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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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It has been a long time since I last wrote anything about the Manitoba Moose, so I thought I would update those that follow this site. I watched a game last night to see which players that caught my eye earlier in the year, were still progressing or [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson The mystery surrounding Canucks Rick Rypien’s absence was made a little clearer yesterday when Rypien held a press conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rypien made sure to say to all who were listening – “One thing I wanted to clarify and get out of the way so there’s no [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I’ve got a bone to pick with Coach Alain Vigneault and his reluctance to give the fourth line players enough ice time to establish themselves. Look at it this way, if you gave any of the Canuck top line players seven to nine minutes a night, would they [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson How can you not like Canucks Rick “The Ripper” Rypien? Just go to his Facebook page and read all the warm wishes people have written on his wall. He is indeed one of my favourite Canucks. Rick is like a lot of us in life, and maybe that’s why [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson The Vancouver Canucks line juggling actually already started in the LA game with Coach Vigneault moving Mikael Samuelsson to the third with Manny Malhotra and Raffi Torres, Mason Raymond to the first with the Sedins, and Jannik Hansen up with Ryan Kesler. Not stopping there, Peter Schaefer moved [...]
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