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  • Winds of change about to blow in Ottawa?

    Are the Ottawa Senators finally giving up on Vermette? After Ottawa's shootout loss to the Rangers on Monday night, Vancouver scouts were supposedly in New York to take in the game. The Ohlund to Ottawa rumour has resurfaced and apparently Antoine Vermette is the bait. I'm in the camp that likes Vermette, but I'm tired of waiting for this future star to emerge. Tons of speed and no finish. Ohlund has a no movement clause and would have to approve a move to Ottawa. If I was him I wouldn't...

  • Churning the rumour mill

    According to The Fourth Period , Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis attended the Senators/Rangers game last night in New York. At first this did feel like anything to be alarmed about, Vancouver is currently on a four-game road trip that had them on Long Island Monday night before hitting the Big Apple on Wednesday, so it's not like Gillis was there while the team was on a homestand. Then I clued in that Ottawa has been trying to pry Mattias Ohlund away from Vancouver for a few weeks now, albeit...

  • Facing the Devils, oops, I meant Bruins

    The Canucks take on the Bruins tonight at GM Place, fresh off a 6-3 drubbing of the Oilers, what a game that was (it was borderline too easy to blog about and Oilers fans everywhere would have been shedding tears). I am not overly excited about tonight's game though. First off, Vancouver is due for a let-down at home, they're 2-0 having scored 12 combined goals in those games, and secondly, Boston plays such a boring style of hockey that I almost can't stand to watch it, it reminds me...