Wolf Prowl - March 9, 2012
Patrick Johnston
March 09 2012 03:06PM
Darren Haydar started scoring again. The Wolves started winning again. Funny how that works.
(Photo: Chris Jerina/AHL in Photos)
Wolf Prowl went away for a bit, but now it's back! After a tough finish to February, the Wolves got back to their winning ways this week.
Motivation is the fire in which the Canucks burn
Patrick Johnston
March 07 2012 09:50AM
If the Sedins are frustrated, they haven't been showing it.
(Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
Ok, yes, so I stole the title. Big deal. It's totally the problem with the Canucks right now.
After a listless loss to the Stars, many fans on twitter were despondent at the team's lack of effort of late. Friends text me "tell me why I shouldn't be getting anxious about the Sedins' play" It's tough to give a straight answer, so let's look at some numbers first.
Comparing trades is like comparing snowflakes
Patrick Johnston
March 03 2012 01:39PM
So the next great Linden is gone. The boy named after salmon is no more. Cue the next cliche.
Comparisons get made all the time, and two have already emerged - the Cam Neely trade and the Markus Naslund trade. But is either really a good comparison?
On Friday, Jonathan Willis had a look at the Naslund trade and showed us why every trade is like a snowflake. Trying to find patterns is good, but they aren't always there. Let's take a look at another trade which some might want to compare to Zack Kassian for Cody Hodgson.
Deadline Preview: What do Winners Do?
Patrick Johnston
February 25 2012 04:23PM
Marian Hossa qualifies an okay deadline pick up, I guess.
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If you haven't read the posts yet, my colleagues have done some fine work prepping us for the deadline. We've gone through a full inventory of Canucks needs, cap-space and tradable assets, looked at the recent history of the franchise at the trade-deadline and targeted five available forwards and five available defenseman.
In continuing on with Canucks Army's exhaustive deadline preview series, I thought I'd take a look at "what the teams that make it to the Cup Finals" did to improve their rosters at the deadline. Are there any lessons that we can draw from the behavior of previous top contenders? Click past the jump to find out!
Wolf Prowl - February 17th, 2012
Patrick Johnston
February 17 2012 02:47PM
Mike Davies and the Wolves just keep on rollin'
(Photo: Chris Jerina/AHL in Photos)
After a bit of a hiatus following the AHL All Star Game, your favourite Chicago Wolves feature is back!
In the past week the Wolves played three times, picking up two wins. That continues their hot 2012; they've now got 12 wins in 18 games since the beginning of the year.
