Archive for October, 2009

By admin | October 30, 2009

Biggest Draft Steals in Hockey History

Biggest Draft Steals in Hockey History
Author: Eurotraveler
Hockey players just love to prove the scouts wrong. Teams take a huge amount of heat from fans and media alike when they bet the farm on a player who seems like a lock to become a star in the NHL, but ultimately turns out to be a bust. [...]

By admin | October 29, 2009

Mitchell is a big hit

In the early weeks of this 2009/2010 NHL season you would hear a lot of Canucks fans expressing their dislike of Willie Mitchell’s play. The fierceness, determination, and outright punishment seemed to have vanished completely from his game. No longer did was he laying down punishing hits on the opposition, making them think twice about [...]

By admin | October 29, 2009

Canucks injuries continue to pile up

Every team goes through injury problems throughout the season, but the Canucks seem to be plagued with them so far early in the 2009-2010 NHL season. This year Canucks have already lost many key players to injury.
Schneider, Salo, and Rypien have just recently returned to the lineup, but the Canucks are still missing key players [...]

By admin | October 28, 2009

Roberto Luongo injured

Roberto Luongo will be out for approximately 1-3 weeks due to a hairline fracture of the ribs. The original injury apparently happened during Saturday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers.
Roberto Luongo re-aggravated the injury sometime during the game against Detroit, the same game that saw the Canucks lose Ryan Johnson when he crashed awkwardly into the [...]