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To Sundin or Not to Sundin
by Alanah McGinley on 02/14/08 at 06:35 PM ET
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... that is the current obsession.
Bruce Arthur at Canwest News breaks it down.
Whether the Vancouver Canucks should trade for Mats Sundin is not the question.
OK, well, it is the question.
Cool. And the answer?
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Tags: mats+sundin, toronto+maple+leafs, trade+rumors, vancouver+canucks,
Forsberg on Skates
by Alanah McGinley on 02/12/08 at 01:41 PM ET
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From a practice with MoDo February 11th, according to this Youtuber.
Well, who knows for sure. And I’m not sure it says much… but at least it seems to indicate his foot works well enough that he can cross a small pond quickly and without crutches.
Thanks to Ryan for pointing the video out to me.
So, should we be dreaming about him in a Canucks sweater? I’m not personally sold on The Forsberg Solution, but I’ll confess: I do like watching any hockey player who can score a freakin’ goal. Even in practice.
Update 4:53pm PT: Just saw this headline in the National Post: “Forsberg: An Accident Waiting to Happen”... which seems like a reasonable position to take, no?
Well, what the hell. Vancouver has such a lovely collection of Swedes—might as well add a glass one to the shelf. 
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Tags: peter+forsberg,
Ohlund is Resurrected and the Thrashers are Going Down
by Alanah McGinley on 02/07/08 at 03:59 PM ET
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On Monday, Mattias Ohlund returned to Vancouver unexpectedly for undisclosed personal reasons and missed Tuesday night’s game in Dallas. Then on Wednesday, he suddenly went missing from the Canucks active roster, only to return to the list several hours later.
This unexpected development caused bazillions of CDC forum posters to nearly crash the message boards with dreams of Hossa coming to Vancouver, and other related fantasies. (I believe several were even debating matters like the value of trading Ohlund for Wade Belak. Seriously.)
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Tags: impending+alcoholism, mattias+ohlund, stupid+hockey+predictions, trade+rumors,
Canucks Ownership Saga Continues
by Alanah McGinley on 02/05/08 at 06:48 PM ET
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From the CP via Slam! Sports,
Two Vancouver businessmen are appealing a judge’s decision rejecting their claim that they were unlawfully and unfairly scooped out of a chance to buy the Vancouver Canucks.
Tom Gaglardi and Ryan Beedie had argued they were in a partnership with Francesco Aquilini when Aquilini negotiated behind their backs to buy the lucrative franchise in 2004. They wanted a judge to order Aquilini to put the team in trust for them.
note: a bit more information on the original ruling, plus background and related links to this story, can be found here
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Tags: Francesco+Aquilini, Ryan+Beedie, team+ownership, Tom+Gaglardi, vancouver+canucks,
The Defense Rests
by Alanah McGinley on 02/05/08 at 02:14 PM ET
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The Canucks have recalled Zack Fitzgerald, yet another defenseman from Manitoba who gets his first shot at discovering life in the NHL this season. As Brad Ziemer via Canwest News pointed out this morning, things are beyond desperate:
Can anyone out there skate backwards?
Good, because you may be able to help the Vancouver Canucks, who are giving new meaning to the phrase, “the defence rests.”
A couple of these d-men might be back, but here’s the current status of the Canucks top-6, as they were projected to be last October (to paraphrase Ziemer):
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Tags: defense, offense, rumors, trade+deadline, vancouver+canucks,
“HEY! Roberto!!”
by Alanah McGinley on 02/02/08 at 10:03 PM ET
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Something you may have wanted to screech yourself lately, Canucks fans…
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Tags: goalies, Roberto+Luongo, vancouver+canucks,
A Genuine “Pain in the Glass”
by Alanah McGinley on 02/01/08 at 01:11 PM ET
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TSN observes that Alex Burrows stands out these days:
The super-pest. The player everyone wants to have on their team, and the player nobody wants to face.
Who is the NHL’s biggest “Pain in the Glass” these days? It just might be Alex Burrows of the Vancouver Canucks.
TSN goes to break down the chaos Burrows created in the Tampa game last night: 2 assists and 9 penalty minutes in just 14 minutes of work.
The article also takes a look at all the other troublemakers on their poll question. With that list, I didn’t even come close to voting for Burrows.
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Tags: alex+burrows, pests, vancouver+canucks,
Is This Progress?
by Alanah McGinley on 01/31/08 at 04:50 PM ET
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The Vancouver Canucks are in Tampa Bay tonight and coach Alain Vigneault has stumbled onto a miraculous plan: put Naslund back together with the Sedins.
“They’ve always been a good line, but we were just trying to spread our wealth a bit and we’ve got to be fair with Markus in that sense. He was trying to develop younger players and push them along, but he also needs to play with good players.”
Well, no kidding. I mean, whether you like Nazzy or not, you might as well make use of a guy taking up $6 million of space on your roster.
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Tags: concussions, daniel+sedin, henrik+sedin, markus+naslund, sami+salo, willie+mitchell,
Mitchell Out with Fractured Vertebra
by Alanah McGinley on 01/29/08 at 03:57 PM ET
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From the CP (via Canada East Online):
Vancouver Canuck defenceman Willie Mitchell is sidelined with a fractured vertebra in his back.
Mitchell said Tuesday he won’t accompany the NHL team when it leaves Wednesday on a four-game road trip.
Mitchell, who has already missed three games, said he hurt his back after being checked during a game against Calgary after Christmas. He played nine games before the pain became too great.
Uh oh…
Update 2:45pm PT— CBC:
There is no specific recovery time for this type of injury — a stress fracture to the L2 vertebra in Mitchell’s back — but Vigneault said it could affect him for up to five weeks. Vigneault also said Mitchell could play through the injury without aggravating it, though the pain might be too much.
“All the doctors that checked him, have all came to the same conclusion, with this type of stress fracture, if he can endure the pain, there is no way he can aggravate it,” the coach said. “It shouldn’t be that much longer, knowing Willie Mitchell, in my mind anyways.”
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Tags: injuries, willie+mitchell,
“Glorified Beer League” to NHL YoungStars
by Alanah McGinley on 01/26/08 at 01:19 PM ET
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It’s the Edler Hour or something this week, as Alexander Edler’s trip to the YoungStars Game has caught the attention of various reporters seeking to profile the latest Swedish Canuck. Sportnet.ca dropped some comments today, following broadcaster Jim Hughson’s remarks on the player’s unexpected rise on the NHL Network yesterday.
But it’s Iain MacIntyre who tells the full story of how Vancouver snatched Edler—a sleeper pick at #91—from under the nose of Detroit (via the National Post). Here are some of the details…
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Tags: alex+edler, dave+nonis, detroit+red+wings, drafting, hakan+andersson, scouting, thomas+gradin, vancouver+canucks,
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About Canucks & Beyond
Alanah McGinley has been blogging hockey since 2003 (with a notable gap in time through 2010, kicking it with new baby Lucy while living knee-deep in chaos while reading “parenting for complete idiots” during every spare minute) sharing opinions, rants and not-so-deep thoughts with anyone who will listen.
In addition to writing Canucks & Beyond and helping manage Kukla’s Korner, Alanah was one of the founders and co-hosts of The Crazy Canucks Podcast. She has contributed pieces to FoxSports.com and the New York Times Slapshot blog, as well as other stray destinations in cyberspace.
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