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@taj1944
Taj
2 months
Roberto Luongo is a Stanley Champion
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Sportsnet
2 months
ROBERTO LUONGO GETS THE PARTY STARTED. 🥁
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Taj
3 months
OEL is 1 win away from being the first player to win a Stanley Cup while on the Canucks payroll.
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Taj
2 months
No passion from the fanbase. They all just went home. Vancouver just cares more.
@salimvalji
Salim Nadim Valji
2 months
Heartbreak in the Ice District
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@taj1944
Taj
2 months
First player on the Canucks payroll to raise the Stanley Cup. Jim Benning finally brought the Cup to Vancouver.
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Ryan Henderson
2 months
What a world.
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@taj1944
Taj
2 months
This is a very emotional for all the Day 1 Edmonton Oilers haters. Words can't describe the emotions.
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@taj1944
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5 months
Seravalli said earlier in the season Coyotes weren't paying their hotel bills and hotels around the league banded together and demanded Coyotes paid for their hotel stays upfront with a certified cheque. (DFO pod)
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@taj1944
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2 years
Russo: "One high-profile player came into Boudreau’s office and was crying uncontrollably and audibly as he hugged him in front of assistants. On Sunday, Boudreau got a slew of texts from his players, including “the most beautiful text” from sometimes-maligned J.T. Miller."
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@taj1944
Taj
2 months
Luongo thanking the people Vancouver for their support on Sportsnet. Canucks Twitter has their first Stanley Cup ring.
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@taj1944
Taj
2 months
No passion. Casuals.
@salimvalji
Salim Nadim Valji
2 months
Sounds like it’s been an incident free night in Edmonton, per a few cops. No riots or anything of the sort.
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@taj1944
Taj
2 months
Oilers lost in Game 7 by one goal. By Gazdic's definition that means Oilers got dusted.
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Taj
2 years
JT Miller: "I'd like to say my lack of production is a compliment to me not cheating the game and playing the right way."
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2 years
Seravalli: Multiple players had reached out just to say what a breath of fresh air it was after getting rid of Hamonic. (Canucks Central)
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@taj1944
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3 years
Elliotte confirming Benning coming back next season. This is one of the worst days in Canucks history.
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@taj1944
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3 years
Elliotte said the Canucks players are upset with the organization. They felt they were left in the dark.
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@taj1944
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3 years
Alex Burrows is going to the Stanley Cup Finals again. This is the greatest moment in Vancouver Canucks history since 2011.
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@taj1944
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2 years
Dregs wasn't happy about being called out for being a puppet for Canucks management. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@taj1944
Taj
4 years
Hearing Calgary has interest in FIN as well.
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Taj
4 months
Win or lose this next series, Canucks players will still be the real winners because don't have to live in Edmonton.
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@taj1944
Taj
3 months
Is this considered a dusting? @lukegazdic Vancouver wants to know.
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@taj1944
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2 years
Drancer: Connor Bedard told me this summer that he cried for a week after the 2011 SCF. (Canucks Talk)
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@taj1944
Taj
3 years
Pettersson went to a new stick for 25 games to get the GM and coach fired. Canucks nation thanks him.
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2 years
Pettersson on Boudreau chants: "The city loves him. I know I like him." Went onto say Boudreau has been good for him personally.
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@taj1944
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4 years
Elliotte on 1040: Today was disgusting there is no other way to say it... How it happened was disgraceful
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3 months
Seravalli on Edmonton radio: There's a certain douche factor that comes with Vancouver...There's this whole we want to tell you how wealthy we are. In Edmonton it's we work here. Love that. We wear our blue jeans and we work and we get dirty. Those are my people. (1440)
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@taj1944
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2 years
How embarrassing is it for the organization that both teams waited for Bruce because they knew he was getting fired. Only in this organization.
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@taj1944
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3 months
Leon Draisaitl should be suspended for the rest of the playoffs for that cheap shot. That was 100 times worse than Aaron Rome's hit. Took Barkov possibly out of the series. This is an easy call @NHLPlayerSafety #SuspendLeon
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@taj1944
Taj
4 months
Zadorov was asked why he wasn't protected by the league in reference to Hyman's crosscheck. Zadorov (half joking?): "I guess I don't make that much money for the league."
@Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
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“We can expect a push from them. It’s going to be physical…That’s what we expect every game.” 🗣 Hear from Nikita Zadorov ahead of Game Four tonight in Edmonton. @theprovince | #Canucks
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@taj1944
Taj
2 years
Pettersson is going to hug Horvat goodbye after the All-Star game and whisper in his ear "it should have been JT".
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@taj1944
Taj
9 months
Hawks obviously don't want to provide any info on the Perry situation but now they're kinda forced to say something with this rumor out there They can't make Bedard go through this, especially if it's not true. One easy way to solve this is for Bedard to request a trade to Van.
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3 years
Dhaliwal: Toffoli instructed his agent to get a deal done in Vancouver and he never got an offer. (CHEK)
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3 months
If Barkov hit Drai like that all the local and national Canadian media would be calling for a suspension but they're all quiet now. We will not be silenced. #SuspendLeon
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@taj1944
Taj
3 months
Florida Panthers and Roberto Luongo are now Canada's team.
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4 months
NHL needs to investigate the allegations against Paul Coffey. There's a million cameras in the arena. Someone will have it on video if it's true.
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1 year
REALLY HOPE THOSE MEANINGLESS WINS WERE WORTH IT BECAUSE THE HOMETOWN BOY WHO LOVES THE CANUCKS IS GOING TO THE EVIL CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOW!!!! GREAT JOB @fr_aquilini . EVERY YEAR THIS ORG FINDS A WAY TO TOP THEIR STUPIDITY!! @Canucks
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Taj
3 years
Hansen on his passion for the Canucks: Even when I left for San Jose, I was still watching every Nucks game I could hoping they would win...Spent 10 yrs in this city, you come to love it, it's my home now, this where I raised my kids, this is where we are going to grow old 1/2
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@taj1944
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5 months
Tocchet put on a coaching clinic tonight. Every Dman played over 17 mins. Quinn only played 22 mins. All 3 centers played between 18-19 mins.
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@taj1944
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3 years
Good morning, Jim Benning is no longer the GM of your Vancouver Canucks. It wasn't a dream.
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4 months
Elliotte: I'm concerned the fanbases of the Oilers and Canucks will not make it until Wednesday. The stuff I'm seeing on social media... Marek: Is fantastic Elliotte: Not all of it is fantastic...There's going to be careers ended and people cancelled before series even begins
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@taj1944
Taj
11 months
Hughes calling out the Eastern media: “I mean, I always hear it. Y’know how it is. ‘He’s an offensive defenseman, but he’s not good at defending.’ And I’ve been plus the last two years...So for me, the stereotype is there. A lot of guys don’t watch the West..." (via Drance)
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@taj1944
Taj
4 months
NHL isn't ready for when Celebrini and Bedard come home.
@Blutman27
Liam Blutman
4 months
Macklin Celebrini is a Canucks diehard
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@taj1944
Taj
3 years
Any Canucks fan knows this is the part of the season where they go on a winning streak to mess up their draft lottery odds.
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Taj
3 years
Spencer Martin already better than any goalie the Oilers have.
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2 years
Elliotte: If there's a year for Vancouver to tank it's this one because it's Connor Bedard. If I ran the Canucks right now, I would be sitting there and saying do we just mail this one in and go for Bedard? (32 pod)
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@taj1944
Taj
2 years
This is an actual quote from today. He went onto say he's not giving up much while playing hard match ups. This is apparently Miller playing a good 2 way game in his mind. Going to be a long 7 years.
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Taj
2 years
Cory Schneider mentioned how in his 1st year he needed one more game to become eligible for the Jennings. In the second to last game with 2 minutes left, Lu basically told AV to pull him and put Cory in so he would become eligible for the award. (Canucks Central)
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Taj
2 years
Vancouver is such a negative and toxic market that they're supporting the coach who the organization has abandoned
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2 years
Ryan Whitney: I owe a big apology to the Vancouver fanbase because I said last week half the fans want to rebuild and half of them don't. I must have got a thousand messages. I'll rephrase, I think they all want a rebuild. (Spittin Chiclets)
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Taj
2 months
Elliotte said one player told him today Tocchet very aggressively defended Soucy in his hearing with player safety and that really won over the players. "He challenged NHL player safety a couple times and it got back to the other players." (32 pod)
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@taj1944
Taj
3 years
All this talk about trading the 9th overall to get Reinhart, when Canucks could have had Toffoli and kept the pick. Just unreal.
