Afternoon Headshots: June 10th

Canucks coaching front runner John Stevens really likes to help save Kittens.
Sticktap SA2 for the tip.

Today at Canucks Army we reacted to the Dallas Eakins hire, looked at the upcoming deadline for the Canucks to figure out where to park their AHL affiliate, and plotted ways to fill Vancouver’s need in the middle of their fourth line. Also, there’s only one week remaining to enter the CanucksArmy Gear T-Shirt Design Contest, check out the rules and the submissions we’ve recieved so far!

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On Friday there was a Swedish report contending that UMass-Lowell defender Christian Folin was close to signing a two-year entry level contract with the Vancouver Canucks. Well it turns out that might not happen after all. [Pass it to Bulis]

To the surprise of no one it appears that winger Mason Raymond has played his last game in a Canucks uniform, according to the News1130 Sports twitter feed. Raymond never refound his form after the gruesome injury he suffered in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, and hopefully he benefits from a change of scenery. Other nuggets from the 1130 feed include the news that the agent for forward and restricted free-agent Dale Weise, who has arbitration rights this summer, will meet with the team on draft weekend. Also the Canucks and Chris Tanev haven’t begun negotiating on the terms of his next contract, which is tough, because the team will assume a lot of risk if they don’t lock Tanev up prior to the draft.

Wyatt Arndt imagines a handful of NHLers reacting to the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones. [Legion of Blog]

The Iron Sheik versus Roberto Luongo:

If round two is anywhere near as good as round one, well, you best grab some popcorn!

The Sedin twins chatted contract extension among other things on the Team 1040 today, the Province’s White Towel blog has a partial transcript. I’m curious to see if the Sedins are extended this summer, or if they do the Mats Sundin/Joe Sakic thing and go year-to-year after their current deals expire. 

Elliot Pap runs down the coaching candidates still standing following the Dallas Eakins hire. [Vancouver Sun]

The guys at Nucksmisconduct are despondent about a Blackhawks, Bruins Stanley Cup Final series and who can blame them?