First of all it starts at the ownership level which is the Aquilini’s. Being hockey fans as well as owners they will not be happy with the sudden exist in the first round. It’s estimated that for each home game in the playoffs the team makes about $1 million plus in profit. Besides that, after [...]
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What a delicious rumour. From what I have heard, and TSN has verified its accuracy, the Blue Jackets’ Rick Nash has provided to Columbus a list of teams that he would consider a trade to. Since Nash has a No Movement clause in his contract, no one really knows if Nash went to Blue Jackets [...]
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A top nine forward that can play and is tough. Mike Gillis on TEAM 1040 radio said that the Canucks are looking to add some toughness in the form of a forward that can play on either of lines one through three. My comment on that is – what took you so long? Now hold on [...]
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For those wondering why Roberto Luongo was playing in a back-to-back, here’s a little research I did last year. From 2006-07 to 2009-10 the Canucks have played in 36 pairs of back-to-back games. Depending on the schedule, they have ranged from a high of 12 in 2007-08 to a low of five in 2008-09. Luongo [...]
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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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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Here I go again, now entering into year number 41 contemplating whether this Canucks team can get back to the Stanley Cup final. Their other two visits, first in 1982 and then in 1994, were followed by long droughts before they had a sniff at returning. When you look [...]
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