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The Sunday Crease: Slow Starts, Eastern Notes and the Team of Mystery

Post author By Lachlan Irvine
Post date October 6, 2019
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CALGARY, AB - OCTOBER 05: Calgary Flames Right Wing Elias Lindholm (28) celebrates a goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period of an NHL game where the Calgary Flames hosted the Vancouver Canucks on October 5, 2019, at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB. (Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

“There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?” In the four years that I’ve been running this website, there’s never been more excitement and intrigue surrounding the Vancouver Canucks than there is going into 2019-20 season. But hey, maybe it just seems that way to me because I’m actually living in Vancouver for the […]

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The Sunday Crease: Pettersson aftermath, Boeser and Horvat gaining momentum and a…podcast?

Post author By Lachlan Irvine
Post date October 14, 2018
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TAMPA, FL - OCTOBER 11: Vancouver Canucks right wing Brock Boeser (6) celebrates his goal with Vancouver Canucks left wing Sven Baertschi (47), Vancouver Canucks defenseman Erik Gudbranson (44) and Vancouver Canucks defenseman Ben Hutton (27) during the regular season NHL game between the Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning on October 11, 2018 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. (Photo by Mark LoMoglio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Being a hockey writer/fan hybrid is really difficult sometimes. Every now and then, a moment or event comes along where, even though you need to be impartial and take all sides into consideration, your mind is blurred by the personal bias your mind has spent a lifetime building. For me, that moment came midway through […]

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The Sunday Crease: Leipsic, Boeser and Hope from Sweden

Post author By Lachlan Irvine
Post date March 11, 2018
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The Canucks’ season wasn’t supposed to end like this. It was supposed to end with Brock Boeser beating Pavel Bure’s rookie scoring title. With him walking onstage at the NHL Awards in June to accept the Calder Trophy as the league’s best first-year. With commissioner Gary Bettman announcing that because of Boeser’s amazing season he […]