Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With Free Agency a week away and some pressing matters still not resolved with the Canucks own Free Agents, who will walk and who will stay? This of course will trigger the need to replace these players, so let’s have a look at the possibilities. UFA’s on Defense: [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Even though the series between the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks looks all but over, it has been closer than you think. There is only four goals separating the three games to-date and with a few breaks here and there, it could easily be 2-1 for the Hawks. [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With four games to go before the end of the regular season, the Presidents Trophy and the Western Conference spot all locked up, is it time to shrink wrap the team for protection? With Chris Tanev the latest D-man to fall and Yann Sauve recalled from Manitoba, [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With 18 games left in the season and a 14 point gap between the Cabucks and the next nearest team in the NW Division, have the Vancouver Canucks become complacent? In their last ten games they are 5W, 5L, have scored 2.2 goals for and allowed 2.4 against. [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Vancouver Canucks added three players at the trade deadline today that should add some depth, size and grit to the bottom two lines. Maxim Lapierre should fill the centre spot that the fourth line has been looking for all season, has good size at 6’2, 207 lbs., is [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I wonder sometimes if you are so close to a team that you see them with a tunnel vision perspective. I read the other day in the local newspaper that Canucks GM Mike Gillis is happy with his team. He went on to discuss the team as a [...]
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