Back in October, Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock explained that the Vancouver Canucks should not have a Stanley Cup hangover. In his opinion, that only comes after winning something — a task the Canucks failed to do last June. Yet the defending Western Conference Champions found themselves in a hole during the first [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 25, 2011
‘Line Change on the Fly’ is the feature where we re-rank our current player rankings. This edition ranks defensemen and their counterparts for the first time since the preseason. Feel free to go nuts in the comments. Good evening, fantasy hockey gamers. For the last couple of weeks we’ve heard clamoring over our current rankings. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 25, 2011
It’s amazing how history repeats itself. The Canucks are going back to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1994, after Kevin Bieksa’s dramatic goal in double overtime sealed victory for Vancouver in 5 games over San Jose in the Western Conference Final. Amazingly, their berth in this year’s Final comes exactly 17 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 28, 2011
The first round of the playoffs out west was full of teams overcoming great obstacles in dramatic fashion. Each series was fast, hard hitting and just downright entertaining. I hope that you guys have enjoyed the first round as much as I have, capping it off with a series for the history books with Vancouver [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 11, 2011
As fantasy hockey owners start their final descent towards the playoffs, it’s time to start searching for quick wins and hot hands to replace slumping players on your roster. During last week’s Crashing the Net, we hit on Dwayne Roloson, Jordan Staal, and James Wisniewski. Kevin Bieksa – D, Vancover Canucks Just as the Vancouver Canucks have [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 7, 2010
First of all, we lied about it being 10. Ten is a nice, round number that search engines particularly enjoy and because of that we like to write these top 10 types of articles. Below you will see nine players, mainly because one of the guys on this list has already been traded. We cannot [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 23, 2010
Kevin Bieksa may have a reason to celebrate as it appears Sami Salo may miss a significant amount of time with a tear to his Achilles tendon. We previously spoke about Bieksa and his ability to handle simple arithmetic but now the enigmatic defenseman may have a chance to stay. If history is any indicator, Salo will be [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 14, 2010
According to Elliott Pap of the Vancouver Sun, defenseman Kevin Bieksa expects to be traded by the Canucks. “I’m not an idiot,” Bieksa said on TSN’s Off the Record program. “I can put two and two together. Anything could happen right now.” Both newly acquired defensemen, Dan Hamhuis and Keith Ballard, make more than Bieksa [...]
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