April 2012
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Luongo Will Go, Kesler is Hurt, Gillis Slams...
Today’s events in Canuckville were by far the most entertaining of the season.
Roberto Luongo, taking one for the team again, will waive his no-trade clause. He’ll also be happy to stay, whatever is best for the team. Geez, with this display of character, maybe we should keep him.
Ryan Kesler, it was revealed, is suffering from a shoulder injury as well as chronic hip pain. This...
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Canucks versus Kings - What Went Wrong?
When you’re the defending Western Conference champion and repeat President’s Trophy winner and you lose to the eighth seed in five games in the first round, you’ve got plenty of explaining to do. And in a market that loves to make mountains out of molehills, we’ve got an extended summer to pick apart this Canuck corpse.
There will be the obvious excuses like the Duncan...
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Sedins Provide Inspiration (and other Game 4...
While their teammates seemed to be desperately, but ineffectively, flailing away for much of the opening three games against the Kings, Henrik and Daniel combined for likely the most inspired effort in their careers in last night’s first playoff win.
So while Alex Edler is only working hard at keeping alive the notion that Swedes disappear come playoff time, the Sedins offered an...
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Canuck Playoff Musings
After the end of last regular season, we pondered the significance of the Canucks’ President Trophy winning performance. Despite the myths about a supposed trophy curse, the fact remains that the top seeded team is always the most likely to win the Stanley Cup.
Teams seeded either 1st or 2nd in their respective conferences have won 22 of the last 31 Stanley Cups. And in that time, not a...
