Canucks’ Great Start Looks for Real
The Canucks are 11-5-0, and sitting in third place — a place where not many expected them to be. Before the season (or perhaps before the draft), a majority of…
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Ryan Miller Returns: The St. Louis Edition
The last time St. Louis Blues fans saw goaltender Ryan Miller, he was skating through the handshake line, congratulating the Chicago Blackhawks on their 2014 quarterfinal-round victory. It was not…
Miller’s Signing Will Boost Lack’s Career
During the Canuck’s offseason, fans all but begged for radical changes throughout the organization, and mercifully they got what they wanted. But along with those changes came the unexpected, the…
Vancouver Canucks: Highlights from Pre-Season Game #2
The Vancouver Canucks took to the ice for their second pre-season game tonight against the Calgary Flames. The Canucks won 3-1 in a game which they were largely outplayed yet…
Goaltenders Primed to Take the Reins at Starter
There isn’t a position in the NHL less predictable than goaltending. The variance in year-to-year save percentage is just astonishing. It’s what makes even the most predictably average of goaltenders,…
Hockey News: No Captain in Montreal; NHL Advanced Stats
Have the Senators already found the future replacement for Jason Spezza? [Ottawa Sun] Do a couple of young defensemen have any chance of making the team in Edmonton? Considering the…
Canucks Regime Change: Meet The New Staff In Vancouver
Canucks Regime Change In Vancouver This past off season brought a surprising regime change in Vancouver. Rumors of Canucks’ ownership flirting with former player Trevor Linden proved to catch fire…
Who Completes the Tandem with Lack This Season?
For the first time in a long while, the Canucks appear to have long awaited stability in their goaltending situation. Eddie Lack is the clear starter in most fans eyes,…
Eddie Lack Has Accomplished What Luongo And Schneider Couldn’t
At last, the Canucks new look is coming into focus. Jim Benning has been named GM of the Canucks and a crucial piece of the puzzle has fallen into place.…
Hockey News: Luongo Tweets; MacKinnon Bests Gretzky
If I was still the back up I coulda came in and mopped this game up nicely….. — Strombone (@strombone1) March 7, 2014 Roberto Luongo wasted little time sticking it…
Hockey News: Trade Rumors Abound; Canucks Goalie Contoversy
Roberto Luongo literally can’t shake this goalie controversy to save his life. [The Province] Granted, there’s usually a lot going on behind the scenes that the casual observer never gets…
The Flames Files: Week Thirteen In Review
Game 1 The St. Louis Blues are surging, mainly thanks to an offensively-charged first line and an unexpected winger who has found himself alongside the likes of Sidney Crosby and…