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Canucks – Cory Schneider stopping Lighting – Ryan Malone   Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Much has been written about the Canucks highly regarded goalie prospect named Cory Schneider. I have displayed for you his stats, his accomplishments and his attributes at the College and AHL level in previous articles. I, like you, have watched him [...]

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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the All-Star voting in full swing now the usual names are at the top for their respective positions, with the likes of Penguins Sidney Crosby (119,755), Nicklas Lidstrom (80,723) of the Detroit Red Wings, Jonathan Toews (79,953) and Duncan Keith (82,968) of the Chicago Blackhawks  and Alex [...]

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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Well, you knew this question was bound to be asked at some point in the season. Roberto Luongo is supposedly this Olympic gold medal winning goaltender, with huge expectations from the ‘Nucks Nation, to lead them to the Cup. But hold on to those lofty dreams because maybe [...]

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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson                   1. Tampa Bay Lighting – Currently tied with Montreal for first place in the Eastern Conference with 15 points and a 7-2-1 record. This is a very interesting team that added Steve Yzerman as VP and General Manger to [...]

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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Ken Campbell of the Hockey News has a great point in his article – Why so many RFAs are still unsigned. Take a look at the numbers as reported by capgeek.com – 91 forwards, 44 defensemen and 11 goaltenders still unsigned and the names are quite recognizable to [...]

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