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Odds on Game 2
by Alanah McGinley on 06/03/11 at 09:32 PM ET
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From Bodog.ca, all the odds:
Boston Bruins +1½ (-200) +170 O 5 (-120)
Vancouver Canucks -1½ (+170) -200 U 5 (EVEN)
Team to score first in the game
Boston Bruins +115
Vancouver Canucks -145
Will there be a goal in the first 10:00 of the Game?
Yes Even
No -130
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All the Odds
by Alanah McGinley on 05/30/11 at 06:38 PM ET
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All the odds from Bodog, if you’re wagering any of your pocket change on the Bruins/Canucks series.
Series Price
Vancouver Canucks -235
Boston Bruins +195
Exact Series Result
Boston Bruins 4-0 25/1
Boston Bruins 4-1 12/1
Boston Bruins 4-2 13/2
Boston Bruins 4-3 15/2
Vancouver Canucks 4-0 15/2
Vancouver Canucks 4-1 13/4
Vancouver Canucks 4-2 4/1
Vancouver Canucks 4-3 15/4
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Canucks Retiring Naslund’s No.19 Tomorrow Night
by Patrick Hoffman on 12/11/10 at 01:00 AM ET
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from Matthew Seekers from The Globe and Mail’s Globe on Hockey:
Naslund becomes the third Canuck to have his sweater retired, joining Stan Smyl and Trevor Linden, and the third Swedish player to be so honoured by an NHL team, joining former Toronto Maple Leaf Borje Salming, and former Winnipeg Jet Thomas Steen.
Steen’s No. 25 was honoured in 1995, Salming’s No. 21 went into the ACC rafters in 2006.
Naslund said he was quite honoured to be in the company of those two greats from his homeland, but he also noted that he is simply the first from his generation of Swedes who will stand for such accolades in the coming years.
Click here for more.
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Canucks Issue Public Statement
by Alanah McGinley on 12/07/07 at 05:34 PM ET
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From TSN,
Throughout this matter, the Canucks and their counsel have refrained from public comment, preferring to have this matter dealt with in the courts. The Canucks organization feels compelled at this time to respond to some of the inaccuracies in the media stories relating to court documents and the allegations made in the proposed Claim.
- Contrary to impressions made by some reports these allegations are not yet formally before a court and will require a court order before they are permitted to be made. The Ontario Superior Court will be considering whether to allow these amendments on January 21, 2008.
- We believe that many of the proposed allegations now being advanced on behalf of Mr. Moore against the Vancouver Canucks are inaccurate or speculative. The Vancouver Canucks believe they are intended to inflame the public and create further media interest in the case.
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The Old Naslund
by Paul on 11/24/07 at 12:26 PM ET
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from the Vancouver Sun,
“In a way, I never doubted that I’d lost my scoring touch or something,” Naslund said. “I was just used to playing a certain way and playing with certain players. Maybe I’m more dependent on other players. I can only control my work ethic. I feel I’ve done my best. I haven’t scored lots, but I think the effort has been there all along.”...
His offensive renaissance has come since Vigneault consolidated the offence and moved Naslund on to the top unit, at even strength and on the power play, alongside Daniel and Henrik Sedin.
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The Morning Of…
by Paul on 11/21/07 at 02:22 PM ET
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from Russo’s Rants,
I watched Canucks color guy John Garrett last night between periods of the Canucks-Oil game making it like Boogaard threatened everybody on the Canucks and their significant others.
Besides continually trying to put words in Ray Ferraro’s mouth, Garrett said the league should have an IQ test for players and that Boogaard is not the “sharpest tool in the drawer.” I guarantee you Garrett has never had a conversation with Boogaard in his life.
added 1:22pm, Alanah chimes in at Canucks and Beyond. Be prepared…
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The Build-Up Continues
by Paul on 11/21/07 at 12:47 AM ET
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from the
Pioneer Press
Star Tribune,
“Any time a guy takes a two-hander and breaks another guy’s leg, things are bound to get heated,” Wild left winger Brian Rolston said.
Monday, the Canucks recalled minor league tough guy Mike Brown (24 fights in the past 13 months), who last season was suspended two games for a blindside hit that left the Wild’s Matt Foy with a broken nose and concussion. Wild minor league callup Aaron Voros, who has two goals, one fight and 10 hits in five games, spent Monday night on the Internet studying Brown’s fighting tendencies.
It might only be a November regular-season game, but the NHL is also prepared. It’s sent animated, take-control veteran ref Mick McGeough in for the game, and the league headquarters will have multiple sets of eyes on this fiery divisional showdown.
