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Michael Jackson’s mystery appearance with the Canucks

At the Canucks Fan Zone, blogger Derek Jory asks the question (of no one in particular — they don’t allow comments) whether the following photo, ostensibly from 1984, is real: It’s a pre-game faceoff between Stan Smyl and Mario Lemieux, with Michael...

NHL goalie salaries and playoff impact

It’s such common wisdom to say that your team gets you into the playoffs but your goalie gets you to the final that the phrase has become a hackneyed cliche. But there’s a new cliche in town:  One lesson is starting to become clear in the new NHL is that...

The Armchair GM’s Rx for the #Canucks in 2009/2010

Let’s face facts, sports fans… the Canucks were not, this year or any other year, a team slated to go deep in the playoffs by anyone.  While fans railed against what they saw as biased coverage of the last remaining Canadian team’s play by a bunch...

More NHL teams should salute their fans

Since the 1970s, Vancouver hockey fans have endured a club that has been roller-coaster at best and horrifyingly bad at its worst, often never making the playoffs and even more often getting drubbed in the first or second rounds by clearly superior teams.  Since my...