OT at Honda Center
Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, coaches/admin., current happenings, prospects | 3 Comments »Head Coach Alain Vigneault is displaying the kind of thinking man's hockey I love. I cannot say I'm in love with the gross amount of penalties the Canucks were called for, 13 to the Ducks' 7....Selanne scored twice on ...
Edmonton welcomes Canucks to ice on Monday
Sunday, September 21st, 2008 Posted in Canucks, Uncategorized, acquisitions, coaches/admin., current happenings, fitness, projections, prospects | 15 Comments »The Vancouver Canucks 'Team A' will hit the Oilers' ice in the first preseason game on Monday evening. Training camp was literally a cup of coffee long, with two days in Whistler. Monday's pre-season game against the Oilers can be ...
Twins of Sedin
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, Uncategorized, coaches/admin. | 2 Comments »So, in reviewing the top centre and left-winger on each NHL team and weighing them against the Sedin twins I've encountered a couple anomalies and some support FOR the twins. The Philadelphia top LW/C combo is misleading, as the strength of ...
Canuck hopeful is working it OUT
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, acquisitions, coaches/admin., fitness, projections, prospects | No Comments »The 'in-and-tangible' of young Cody Hodgson can get Vancouver fans all excited as of now. Well, that is if you were not convinced at the draft. THe article at www.faceoff.com by Jim Jamieson from The Province goes on to provide ...
better ideas
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, coaches/admin., fitness, projections, prospects | No Comments »The Canucks will get a better idea with how some of their young prospects have developed and the mindset of the youngsters when the rookie camp opens a week ahead in advance of the main camp at UBC on the ...
rename digs
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, Olympics, coaches/admin., ticket sales | 1 Comment »The Canucks will be getting down to business in a newly-named arena this fall. GM Place will be named what speculators thought, "Canada Hockey Place". Now, my first thought about a week ago when I heard the news start up, ...
Canucks dealt blow [to head]
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, coaches/admin., honoured, interviews | 1 Comment »In an interview that is highlighted on www.canucks.nhl.com at an address below, GM Mike Gillis states that he is 'comfortable' with the team the Canucks have now and a number of other troubling things. Namely, the loss of Assistant ...
Larionov, soap operas and glass art?
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Canucks, coaches/admin., honoured, ticket sales | 2 Comments »Canuck fans would probably like to note that former Vancouver playmaker and Stanley Cup winner Igor Larionov has signed on to be the Director of Hockey Operations with SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), competing in the ...
Addin’ character + skill
Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, UFA, acquisitions, coaches/admin., fitness | No Comments »Firstly, let me apologize for not having my regular new posting on Friday morning, I've been having some serious modem problems and had nary a connection for the better part of a week. That said, onto the news of ...
Gagner brought aboard
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Canucks, coaches/admin. | No Comments »Dave Gagner has been added to the growing staff of the Canucks. His new 'desk' was the one previously occupied by Stan 'the Steamer' Smyl, whose number adorns the rafters in GM Place. Smyl will oversee the collegiate ...