Many of these types of games have not lived up to the pre-game hype, wondering if this one will be different?
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Game Alert- One Day Early
by Paul on 11/20/07 at 10:34 AM ET
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from the Vancouver Province,
The Vancouver Canucks may start a three-game road trip in Edmonton tonight, but the focus is already on what’s shaping up as a grudge match Wednesday in Minnesota.
That would be the second half of a home-and-home series with the Wild, whom the Canucks drubbed 6-2 Friday at GM Place in a game that got very ugly. After a variety of elbows and chops, Canucks defenceman Mattias Ohlund two-handed Wild centre Mikko Koivu on the ankle, cracking a bone and earning himself a four-game suspension.
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Wrong Call On Ohlund
by Paul on 11/19/07 at 04:02 PM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,
But we care not what Koivu did. You want to suspend Koivu for the elbow? Go ahead. Of course, it’s a moot point given that he has a broken leg.
Did we mention that? A broken leg. In the mind of NHL czar of discipline Colin Campbell, that equals four games or a paltry 5 percent of the season.
Given that Campbell went all soft on Randy Jones a couple of weeks ago by giving the Philadelphia defenseman just two games for a hit from behind that may have ended Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron’s season, four games seems just about right on the NHL’s sliding scale of mayhem.
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Four Games For Ohlund
by Paul on 11/18/07 at 07:38 PM ET
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Vancouver Canucks defenseman Mattias Ohlund has been suspended for four games, without pay, as a result of a slashing incident during NHL game #277 against the Minnesota Wild, Nov. 16.
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Ohlund will forfeit $74,866.32. The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
The incident occurred at 16:06 of the third period when Ohlund struck Minnesota player Mikko Koivu with a slash. He was assessed a slashing major and game misconduct. Koivu suffered a broken bone in his left leg on the play.
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Mikko Koivu Out With Cracked Fibula
by Paul on 11/17/07 at 11:50 PM ET
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via the Pioneer Press,
Minnesota Wild center Mikko Koivu has a cracked left fibula, non-displaced, and will miss about a week of action, a team spokesperson said Saturday night.
Koivu was injured when he was slashed by Vancouver’s Mattias Ohlund late in the the third period of the Wild’s 6-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Friday in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ohlund was given a five-minute major. There was no word Saturday night on any possible discipline being handed out to Ohlund by the NHL.
added 10:16pm, You can watch the two-handed slash by Ohlund…
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Nastiness Between Minnesota & Vancouver
by Alanah McGinley on 11/17/07 at 04:56 PM ET
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From Michael Russo at the Star-Tribune,
If Mattias Ohlund is suspended, it would happen before tomorrow because Vancouver has a game.
It’ll be an interesting decision. After seeing the replay again more closely well after game, one wonders if league disciplinarian Colin Campbell will take into account Ohlund was reacting to Koivu’s attempted elbow.
I would think he would want to suspend him to perhaps keep Wednesdays rematch more civil and to also keep Ohlund safe.
Also, ill tell you what, after looking at Marian Gaborik’s elbow on Ryan Kesler again, he’s lucky he didn’t get a major. It was a leap at Kesler’s head.
*More on this situation written by myself earlier today.
*Additional info on possible suspension time for Ohlund on Jason Botchford’s blog at The Province
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Salo Will Return With A Visor
by Paul on 11/15/07 at 11:34 AM ET
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from the Vancouver Sun,
He has a metal plate in his nose and another helping to hold together his cheekbone.
Soon, Sami Salo will be sporting a new facial feature—a visor….
“I want to protect my eyes,” Salo said before the Canucks met the Oilers at General Motors Place. “You can always fix noses and cheekbones, but you can’t fix your eyes. I don’t want to be in a vulnerable position if I don’t wear a visor and the puck hits my eye. I’m not worried about my face and nose.”
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Maturing Bourdon
by Paul on 11/09/07 at 11:46 AM ET
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from the Calgary Sun,
Luc Bourdon has come to realize who his biggest enemy has been in the past.
Himself.
“A couple of years ago, when I made a mistake, I was pretty much done for the whole game,” he admitted prior to facing the Calgary Flames last night. “Now, you know it’s what happens. It happens to the best and I know it’s gonna happen to me.
“That’s something I’ve had to work on.”
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Maybe The Canucks Are Not A Good Team
by Paul on 11/02/07 at 10:18 AM ET
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from the Vancouver Province,
They’re too defensive-minded. They’re not defensive-minded enough. Alain Vigneault is too hard on his players. He’s not hard enough. They rely on Roberto Luongo too much. They don’t rely on him enough.
