Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson As the title indicates this could be a very subjective question but… in my humble opinion – Dan Hamhuis is. Now, this will not be supported by the stats that I will present, so you will have to bear with me as I point out some clarifying topics. Hamhuis is [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Canucks once again are starting the season without a legitimate heavyweight enforcer. Now before you go ranting about last season and how the power play replaced the need for an enforcer, let me quote you from a former NHL tough [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the movement of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg it has been announced that the NHL should have the realignment completed by sometime in December of this year. This leaves an interesting opportunity for the Vancouver Canucks to consider another division in order to reduce their travel miles. [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Every season I patiently wait to see if this will be the year that Alex Edler finally blossoms into the top defenseman that the Canucks expect him to be. This will be Edler’s fifth season in the NHL having played in 304 games, while scoring 32 goals and [...]
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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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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the passing of Rick Rypien yesterday, speculation is that Rypien had been battling with depression for a long time. Through the many battles that Rypien dealt with as a professional hockey player, this was one battle that got the best of him. Known around the NHL as [...]
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