Vancouver Canucks

Hank - A Work Of Art

April 12, 2010

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When the season began in September, Henrik Sedin's name would not have been mentioned in the list of contenders for the Art Ross Trophy for most points in the regular season. Well here we are, the last day and Henrik Sedin has officially won the Art Ross. It was not easy, however. Early in the season, Henrik's twin brother Daniel had his foot broken in a game against the Montreal Canadiens and subsequently missed 18 games. Many thought that Henrik would struggle without his brother, but that was not the case. Henrik went on to score 18 points in those 18 games and only turned up the heat even more so when Daniel returned. Henrik took over the scoring league courtesy of a red hot De...

Searching For A Playoff Hero

April 6, 2010

James C Edgington

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The regular season is quickly drawing to a close for the Vancouver Canucks and its faithful fans. When the playoffs begin in just over a week’s time each player will take part in the ultimate battle for Stanley Cup supremacy. Certain members of the team will unfortunately be unnoticed and in years gone by their exploits may even be forgotten, while a chosen few might be responsible for creating a piece of history. Every team needs its heroes, who could be talented and skilled enough to help the Canucks during the teams hunt for the cherished silverware? Lets take a look at a few possible candidates. Henrik Sedin: In previous years Henrik has been one half a very successful duo alon...

GRABing A Playoff Spot

April 3, 2010

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The Vancouver Canucks were the 9th team in the National Hockey League to stamp their ticket to the post season. Coming off one of their worst performances of the season, the Canucks managed to outlast the Anaheim Ducks 5-4 in the shootout. With the Calgary Flames defeating the Colorado Avalanche earlier in the evening, Vancouver entered this game needing to earn just one point in order to clinch their playoff spot. After getting beat down last night, the Canucks had no time to dwell on their poor performance as they prepared to take on the Ducks, who are desperately holding on to their playoff aspirations. The game began slow in the first with neither team getting on the scoreboard. The ...

Is Kyle All Well And Good For Vancouver

March 23, 2010

James C Edgington

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Now that Ryan Kesler has been awarded a contract extension, the position of first and second line center will be filled for at least the next six years. So what about the role of third line centre, who could be the best candidate for that job? Kyle Wellwood currently fills that spot. On July 1st he will become a UFA. This season has been rather inconsistent for Wellwood, he has found it difficult to continue the success from last season that saw him score a career high 18 goals, to date he has a total of 11 goals. Over the course of the current campaign he has been stuck in numerous scoring slumps, where he has failed to earn a single point. On more than one occasion he has been with...

Six For Kes

March 19, 2010

ONE95

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Ryan Kesler will be a member of the Vancouver Canucks for the next while as he has signed a six-year deal with the club that drafted him in the first round back in 2003. The deal is worth $30million and will equate to a $5million cap hit per season. Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that forward Ryan Kesler has agreed to terms on a six-year contract extension through the 2015-2016 season. “Today is an exciting day for the Canucks organization,” said Mike Gillis. “Ryan Kesler has excelled as a two-way player and in his role as an alternate captain. Ryan has showcased his ability to perform under extreme pressure and w...

Looking In The Face Of Adversity

March 18, 2010

James C Edgington

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The passing of time can often be a cruel occurrence, on March 15th Canucks.com proudly reported that Mikael Samuelsson had been named the NHL’s first star of the week, for the week of 8-14 March. During that time Samuelsson accrued some impressive stats, ten points six goals and four assists in four games. Then on 17th March the site reports that Samuelsson will miss at least two – three weeks with an upper body injury. In seventy games the Canucks RW has a total of thirty goals placing him second in that category for team stats, he also has fifty-three points. With just twelve games left on the regular season schedule this could cause a rather problematic situation for Vancouver, or c...

What Road Trip Hangover?

March 15, 2010

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Everyone says that the first game back from a long road trip is usually a let down. Just don't tell that to the Vancouver Canucks. After finishing their 14-game odyssey, where the Canucks went 8-5-1, with a shootout loss to the Phoenix Coyotes the Canucks returned home on Saturday night prepared for a weekend back to back set with the Ottawa Senators and divisional rival, Calgary Flames. Vancouver's return to General Motors Place was a raucous one considering the last hockey game before that had a bit of significance to Canadian hockey fans across the nation. The Canucks came out blazing, riding high from their road trip, and scoring a rare ice breaker goal. In the second period they esse...

The Longest Trip In History

March 11, 2010

James C Edgington

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On January 30th the Vancouver Canucks started what was to be the longest road trip in NHL history. During this time they traveled a total of 20,737 kilometers. The first game of the colossal fourteen game expedition began with a win against the Leafs, it ended on March 10th with an overtime loss to Phoenix. In a span of fourteen games the team finished with a respectable 8-5-1 record, the final outcome of this journey could have ended much worse, especially when you consider that Vancouver have been playing without two of it’s best defensemen. Like most huge excursions there were many highs and lows. During the Olympics, Luongo was able to feel perhaps the ultimate high, when he helped...

Light At The End Of The Tunnel

March 10, 2010

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It has been over a month since the Vancouver Canucks have played in the comfort of their home at General Motors Place, 42 days to be exact. The Canucks have just one more game remaining on their NHL record 14-game road trip that has seen them travel all across North America. With Vancouver hosting the Olympic Games, this road trip was well expected before the schedule even came out. The trip consisted of two sections, 8 games prior to the Olympics and 6 games after the Olympics. Experts, media, players and fans all marked their calendars as this stretch would be the true test and hurdle for the Canucks who, at the time, were coming off their second Northwest division title in three years....

Sometimes Less Is More

March 4, 2010

James C Edgington

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In recent years Vancouver has become notorious for it’s lack of activity at the trade deadline. Last year Mike Gillis opted to do absolutely nothing, a year earlier Matt Pettinger was the sole acquisition. Yesterday was also a relatively quiet affair with only three deals made. Leading up to the deadline the Canucks had some issues that needed to be addressed, the primary concern was to add extra depth on defense due to the injuries to Bieksa and Mitchell. An upgrade on offence to help improve the somewhat mediocre third and fourth lines was also expected to be on Gillis's to do list. The most significant and possibly the only new face in the Canucks dressing room will be that of de...