goal and a Nashville team that plays a structured type of system (read trapping). Trapping [...]
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Posted on April 26th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I wrote a couple of articles ago about why the Canucks had lost games five and sixth and now it’s time for my thoughts on game seven. In game six they played one of their best games of the series. They were physical, had 85 shots [...]
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Posted on April 20th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson There are so many story lines from last night’s 7-2 whipping of the Vancouver Canucks from the Chicago Blackhawks; I don’t know where to start. So I’ll just start typing away. The Hawks were definitely the hungrier team, with way more motivation to remain alive in this series [...]
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