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Vancouver Canucks – A New Era Begins
If you don’t follow the Vancouver Canucks on a regular basis you may not recognize this year’s team. So here’s a little background that you may find helpful
In the final two weeks of last season the Canucks imploded losing 7 of their last 8 games and finishing 3 points out of the last playoff spot [...]
Playing the Sharks is Playing the Best
There is no doubt that the San Jose Sharks are one of the top teams in hockey this year and come mid June they may prove to be the best. But, in the last few minutes of regulation time on Tuesday night Mats Sundin had a chance to score on a break away. Had [...]
Playing The Blame Game in Vancouver
The Canucks have lost their last four games - all at home. Mats Sundin has arrived and has been sitting in the penalty box for three of the opposition game winning goals in the five games he’s played. Roberto Luongo returned from injury and allowed four goals in a 4-1 loss to the [...]
The Canucks and the Curse of Mediocrity
I’ve spent all of my life as a fan of the Detroit Tigers, so I’ve supported mediocre teams for more years than I like to remember. Sure the Tigers went to the World Series in 2006, but before that you have to go back to the 1980’s to find Tiger teams that performed at [...]
Dear Shark’s Fan – aka the Young Whippersnapper
Dear Young Whippersnapper:
Your true wit was never better expressed than in your blog this morning “A Letter To An Editor”. I can just imagine the gleam in your eye as you traveled home after last night’s game composing this epistle in your head while all the while laughing and joking with your friends at [...]
So Long Trevor … Hello Mats
What a week for the Vancouver Canucks and their fans. On Wednesday night, December 16th, the team culminated 16 consecutive days of honouring Trevor Linden by retiring the number 16 that he had worn on his back for 14 seasons. The same day the Vancouver Sun published a 32 page magazine insert [...]
Canucks On Target With One More Road Game To Go
Back on November 16th, when the Canucks were about to embark on the longest stretch of road games that they will encounter this season, I wrote that:
“The formula for making the playoffs can be relatively simple. Win two thirds of your games at home and half of your road games and you end up [...]
Kyle Wellwood – Proving 29 GM’s Wrong
After a disappointing training camp and only one game for Vancouver in the current season, Kyle Wellwood cleared waivers and was sent to the club’s minor league affiliate in Manitoba. Two days later, after the Canucks suffered a string of injuries, Wellwood again cleared waivers on his way back to the big team. [...]
Flames Take Two From Canucks
The Calgary Flames had to wait almost seven weeks after losing their first two games of the season to the Vancouver Canucks, but they got a chance for pay back this week, and pay back they did, with a 4-3 win in Vancouver on Thursday night and a hard fought 3-1 win at home [...]
Canucks Beat Wings Without Luongo
The Detroit Red Wings came into Vancouver last night with the best road record in the NHL and on a five-game winning streak. They can also claim the leagues most potent power play and they invariably win when they score first. The Canucks have also been hot of late but as they prepared [...]
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