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Dan Cloutier and the Canucks
by Alanah McGinley on 03/10/08 at 04:39 PM ET
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From the Vancouver Sun:
Two years and one lifetime—it seems—since he left the Vancouver Canucks, Dan Cloutier finally gets to play against his former team tonight as the embattled goalie clings to his National Hockey League career with the Los Angeles Kings.
Cloutier, whose has endured an avalanche of professional hardship since he was traded to the Kings in July, 2006 after the Canucks acquired netminder Roberto Luongo, will play just his seventh NHL game this season.
I don’t know what the bookmakers have on this game, though the odds surely can’t be good for L.A. But still… Luongo vs Cloutier? Considering our luck with goalies, it’s just as likely to be the setup for one of those really brutal Life Lessons For Canucks Fans.
Nothing’s ever as easy as it should be—but it would be nice if tonight were the exception.
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Canucks -154 (OT Included)
Not bad if you want to make some money off the Canucks 
Posted by Shane from Saskatoon on 03/10/08 at 04:46 PM ET
Laker -- Such a dark thought, being owned by the #30 ranked team in the league this season. (Although I suppose it’s still better than actually being the #30 ranked team in the league...)
Shane -- I know you’re an Avs fan and everything, but have a heart… bet on us!
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 03/10/08 at 05:28 PM ET
Cloutier V Luongo...this is going to be something pretty.
Posted by Mike from NYC on 03/10/08 at 06:57 PM ET
The thing I find most humorous is that Canucks let Clout play the #1 spot for how many years? and LA already has him playing 2nd string.
Good for them, I say. 
We nucks apparently aren’t quick enough on the when-to-realize-cloutier-sucks front.
Posted by LOUiE from Cowtown on 03/10/08 at 07:45 PM ET
Cloutier looked okay actually.
He still seems to overplay the puck though. Vs. Luongo/Brodeur style that more seem to let the puck him them.
Posted by Laker from dapuddle on 03/11/08 at 02:36 PM ET
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The Kings have owned the Canucks this year!
Posted by Laker from dapuddle on 03/10/08 at 04:44 PM ET