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Will Roberto Luongo benefit from decreased equipment sizes for goaltenders? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
In an effort to increase goalscoring, the NHL has changed the rules governing pad height for goaltenders heading into the 2013-14 season. The new rule affects the amount of pad allowed above the knee,...
Roberto Luongo speaks to James Duthie, doesn’t talk about poker 24 Aug 2013 | 04:41 am
On Tuesday, the Vancouver Sun's own Iain Macintyre theorized on Twitter that Roberto Luongo would make a statement before Team Canada's Olympic orientation camp. Without a clear statement from Luongo ...
Spitballin’ on Alberts re-signing, snarky Whitecaps, and prospects scoring beautiful goals 24 Aug 2013 | 01:19 am
Spitballin’ (or Super Pass It To Bulis: All In, if you love adventurous acronymizing) is a feature that allows us to touch on a multitude of things really fast, because in the world of hockey, there a...
Canucks finally re-sign Chris Tanev, so everyone can just calm down 23 Aug 2013 | 03:03 am
Just who is Chris Tanev? Is he a third pairing defenceman who quietly plays good defence but has little else to give? Or is he a top-four defenceman who makes everyone he partners with better? It's ha...
John Tortorella, obvious American spy, talks Luongo, nefarious plot to destroy him 22 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm
Vancouver Sun colleague Brad Ziemer caught up with John Tortorella on Wednesday and, as you might expect, Ziemer was savvy enough to ask him about Roberto Luongo. (Good thinking, Ziems!) That's the b...
Every Goal, 2012-13: Chris Tanev 21 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
Chris Tanev is known far more for his defensive play than his offensive production, which is the sort of thing that will happen when you pretty much never score. But in 2013, he finally got on the boa...
5 centres the Canucks should consider bringing in to compete for a roster spot 20 Aug 2013 | 02:36 am
The biggest question mark for the Canucks heading into the 2013-14 season is at centre, or, as Ben Kuzma is fond of saying, the Canucks have a "riddle in the middle." Henrik Sedin is firmly entrenched...
Every Goal, 2012-13: Ryan Kesler 17 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
Two seasons ago, it took us a full week to get through Ryan Kesler's entry in the "Every Goal" series. We put it off until the end of the summer, both because it had some of the year's most exciting g...
Every goal, 2012-13: Jannik Hansen 16 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
Two years ago, Jannik Hansen won the Fred J. Hume Award as the Canucks' unsung hero. Somehow, since then, Hansen's praises still aren't being sung enough, as he won the award yet again this past seaso...
Guest Post: ‘We wrote you a simple song’: A critical interpretation of ‘Big Old Goal’ via its intertexts 15 Aug 2013 | 12:01 am
Not long after "Big Old Goal" went live to the world, an in-depth, academic analysis of the video arrived in my inbox. It's exactly as absurd as it sounds, but it's also downright incredible. Like the...
