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 »
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Forward motion
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 »
Satellite 07.21.11
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 »
Have the Flyers improved?
It’s July 17th, and we’re effectively in the middle of a lull in the off-season “action”. The excitement of the draft and free agency has long past us by. There is still re-tooling to be done for some teams through trades, late free agent signings or even offer sheets. With that in mind, no team … Continue reading »
Did Mike Duco do anything wrong?
We’ve probably all seen the tweets that Pass it to Bulis dug up a few days ago of Mike Duco being critical of the Sedins and Luongo during the playoffs. Duco has since apologized, and seems truly excited to join the Canucks organization. But does he really need to apologize? Wasn’t he kind of just saying … Continue reading »
The eye of the summer storm
A lot has been made about the free agent signings in the NHL over the past 11 days. In a lot of ways it’s been a perfect storm, one that’s been brewing since the salary cap was introduced in 2005. The cap has been rising steadily since then, and this summer has been the first … Continue reading »
Satellite 07.09.11
Some odds and ends for your weekend: Jeff Angus’ monthly 15 Points to Consider over on DobberHockey is a great read. Some good points for this month. An article from 1998 about how Sergei Federov almost became an Islander through an offer sheet. The offer was sort of a reverse of what we’re seeing today, with … Continue reading »
“The Shift”
It’s been a dream of mine since about 3pm yesterday afternoon to have a video clip of me on YouTube simply titled “Jordan Clarke – The Shift”. Forget being drafted, that’s when you really know you’ve made it as a hockey player. What planted this delusion of grandeur? Through my internet travels, I recalled this … Continue reading »
Satellite 07.06.11
It’s July 6th, but there is still quality hockey writing to be found. Start your morning off right: Michael Russo’s piece about the Heatley-Havlat blockbuster is a nice read, as you get a bit of a play-by-play of what his night was like when he heard the trade was going down. “Five Reflections on the Free … Continue reading »
The Canucks This Year
New blog layout, title, and image. I hope I don’t alienate my one reader. Do you like it Colin? I don’t like to focus on the Canucks too much in this blog, even if they are my team. I’m a fan of the NHL and am always interested in what’s happening with every team. But … Continue reading »
