Willes: Three thoughts on Saturday’s Canucks-Kings game in Beijing
1. The penalties (or lack thereof) Thursday night’s game in Shanghai was reduced to a special team’s contest with the two teams combining for 17 power plays. Saturday night’s affair in Beijing, which...
View ArticleBlues 4, Canucks 3 (OT): What we learned
Twenty games in, and no one can be sure what to make of the Vancouver Canucks. The team is now going on a six-game road trip that should show a lot about where they are at this season. They looked...
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The Provies: Flowvember reprised, the Rodin situation, and the Walker situation
BEST REACTION He is a silent assassin. The bringer of chill. The King of Calm. The midwestern heart mixed with this California cool. Brock Boeser is as tranquil a goal scorer as you’ll ever see. And as...
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Canucks 5 Flyers 2: Boeser shines as his road warriors beat Bullies
PHILADELPHIA — In the City of Brotherly Love, Jakub Voracek welcomed his former teammate Tuesday by whistling a puck at Sam Gagner, who was guarding his net at the end of the pre-game warm-up. What a...
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Canucks 5, Penguins 2: Bring on Calder, Jack Adams for surprising crew
PITTSBURGH — The word is out. The NHL Television Network was going ga-ga Wednesday during its pre-game run about those “surprising” Vancouver Canucks. One analyst trumpeted rookie Brock Boeser as the...
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Canucks Post Game: Boeser’s power move, Nilsson’s robbery, Pouliot’s minutes,...
PITTSBURGH — Points to ponder as Brock Boeser gathers Calder Trophy steam, Travis Green gathers Jack Adams consideration, Anders Nilsson gathers his game and Derrick Pouliot gathers momentum in a 5-2...
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Game day Canucks: Friday date with the Devils on Jersey shore
Brock Boeser, right, and Sven Baertschi will be in New Jersey to face the Devils on Friday. The Big Matchup Cory Schneider vs. Brock Boeser What happens when the unstoppable force meets the immovable...
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The Provies: Planet earth calls, the Goldy situation and the Revenge of the...
BEST SAME AS IT EVER WAS In the height of the Boeser euphoria, everything seemed possible. Dreams were big. Playoffs were mentioned. People didn’t laugh. Well, not everyone. Quietly, however, in a...
View ArticleWild 5 Canucks 2: Vancouver much too mild to tame the Wild
The Brock Boeser injury didn’t get any easier to stomach on Friday. The Vancouver Canucks improved, but clearly lacked the impact player the NHL squad needs to beat a team like the Minnesota Wild....
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The Provies: The Tank job, the Boeser hangover, the Dowd thing and unwrapping...
BEST WORRIED NOT WORRIED Jussi Jokinen is everything that is right with the Canucks. And everything that’s wrong, too. When it was over, he was leaning on his locker stall, his face bloodied and...
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