Out of Town Notebook: Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Playoff Preview
Tom Wakefield breaks down each of the first round series in the NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
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Out of Town Notebook: Dealing with an Upper Body Injury
Sometimes in life you gotta play hurt. While fighting the flu bug, here now are this week’s thoughts on the fly: Just in case Canucks fans have been living under a rock, here’s what Mark Recchi said about the most arrogant team he’s ever played against. The great Terry Jones articulates what the current Edmonton Oilers freefall feels like. If a goalie is going to roam outside the crease, they make themselves vulnerable to contact. Ryan Miller wasn’t trying to make a save in traffic at the edges of his crease – he was skating 10-15 feet away from the...
Out of Town Notebook: Five GMs and Some Hard Decisions
[Every weekend, Canucks Hockey Blog goes out of town as Tom Wakefield (@tomwakefield88) posts his thoughts on what’s happening around the NHL.] Photo credit: Forbes As the NHL All-Star Game approaches (yawn), so too does the trade deadline and the final stretch towards the Stanley Cup playoffs. While there is some significant separation between playoff and non-playoff teams in the Eastern Conference, the Western Conference is a dogfight. With this in mind, here now are five GMs facing important decisions at this stage of the season. Doug Wilson, San Jose Sharks The Challenge: Some questionable moves and a weakened backend...
