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CCC - Clay's Canucks Commentary for February 23, 2012: The Way It Is (Haters Gonna Hate)

With the Vancouver Canucks' thrilling 4-3 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings, the Canucks ended Detroit's impressive 23-game winning streak at home and pulled within a point of Western Conference-leading Red Wings (and with a game in hand). Despite the Canucks' great play of late, they were still named as the Most Overrated Team in the recent NHLPA Player Poll conducted by Hockey Night in Canada. In this Clay's Canucks Commentary, I look at some of the reasons why the Canucks are deem

Canuck Clay

Canuck Clay

Is The Slump Over For The Vancouver Canucks?

IS THE SLUMP OVER FOR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS? Imagine what they are feeling right now. Booth. Luongo. The Sedin's. The pressure cooker of the playoffs fast approaching. We are just 22 games away from a time when every game means the world and every save makes your heart gently murmur against the back of your chest. The look of despair on the ice as a 3-1 goal in the third sinks the spirit for a moment. Your workplace becomes a flutter with Oiler and Flames and Leafs fans looking at you l

stetmoney

stetmoney

CCC - Clay's Canucks Commentary for February 11, 2012: Your Favourite Hockey Memory (Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada)

My son Sean and I took in the festivities at the Richmond Olympic Oval for the Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada celebration on Saturday, February 11, 2012. We were able to witness a celebrity ball hockey game, some junior hockey, street hockey, NHL awards, NHL Hall of Fame exhibit and much more. We also met Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, legendary broadcaster Jim Robson, and Captain Canuck himself, Trevor Linden (look for a video blog soon on http://www.canuckshockeyblog.com) I, along with

Canuck Clay

Canuck Clay

The fire still burns

Over the course of the next few months BrowntoBure will be scouring North America, speaking to a fan from each NHL city to find out the answer to the question that just won't seem to go away. Why do they hate us? First up, one of Vancouver's oldest foes, The Calgary Flames. Today we caught up with Trevor Martins, producer of the Sekeres and Price show. Which airs 10am-2pm, Monday to Friday on the Team1040 in Vancouver. Here's what he had to say: So living in Vancouver, how exactly di

BrowntoBure

BrowntoBure

Oh how Swede it is!

Ever since the Canucks drafted Henrik and Daniel Sedin in the 1999 entry draft, people knew that then GM Brian Burke had drafted two kids who were one day gonna be special players in this league offensively, and that they were. In the first few years of their NHL careers, fans, media and NHL analysts across North America weren't seeing what was previously advertised. In the years that followed, while both Daniel and Henrik showed signs of being the players that they were hyped up to be, people d

BrowntoBure

BrowntoBure

Where's The Emotion?

Ever notice that all the Canuck games that have lots of emotion and penalties happen on the road? Games that are played at Rogers arena seem very sterile. The fans make a lot of noise when the Canucks score but that’s about it. Playing in Boston or Chicago seems to have more emotion before and after goals, why is that? I feel that making noise has a direct effect on the way the game is been refereed, and has an effect on how the players perform, our fans sit on their hands most of the game.

knowitall3

knowitall3

CCC -- Clay's Canucks Commentary for January 29, 2012: The Last Shall be First (All-Star Edition)

The NHL held its annual All-Star game this past weekend in Ottawa, with Team Chara defeating Team Alfredsson (with 3 Canucks) by a score of 12-9. The All-Star festivities kicked off with the Draft on Thursday night in which San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture was selected 38th overall...or last. While some people dismissed it as no big deal, in this CCC I argue that it is indeed a big deal to be picked last, even if it’s from a pool of 40 elite NHL players. Through it all, Couture handl

Canuck Clay

Canuck Clay

Trade Deadline Possibilities

Hey Guys doing my first ever blog and i want to know what you guys think with these trades: To Edmonton - Keith Ballard + 3rd rounder To Vancouver - Ales Hemsky Both are first round draft picks Balllard 11th overall and Hemsky was 13th a year apart. Both teams need the players as for Edmonton they need the top 4 Dman and Keith Should be one mking 4.2M a season.With Kesler and Booth on the 2nd line with Hemsky would be scary to see. To Carolina - Mason Raymond + 2nd rounder To Vancouve

Hudzie

Hudzie

Move the Sedins?

The Vancouver Canucks have reached a point in their history that just competing for the Staney Cup is not enough. It's time we made the moves that on first look might sound ridiculous , trading the Sedins know makes me sound like a nut job, scoring titles Hart trophies etc. Nicest guys you'd want to meet,friendly good to the media, fans and have done an amazing job with the charity's such as Canuck place. But great citizens don't win us Stanley cups, hard too play against players win in the grin

knowitall3

knowitall3

CCC - Clay's Canucks Commentary for January 22, 2012: Proposed New Canucks Superskills Events

I took my family to the annual Vancouver Canucks Superskills event at Rogers Arena and was generally entertained by all of the events: puck control relay, fastest skater, shooting accuracy, hardest shot, and breakaway challenge (footage included in video). As I was watching however, I started to think of ways the Canucks could keep this event fresh and it dawned on me that they could add a bunch of new events. Imagine contests for Hardest Hipcheck, Shot Blocking, Spitting, and Best Hairdo.

