Posts About "Philip Larsen"
THW Live: Damien Cox and a Maple Leafs Life
Long-time Toronto Star reporter and columnist Damien Cox (@DamoSpin) is our special guest on the The Hockey Writers Live podcast this week. Cox discusses his career with Canada's largest daily newspaper, his memories of covering the Toronto Maple Leafs and some of his favorite Leafs, Pat Burns and Doug Gilmour among them. We also...
Galchenyuk & Desharnais Injuries, Nash Update & More
December 7th, 2016 Habs' Galchenyuk & Desharnais Out 6 to 8 Weeks The Montreal Canadiens will be without forwards Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais for six to eight weeks with knee injuries, the club announced on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/CanadiensMTL/status/806632733615210497 The news is a devastating blow to a Habs team that's lost...
Hall on Larsen Hit, Cunningham FaceTimes Teammates & More
December 7th, 2016 Vancouver Canucks' defenseman Philip Larsen was stretchered out of Tuesday's game against the New Jersey Devils after taking a big hit from Taylor Hall behind the Canucks' net. The hit caused Larsen to fall back sharply onto the ice as he took a pass along the boards and wasn't able to get his head up after receiving the puck on his...
The Nuck Stops Here: Baertschi, Eriksson & Larsen
October 30th, 2016 ‘The Nuck Stops Here’ is a Vancouver Canucks news, opinion and analysis column that runs every Sunday throughout the regular season. News Troy Stecher, Jayson Megna Recalled The following is a press release from the organization: Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the club has...
Stecher's Rise Puts Pressure on Larsen
October 2nd, 2016 This just in: Troy Stecher has been nominated for the Norris Trophy. A little premature, perhaps? With everyone in Vancouver gushing over the stellar debut of Stecher, it would be easy to believe that he just won the Norris Trophy. The 22-year-old, Richmond, BC native intrigued fans in July after team president Trevor Linden...
2016-17 Fantasy Season Outlook: Vancouver Canucks
September 14th, 2016 This is a team in the midst of an identity crisis. From the outside looking in, the Canucks appear to be going nowhere fast and destined to be a bottom-feeder again this season. But the powers that be in Vancouver are refusing to rebuild and continue to sell playoff hope. The best- yet worst-case scenario seems like a...
Canucks Officially Come to Terms with Philip Larsen
July 1st, 2016 The Vancouver Canucks and Danish defenseman Philip Larsen have come to terms on a one-way deal, as first reported by TSN's Darren Dreger. Philip Larsen signs with Canucks. 1 yr at $1.025 mil — Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 1, 2016 Since trading to acquire his rights from the Edmonton Oilers ahead of the 2016 trade deadline,...
3 Must-Sign RFA's for Vancouver
May 11th, 2016 The Canucks have come to contract terms with a lot of key players this offseason already, but there's still work to do with re-signing several pending restricted free agents. The team has locked up free agents Anton Rodin, Troy Stecher, Thatcher Demko and Michael Garteig, as well as re-signed one pending RFA already in Markus...
Could Philip Larsen Be a Darkhorse for Canucks?
May 6th, 2016 Amidst talks regarding how the Vancouver Canucks plan to bolster their defense core, they may have an important blueliner who has been playing overseas, and hasn't exactly been the center of many of those conversations. Enter Philip Larsen, who has spent the past two years in the KHL. His rights were acquired by the Canucks from...
Vancouver Acquires Rights to Philip Larsen From Edmonton
February 24th, 2016 The Vancouver Canucks have made another deal with a divisional opponent. They've acquired the rights to defenseman Philip Larsen from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Vancouver's 5th round pick in 2017, according to a report from TSN's Darren Dreger. TSN's Bob McKenzie reports that Vancouver intends on giving Larsen a NHL contract...
Oilers Trade Captain Shawn Horcoff to the Dallas Stars
July 4th, 2013 It seemed as though the writing was on the wall in Edmonton. Shawn Horcoff had been a good solider for the past 12 seasons. He was their captain for the last three years and a solid veteran presence in the locker room. But the Oilers have a young core, and it's time for that core to take over. The 34 year-old Horcoff has never known...
Dallas Stars Early Season Surprises
February 10th, 2013 Now a quarter of the way through its season, the Dallas Stars are right where most people expected they would be in the standings — third in the Pacific Division and eighth in the Western Conference with 13 points in 12 games. Its been a been a rather streaky season thus far for the Stars. They ended January with four straight...
Dallas Stars Defense: Learning on the Fly
February 1st, 2013 Heading into the season, one of the biggest questions for the Dallas Stars was, "How will the defense hold up?" Following the departures of Sheldon Souray, Adam Pardy and Mark Fistric in the offseason, it was a valid question. With only Aaron Rome coming back as a replacement, it appeared that the Stars were prepared to rely heavily...
