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I just received an email from my Vancouver Canucks E-news, thatáRoberto Luongo is sidelined with a hairline fracture to his rib. Cory Schneider has been called up from the Manitoba Moose to make the trip to California with the Nucks. The loss last night was once again extremely costly, with not just the injury to Louie but also Ryan Johnson, who left the ice on a stretcher.áThat now brings the ever ...

Like a marathon horse race, that's how I view a hockey season. So with that I present for you, my call. Last season I started a segment which I thought I would continue this year. So here we are at the 10-game mark and itÆs time to reflect on the surprises, disappointments, needs, beefs, and bouquets of the Vancouver Canucks.ááá Surprises The Canucks getting off to such a bad start after that promising ...

It’s been reported today by TEAM 1040 in Vancouver, that Vancouver Canucks Pavol Demitra, who had his shoulder scoped earlier this week, will be out indefinitely. Does this now bring up a need for GM Mike Gillis to look at the trade route, for that top six forward? The better question might be, from which team, and who might that be? With the possible four million dollar cap space that Demitra takes up, ...

I have written about this on numerous occasions and some of the readers have gotten this confused with the fighting side, which is not the subject, so pay attention. To prove my suspicions, I used the ôHitsö stats from Sporting News.com. I took the top eight players of each team and divided by the number of games played, to find the average and my ranking key. Whether you agree with it or ...

Do the Vancouver Canucks have enough depth to cover the loss of Daniel Sedin, their leading goal scorer, for the past three seasons,áfor the next 14 games? As most people know, the Sedins have been consistent point a game players and if you extrapolate Daniel's points/goals over the period of time that he will be out, that works out to 14 points, of which five to six of those are goals. The ...

Now the collective province of British Columbia can exhale, as the Nucks broke out of that losing slump with a number of firsts. LetÆs see what that looks like and why. The big one was of course, that first win for the club, jumping all over the Montreal Canadiens, who had played the night before. That doesnÆt discredit the effort that the Canucks had to put forth, as a number of ...

So if this guy is under .500 for October (17-18-1) since he joined the Canucks, this year, when the points mean more than ever, why not play Andrew Raycroft at least once a week? He sure could not be any worse than the current play of Luongo. LetÆs see, last night 4 goals on 12 shots. Colorado game, three goals on 27 shots and Calgary, 5 goals on 23 shots. That ...

á No mystery here, I mean opening night at the Saddledome, the crowd chanting like it was a Stanley Cup final, and the Flames playing in the first period like they believed it was.á The problem was, someone forgot to tell the Nucks the game had started. Talk about been schooled in all departments...the Canucks gave up two power play goals within the first seven minutes. Hey, it was so one-sided ...

ThereÆs always a dark horse that comes galloping to the forefront and this time his name was Sergei Shirokov. Right from training camp he stood out from the rest of the prospects, but when I thought he might get lost in the main camp, he instead continued on making himself noticeable. Even during the drills he was scoring or setting up his line mates. The talent was obvious and you could ...

The only thing standing between this first preseason loss and been blown out was Andrew Raycroft, who was outstanding in the second period when the Ducks outshot the 'Nucks 15-6, with the combined two period totals registering 24-11. Cory PerryÆs tip-in goal as he went to the net hard and was not picked up by the defense surely could not be placed on Raycroft, as he was in position but had ...