Canuck Clay

Canuck Clay

CCC - Clay's Canucks Commentary for January 15, 2012: Welcome Back David Booth

As the Vancouver Canucks kick-off a 6-game home-stand, they welcome forward David Booth back to the line-up after he missed 6 weeks with a knee injury. Booth gives the Canucks more scoring depth, more flexibility, and reunites the American Express line (Booth, Higgins and Kesler). Booth has quickly become my favourite player, and I can't wait to see what he brings with his return. http://www.canuckclay.com http://www.twitter.com/canuckclay

Canuck Clay

Canuck Clay

Proficient Handyman at Your Service!

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gregor12

Ballard versus Rome and our depth D: Is there really any favourtism by AV?

There are lots of stats you can trot out to make an argument of one versus the other, or that this obviously shows AV is playing favourites versus this stat shows he's playing the guys who provide the best chance to win. Many have tried to use subjective statements to show how obvious it must be, or even the basic stats used by the NHL every day. Well, I wanted to try and show the reality of how our defencemen our performing beyond our top 4. Settle in for a (hopefully) good read if you're wi

elvis15

elvis15

Marchand's Clipping Suspension and Comparisons to Hamhuis' SCF Hipcheck on Lucic

I came up with this a little earlier and posted the screencapture to my deviantart account, but I'll link them all here. Let's start with the Youtube video: And the screencapture: And now the main part of the whole ordeal, I got this going after so many people tried to say all hipchecks were illegal as a result of this ruling, and they commented on Ballard and Hamhuis as frequent hipcheckers. They also brought up Raymond's hit which is less defensable, but I wanted to clear the ai

elvis15

elvis15

The 'C' word

C is for consistency, something the Canucks have been starting to find as of late. Consistency in the power play (save for a little dry spell), consistency in goaltending, and most importantly, consistency in getting wins. However, if I were writing this post a couple of weeks ago, I would not be singing the same tune. After losses to Calgary, Columbus and Carolina and victories against Detroit, Minnesota, and San Jose, I was left wondering what team would show up on game night. At times the Can

CanucksAtHome

CanucksAtHome

What will we see come Feb. 27th?

As the season goes on, it becomes easier to distinguish who will be looking to sell come deadline, and who will want to spend come deadline. While some people think we need that one piece to "put us over the top", its unlikely Mike Gillis makes much more of a splash than he did last year. A couple 3rd round picks, and some contract moves and we end up with Chris Higgins and Maxim Lapierre. The bulk of Canucks fans were left scratching their heads, and searching Hockeydb to get an idea of

malHOEtra

malHOEtra

Big Fish

The San Choké Sharks (wait for it, unbiased journalism) are rapidly becoming Vancouver’s arch-nemeses (according to everyone outside of St. Paul), largely in part because of resident Carcharodon carcharias Joe Thornton’s crazy antics. This is a welcome rivalry for Canucks fans for a number of less intrusive reasons. Read more @ Hash Mark Hax!

Hax

Hax

Canucks Christmas Carol: Under the Minneso (Parody of Justin Bieber's Mistletoe)

For this special edition of Clay's Canucks Commentary, I pull a few friends together for the 2nd annual Canucks Christmas Carol. You'll recognize my friends Joseph and Jason from last year, as well as my sons Sean and Jacob. Oh yeah...and Kevin the foreign exchange student. Last year we put together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuJfZVDEHj0. This year, we go bigger and better as we welcome Oggy, Patrick and "Game Day" dudes Andrew and Chris. Inspired by Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe", our

Canuck Clay

Canuck Clay

Vancouver: 0, Vegas: 2

Thursday night saw the Vancouver Canucks lose their second straight contest to a team whose play has been so poor that they’ve earned “terrible pun moniker” status. How could this happen? A possible reason why the ‘nucks lost this game has to be because the NHL officials are obviously biased. They made that clear by allowing six Hurr-durr-icane man-advantages, otherwise making non-calls and swallowing their whistles (Vancouver had one 1:43-minute opportunity) throughout the contest.

Hax

Hax

The message is TOML. TOML is the message.

Control is TOML. TOML is control. TOML posts this: And Crosby falls to another round of un-Gretzky-like head injuries. TOML posts this: And Chara falls to the first significant injury he's had in years. TOML posts this: And Wellwood vanishes statistically again while Evander Kane takes over. TOML posts this: And Brian Burke bans media outlets and blocks twitter access to all those who don't fall in line with his controlling message in TO. TOML posts this: --

TOMapleLaughs

TOMapleLaughs

Attention Louie The season starts in September not December!

Attention Louie: The season starts in September not December! Why is it every year it takes you a quarter of the season to get into top form? Granted you played a lot of hockey last year but, still it shouldn't take you this long to get back into top form. I know I'm being picky,so what else is new, but if we are going to win the cup at some point during your tenure here. You have to come out of the gate with a more consistent game. Maybe it's because, in the past you have had to carry the load

Superfan91

Superfan91

Kiddo's to the Canucks

Kiddo's to the Canucks. You all played one h-e double hockey sticks of a game last night against Calgary! Last nights game was a great all round effort by everyone on the team. Louie, you played by far the best game I have ever seen you play and I have been at every home game you have ever played as a Canuck. This team so much better when they play as five man units. When all five men go on offense together and when all five men go on defense together. Bottom line, The is no I in team. As long a

Superfan91

Superfan91

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