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Canucks Will Pounce on Oilers Without Tortorella, Sedin

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 21, 2014

So this will be the first game the Vancouver Canucks will be without out suspended coach John Tortorella and also the first time in 679 games Henrik Sedin won’t be in the Vancouver lineup. Neither of those omissions will make much difference tonight when they visit the Edmonton Oilers. No matter your stance on the...

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Tuesday's Best NHL Betting Picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 17, 2013

Puck Luck – Dec. 17 2013  Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Islanders (-110, 5.5) The Lightning have managed to stay above water with sniper Steven Stamkos on the sidelines thanks to some great work from Martin St. Louis and goaltender Ben Bishop. St. Louis leads the team with 14 goals and 31 points, while...

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Monday's Best NHL Betting Picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 9, 2013

NFL Puck Luck Philadelphia Flyers at Ottawa Senators (-145, 5.5) If oddsmakers are going to keep making the Flyers solid underdogs on the road, you’re going to have to keep giving them a long look. Still, Philadelphia will be without centre Vincent Lecavalier longer than expected as he has been diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture...

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Thursday's Best NHL Picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 28, 2013

Puck Luck Vancouver Canucks at Ottawa Senators (+120, 5) The Canucks have dropped seven of their last eight but coach John Tortorella is trying to stay positive. The club is struggling offensively with just a single goal in five games during this slide. That said, the Canucks are generating a ton of scoring chances over...

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Cory Schneider vs. Roberto Loungo as Devils visit Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 7, 2013

After answering questions about Roberto Luongo for more than a year, what’s a few more for New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider? After battling to be the No. 1 goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks for the last few years, Roberto Luongo will be in one net and Cory Schneider in the other when the Devils...

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John Tortorella Issues Twitter Warning to Vancouver Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 11, 2013

When John Tortorella issued a public warning to his Vancouver Canucks about airing the team’s dirty laundry over social media, he might as well have just sent a tweet to Roberto Luongo’s widely known Twitter handle @strombone1. Next to Phoenix Coyotes tough guy Paul Bissonnette (@BizNasty2point0), Luongo is probably the NHL’s most prolific tweeter –...

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Roberto Luongo cameos in Canucks fans’ tribute song

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 14, 2013

Vancouver Canucks fans are trying to mend the relationship between veteran goaltender Roberto Luongo and the club through song and it appears as though the veteran netminder is doing his part to let bygones be bygones. Luongo has a short appearance in a song called “Big Old Goal,” a video produced by NHL blogger Harrison...

Hockey

Team Canada Sochi 2014: Don’t give Luongo No. 1 job just yet

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 23, 2013

Team Canada Mike Babcock has more than enough talent to work with on the 2014 Winter Olympic hockey squad, but the club’s biggest decision will likely come down to which goaltender the team will ride throughout the tournament. This winter it will come down to Roberto Luongo, Carey Price, Corey Crawford, Mike Smith and Braden...

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Canucks GM Mike Gillis to visit Roberto Luongo in Florida

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 12, 2013

The curious soap opera between Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks took yet another twist with news that GM Mike Gillis plans to visit the goaltender in his Florida home to clear the air. Gillis had better not book a return ticket for the same day, because this meeting could take a while. The Canucks...

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Could coach John Tortorella fix the Vancouver Canucks?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: June 13, 2013

This much we know: former New York Rangers coach John Tortorella reportedly met with the Vancouver Canucks about their head coach vacancy earlier this week. At this point, that’s about all we know, but that hasn’t slowed the speculation and rumors at all. By Thursday afternoon, there were rumblings on Twitter that Tortorella could be...

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Many Offseason Changes Expected for the Vancouver Canucks

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: May 8, 2013

The knives are out in Vancouver. Now that the Canucks have been knocked out in the first round of the NHL playoffs — for the second straight season — the talk has turned to who will pay the price for the consecutive debacles. After the first two games in Vancouver, it was obvious to most...

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Canucks' Kevin Bieksa Doesn’t Remember Low Blow on Havlat

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 3, 2013

You know it’s NHL playoff season when players start coming down with awful cases of amnesia. They might remember all of their career stats from a long and storied hockey career, but suddenly can’t recall a cheap shot he delivered just a couple of hours ago. Vancouver Canucks veteran defenceman Kevin Bieksa is just the...

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NHL West Playoff Preview: Ready for Battle

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 30, 2013

It’s been known for awhile which Western Conference teams will face each other when the playoffs begin. Most of the top-seeded teams are expected to win, but expectations and production can change suddenly as games and series grind on in the NHL playoffs; that’s why the Stanley Cup is regarded as one of the toughest...

Tennis

Tennis Canada Star Milos Raonic Set for Serbia and Alex Burrows?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 10, 2013

Raonic sets sights high after Team Canada’s historic Davis Cup victory At this point, Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic will take on all comers – including Vancouver Canucks forward Alex Burrows. After Burrows watched Raonic lead Team Canada to its historic 3-1 victory over Italy in their Davis Cup quarterfinal tie, the veteran hockey player...

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Goaltender Luongo's 'Quote Of the Year' Reveals Frustration

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 6, 2013

“My contract sucks.” With those three little words, Vancouver Canucks netminder Roberto Luongo (pictured) laid bare the core problem of his situation. He’s not getting much sympathy for his statement, but perhaps he can be admired a little for his honesty. No one held a gun to his head when he signed a 12-year, $64-million...

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Rumour Mill In Overdrive as NHL Trade Deadline Approaches

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 1, 2013

Let’s get this out of the way first: because this story was posted after noon on Monday, this is not an April Fools prank. There is also no joking around when it comes to discussing the National Hockey League trade deadline at 3 PM Eastern time on Wednesday, April 3. Between now and then, all...

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NHL Saturday Give and Go: Questioning the Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 1, 2013

Saturday’s NHL Preview, Odds and Picks Since we’re closing in on the midway point of the NHL season, we figured it was high time we get a weekly column together. Frank will check in on a handful of Saturday’s games, giving his picks. What you go do with those picks are entirely up to you....

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Northwest Division Preview: Canucks See Rivals on Horizon

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: January 15, 2013

First place in the Northwest has been the exclusive possession of the Vancouver Canucks for the past few seasons, but now some contenders are emerging to challenge their dominance of the division. NHL props NHL futures Calgary Flames The season hasn’t even started yet, but already things are going less than smoothly for some of...

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Kassian, Hodgson Off to Good Starts for Wolves, Americans

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: October 22, 2012

They should be playing in the NHL, but of course they can’t right now. Still, they need to be on the ice, and so far it’s gone well for Zack Kassian and Cody Hodgson early in the 2012-13 American Hockey League season. Marquee players involved in a trade between the Buffalo Sabres and the Vancouver...

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Hockey Analyst Adds Fuel to Luongo-to-Leafs Rumours

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: October 19, 2012

The lack of NHL games certainly isn’t stopping the NHL rumour mill. On Friday, Sportsnet.ca analyst John Shannon posted an opinion column where he repeated what he said Wednesday night during a discussion on the Hockeycentral TV program shown on Rogers Sportsnet: he has heard “from a reputable source” that current Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto...