Two Straight…
Monday, January 5th, 2009 Posted in Canucks | 1 Comment »shootout losses. Awful. The Canucks should've gotten two wins against a sub par Atlanta and underachieving Dallas squad, but I think they should be thankful they escaped with two points. The Canucks were average at best against the two teams ...
Deadsville
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 Posted in Canucks | 2 Comments »Kudos to Alex Burrows and Jordin Tootoo getting the dirty stuff out of the way. And for trying to ignite a capacity crowd that was deathly quiet. The Canucks and Preds continued the physical play stemming from a December 9th ...
Show Me the Money
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »Curtis Sanford becomes the second Canucks goalie to land on the IR this year with a tweaked groin. As Robin noted the Canucks acquired Jason LaBarbera from the Kings for a 7th round pick, as none of the three goalies ...
Goalie insurance and Matson is OUT
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »The Canucks felt that they had better get some insurance in the goaltending department today. Curtis Sanford is sidelined due to a groin injury, while Roberto Luongo continues skating with the team as he continues to rehab a month-long injury. ...
Shutout Sens - Edler build momentum
Monday, December 29th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | 2 Comments »This was a coming out party for Alexander Edler. Holy cow. In covering the Canucks for the past year-I knew he was good. I have been to games, watched him develop, and silently hoped the kid would bust through as ...
Easy Enough
Monday, December 29th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | 1 Comment »3 years ago a Senators-Canucks match-up would've been a test of firepower. Not anymore. I didn't get to catch the game, in part because I refuse to shell out $16.99 for a poor quality PPV feed with mediocre commentary from ...
Why the Sharks Are So Good
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »I don't think any Vancouver fan predicted a win last night. The Sharks were 17-0-2 at home going into last night's game, and due to its relatively small market nationally they don't get a lot of games televised - but ...
Not Buying It
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | 1 Comment »Scott Burnside at ESPN believes that the whole Mats Sundin saga's a sham and he's not alone - there are tons of sportswriters out there that believe Sundin's whole dance for the past 6 months just showed that he is ...
Sundin a Canuck -ties to player representation a plus for Gillis
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »Mats Sundin has signed on to be with the Vancouver Canucks. Wow. Personally, I never thought that it was going to come about. Not the signing, but that he was to sign on the Wet Coast. I had Sundin pegged as a ...
Linden - day and night
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Canucks | No Comments »Tonight is the night. Trevor Linden's jersey goes up into GM Place's rafters alongside Stan 'The Steamer' Smyl's #12. In a fitting tribute and surprise ceremony this morning that caught most off-guard, the Canucks did a very classy thing. Before ...
