Canucks & Beyond
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Friday Night with the Avs
by Alanah McGinley on 11/09/07 at 05:28 PM ET
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For a fair-and-balanced view on The Team That Even God Must Hate, I decided to get the perspective of a couple of friends: DC, who educates the patriotic souls of America as to why they shouldn’t believe anything they see in the media; and Greg, whose day job it is to corrupt those same patriots by way of his own profession.
But each shares one embarrassing reality—they both seem comfortable believing that Avalanche fandom is not a mistake of nature, but actually some kind of positive aspect of their personalities.
So we did a fast Q & A before game time:
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Breaking News You Already Knew
by Alanah McGinley on 11/08/07 at 01:56 PM ET
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Darren Dreger at TSN:
Sources tell TSN that Vancouver Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa’s injury is worse than originally feared.
“It could be months not weeks” is how Bieksa’s prognosis is now being described.
Bieksa was originally expected to miss eight weeks after sustaining a deep cut on his right calf from the skate of Predators’ forward Vernon Fiddler during the Canucks 3-0 loss to Nashville November 1st. That cut that was deeper than the Canucks initially thought.
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Bieksa and Frankenstein Will Live
by Alanah McGinley on 11/04/07 at 10:40 PM ET
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Kevin Bieksa and Sami Salo both had a bad week. From Iain MacIntyre at the Vancouver Sun, “The Canucks Dodge a Bullet.” First:
The lower leg injury to defenceman Kevin Bieksa is more serious than originally believed, but Vancouver Canucks general manager Dave Nonis emphasized Sunday that the player’s Achilles tendon did not require repair on Friday.
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Dumb and Dumber
by Alanah McGinley on 11/03/07 at 06:52 PM ET
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[Update: The Yankee is doing a liveblog of this game. And I might be contributing there a bit myself, since his sobriety is liable to be a bit questionable…]
It’s hard to really work up a good head of insults about my least favorite team in the NHL, when my Canucks are currently flailing around like a beached whale searching for dinner.
But while the Avs can show off their minty-clean home ice record and that Wonder Rookie of theirs tonight, I figure that at least they’re also forced to exhibit the dumber mascot.
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No Good News for Canucks
by Alanah McGinley on 11/02/07 at 02:57 PM ET
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From Sportsnet.ca alerts:
“Kevin Bieksa out 6-8 weeks (lacerated calf muscle). Sami Salo out 4 weeks (broken nose surgery).”
Alas. But then, who needs defense when you have great offense?
(Oh, wait…)
Update - Couple Other Notes
(1) Luc Bourdon has been called up from the Manitoba Moose.
(2) No trades, signings or other deals are forthcoming. Not a big surprise.
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Stop the Bleeding
by Alanah McGinley on 11/02/07 at 03:39 AM ET
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Nashville vs Vancouver: 3-0. And it was already 2-0 for the Predators just 9 minutes into the game, Nashville’s first two shots ending up on the scoreboard.
But it improved, Roberto Luongo facing 3 more shots by the end of 40 minutes, rocketing his save percentage up to a delightful .600. (Ugh.)
Thursday night was Vancouver’s delayed Halloween performance: a bloody mess of a game, and in more ways than one.
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Alain Vigneault vs The Canucks
by Alanah McGinley on 11/01/07 at 11:40 AM ET
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The team’s issues began to spill over publicly when Markus Naslund made a personal observation about the Canucks scoring issues:
“(I)nstead of supporting one another or making a play, we’re either just flipping the puck out or flipping it in and then have to go chasing after it. We’re not getting enough chances and I think we have to work too hard to get our chances compared to other teams.
“I think we’re throwing away way too many pucks instead of trying to be creative and not giving the puck away when we’ve got it.”
With Naslund under-producing in recent years, many dismissed his comments quickly, either accusing him of undermining his own team, or suggesting that since he himself wasn’t getting the job done, he had no right to critique the system.
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Pardon This Interruption…
by Alanah McGinley on 10/31/07 at 05:06 PM ET
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But it would appear that Michael Wilbon—Washington Post columnist and co-host of ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption”—is dressed up for Halloween on the air today as a Vancouver Canuck.
Yes indeed. The number on the sleeve of his jersey is just ‘07… so no particular player is the target. Just the whole freakin’ team.
Some screenshots I just took:
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The Joys of PPV (and Other Canucks Fan Injustices)
by Alanah McGinley on 10/29/07 at 07:33 PM ET
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An email from a friend today is rather illuminating about what it’s like to be a Canucks fan lately. Hard to know whether to laugh or cry. (well, not really—“crying” is pretty much where it’s at…)
Michael (who, incidentally, happens to be the author of this great hockey book) writes:
Last night, while channel surfing during a World Series commercial break, I stumbled across the Canucks’ pay per view game against the perfidious Red Wings, apparently being aired gratis on Shaw Cable, channel 4 here in Vancouver. I called a couple of friends to let them know about this apparent pay per view promotion—of which I had heard nary an inkling—and we all settled in to watch the rest of the game, as it was now late in the first period.
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Secret of Detroit’s Success
by Alanah McGinley on 10/28/07 at 03:15 AM ET
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There is nothing but hard science behind this latest innovation in pre-game workouts, as developed by coach Mike Babcock. On this top-secret footage, you can see his Detroit Red Wings as they prepare for their match against Vancouver on Sunday. Impressive stuff.
Also very gratifying to see The Dominator’s hip is looking so much better.
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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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