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Mark Messier’s Bill Comes Due: What Canucks Fans Are Owed.
It was the Summer of 1997. Mark Messier signed a 3 year / $(too much) million dollar contract with the Vancouver Canucks and the team took its first steps towards the abyss. He was brought in as “the...
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Don Cherry confused me on December 17th
Don Cherry says a lot of things each and every week on CBC’s Coach’s Corner. And, each and every Monday, the Legion of Blog will offer an “official” response to those wacky things said by Don Cherry,...
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Golf, poker and pints in Mexico planted seeds for Schaefer to join Surrey...
Peter Schaefer calls it the bush, a cottage somewhere in southern Saskatchewan near something that resembles a long lake and where cell phone reception comes and goes. The two-hour drive from his...
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The 2 O’Clock: If you’re going to drive your motorcycle at 300 mph, bad...
Like my colleague J. Bowman, who writes at the Legion of Blog about the NHL’s totally crazy new division names, I’m disappointed. I went to great lengths, in a video back in May, to tell Gary Bettman...
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5 Days of Bure: Day Four –“Departure”
On Saturday November 2nd, the Vancouver Canucks will honour one of the most exciting players in franchise history as they raise Pavel Bure’s No.10 to the rafters. Scratch that. He isn’t “one of” the...
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Canucks vs. Blues (Instant Rivalry)
A lot of what makes professional sports so much fun to watch is a personal investment in the outcome. You have a your favourite team and players, but on the other side of the ice you have a team that...
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The 101 Greatest Canucks: The tragic story of Peter Zezel
It was certainly nice to see Peter Zezel wasn’t completely eliminated from our review of the top Canucks, as CityTV’s Jody Vance named him as her 101st greatest Canuck. Most people remember Zezel as a...
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The Morning Skate, Dec. 10: The Sports Tree, Drafting isn’t half-bad, The...
Le Gros Bill will be laid to rest this morning in Montreal. (You can watch it on four of TSN’s five channels, beginning at 10 a.m. PT.) Obviously, I’m far too young to have even seen Beliveau play, let...
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Vigneault, Canucks’ top coach of all-time, making strong case for Hockey Hall...
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. We know him as Wet Coaster. Back in the old days, when the “24/7 Legendary Canucks Chat” ruled provincesports.com, Wet Coaster was a regular. A knowledgeable...
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The Afternoon Skate, Feb. 26: You were a winner, Eddie the Eagle; Canucks’...
Twenty-eight years ago, Eddie Edwards crash-landed into our lives. He was not much of a ski jumper. He was a plasterer. But somehow he qualified for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, representing...
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Canucks vs Sharks Preview: Vancouver on the verge of tying a record no team...
The losing the Vancouver Cancuks and their fans have endured in the franchise’s history remains difficult to fully comprehend. But from 1976 to 1991 the Canucks failed to finish a season with a record...
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