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Taj
4 months
Have no clue how Canucks are up by 2. Oilers fans haven't felt this robbed since a real estate agent convinced them to buy a home in Edmonton.
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@taj1944
Taj
2 months
All the Canadian media crowned the Oilers after Game 6 and their fans celebrated like they won the Cup. Karma.
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Taj
3 months
Have to give the Oilers fans some credit. Never seen any fanbase in any sport this excited to be down 3-1 in the series.
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Taj
5 months
This is the greatest thing to ever happen on Twitter. Checked like 100 times that it was real. Tears in my eyes.
@fr_aquilini
Francesco Aquilini
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Man, so tight, almost like a playoff game.
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Taj
3 years
Luongo on Demko's all-star selection: "Totally deserved. He’s the MVP of the team and in my eyes a top five goalie in the NHL" (via PJ)
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Taj
4 months
Hearing if Oilers win this series they'll open a second Boston Pizza in Edmonton. They haven't been this excited since they got electricity last year.
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Taj
1 year
He cried after the Game 7 loss in 2011. Tonight he's coming back home. #bringBedardhome
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10 months
Tanev: "The twins did a lot of stuff that people don't know about...As Hank got older his back wasn't great. He literally couldn't walk sometimes and he's out during the game being the best player on the ice. Like no one knows about it." (32 pod)
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Taj
3 years
Canucks get blown out the day after they announce Benning is coming back. Perfect tribute by the players.
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Taj
2 years
If Kadri was the one throwing the bottle he would have got suspended.
@wyshynski
Greg Wyshynski
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NHL source tells me that no fine or suspension is expected for Blues goalie Jordan Binnington for allegedly throwing a water bottle at Nazem Kadri during a postgame interview after Game 3. @StLouisBlues @Avalanche
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2 years
Bieksa on Chara's comments: "One of the dumbest things we've ever heard." (HNIC)
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3 months
Bieksa with the KO 😂😂
@CanucksArmy
CanucksArmy
3 months
"Who does Luke cheer for?" - Kevin Bieksa 😂😂😂 🎥: Sportsnet
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Taj
2 years
Canucks not accepting this offer for JT Miller will haunt this franchise for the next 5 years if not more. Don't even need to be a smart "hockey person" to realize what a great opportunity this was. Just needed common sense. Pure stupidity. Nothing else they do today matters.
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3 months
It's amazing how many people are missing the issue with Gazdic's comments. He can rip Canucks fans and Canucks Twitter all he wants but he ripped the actual team and organization. Can't be working on HNIC and covering a team you called a joke. Need an apology.
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3 years
Oilers fans want Holland fired tonight. Agree with them that he isn't the right person to put them over the top. Believe a combo of Jim Benning and John Weisbrod is what that franchise needs. No one goes "all in" like them. #Oilers @EdmontonOilers
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2 years
Farhan said Boudreau has agreed to come on the VANcast next week.
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Taj
2 years
It's THEIR OWN COACH!! Taking away signs that are showing support for their own coach is a new low even for this organization.
@ThomasDouglas30
Thomas Douglas
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Guy had a “ we stand with Bruce “ sign Canucks black costs immediately down to shut it down @TheStanchion
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Taj
3 years
Lu winning Gold Burr coaching in 2nd round Bieksa and Kes taking over Sportsnet 2011 team slowly taking over every aspect of hockey.
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Taj
2 years
Rick Tocchet has deleted/deactivated his Twitter account. Just a little late!
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4 months
Canucks in a Game 7 against a Cup contender and Demko didn't play a game. All the pressure is on the Oilers. Canucks have already far exceeded expectations. Oilers organization is on brink of collapse.
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Taj
3 months
Elliotte wondered this morning if Goodrow had Sharks on his no trade list and this was a workaround. Don't forget both GMs are good buddies. This is so shady.
@PierreVLeBrun
Pierre LeBrun
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San Jose has claimed Barclay Goodrow off waivers
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Taj
4 months
McDavid would be shaking in his boots watching Silovs if they had cable in Edmonton.
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2 years
Canucks may have not made the playoffs but look at the bright side.... Jim Benning will never again put together a roster for the Vancouver Canucks.
