Excuses
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »Willie Mitchell always seems to have an answer for everything: "We tried to generate what we could with what we had. The deck was stacked against us a little bit. We know their record is not great so far this ...
Time to Shine
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »... for Andrew Raycroft and Cory Schneider, who was called up after news broke out that Luongo has a fractured rib and is out indefinitely, although he could return in a week. Raycroft's league-leading 1.13 GAA and .941 SV% is ...
Speed Kills
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »Scary moment in the second period with Ryan Johnson smashing into the end boards while avoiding Nicklas Lidstrom. From what I can gather Johnson is awake and coherent but has a concussion and will be out indefinitely, becoming yet another ...
Team Canada Watch
Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »NB: Ranks do not necessarily reflect depth chart position or likelihood of making the team, but rather their performance throughout the season. Last week's ranks in brackets. GOALTENDERS 1 (3) Martin Brodeur, NJ (2 wins, astounding .953 SV%) 2 (1) Marc-Andre Fleury, ...
Luongo Bailout
Sunday, October 25th, 2009 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »INJURY UPDATE: Kyle Wellwood got hurt last night which prompted the team to call up Sergei Shirokov. No word on whether or not Wellwood will play tonight but at this point it seems unlikely. Mathieu Schneider remains questionable. Talk about ...
Leafs Preview
Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »The Leafs are 0-6-1, the only team in the league without a win yet and you can bet they want it bad. Brian Burke and Dave Nonis return to Vancouver and they would love nothing more than to register their ...
A Win is a Win
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »When Michael Grabner was called up, I noted that he doesn't necessarily have to score to stay with the big team. He's going into high traffic areas and he's getting some chances. As long as he does the little things ...
Not Good Enough
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 Posted in Canucks | 2 Comments »3 goals in 2 games won't be enough for Wednesday's national televised match against the Hawks. As good as Luongo is (well, he's getting there) you know the Hawks are going to score some goals, and as John Madden so ...
Team Canada Watch
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Canucks | 5 Comments »A great question hit me the other day. Why are there power rankings for teams but not really for players? TSN is the only way it does this but how about a little twist, like power rankings for the Team ...
Back to Black
Saturday, October 17th, 2009 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »That was about as piss-poor an effort as any fan's going to get to see in a key divisional game. It's early, I know, but the Flames made a statement in Game 1 by scoring 5, and made yet another ...
