Broken Stick + Broken Power Play + Christy’s Cauldron = Big Blowout
After what could only be considered a successful first period, the Canucks’ world unraveled. And when it was all over the Canucks were the victims of the second biggest Stanley Cup Final blow out in...
View ArticleAaron Rome Must Be Burning
Today the overlords at the NHL discipline department did the unprecedented. Yes, in the Colin Campbell era, there was never this type of expediency and over-reaching. You must feel for Aaron Rome, a...
View ArticleBeatdown in Beantown
Clearly, there is no easy path to the glory. And if there is, the Canucks mostly refuse to follow it. And when they do, they get dragged into the alley. Yes, there is plenty wrong in Canuck land...
View ArticleArmchair Alain Vigneault
In light of the Canucks’ disastrous trip to Boston, we expect some significant line-up tweaks from the occasionally esteemed Coach Vigneault. During the last Canucks’ meltdown (the first round near...
View ArticleWin One More
So what kind of Canucks’ blog goes two days between posts with a Stanley Cup hanging in the balance? Well, this one. And for that we apologize. But these are almost unprecedented times, and Friday’s...
View ArticleFor Canucks, Nothing Matters, But What If It Did?
After another decisive road loss during a post season that has had its share of dizzying heights and now back-breaking lows (with all apologies to Mason Raymond), the members of good ship Canuck were...
View ArticleIt’s Finally Over
And while we had hoped this headline might apply to the Canucks’ franchise 40 year Stanley Cup drought, we are relieved that this season (the longest ever in team history) has finally come to an end....
View ArticleThe Surreal City Streets of Canuck Nation
Standing at the intersection of Granville and Robson at midnight a full four hours after the Canucks' game two win, it was easy to get swallowed up by the collective good vibrations from the epicentre...
View ArticleEhrhoff Says More Money, Less Winning
Just because Christian Ehrhoff’s contractual rights were dealt today to the New York Islanders doesn’t mean absolutely that he’ll wide up in Wang’s World when the season starts, but the simple fact...
View ArticlePavel Bure – Hall of Famer? (Part 1 of 2)
Trying to get inside the heads of those that determine who gets to enter an athletic hall of fame is an impossible task, no matter the sport. The mechanics of every hall of fame are distinct and the...
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