But for all the powerful intellects who’ve attempted to unravel the Canucks’ conundrum, the most obvious answer seems to have escaped their notice.
Could it be the Canucks simply aren’t that good?
It’s a radical proposition, we know, but in light of recent events perhaps it merits further consideration.
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Canucks Could Not Do Much This Summer
by Paul on 10/31/07 at 09:15 AM ET
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from the Vancouver Province,
What the Vancouver Canucks tried to do this offseason was stand still.
Because he had virtually no other choice, GM Dave Nonis essentially did nothing in the offseason—at least nothing that could possibly have had any significant impact on the existing roster.
With $38 million of last year’s payroll already committed to this season and needing to sign 10 players to fill out the roster, he was left shopping the bargain basement for free agents like Byron Ritchie and Brad Isbister and making trades that involved such luminaries as Jason King and Ryan Shannon.
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Willie Mitchell Not Pleased with Coach
by Alanah McGinley on 10/29/07 at 10:40 PM ET
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From the CP via the Globe & Mail,
Defenceman Willie Mitchell chose his words carefully but it was clear Monday he was annoyed by the public criticism directed at him by coach Alain Vigneault following the Vancouver Canucks’ loss to the Detroit Red Wings.
Some things should stay in the dressing room, Mitchell said.
“If people are unhappy with things, (as a) player you’d like to have that addressed,” he said. “You don’t like to hear about it through the media most of the time. That’s his way of motivating I guess.”
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Linden vs Chelios
by Alanah McGinley on 10/29/07 at 02:47 AM ET
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From Iain Macintyre at the Vancouver Sun,
Eleven years ago, when the Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in overtime, Trevor Linden got into Chris Chelios’s face after the winning goal and the pair tussled.
Chelios threw the first punch and, after the players were separated, accused Linden of covering up and refusing to fight. And that was the high point of their relationship. It has devolved the last two years as Chelios leads his crusade for justice within a National Hockey League Players’ Association that Linden, as the union’s former president, led through a labour war that scuttled the 2004-05 season.
Sunday, Linden seemed ready for the fight.
“It’s easy to pile on,” Linden said before facing Chelios and the Detroit Red Wings Sunday night at GM Place. “I will say this: I’m extremely proud of the decisions the [NHLPA] executive committee made. I think we made, in very difficult times, good decisions for the players.”
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Canucks Need More From Their Top Forwards
by Paul on 10/25/07 at 12:22 PM ET
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from the Vancouver Sun,
Vigneault suggested nothing figures to change until the team gets more production from its top forwards.
“Those are the guys who have been able to do it for us in the past and I firmly believe they want to do well,” Vigneault said. ” For some reason, just look at Daniel and Henrik tonight, they weren’t skating well at all and Mo and Nassie weren’t much better. We need those guys to pick their game up and be the front-runners of this team as far as offence and right now we’re not getting that.”
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Blue Jackets Thinking About Luongo
by Paul on 10/21/07 at 11:02 AM ET
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from the Columbus Dispatch,
The puck drops for the Blue Jackets against the Canucks today in Nationwide Arena.
But will it ever get past Luongo?
“I’ve played against him a lot of nights when it’s … well, it’s never impossible, but it seems like it,” said Blue Jackets left winger Fredrik Modin, who saw a lot of Luongo—too much, he might say—when Modin played for Tampa Bay and Luongo played for Florida two seasons ago.
“Guys get frustrated. What would be goals against other goalies, Luongo saves. So you feel like you have to be perfect to beat him, and it gets into your head.”
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Canucks Get Called Out
by Paul on 10/12/07 at 10:45 AM ET
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from the Vancouver Province,
During his weekly segment on a Vancouver morning radio show, Nonis took his players to task for their effort in the 8-2 fright night against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.
“Last year, we prided ourselves on being an incredibly hard-working and intelligent team,” Nonis said on the show. “And I thought (Wednesday) night, and for much of the first game as well, we were neither. “We were lazy and stupid. That’s something you can’t put up with.”
“As a player, you have that responsibility to get yourself prepared to play,” Vigneault said. “There were a lot of guys who mentioned they didn’t work hard enough and they didn’t prepare properly. It’s their responsibility.
“It was a total team collapse.”
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Flyers’ Boulerice Expects Suspension
by Alanah McGinley on 10/11/07 at 05:39 AM ET
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From the AP via MSNBC,
Philadelphia Flyers forward Jesse Boulerice said he expects to be suspended for cross-checking Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler across the face late in an 8-2 rout on Wednesday night.
The hit occurred with 5:41 left and the Flyers leading 7-2. After some pushing and shoving back and forth, Boulerice caught an unsuspecting Ryan Kesler across the face with his stick, leaving the Canucks forward lying motionless on the ice. He eventually got up and skated to the bench on his own.
