Out of 11 games in January the Canucks play a favourable schedule with seven home and four away. Three of these games are against teams that the Canucks have or are in the process of building a dislike for. Only one of these teams is not in the Western Conference and these games will have [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I will get to Cody Hodgson in a minute but first I need to lay the groundwork for this question. There are some real peculiar dealings happening these days in the NHL trade market. For example, the St. Louis Blues had a young coveted defenseman by the name [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson The headline on the Province Sports front page read “Time to Abuse the Blues”. Well that sure fired up one team but it wasn’t the Canucks. The St. Louis Blues, who pinned the headline on their bulletin board, promptly went out, after playing the night before, and [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson 1. Tampa Bay Lighting – Currently tied with Montreal for first place in the Eastern Conference with 15 points and a 7-2-1 record. This is a very interesting team that added Steve Yzerman as VP and General Manger to [...]
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As the season draws closer, the ultimate key that used to be the goaltending, turned a page of change during last season’s NHL play-offs. Two newcomers, by the names of Antti Niemi (Chicago Blackhawks) and Michael Leighton (Philadelphia Flyers), back-stopped their respective teams into the Stanley Cup finals. Leighton had all of 102 NHL games experience, [...]
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David Backes Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson There is a rumour circulating in Vancouver, first aired on TEAM 1040, that the St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks are looking at a trade that would involve Blues David Backes for Canucks goalie prospect, Cory Schnieder. It was not that long ago, July 1st of [...]
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