Written by: Larry ‘The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I first saw Vancouver Canucks Alex Edler when he played with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL (his only season) at a game in Vancouver, in which they played the rival Giants. Right away I took note of who he was because here was a good-sized kid at [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Here it is only nine games into the season and I’m talking about the depth on defense. Who knew that two of the top four D-men, Keith Ballard (game four) and Dan Hamhuis (game five), would go down so early in the season? That of course caused a [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Like his predecessors before him, Canucks‘ GM Mike Gillis made a couple of trades in the free agent market that will go down as his identifying mark of approval by the ‘Nucks Nation. Brian Burke brought the Sedins and Dave Nonis on his watch—Roberto Luongo. Mike Gillis signed [...]
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After first attending and then writing the article about the Canucks Summer Summit and watching the first inductee to the Ring of Honour, I got to thinking about who should be the other three to be added alongside Orland Kurtenbach. This took awhile as I reflected back on the number of players I had watched [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson That number would be four, as in no wins on the road courtesy of the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 shoot-out victory. Roberto Luongo rebounded from a poor game in Minnesota the night before with a stellar performance allowing only one goal in regulation and none in overtime. Problem is [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Not sure where to start here with all that took place last night, but I’ll start with the most unexpected. Yes, that would be Andrew Alberts with his first goal of the season. I mean, he has already tied his total goal output for two of the last [...]
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