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High-scoring Panthers defenceman Garrison hopes he’s on Canucks radar as a...
In a memory bank full of satisfying and sour images for the Vancouver Canucks, the picture of Jason Garrison speeding away on a shorthanded breakaway and forcing Roberto Luongo to make a tough save is...
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My Imagining of Edmonton’s Sales Pitch For Justin Schultz
By now, most of you have heard about Justin Schultz, the free agent 21 year old defenseman that has teams around the league salivating over signing him on July 1st. Depending on whom you believe,...
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Season Ticket Holders Summit Review: Strombone, Schneider, Schultz, and hot...
I have been a season ticket holder since 2001 (back when the Canucks weren’t cool because Mark Messier had nut shotted their popularity into the toilet by this point), which was in the middle of Brian...
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Report: Canucks brass and Shane Doan go on first date together
Despite all of Canada trying to recover from Milos Raonic’s terrifying marathon of Olympic tennis that ended in defeat (NBC should be showing that by the end of the week at some point), the world...
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Fast AHL start could put Connauton on fast track to fine future with Canucks
VANCOUVER — Kevin Connauton could get caught up in the numbers. He could wonder why he wasn’t playing in the Chicago Wolves’ AHL preseason opener Wednesday or how the parent Vancouver Canucks project...
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Barons’ star-studded power play big test for record-setting Heat penalty-kill...
VANCOUVER — Under normal circumstances, Steve McCarthy’s first professional shorthanded goal would have been highlight material. Especially after the rushing Abbotsford Heat defenceman went wide and...
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Nugent-Hopkins tempting target for AHL opposition and Hockey Canada
ABBOTSFORD — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins still looks like a kid out there, especially with that cage protecting his face after two front teeth were pushed back when the Burnaby native was clipped by a stick...
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Hall starts scoring, sizzling Schultz ends OT drama as Barons cool off the...
ABBOTSFORD — Something had to give. On a night when it looked like nobody would or could score — especially during some second-period follies — the persistency of the talent-laden Oklahoma City Barons...
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Justin Schultz ready for cheers and jeers at Rogers Arena as Oilers face Canucks
Justin Schultz had been playing in the AHL with Oklahoma City. (Province files.) Justin Schultz knows that he’ll have fans and foes in the stands at Rogers Arena Sunday night. The Edmonton Oilers...
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Canucks/Oilers Post Game Quotes (I Wish Were Real)
The main issue I have with post game coverage is the general lack of personality conveyed by the majority of the league. The NHL has some of the classiest athletes and coaches in all of professional...
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Gallagher free agency thoughts: With the Oilers making positive moves,...
Once again there has been a massive flurry of deals at the free agent frenzy opening, but an examination of the Western Conference at this point indicates not a whole lot of the power structure has...
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Hat Trick: Tortorella lays down law early with Booth, another D called up and...
David Booth should be back in the Canucks line-up on Thursday. (Province files.) Steve Ewen serves up a Hat Trick – three things he’s thinking about the Vancouver Canucks heading into their visit to...
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Canucks/Oilers Post Game Quotes (I Wish Were Real)
The main issue I have with post game coverage is the general lack of personality conveyed by the majority of the league. The NHL has some of the classiest athletes and coaches in all of professional...
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The Morning Skate, Nov. 25: Horvat v Schneider, The great Quinn, Canucks...
Interesting comparable tonight when Cory Schneider returns to Rogers to face the Canucks. We’ll always benchmark Schneider against Luongo and Lack and Miller, but tonight we really get to see...
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The Morning Skate August 19: Canucks’ huge loss, tax $ to pro athletes,...
Remember all the fuss about the Canucks losing out on Justin Schultz? The Kelowna kid — who was a first-round pick, spurned the Ducks and was available free — chose the Oilers over Vancouver, and...
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The Morning Skate, Dec. 14: Is there joy in this Canucks Mudville, Virtanen’s...
Even sitting on opponents didn’t bring the Canucks any luck on Sunday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles) Here’s the scene in Mudville: Good lord, what an awful division. Even crazier is Ed Willes’...
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The Morning Skate, Dec. 28: Favoured flicks, Comets driving Canucks, NFL Follies
Happy Monday everyone! Whether you celebrated or not, here’s hoping you had a good Christmas weekend. For me, lots of family time was spent. There was time for too much food, and there was time for...
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