Boulerice’s coach agreed that a suspension is probably forthcoming.
*Video footage is here
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Luongo Appears Fine After Knee Scare
by Paul on 10/08/07 at 10:42 PM ET
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from the Vancouver Sun,
Less than 48 hours after avoiding a serious knee injury, Vancouver Canuck goalie Roberto Luongo was back on the ice and practising with his teammates….
“I was able to get through the practice so that’s a good sign,” Luongo said. “This morning it felt much better than yesterday and I was able to walk on it fine. Obviously if it was going to bother me on the ice, I was going to get off. Once it was warmed up, I was fine.”
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Canucks Coach Won’t Spare Feelings
by Alanah McGinley on 10/05/07 at 04:04 PM ET
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From Ed Willes at The Province,
Alain Vigneault concluded another press conference Thursday in which he appeared relaxed and confident while serving up a couple of bon mots for the media’s consumption.
He joked about his commitment to rookie Mason Raymond and second-year pro Ryan Shannon which could last “a period or two.”
He delivered a similar message to the rest of the team, saying: “It’s safe to say after the first game it’s what are you doing for me now.”
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Canucks/Oilers: Coaches Disagree About Hit
by Alanah McGinley on 09/30/07 at 07:00 AM ET
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From the CP via TSN,
It wasn’t the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 pre-season victory over the Edmonton Oilers that will be remembered, but rather a scary third period hit.
And perhaps the coaches reaction to it.
The game itself was overshadowed by a wince-inducing incident five minutes into the third as Canuck Rick Rypien slammed Oiler defenceman Mathieu Roy into the boards behind the Edmonton net. Roy was briefly knocked unconscious and taken away on a stretcher, but does have movement in his extremities. Rypien was assessed a five minute major for charging.
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Boom- More Rumors Shot Down
by Paul on 09/27/07 at 01:03 PM ET
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from Puck-rakers at the Columbus Dispatch,
A certain Web site has suggested the Blue Jackets are in hot pursuit of a Vancouver Canucks center. Also, that the Blue Jackets are fixin’ to trade Nikolai Zherdev to the Edmonton OIilers for a draft pick.
Let’s break this down: Which Canucks center? Brendan Morrison? Doubt it. He centers Markus Naslund on the Canucks’ No. 1A line. If they trade him, who’s the No. 1 center? That creates a huge hole in the lineup of a club that already struggles to score goals.
read on & thanks to Spector for the pointer…
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Fighting Remains Part Of The Game
by Paul on 09/27/07 at 10:21 AM ET
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from the Vancouver Province,
Rightly or wrongly, fighting remains with us. What the means for the league is a matter of some debate as it will continue to be a source of appeal to some and a source of revulsion to others.
“A good portion of teams will want to copy a team (Anaheim) that’s been successful,” Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault said. “But I’m not a believer in an enforcer who plays three or four shifts a game. I think you have to be able to play and I think we have guys on our team who can do that. That’s not an area I’m concerned about at all.”
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Oh Roberto!
by Paul on 09/26/07 at 02:38 PM ET
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from Adam Proteau of the Hockey News,
I’ve never been a major proponent of enlarging NHL nets. But when I hear Roberto Luongo threaten retirement if such a thing comes to pass, I want nothing more than to see the NHL go that route.
The audacity and petulance of Luongo’s statement truly is stunning.
continued plus more NHL talk…
Note: Here is the full transcript of Luongo’s comments yesterday.
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The Right NHLPA Leader Is Critical
by Paul on 09/23/07 at 11:25 AM ET
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from Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province,
As the Vancouver Canuck players prepare for the oncoming season, one of the last things on their mind is union politics, and rightfully so.
But over the next few months they’d better start to get serious because they’ll be voting on a new leader or leaders and that decision is going to be absolutely critical to their long-term interests.
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The Dreaded Groin Injury Pops Up
by Paul on 09/19/07 at 09:51 AM ET
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from the Vancouver Province,
The Canucks’ plans have taken a shot to the groin.
Five players have now been sidelined with sore groins. It’s an epidemic of injuries among the veterans that coach Alain Vigneault implied Tuesday could have been avoided under the old rules governing camp.
“There is no one who is sore who was at the prospects camp,“he said. “The prospects had seven full days of practice before we got into games. They had more time to prepare for game-like situations.
“Because of the CBA [collective barganing agreement] our hands are tied. Before [the current CBA] it was five to seven practices before you played an intrasquad game. Now, it’s three [for the veterans] and you’re right into it.”
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