You can also catch some of my photos from Superskills as well. 

Not good… Edler’s done a great job of filling in on defence (good enough to get some Calder consideration even). Ohlund and Bieksa aren’t going to be back any time soon, so I guess this meets the “Canucks need to have three good defencemen injured at the same time every season” rule. Hopefully, Edler won’t miss too many games: I haven’t seen too much of Nathan McIver, but I don’t think he’s ready to play at Edler’s level yet. Also, those back spasms seem to be contagious: Isbister’s caught them too, according to the above Province article.

(By the way, on the skills competition: I was absolutely shocked to see Mike Brown almost win fastest skater (and beat Kesler). Did anyone know he was this fast?)

Hey what is that guy in the yellow suit doing on the ice? Doesn’t he play for Calgary?

Adversity builds champions.

John -- Thanks for pointing to your great photos. I should’ve linked them myself. Oops.

Andrew -- Edler’s been spooky good. But of course he would have to be… the current karma of the Canucks appears to be that “the better you are and the better you’re playing, the more likely it is you’ll be injured in the very near future.”

Thanks for pointing out the Isbister thing - I didn’t realize.  Stupid Superskills…

Ryan -- “Adversity builds champions”?  Perhaps I was wrong—maybe Canucks fans are capable of general and irrational optimism on occasion.

HA haha...a great, great post. That last photo and caption were just what I needed this morning.

That goalpost mentioned earlier, was that 1894 or 1994?  After all we are talking about another millenium right?

I mean Calgary and Edmonton were in game seven’s of the final way more recently.  Oh yeh, both those teams have actually won the Stanley Cup not just come close.  Oops very ow baby!!

Jeremy -- Thanks!  I’m glad you got a laugh.

E.E. Slosher -- Well, it’s a Canucks’ fans cross to bear… Calgary and Edmonton fans can throw their past success in our faces all they want. It doesn’t change the fact that a Canucks fan is entitled to hope, right? What else do we have, for godsakes?!

Off topic: what’s with the weird old school radio sales pitches on 1040?

I haven’t heard it. Or haven’t noticed it, anyway. (So I guess the pitch ain’t working so well on me.)

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I guess that they have won the big prize, the Royal Caribbean prize as it would be said in the UK. What could I say more than congratulations and that is a nice success to build on.