Mason Raymond back in town. From the Vancouver Sun,

The Vancouver Canucks have recalled forward Mason Raymond from the American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose, the Canucks announced Wednesday.

Going the other way are forwards Mike Brown and Rick Rypien, who are headed to Winnipeg.

Mike Brown was solid for his time up, but I don’t have any real theories why Rypien even came to town. The roster shifts to accommodate the acquisition of Kris Beech shall remain a mystery to my bottle-blonde hockey brain.

But regardless, it’s a good thing Raymond’s back—he has 3 goals in 23 games for the Canucks this season.

And on this team, that’s good enough to rank you in the Top-10 scorers.

Unrelated Update: Apparently David is curious about my reaction to this. Well, I haven’t got much to say… except I can’t figure out how he got video footage of my European tour… :)