48 games in to the Vancouver Canucks 2011-12 season, it’s becoming quite clear that the organization has a very special young player on its roster in Cody Hodgson. CoHo has fought an uphill (or should that be upstream?) battle over the past couple of seasons, dealing with both serious injuries and negative coverage in … Continue reading
[This is an excerpt from my "Morning Buzz" column over on Nucks Misconduct.] Let’s face it, booze and hockey have a long and storied history together. Whether you’ve just won the ultimate prize, or you’re lacing them up to go for a midnight skate with your buddies, a game of puck is often followed by a pint … Continue reading
My first post at Nucks Misconduct, eloquently titled “Time to nut up or shut up”, is now up. Give it a read, along with the rest of the day’s content. All good stuff.
Hide your kids. Hide your wives. A Red Alert has been declared in the city of Vancouver after Travis Lulay’s MVP performance in the Grey Cup yesterday. The carrot-topped quarterback also won the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player award last week, for his part in turning the BC Lions season around after an 0-5 start. But … Continue reading
You hear the same clichés a lot throughout an 82-game season: a win is a win. 2 points in November is worth the same as 2 points in March. They’re clichés because they’re true (and obvious). Every game, no matter the storyline surrounding it, just ends up as a number in a column. But there … Continue reading
As a nice follow-up to my post from last week about off-season training, The Score is airing a special today at 3:30 PT about Gary Roberts and how he trains young players like Cody Hodgson, Stephen Weiss, Jeff Skinner, James Neal and Steven Stamkos. Check out the trailer, and set your PVRs for 3:30!
For a team that didn’t make many significant moves this summer, the Vancouver Canucks have a handful of players that a lot of fans are eager to see hit the ice for real in a couple weeks. The core of the Canucks may be the same as last season (minus Christian Ehrhoff, if you considered him part … Continue reading
With less than a month to go until the NHL season starts, I would guess most players are hitting the ice pretty hard after a summer of training. The fitness level that NHL players are at these days is pretty ridiculous, especially when compared to even 20 years ago. Everyone seems to have their own … Continue reading
Roughly 6 weeks ago, the Stanley Cup was being hoisted. Roughly 6 weeks from now, training camp begins. Here we sit, smack dab in the middle of summer, and I think now is as good a time as any to assess the Canucks’ forward situation heading into next season. This post is going to assume that … Continue reading
Some good stuff to pass along this week: A pretty good interview with Sergei Shirokov courtesy of Canucks Army. Interesting tidbit: AO: Do you think that the key factor in the series was the fact the Bruins had bigger bodies on their team? SS: I think, it was the psychological factor. The Canucks calmed down after … Continue reading
