If you go to the Chicago Wolves site and click on Team/Roster, you will notice that there is only six names listed and none of those are any that I recognize. My understanding is that a number of NHL teams share minor league teams by placing some of their prospects with that shared team. If my memory serves me [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the passing of Rick Rypien yesterday, speculation is that Rypien had been battling with depression for a long time. Through the many battles that Rypien dealt with as a professional hockey player, this was one battle that got the best of him. Known around the NHL as [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Besides being a good size, known to play with some grit and are all potential four liner’s, what do Byron Bitz, Steve Pinizzotto, Mark Mancari and returnee Victor Oreskovich, have in common? They all are right wingers! I do realize that most NHL forwards can play either side, [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Last season, or should I say since Mike Gillis became the Canucks GM, this team has not been known for it’s physical play. Now you may get by with a soft team in the regular season but not in the play-offs. For some reason, which I still can’t [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It doesn’t come as a surprise that Ryan Kesler had surgery to repair his injured hip at this time. Anyone who watches the Canucks, suspected he received this injury during game five of the San Jose series, and knew for sure he was not 100% after that. Begs [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Not all can be blamed on the Lion’s defense, because you can’t expect them to play 39 minutes a game and not run out of gas. The offense has not been effective particularly against Edmonton a couple of weeks ago. Of all the sports that I have played or watched, I [...]
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