The Canucks fire Gillis. Oh happy god damn day. Finally. If only we could rewind the last year or so of decisions this jackwagon has made. Only had to piss away two All-Star caliber goalies, lock up some aging veterans to illogical contracts, replace a stuffed shirt coach with a goon, and turn the farm…
Unbridled optimism or hopelessly naive? You make the call: In a story relating how a team gave up seven goals in the third in a game they had been leading 3 – 0, on their way to their twelfth loss in fourteen games, be sure to mention how they’re still four points out from the…
We may occasionally burn down the city when things go awry in Game 7. We may be current owners of the longest running NHL losing streak. Half our team may be suffering from upper and lower body injuries. Our coach may be an angry freak of nature. We may have been gooning our way across…
In the past I’ve made no bones about rather having Cory Schneider in goal rather than Roberto Luongo. Schneider is the more technically adept goalie. He has likely has better instincts. Most importantly, however, he isn’t prone to the kinds of meltdowns that turn Luongo into merely an above-average NHL goalie. On the other hand,…