With Canucks David Booth not even making it out of training camp with a lower body (groin) injury that is expected to keep him out of the lineup for 4- 6 weeks, which is a possible 11-19 games, does his past injury record remind you a bit of Sami Salo? Granted Booth still has a [...]
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From the outside looking in, the title may seem like an odd question, but the way the Canucks have played in the past several months, one never knows just which team is the playoff one. Having secured a playoff spot some two to three months ago there hasn’t been much to motivate this team except [...]
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Saturday night’s loss against the Montreal Canadiens, the 28th ranked team in the NHL, was a hard pill to swallow. That I was surrounded by Hab’s fans meant I also had to endure the loss being shoved down my throat by them. I don’t begrudge the Montreal fans for showing up in numbers, drowning out [...]
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With the steady play of Vancouver Canucks Chris Tanev yesterday against the San Jose Sharks, the picture of the defense just became a whole lot clearer. Now if that had been his first game as a pro, it would have been a different picture, but after watching him for 33 games I concur with [...]
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There are three Vancouver Canucks that are currently being paid a combined total of $10.9 million, for arguments sake, let’s call it $11 million. From lowest to highest they are: Manny Malhotra ($2.5M per – 1 yr. remaining), David Booth ($4.2M per – 3 yrs. remaining) and Keith Ballard ($4.2M per – 3 yrs. remaining). [...]
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This game had everything that you could want in a play-off game, except it was a regular season one in January. Right from the drop of the puck the Bruins displayed their intimidating physical style of play like a pack of wolves, attacking in groups. It’s pretty obvious that the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins [...]
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