Posts About "Markus Naslund"
World Junior Championship All-Time Leading Scorers
December 18th, 2017 The 2018 WJHC is just around the corner. One of the best hockey tournaments of the year. The kids bring so much excitement to the rinks - it's infectious. Pile on a helping of National pride with that and we have ourselves a dandy. Fitting in with the holidays, what a better time to reflect, and remember the all-time leading scorers...
A Look Back at the West Coast Express Line
August 30th, 2017 This article was originally written in December, 2015. During the dead puck era in the years leading to the 2004-05 NHL lockout, the Canucks' trio of Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi and Brendan Morrison far from followed the pattern of declining offense in the league. The West Coast Express line, named after the commuter train in...
Assembling A Canucks All-Time All-Star Lineup
January 31st, 2016 The NHL All-Star weekend is a fun time for players in the league, and the same rules can often apply for team writers - something I thought I'd take advantage of. 35-year-old Daniel Sedin is the lone Vancouver Canucks player who is an All-Star this year. It's the third time Daniel has been voted into the game; he's one of 17 all-time...
Vancouver Canucks Three Best Trades In Team History
August 11th, 2015 In the slow time of the year in the hockey world, and amidst a summer of confusing trades for the Vancouver Canucks, it makes for a good time to focus on trades that have proved to be the most beneficial over the team's history. The Canucks have acquired a good portion of their best ever players via trade, including three of their...
Canucks Need Brendan Morrison As Character Model
October 10th, 2014 The Canucks worked very hard in the offseason to alter a future mired in the bottom of the league that most people had resigned them to, and at the same time try to regain the form this proud franchise is accustomed to. A lot of progress has been made, but no one is considering the mission accomplished. The sweeping changes have been...
Canucks Hire John Tortorella
June 26th, 2013 It's only been one day since the end of the shortened 2012-13 season in which the Vancouver Canucks' Western Conference nemesis, the Chicago Blackhawks, defeated the Canucks' much hated 2011 Eastern Conference opponent, the Boston Bruins, in very dramatic fashion. With only two minutes left in Game Six of the Cup Final, the Blackhawks...
