Those $%#@&# bloggers: what to do?
Robin Brownlee
September 02 2010 01:37PM
Hockey blogs and hockey bloggers aren't going anywhere. That's a reality the Edmonton Oilers and other NHL teams have to accept and come to grips with, and the sooner the better.
Player Profiles - Mikael Samuelsson
Cam Davie
September 02 2010 10:15AM
We continue our series where Canucks Army will profile various players of interest leading up to the new season.
While he was never ever able to really break out and get consistent minutes with the Detroit Red Wings, given their glut of talent on the top 2 lines, Samuelsson had a break-out season with the Vancouver Canucks, as the team's second-highest goal scorer. One of the main reasons why GM Mike Gillis was keen on bringing Samuelsson to Vancouver was his playoff experience. That move paid off in spades, as Samuelsson was the Canucks' leading scorer in the playoffs last year with 15 points in 12 games.
Luongo Contract to Be Voided (Maybe...)
Kent Wilson
September 01 2010 11:29PM
According to a bombshell of a report by Larry Brooks, Roberto Luongo's contract may be one the NHL is taking aim at in the wake of the ongoing Ilya Kovalchuk fiasco. Brooks claims the league has offered the players union an ultimatum, consisting of two choices:
Player Profiles - Mason Raymond
Kent Wilson
September 01 2010 09:43AM
This is the first post in a series where Canucks Army will profile various players of interest leading up to the new season.
Perhaps lost in the shuffle this offseason was the retention of break-out youngster Mason Raymond. His 53 points represented a 30 point jump over his previous season. His emergence as a legitimate top 6 presence is a major coup for the organization and is another example of the Canucks developing quality players internally.
A Closer Look at Raffi Torres
Kent Wilson
August 31 2010 09:58AM
(Kent is a Flames fan/Flames Nation contributor and therefore a card-carrying member of the "Canucks Haters" club. He's also learned to shelve his disdain for Vancouver the last few years, instead replacing it with grudging respect. He'll be chipping in around here now and then)
The newest Canuck had quite the season of extremes last year. Cam Davies did a good job teeing up the Raffi Torres signing below, but the details of the player bear further examination.
A 19 goal scorer last year and a two-time 20 goal getter, Torres came pretty cheap this summer at $1M. The causes are two-fold: a stagnant buyers market in the UFA pool and a rotten run of results for Torres in Buffalo after he was acquired at the trade deadline. The first issue is just an ugly fact of life for any UFA who happens to be left of the inital frenzy in July.
