Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
What happened: The Wings gave up a goal on the first shift of the game when Brian Rafalski couldn't clear the puck in time, allowing Henrik Sedin to beat Chris Osgood cleanly. Christian Ehrhoff scored on a wrist shot at 7:05, on Vancouver's fourth shot on net. Then Todd Bertuzzi put a shot into Roberto Luongo's right leg pads and Nicklas Lidstrom hit a crossbar, but the...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
via Jason Botchford of the White Towel, The Canucks will have to start trying to avoid black cats and ladders because they can’t seem to catch a break. Just as one player, Mathieu Schneider, is ready to come off the injury list today, Kyle Wellwood has to be put on. Wellwood suffered a broken toe after he blocked a Mike Komisarek slap shot with the big toe on his right foot. Wellwood is expected...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
More photos » by Graham Hughes - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Christian Ehrhoff , Brad Lukowich , Andrew Raycroft , Mikael Samuelsson , Mathieu Schneider Who's out: Jeff Cowan , Rob Davison , Jason LaBarbera , Mattias Ohlund , Taylor Pyatt , Curtis Sanford , Mats Sundin , Ossi Vaananen Outlook: GM Mike Gillis's biggest task in the off-season was to either lockup the Sedins or find...
Five Hole Fanatics (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Tom Benjamin has a post on the Canucks cap position, noting the club is currently well over the ceiling but are enabled in their over indulgence by the LTIR exemptions of Pavel Demitra and Mathieu Schneider. Take it from a Flames fan, folks - betting on LTIR to stay under the cap is dancing with the Devil. last year, Calgary was flush against the upper limit thanks to Sutter's failure to buy out Rhett...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
from Ben Kuzma of the White Towel at the Vancouver Province, With Mathieu Schneider and Pavol Demitra going on long-term injury reserve, the Vancouver Canucks have found wiggle room under the salary cap ceiling. Schneider confirmed Thursday morning that offseason shoulder surgery will keep the 40-year-old defenceman from opening the regular season on Oct. 1 at Calgary. Although he has been practising,...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
More photos » by Paul Chiasson - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Mike Cammalleri , Hal Gill , Brian Gionta , Scott Gomez , Paul Mara , Travis Moen , Curtis Sanford , Jaroslav Spacek Who's out: Francis Bouillon , Patrice Brisebois , Mathieu Dandenault , Christopher Higgins , Saku Koivu , Mike Komisarek , Tom Kostopoulos , Alex Kovalev , Robert Lang , Mathieu Schneider , Alex Tanguay Outlook:...
CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
The topic du jour is the Canucks’ depth on defense. With 10 defensemen on one-way contracts, the competition to be one of the top-6 or even top-8 is fierce. And plus, there’s some Cody Hodgson stuff. Alain Vigneault loves the internal competition. Brad Lukowich may be a victim of the numbers game. With Mathieu Schneider and [...]
CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
After almost a week of prospects camp, the Canucks released the following players today: Matthew Ford Mitch McColm Bobby Nadeau Joe Plekaitis James Reid Justin Taylor Michael Ward That means the main training camp, which starts tomorrow, will include the following players: DEFENSEMEN Nolan Baumgartner Kevin Bieksa Keith Carney Kevin Connauton Alexander Edler Christian Ehrhoff Taylor Ellington Michael...
CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Sarah Vital has been a big Mathieu Schneider fan for 16 years, and even has a blog – The Unofficial Mathieu Schneider Homepage – dedicated entirely to the new Canucks defenseman. In the following guest post, Sarah tells us more about the man they call “Schnieds” and what we should expect from him. ——— Photo credit: [...]
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
by Adrian Wyld - AP View full size photo uploaded September 1, 2009 According to sources, part of this group’s desire to get rid of Kelly also stemmed from Kelly ordering an internal audit (by a top former FBI forensic accountant) of the players' association's expenses during the previous three years before he took over. That audit was still ongoing prior to Kelly’s dismissal. Sources claim...
TML Fan Fury (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
The Toronto Maple Leafs have made numerous trades in the history of the franchise and we have decided to take a look at the draft picks they were traded away from 1995 up until the lockout year and see if we would have been better off if we had retained the pick then give it away. 1995-96 Season Wendel Clark, Mathieu Schneider and DJ Smith from the New York Islanders for Kenny Jonsson, Darby Hendrickson,...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
The San Jose Sharks traded veteran defensemen Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich to the Vancouver Canucks on Friday for two prospects in a move to create space under the salary cap. Vancouver also signed 40-year-old free agent defenseman Mathieu Schneider...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The San Jose Sharks traded veteran defensemen Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich to the Vancouver Canucks on Friday for two prospects in a move to create space under the salary cap.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The San Jose Sharks traded veteran defensemen Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich to the Vancouver Canucks on Friday for two prospects in a move to create space under the salary cap. Vancouver also signed 40-year-old free agent defenseman Mathieu Schneider to...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The Vancouver Canucks overhauled their blue-line Friday, acquiring defencemen Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich from San Jose for two prospects, and making official the signing of veteran Mathieu Schneider.
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