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Forget the Bollocks... Here's the Draft!

Here's another look at the upcoming NHL draft, complete with analysis on team needs, who the risers are, the fallers, and those players we should avoid, with a focus on the top prospects available, of course. Since Benning indicated we're going to likely be addressing team needs in this draft due to our position in it, here's a look at what the team needs actually are: Canucks Team Needs: We all know about our center depth by now. Cassels, Horvat, McCann and I suppose Gaunce and Lab

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2015 Draft Mid-Term Preview - Defensemen

Since the Canucks are very likely looking at drafting a defenseman in the 1st round of 2015 NHL entry draft, I figured it was appropiate to look at some past trends of drafts so we can learn which types of prospects succeed and which fail. Here's a look at trends from some past 1st round defense draft choices. I chose years 2007-2009 as a sample size because by now their career paths are established. (Sorry, no pretty charts) (year, junior league, drafted at, size, draft year production, pr

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How to Build a Good Hockey Team

How to Build a Good Hockey Team This isn't about 'Get Crosby and all the great hockey players here. What's the problem?' This is more about what types of players to have, the minutes they should be able to play, and the roles they should be able to play. Also addresses basic concepts like taking advantage of low qualcomp opportunities, etc. 1. Bigger is Better. No, you don't need a team full of behemoths, but you have to consider that in the playoffs it gets a lot harder to get

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2014 NHL Draft Rankings

Every year there's a lot of hype made by various bloggers and media outlets on various players with a fairly good chance to be a bust in the NHL. Why is this? To give desperate Canadian hockey fans a fantastical pot of gold chance at the end of the undersized rainbow? Or do the players themselves lobby on speed and skill factors to try to climb in the draft? Who knows. All I know is that there should be a no-nonsense, cut the bull edition of draft rankings put out there so we educated fans

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Not Classy To Complain About the Classic

The Canucks put on a great show today at BC place, which was full of 50,000 plus fans. A great sunday outing for families, which was marked on everyone's calendar since it was announced, the event featured great music, great festivities, great weather (should have uncovered it perhaps if there was snow), and yes, a reasonably great game of hockey. The Canucks and Senators, who aren't offical 'rivals' by any stretch, put up an extreme physical effort for a classic game and matched each other

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The Canucks Should Start Acquiring More Truly Great Players - A History

I posted this in the proposals section, but it probably doesn't belong there as proposals are more specific, like 'trade for Stamkos' etc. And that OP is just too epic. So I made it into a blog. It's my first entry and likely last one for awhile. Thanks for reading if you decide to. The Canucks Should Start Acquiring More Truly Great Players - A History The Sedins are great players, but still down the list of ALL-TIME greats. Bure was better. Probably the best Canuck of all tim

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