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Mid-Day Headshots August 4th

Aug 4, 2011, 15:13 EDT

Mid-Day Headshots is a CanucksArmy feature where we round up today’s freshest Canucks news including funny gifs, awesome videos, cool photos and interesting links. If you’ve written a Canucks blog-post and want it to be featured here, e-mail me at thom.drance@gmail.com.
The jersey above is from the Days of Y’Orr post "Re-imagining the Canucks." Once I got over my knee-jerk reaction to the very idea of letting our mortal enemies re-design the Canucks alternate sweater – I realized I actually like their design quite a bit. Though I tend to agree with the Pez man – the sweater would look better with the Johnny Canuck V logo – green is a hugely under-represented colour in the NHL, so I definitely give this third jersey a passing grade.
Botch writes on the need to acquire second-line help for when Kesler returns, enter Owen Nolan!
Passittobulis has a take on the opportunity afforded Cody Hodgson by Kesler’s recent surgery. It’s a bit harsh in my view – Hodgson’s impressed me in his limited time with the big-club, and his AHL production is more promising than the counting stats indicate. Certainly I see no evidence for calling Cody Hodgson "unmotivated." It’s very rare that I disagree this vehemently with the talented Mr. Mooney.
Blast from the past: the Winnipeg Jets have signed Newfoundland native and former Sedin trigger man Jason King to a contract.
Bieksa, Oreskovich and Tanev appeared on TSN’s Off the Record yesterday. Oreskovich is surprisingly well-spoken, I thought, and Chris Tanev is way hunkier than my obsessive google-images searching had led me to initially believe.
Gillman and Gillis spoke with Pratt and Taylor yesterday on the TEAM1040 and rejected the idea of a "Finals Hangover" on the grounds that "the team is pissed of." Good to hear.
Breaking News
- 4 questions fans have as Canucks prepare to announce Sedin-Johnson management era
- ‘He commands the room’: Canucks’ Sasson gives high praise to Johnson and Sedins
- Canucks’ Linus Karlsson picks up 5th place vote for the Calder Trophy
- NHL Notebook: Maple Leafs fire Berube, McAvoy suspended 6 regular season games for slash on Benson
- Trading down from third overall may be tempting, but it’s something the Canucks should avoid
