Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Okay let’s take the emotion out of this and look at it from a purely analytical hockey point of view. GM Mike Gillis took over from Dave Nonis who succeeded Brian Burke. The current Canucks are made up of players that Nonis and Burke were responsible for. [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson 1. Special Teams – With the opposition having the last change it is going to be ultra important to have the penalty kill do better than 81.6% (15th in the NHL). This has been a sore spot all year long, and in the end could be the Achilles [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It’s like knowing that you have to go get that tooth out or a root canal and finally the day arrives. I’ve talked about it in the past, this “Road Trip Extraordinaire” that takes place before and after the Olympics, and now here is part one. February 2010 Date [...]
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Canucks Intro Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson There’s some media buzz going around this city about Mike Gillis having done nothing since his arrival, to improve the Vancouver Canucks. I would say that’s a fair assessment even if it is only his second season. Most of the core (Luongo, Sedins, Kesler, Salo, Mitchell, [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson There’s a line in John Lennon’s song “Nobody Told Me” that goes like this—“strange days indeed—most peculiar mama”. That pretty well sums up the Vancouver Canucks season to date. They came out of training camp and on into the preseason with a ton of optimism. Certain players like [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson So, here we are at Day One of training camp at the new Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre (which seats 7,200 and will be one of the ice hockey venues for the Olympics in 2010). It looked pretty empty with the sparse crowd of loyal Canucks fans that [...]
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