Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Well, there were no first through third round entry draft picks for the Canucks this year, but they did get a player in Keith Ballard who can play top minutes on the one through four D-group and step in right away. That’s more than you would have gotten [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Today as reported by the Vancouver media and TSN.com, the Canucks made a qualifying offer of $1.6M to Shane O’Brien. Mason Raymond, Tanner Glass and Jannik Hansen have also received qualifying offers. No amounts were disclosed at the time of this writing. That is good news as the [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson So Vancouver Canucks‘ Mike Gillis finally made a bold move today, giving up his No. 25 entry draft choice along with Steve Bernier and Michael Grabner for young and tough Florida Panthers defenseman Keith Ballard and right wing prospect Victor Oreskovich. On paper it looks like Bernier and [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Back on January 25, I wrote an article entitled – Is it Time to Consider Canucks Henrik Sedin for the Hart Trophy? My eastern B/R colleagues were flabbergasted at the article. How could I dare suggest such a thing? “He won’t win because there are more deserving players…” [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson The time leading up to the Draft and Free agency is an historically quiet one, but reported trade news via the Vancouver media and TSN exploded out early today. Nathan Horton, a player who I’d previously written about in early March, was traded by the Florida Panthers today. [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I guess signing Aaron Rome to a new contract is good from a depth position, but is he really in the mix for a number six man, and what does that say about the ‘Nucks defense? Interesting that Montreal chose Jaroslav Halak over Carey Price after the performance [...]
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