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Pavel Bure and the progression of the Canucks point-scoring record
Recall Henrik Sedin's Art Ross-winning season three years ago. It was in that legendary final game against the Flames that Henrik eclipsed Alexander Ovechkin for the NHL's point-scoring crown. And in...
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The Bures, the Sedins and fraternal scoring supremacy
After years of poring over stats upon stats upon stats, one begins to accumulate what I refer to as 'trivia records'. They have little significance or relevance and typically only represent unique...
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The long-term implications of Bure to Florida
Fourteen years later: Ed Jovanovski and Kevin Weekes were two of Vancouver's key acquisitions in the 1999 trade.It will continue to be the main sticking point for detractors of Pavel Bure's upcoming...
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Gretzky on Malhotra for Bure: "I would not have retired"
Earlier this week, the Hurricanes made the announcement that Manny Malhotra was back in the NHL. Or at least on a two-way contract. As a result, fans on the West Coast couldn't be happier. For...
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Bure night: Trevor, the wife and Ron frickin' MacLean
Well that's that. From Jim Hughson at the podium to Pat Quinn seated at centre ice to the spirited fans chanting his name, the pre-game ceremony at Rogers Arena last night was a proper blast from the...
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Bertuzzi beating the odds, again [with statistical WCE comparison]
Last night, Todd Bertuzzi scored a goal and an assist in an overtime loss to Dallas. A pretty innocuous statement by itself. But a closer look reveals that with those two points, Bertuzzi's current...
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Benson looking to rebound after lacklustre U16 Cup
Benson set to make his Giants debut tonight after agold medal win with Alberta in the WHL's U16 Cup.Tyler Benson will make his hotly anticipated Vancouver Giants debut tonight against the Tri-City...
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Mason Raymond: Santorelli of the East, and then some
After long having given up on Mason Raymond, Vancouver watched as the perpetually-imbalanced winger opened the season with 8 points in 7 games as a Maple Leaf. By the time he returned to the city on...
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Raymond and the top five "how come he never did it here" ex-Canucks
So...what do these three players have in common?This past Thursday, I took a look at Mason Raymond's very well-publicized revival in Toronto. And while I may have been a little premature about Todd...
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Drayson Bowman: Vancouver's kinda-sorta hometown product
Six years after his draft, Drayson Bowman appears to be finally sticking with Carolina. So what has that go to do with Vancouver?(Photo: romec1, Flickr)Back in the Memorial Cup days of the Vancouver...
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Bo Horvat at the World Juniors: Not Canada's first-line centre, and that's okay
Horvat didn't turn in the ideal offensive performance, but he was among Canada's best overall players.It isn't often that Canucks fans are blessed with a Canadian poster boy for the World Juniors. In...
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My Team Canada, BTD style
Hockey Canada, I demand to have equal say as Corb Lund and Gerry Dee. Milos Raonic be damned. Here's my Team Canada:Goaltenders*Roberto Luongo (16-10-6, 2.23 GAA, .922 SV%)*Carey Price (20-11-4, 2.22...
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Eddie Lack: All-Rookie Team front-runner?
Lack is exceeding all expectations this year. And maintaining his entireteam's fading dignity in the process.His numbers are among the league's elite. With a 2.22 GAA and .922 save percentage, Eddie...
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Finland: The little hockey engine that very consistently could
How many times can a team succeed before you stop calling them underdogs?Nevermind that they have the world's most likable player in captain Teemu Selanne. (And around these parts, the most likable...
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Nagano to Sochi: Canada's all-time Olympic numbers in the NHL era
Photo from olympics.cbc.ca.Salt Lake City, Vancouver and now Sochi. In the five Winter Olympics since NHL players were allowed to compete, Canada has won gold in three of them. And while more zealous...
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Five points out of the playoffs, but hey look! Nicklas Jensen!
Jensen led all SEL rookies with 17 goals in 50 games last year. After a slow startwith Utica, he's living up to the hype on the Canucks' top line. (Flickr: anders-h-foto)Back in early-February, I wrote...
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Radim Vrbata: The Canucks' shiniest new toy and his top ten career goals
This guy. And everything he means to the Sedinsthis season. Thank goodness. (Flickr: Bridget Samuels)It's hard to decide which of the Canucks' shiniest new toys -- Radim Vrbata or Ryan Miller -- could...
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Luongo's 67th shutout and the generational disparity with Patrick Roy
With his 67th career shutout, Luongo has bested Roy all-time.After three straight wins and a shutout two nights ago, it is officially Miller Time in Vancouver. But hockey fans around here have obvious...
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Canucks monthly recap [Top 5 Plays of October]
Back in 2013, this blog ran a series of filler monthly Canucks recaps complete with 'top five' videos. And much like the Sedins so far this season, that monthly feature is being officially resurrected....
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Vancouver Canucks Top 5 Goals of the Month | November 2014
One of these months I'll actually post these videos in a timely manner. But nonetheless, the Canucks are another month and change into this blissfully surprising season and much like the first...
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Watch Radim Vrbata pull off the same ridiculous deke three years apart
Image credit: Canucks YouTubeBesides a point in the standings, if tonight's 4-3 meltdown against the Sens was worth anything, it was bearing witness to Radim Vrbata's outrageous behind-the-net tuck-in...
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Cole Cassels dual citizenship: Is he competing for a spot on the "wrong" team?
I have no idea which one is Cassels -- but he's somewhere on this bronze medal-winning Ontario team from the 2012 World U17s.Image: Hockey CanadaThere was considerable surprise when Cole Cassels was...
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Bure, Ohlund and Sedin: The World Junior's All-Canucks Team
Mattias Ohlund, Pavel Bure and Daniel Sedin have all starred in the World Juniors as Canucks prospects.Until they actually make it to the NHL, the World Juniors is far and away the most...
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The Canucks' month-in-review and top five goals of December (video)
With 10 points in 11 games, Daniel led all Canucks in scoring this December.Bless those Canucks for keeping it interesting. Never mind Thursday night's all-too-familiar victimization at the hands of...
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Ryan Miller, Shawn Matthias and the Canucks' top five plays of January 2015
Miller's 200-minute shutout streak this January is the third-longest in Canucks history.Flickr: Jerry MeadenAs quickly as Ryan Miller started living up to his $6 million price tag, he's plummeted back...
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