The worst kept secret in hockey is official: Pavol Demitra is a Canuck. Two years @ $4,000,000 million. And the happiest person on the planet isn’t Demitra or Matt Keator (his agent). Nope, it’s Jes Golbez. Congrats man.
Demitra gives Vigneault another right winger (assuming he’s been studying the ‘Hockey offense for dummies’ book Gillis gave [...]

Hey, close enough
Larry Brooks finally targets his semi-literate rants at the aging Naslund. Get used to it cap’t; that’s article #1 of what will be a long string of “you’re not Jagr” observations. Also Tom Renney knows a thing or two about running far away from Vancouver and having it work out for the better.
The [...]

7:05 PM ET Update: Via Kukla: Cooke is a Penguin. Good for him; like Ruutu I applaud ex-Canucks who get solid chances on other teams when our management or coach messes it up for them here. Just another reason to look angerily at Vigneault, but maybe that’s just me…
6:36 PM ET Update: A slow day [...]

…and that’s all for now. I keep forgetting it’s “Independence Day” down here. As the movie says “Kick the tires and light the fires big daddy.” Roger that. Have a great holiday everyone and thanks to each soul who checked into the site this week. Our stats have never been higher and I am appreciative [...]

The Reality
1. We know Naslund has gone down hill over the years, helped by the fact management never found linemates that complimented his skill as well as Bertuzzi and Morrison.
2. This officially and emphatically closes the door to the Burke/Keenan/Crawford/Nonis era (well Nonis still has some lines in the water). What started a decade ago [...]

4:40 PM ET Update – Via TFP: 1994 wasn’t enough, the Messier disaster wasn’t enough, getting your greedy paws on Bure wasn’t enough…my unfathomable hatred for the New York Rangers continues woefully unabated: they’ve taken Naslund (and Kalinin). Our franchise scorer leaves for a one two year, $4.5 million offer.
In case anyone forgets the BEST [...]

9:50 PM ET Update:  Via TSN: Huselius to the Blue Jackets, 4 years @ $4.75 million.
And this second night quietly draws to a close. And the news somehow got worse for Vancouver 24 hours later: Sundin isn’t answering, Hossa picked Detroit and as every team (most of which are far better reloaded and retooled then [...]

11:31 PM ET Update: Via Canucks & Beyond: Ryan Johnson coming to Vancouver? Not sure, but at least he won’t be able to block shots against the ‘Nucks anymore. Sheesh.
10:47 PM ET Update: Via Sportsnet: Ryder to the Bruins, three years @ $4 million. Canucks couldn’t have jumped in that lake either eh?
Well, that draws [...]

(Programming Note: On July 1st, we’ll cover everything for you. I’d hate for you to think there’s no cynical, honest outlet for everything Vancouver does or doesn’t do. )
Before the silly season truly gets off and running, we have to finish our human gambling experiment. Last year this was far more calculated since Nonis made [...]

Just in time for the draft world and the hot days of summer, it’s Gambling for Humans 2008 style. We ran this last year (several times in fact) when we thought the Canucks were ready to improve on a good season, not tank…but be that as it may, we broke every position down and who [...]