Glenn Kuper
Glenn covers the Canucks for The Hockey Writers. Follow me on twitter @glennkuper for opinions about hockey, the Canucks, and Seattle sports.
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Santorelli Saves the Canucks
October 7th, 2013 Vancouver wrapped up a successful, four point weekend Sunday night by beating the Calgary Flames in overtime 5-4. The Canucks were coming off one of their most complete performances in a long time in beating Edmonton 6-2, but the first two periods in Calgary were a disaster. Whether it was the effects of playing back-to-back nights...
What We Learned from the Canucks’ Opening Night
October 4th, 2013 The Vancouver Canucks opened their season Thursday night in San Jose, with this season starting much like the last campaign finished, as Vancouver lost to the Sharks 4-1. Some of the takeaways from this first game looked depressingly similar to the problems suffered by the Canucks during their playoff sweep last spring. Though it was...
David Booth: Key to Canucks Success?
September 30th, 2013 Since David Booth was acquired by Vancouver in 2011, he has been known more for his hunting exploits than his hockey play, a fact that is very troubling for Canucks fans. Booth is a prototypical power forward, at 6 feet tall and 212 pounds. He was brought to Vancouver (in a trade for Mikael Samuelsson and Marco Sturm) with high...
Did the off-season doom the Canucks?
September 22nd, 2013 The last two seasons have ended in great frustration for the Canucks and their fans. Two straight first-round playoff losses is not considered acceptable for a team with as much talent (and as high a payroll) as Vancouver. The early exits cost Alain Vigneault his job, but a coaching change was probably not the only move needed to...
Gillis' Mistakes Cost Canucks Schneider
July 1st, 2013 When the rumors started trickling out Saturday the Canucks might be poised to trade Cory Schneider, it reflected for many the recognition of a fact many had suspected was true for a while: Vancouver was simply not going to be able to extract anything of real value for Roberto Luongo. That left General Manager Mike Gillis with a few...
Vigneault Fired: What's Next for the Canucks?
May 23rd, 2013 To no one’s great surprise, the Vancouver Canucks today fired Alain Vigneault after two straight first round defeats, during which the Canucks managed to win only one game. Most observers were convinced this decision was going to happen, but now it is official. Two of Vigneault’s assistant coaches, Rick Bowness and Newell...
