Vancouver Canucks

Goal Of The Year By Raymond?

December 27, 2009

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The Importance Of Being Earnest

December 16, 2009

James C Edgington

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With Christmas just over a week away most people would be excused if their thoughts were not as focused on work as they normally would be. After all this time of year is meant to be about enjoying the company of family and good food it’s also a chance to un-wind and recharge the batteries, whilst remembering the true meaning of Christmas. The Vancouver Canucks cannot afford to focus on anything other than making the most of the 3 wins they currently have at home. Vancouver are in the 10th spot in the west tied with Dallas both teams have 38 points, just one point shy of Detroit who are in the 8th position. With a game every other night until the 23rd December the Canucks need to ext...

Cody Hodgson Pulls Out Of WJC

December 8, 2009

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Vancouver Canucks number one prospect, Cody Hodgson, has pulled out of the upcoming World Junior Championship where Canada aims for a sixth straight championship. Hodgson played a huge role last year leading the tournament in scoring. He was expected to captain Team Canada this year, but a nagging back injury will sideline Hodgson for this years tournament. Hodgson was drafted in the first round, 10th overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Hodgson is considered as one of the top prospects in the World and had high expectations coming into the Canucks training camp this summer. A back injury suffered during World Junior camp in the summer put all those plans on the shelf. Des...

Reasons To Be Cheerful

December 8, 2009

James C Edgington

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Most people would agree that at times it is hard to find the positives in life, especially if the negatives are so glaringly obvious. That kind of sentiment may be true for some Vancouver Canucks fans. With the season now 3 months old few expected Vancouver to be languishing in 10th place, in the Western Conference. Vancouver’s script surely didn’t include being placed any lower than the 8th position? While the current situation is not ideal it’s certainly not a precursor to doom. The Canucks are still very capable of making the play-offs. Last season the Pittsburgh Penguins spent sometime in 11th spot and faced a lot of hardship before they could be considered a real cup conte...

What’s Ryan Kesler Really Worth?

December 1, 2009

James C Edgington

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Since being drafted by Vancouver in 2003 Ryan James Kesler has become a valuable member of his team. He is currently in the last year of his contract, this season he will earn $1,750,00 .If he is unable to negotiate a new deal prior to July 1st 2010 he will be a restricted free agent. At which point if the Canucks are still interested in his services they will have to issue Kesler with a qualifying offer. If Kesler accepted the offer he will remain a Vancouver player. However he can turn the qualifying offer down then he could sign an offer sheet from another team. He could also contest the first offer and elect for salary arbitration, like Kyle Wellwood chose to during the past off-se...

Desperately Seeking Stanley

November 26, 2009

James C Edgington

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Of all the current Canadian teams the Vancouver Canucks are the only one to have never won a Stanley Cup. The closest the city of Vancouver has ever come to winning the coveted silverware was during the 1914 –15 seasons, when the then Vancouver Millionaires won The Challenge Cup as it was known at that period. The last time a team from Canada won the cup and sipped champagne from its bowl, was when the Canadians were victorious in 1992 – 93. What did those teams have that the Canucks seem to miss? Is it the extensive lack of such great players like, Georges Vezina, Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Frank Mahovlich, Wayne Gretzky or perhaps Joe Nieuwendyk? On the two occasions that the Ca...

Game 23: Daniel Returns For Canucks

November 22, 2009

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The Vancouver Canucks will play just their second game in eight days Sunday as they meet up with the Chicago Blackhawks for the second time this season. The first game at the United Centre saw the Canucks rally with two goals in the third period to win 3-2. A bit of a rivalry has blossomed between these two franchises. It started last year with a brawl in a game where the Canucks won 4-0. Blackhawks responded by eliminating the Canucks from the playoffs in six games. The latest punctuation in the rivalry came in the first meeting of the season between the two teams when Willie Mitchell leveled Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. Toews ended up missing six games as a result. The ...

Game 16: Broadway Meets Hollywood North

November 3, 2009

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The Vancouver Canucks look to build on their 3-0 shutout victory over the Northwest division leading Colorado Avalanche when they take on the 9-5-1 New York Rangers led by Henrik Lundqvist and Marian Gaborik.

Andrew Raycroft will get his 4th consecutive start as Roberto Luongo is still out with fractured ribs. It's not news that the Canucks have been hampered by injuries this season. It has gotten to the point where their AHL call ups are going down. First was Alexandre Bolduc and now Michael Grabner join the list of walking wounded. Grabner rolled his ankle during a pregame warmup before Sunday's game against Colorado. He joins Daniel Sedin, Pavol D...

Game 13 Preview: Raycroft Makes Debut

October 29, 2009

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With Roberto Luongo on the sidelines, Andrew Raycroft will finally make his regular season debut for the Vancouver Canucks. Truth be told he was expected to get one of the two starts regardless so nothing has changed in that regard. Raycroft will be tasked to hold the fort while Luongo is on the mend. That starts tonight as the Canucks take on the upstart Los Angeles Kings and a rejuvenated Anze Kopitar. The Canucks had their three game winning streak snapped on Tuesday by the Detroit Red Wings. The Canucks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on a couple of soft goals against Chris Osgood. That ended Osgood's night and effectively the Canucks were on their heels after that. The Canuck...

Luongo Voted Best Mask

October 29, 2009

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Not that it is of any significance and probably only proves that Canucks fan care enough to vote but Roberto Luongo has been given the honour of having the best goaltender mask in the National Hockey League. The poll was run by TSN and registered over 44,000 votes. Luongo picked up 3,920 of those votes. The mask, featured in the image above, is a plain beige-white mask featuring the Canucks stick in rink logo on the forehead and Johnny Canuck on both sides. The number 1 also shows up on the throat protection.