One of the more scrutinized decisions made by GM Mike Gillis this year for the Canucks was trading away promising young forward Cody Hodgson at the trade deadline only four years after he drafted him …

The Canucks have been ousted in the first round of the playoffs for the first time since the lockout after another promising regular season winning their second consecutive President’s Trophy. Falling to the 8th seeded …

Today Colin Campbell came down with the official decision suspending Rick Rypien for six games after his altercation with a Minnesota Wild fan during Monday night’s hockey game. Everyone has gone wild and for the …

The big news in sports let alone hockey over the past 24 hours was Rick Rypiens attempted fight with a Minnesota Wild fan. The key word being attempted. Why? Because today this fan is claiming …

The 2010/11 NHL season is set to get underway today and everyone is very excited. The great thing about the NHL is on an annual basis their are multiple teams that have a great chance …

The NHL season is set to begin this week and that means its time to break down who the real contenders are. Sure 8 teams make the playoffs in each conference, but lets get real …

Sports fans are crazy across the world, some more so than others. In Canada hockey rules all sports and all six Canadian franchises have some pretty mental fans who will do anything to support their …

Going into the 2010-11 NHL season the Vancouver Canucks are one of the favorite teams to win the Stanley Cup, and with good reason. They have a solid top six with the Sedins, Burrows, Kesler, …

Last year right after Luongo signed his 12 year $64 million contract extension he was given an extra responsibility becoming team captain.
With expectations & pressure at an all time high it looked at times last …

The fake-outs are over. The over month delay with 100+ revisions and 25 deadline extensions is finally over. A bit of exaggeration, yes, but not by much. At least for hockey fans that is what …

Willie Mithcell is no longer in his prime at the age off 33. He is coming off a devistating concusion injury last year that saw him miss almost half the season. He’s been injury prone …

The Canucks have inked forward Raffi Torres to a one year $1 million contract. The 28 year old forward will join a very deep group of forwards in Vancouver.
Torres was the 5th overall pick in …

Since Ilya Kovalchuk’s deal was announced dead last night the NHL had to back up there reason for making this decision.  So they have decided to start “reviewing” other “similiar” contracts or at least that …

Canucks fans hate Flames fans and vice versa.  The two Northwest division foes have had quite the rivalry over the years on the ice. It’s gotten to the point now where the rivalry is arguably …

Mason Raymond was prepared to go into arbitration seeking a huge raise from his 760 K last season.  The Canucks feared that he would receive minimum $3 million and possibly all the way up to …

Sami Salo injured again, no way this couldn’t be true; he’s never injured is he? It was only a matter of time before the fragile Fin hit the DL; this time it just came a …

The sports world continues to become more and more corporate as teams continue to sell out on it’s original names. That is exactly the case with the “Rogers Arena”.
Here is why I am so …

Mike Gillis said there were going to be changes and he is living up to his to his word so far.  Today he’s signed Dan Hamhuis to a 6 year $27 million contract, paying him …

The weakest link of the Vancouver Canucks was exposed during the 2nd round of the playoffs against the Chicago Blackhawks the defense.  Mike Gillis knew that was the #1 area the team needed immediate improvement …

A magical sesason for Henrik Sedin as he beats out NHL super stars Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin for the Hart Memorial.
Fresh off a 5 year $30 million extension with the Canucks Sedin eleveated his …

The announcement of the Columbus Blue Jackets hiring Scott Arniel earlier in this week makes him the third current coach in the NHL, to have coached the AHL Manitoba Moose. The two previous coaches that …

An interesting interview last night on the Hour.
Let’s just say George should stick to politics.
“Did you want to win the scoring race?”
Sedin answer: “No I didn’t want to win the scoring race.”
Yeah sure.  Man its …

Today Willie Mitchell spoke for the first time since he was knocked out NHL play with a concussion in mid January.  He has been a fixture on the Canucks blue line for the past number …

My good friend Gabriel Morency from morencysports.com has no problem breaking down the Canucks deficiences and calling it the way it is:
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Don Cherry up to his usual shtick doesn’t care or take the time to learn the names of the players in the NHL:
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For those of you who are familiar with Vancouver Canucks hockey know Tom Larscheid. For those that don’t he is the color analyst for the call on the radio broadcast on Team1040  AM; and prior …

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Turn on the local Vancouver radio stations, talk to any Canuck fan and the number one trending topic you hear being discussed is the play of Dustin Byfuglien.  If you never watched a hockey game …