Finally, the last game of the Canucks' road trip that has seen the team be inconsistent in almost every area. Highs and lows. The signs are there for this Canucks squad to succeed at a more consistent basis but it needs to find an identity, road-weary or not. I was saying after the loss to Chicago that I miss Alain Vigneault's "trap" system of the previous 2 years. I don't like seeing our defencemen get caught up ice over and over again, or all players running around in their own zone, or...
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From Tony Gallagher at the Province: For one night at least, it was back to reality for the Canucks and their fans. And while there were a lot of factors that played into Monday 's disastrous replay of the Alamo with the Canucks in the roles of Daniel Boone and Jim Bowie, perhaps coach Alain Vigneault outthinking himself contributed to the remorseless cuffing. Then again, maybe they were so bad nothing would have mattered. ... What Vigneault apparently did not take into consideration was the...
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From the Province today: "Obviously I was working with Mike Gillis for many years and I know what he's like," Demitra said. "I'm hoping they're going to try and change it here and play a little more offence."Demitra and pundits alike blame a bit of Demitra's futility on offence last season in "Jacques Lemaire's suffocating Minnesota Wild system." While that may be a fair assessment...SO WHAT? I grow weary of fans and now a player saying that they hate playing boring defensive hockey. Like I...
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Alain Vigneault said today: "No team in this league, with the competitive nature of the league, can win consistently if your best players aren't your best players night in and night out," said Vigneault. "Right now our guys are working extremely hard to get to that level. Roberto was on the ice an hour before everybody today. The twins are working as hard as I've ever seen them play. So, as a coach, as an organization, you've got to support your personnel when you see them doing the extra...
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Despite his stupendous statistics in the American Hockey League, elite netminding prospect Cory Schneider has not been promised a start on his call-up with the Vancouver Canucks.
PITTSBURGH - Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo left yesterday's 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first period with a groin injury. Canucks coach Alain Vigneault did not know the extent of the injury, but said Luongo would be ...
Canucks can either build up Schneider as a valuable trade asset or groom him as Luongo's eventual replacement MATTHEW SEKERES November 28, 2008 at 10:49 PM EST VANCOUVER - Alain Vigneault - and only Alain ...
Of all the moves Mike Gillis made upon being named general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, the one that had most people scratching their heads was the appointment of Ryan Walter as one of Alain Vigneault's ...
VANCOUVER - Canucks winger Alex Burrows missed Friday's practice with what coach Alain Vigneault called a sore hip flexor. Vigneault said the injury is not serious and expects Burrows to play Saturday night, when the Canucks play host to the ...
Alain Vigneault (b. May 14 , 1961 in Quebec City, Quebec ) is a Canadian hockey coach , as well as a former professional hockey defenceman. Vigneault's six seasons of professional ...
The Markus Naslund era is officially over. Naslund, captain of the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000-01 season, signed a two-year, $8-million contract with the New York Rangers yesterday. It seems everyone on the streets of Vancouver had an opinion on ...