Our favorite circus in the NHL this season has to be the Tampa Bay Lightning. We won’t go over all the reasons again, but we’re sure there will be plenty more as the weeks go on. Yesterday, Bolts management realized that after getting man-handled by the Sens in their opening two games, that they needed […]
As the Minnesota Wild continue their futile attempt to sign Marian Gaborik past this season, The Vancouver Province is reporting that the Canucks may be very interested in seeing where these contract “negotiations” are going….
Gaborik wants to be paid in the same bracket as the game’s top players — i.e. in the $8- to $9-million […]
Quite honestly, this story shouldn’t come as a surprise. In the early summer we reported about how”well” an injured Wellwood was doing away from his tanking Maple Leafs (see pudge here). Now, we are somewhat unimpressed to report how lethargic Mr. Wellwood is at the Canucks’ team’s training camp. But hey, don’t take our word […]
Today’s rumor comes out of sunny rainy Vancouver. Canucks GM Mike Gillis is attempting to get as far as he can from comments he made last spring where he suggested that the Sedin twins may not be ideal building blocks for his team. Now depending on whether you see the twins as the only offense […]
Noted Vancouver Canucks pest Ryan Kesler is — according to him — about to get pestier. Last year’s shinning pest moment saw Chris Pronger lose his shit and stomp on Kesler’s calf with his skate. Sure, Pronger is occasionaly unstable, but you have to admire that fecal-stirring attitude that Kesler brings to each game. But […]