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5 months
Kesler was asked about Canucks possibly honoring him: I'm still not (officially) retired. I would love to retire a Canuck...If they do choose to honour me, I would love that...Thinking about it gives me chills and almost tearing up a bit thinking about it. @sekeresandprice
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4 years
Don't think Bell is ready for the backlash from Vancouver.
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4 years
Kyper reporting Sens are shopping Derek Stepan. MacLean mentioned coach doesn't like him and he doesn't like the coach. Sens just traded for him. What a mess. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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3 years
Ferraro on Canucks: Honestly guys, I'm little bit at a loss what the grand plan is. Benning came out couple weeks ago and said we need a couple more years. He has been here for 7, like how much do you get? (TSN 1200)
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2 years
Loud "Bruce There It Is" chant. Bruce looks emotional on the bench. No word if security is trying to kick everyone out.
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2 months
Seravalli on John Gibson: "No one wants him" (Big Show - 960) #savage
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Taj
1 year
You gave up a top 10 pick to pay the player you acquired close to 20 million to go away and the 2nd player you acquired no one even wants for free. Great job playing GM @fr_aquilini
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6 months
Seravalli: I'm told Pettersson went to the Canucks early this week and said let's end all this nonsense. Let's get a deal done, I want to stay in Vancouver. (DFO pod)
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Taj
4 years
It's embarrassing how the city is starting to turn on Bo. He never complained when he had to play on a trash team year after year. Anyone that thinks this slide has anything to do with him is delusional.
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Taj
4 years
Tanev was here for a decade and he got 2 clips. Just embarrassing from the Canucks.
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2 years
Kelly Hrudey ripping the Canucks. "It's cruel" Goes onto mention how they're doing this on Hockey Talks day. Bieksa on Boudreau situation: "Why do we all know about this? That's the problem."
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Taj
2 years
Hearing in his meeting with the Oilers Holland referred to McDavid as the best player in the world and Kuzmenko stopped him and said no that's Pettersson.
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3 years
Canucks winning meaningless games to screw up their draft position. Benning era special.
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3 months
Don Taylor on watching Gazdic: I can't take him seriously now. I can't...His hatred for Vancouver and his love for the Oilers, I just can't take him seriously. He should have apologized. Dhaliwal: I'm still waiting for the apology. @DonnieandDhali
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4 months
Demko doesn't need to rush back anymore. Canucks have the best goalie in the NHL playing right now.
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2 months
Hearing through several sources that Oilers met with the NHL during the SCF to request they only face the Canucks 3 times next season because they didn't want to fire their coach again.
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3 years
Dhaliwal mentioned the other name the Canucks spoke with was Dale Tallon but the NHL stepped in. On behalf of Vancouver, I would like to thank Gary Bettman.
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Taj
2 years
Canucks just cleared up 3 mill in cap space for next season without having to retain or take back any money. Got a 3rd round draft pick on top of that. Huge W for Rutherford.
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Taj
4 months
That save by Silovs at the buzzer. Bow down to your King Vancouver.
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Taj
3 years
Maybe Vancouver isn't a negative market and everyone was just tired of the same person running the organization into the ground for 8 years.
@SatiarShah
Satiar Shah
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One game after being booed off the ice, the Canucks are serenaded with cheers as the game comes to an end. Life moves fast.
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4 years
Dhaliwal on Tanev: This guy can not believe how he was treated after 10 years with the Canucks.
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4 years
Sutter getting a hat-trick to save Benning's job is the ultimate Canucks storyline.
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4 months
Oilers fans celebrating like they won the Cup, when they'll be on the golf course in less than 2 weeks.
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2 years
Coyotes have the tie-breaker. Canucks drop down a spot to 5th last. One point out of 4th. Remember when the media said this wasn't possible? Anything is possible if you BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!
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3 years
Canucks just got embarrassed on HNIC. With "Fire Benning" chants, jersey thrown on the ice and loud boos. Empty seats are next if nothing happens. @fr_aquilini
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Taj
3 years
If a Leafs goalie made this save they would do a documentary on it
@NHLGIFs
NHL GIFs
3 years
Demk-OMG 🤯
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4 months
Silovs has won the starters job after this performance until Demko is back. What a performance.
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8 months
After Tocchet met with the Vancouver media, he noticed Crosby waiting to have a conversation with him. Tocchet pointed at Crosby and said, “That guy is the (expletive) best,” before walking over to chat with the Penguins captain. #tamperingSZN (via Yohe)
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