Sunday, October 14, 2007
Three-For-Edmonton
It's been a great weekend for Vancouver fans and a horrible one for those from the *ahem* city of champions. The Canucks, of course, bounced back from that debacle of a Flyers game and took both games of a home-and-home, back-to-back set against the Edmonton Oilers. For good measure, the BC Lions also pulled a 24-18 win over the Eskimos after trailing for the first 56 minutes of the game.
Good times, good times.
On Friday night in Edmonton, the Canucks rode Rick Rypien's return to the roster and Roberto Luongo's goaltending en route to a 5-2 win. They played better than they did on Wednesday, though admittedly, they were outplayed for large stretches of that game. Thankfully, Louie was great and Garon and Roloson weren't and the Canucks extended their win streak against the Oilers to six consecutive games.
On Saturday in Vancouver, the Canucks made it seven straight wins against the Oilers. They won 4-1 and were full value for the victory. Louie made some great saves, the defense was solid and made very few mistakes, Morrison and Naslund combined for a goal and two assists, and the Sedins once again dominated.
Ah yes, the Sedins. They recorded five points (2G-3A) last night - they combined for seven points (3G-4A) for the weekend - and now have 31 points in their last ten games against Edmonton. And on one memorable powerplay shift, they toyed with the Oilers, hemmed them in their zone for 2:20, and scored the Canucks' second goal of the night. If you missed it, a video clip of the shift is already on Youtube:
More recaps from the mainstream:
Monday night against the San Jose Sharks.
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Good times, good times.
On Friday night in Edmonton, the Canucks rode Rick Rypien's return to the roster and Roberto Luongo's goaltending en route to a 5-2 win. They played better than they did on Wednesday, though admittedly, they were outplayed for large stretches of that game. Thankfully, Louie was great and Garon and Roloson weren't and the Canucks extended their win streak against the Oilers to six consecutive games.
On Saturday in Vancouver, the Canucks made it seven straight wins against the Oilers. They won 4-1 and were full value for the victory. Louie made some great saves, the defense was solid and made very few mistakes, Morrison and Naslund combined for a goal and two assists, and the Sedins once again dominated.
Ah yes, the Sedins. They recorded five points (2G-3A) last night - they combined for seven points (3G-4A) for the weekend - and now have 31 points in their last ten games against Edmonton. And on one memorable powerplay shift, they toyed with the Oilers, hemmed them in their zone for 2:20, and scored the Canucks' second goal of the night. If you missed it, a video clip of the shift is already on Youtube:
More recaps from the mainstream:
- Quick-fix Rick does the trick. (Ben Kuzma, Vancouver Province)
- Got any more messages? (Ben Kuzma, Vancouver Province)
- Edmonton's less-than-champ weekend. (Tony Gallagher, Vancouver Province)
- Hot issues. (Vancouver Province)
- Canucks extend streak. (Joanne Ireland, Edmonton Journal)
- Hannah posts her thoughts from Friday and Saturday.
- The Chief Canuck raves about the Canucks' balanced scoring on Friday and raves more about the play of the Sedins and Brendan Morrison on Saturday.
- Relive Friday night's win with Mike the Yankee Canuck's liveblog.
Monday night against the San Jose Sharks.
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Making The Cut
The way Ryan Shannon and Mason Raymond played in the preseason, it wasn't a surprise that they survived the Canucks' final cuts (Gordon McIntyre, Vancouver Province):
Those who weren't as lucky (Elliott Pap, Vancouver Sun):
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One came to camp expecting to make the team, the other isn't taking anything for granted yet, but both deserve to be Canucks based on merit.Hopefully, both will not only inject some speed in the lineup, but some scoring as well (Jim Jamieson, Vancouver Province):
Ryan Shannon and Mason Raymond made the final cut, surprising some who didn't think there would be room on the roster for two small speedsters.
Both made it impossible for coach Alain Vigneault to send either down to Manitoba.
Canucks captain Markus Naslund said he welcomes any addition to team speed.Alex Edler and Nathan McIver are also with the team for now.
"Any guy that comes in and has skill and speed and understands the game is going to help us," he said. "Obviously, they've looked at what we've been missing and the offensive part of our team has room for improvement. I think it'll be a good fit to bring these guys in and give them a chance to show they can help us out."
Based on lines at practice Monday, Raymond was back with the Sedin twins, while Shannon was with Naslund and Ryan Kesler.
"It's great to have speed, but it's a matter of doing something with your speed," Naslund said of Shannon and Raymond. "These guys seem to be able to do things at full speed and know where they're going and where to put the puck."
Those who weren't as lucky (Elliott Pap, Vancouver Sun):
Former first-round picks Luc Bourdon and Michael Grabner were among eight players cut Monday by the Vancouver Canucks.Here are the rest of today's links:
Bourdon, selected 10th overall in 2005, and Grabner, chosen 14th in 2006, were equally mediocre throughout training camp and the pre-season so their demotions came as no surprise.
Bourdon and Grabner will be joined in Manitoba by oft-injured Rick Rypien, Mike Brown, Patrick Coulombe, Jason Jaffray and Jannik Hansen, the latter out with a broken thumb.
Veteran defenceman Dan McGillis, in camp on a tryout, was released.
- Speed is what kills. (Elliott Pap, Vancouver Sun)
- First-round picks hear the call of the Moose. (Elliott Pap, Vancouver Sun)
- Experiment worth a try. (Ed Willes, Vancouver Province)
- Odd-man-out Rypien shouldn't have trouble finding way back here. (Jim Jamieson, Vancouver Province)
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Camp Quick Links - 09/14/2007
I'm late for work so I'll comment more later. In the meantime, there's lots and lots and lots of Canucks coverage from training camp in today's MSM:
- Luongo unhurt in training camp collisions. (Jim Jamieson, Vancouver Province)
- Twins must redouble effort. (Jason Botchford, Vancouver Province)
- This Dane's not great, but he sure is good. (Jason Botchford, Vancouver Province)
- Working on defensive depth. (Ben Kuzma, Vancouver Province)
- Rypien ready to fight for job. (Ben Kuzma, Vancouver Province)
- Less fighting, more skating at training camps. (Jim Jamieson, Vancouver Province)
- Old boys network begins to improve team. (Tony Gallagher, Vancouver Province)
- Fall guys. (Iain MacIntyre, Vancouver Sun)
- Rick's letting Ryp. (Elliott Pap, Vancouver Sun)
- Future, meet the present. (Cleve Dheensaw, Victoria Times Colonist)
- Now, it's all about fitness. (Sharie Epp, Victoria Times Colonist)
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