<table align="center" border="0" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/02/chuckstanley_sm.jpg" align="left" hspace="4">Summer means blockbuster movies and blockbuster NHL free agent signings. The similarities between the two could spark another Oliver Stone conspiracy theory. 1. Great expectations often become great disappointment. One evening many years ago, a friend called and asked if I wanted to go to a movie.
<table align="center" border="0" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/02/chuckstanley_sm.jpg" align="left" hspace="4">For the Vancouver Canucks, change is imminent. The team needs more speed, grit and offensive talent if they hope to make the playoffs and contend for the Stanley Cup next year. Almost all Canuck fans realize this, but they may not realize just how soon that change may come. Team history suggests that th
<table align="center" border="0" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/02/chuckstanley_sm.jpg" align="left" hspace="4">Think back to the recently completed Masters golf tournament. Trevor Immelman, a young and relatively inexperienced player, performed beautifully through the first 71 holes and went to the last tee with a 3 shot lead. A standing ovation, a green jacket and golf immortality were a mere 400-odd yards away
<table align="center" border="0" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/02/chuckstanley_sm.jpg" align="left" hspace="4">Just the thought of Pavel Bure turning 37 on March 31 was enough to make my head spin (it was either that or the scotch I was drinking during the Canucks/Flames game the night before). So many thoughts run through my head as I think about it, such as: It’s no secret that the Canucks are a little shor
<table align="center" border="0" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/02/chuckstanley_sm.jpg" align="left" hspace="4">As the NHL playoffs draw near, so too does one of my hockey pet peeves. I’ve never understood how any loyal Canuck fan could cheer for Northwest division rivals Calgary or Edmonton just because they’re based in Canada. I can remember watching the Stanley Cup final in 2004 and hearing many so-called C
<table align="center" border="0" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/02/chuckstanley_sm.jpg" align="left" hspace="4">For two years before he went on the disabled list, Brendan Morrison was cursed by being “hurt but not too hurt”. He had his share of nagging injuries, a hip injury and a sports hernia for starters, but nothing severe enough to definitely keep him out of the line-up. As Morrison prepares to return to the
<table align="center" border="0" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/02/chuckstanley_sm.jpg" align="left" hspace="4">The NHL’s trading deadline is February 26. For hockey fans, it’s Christmas all over again. Canuck fans are nestled all snug in their beds, with visions of Mats Sundin on the power play dancing in their heads. Some fans, sadly, are like the kid who wants a pony for Christmas. They have such high expect
