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The moral dilemma with Bieksa's Buddies
In lieu of the past month's lockout, Kevin Bieksa has rapidly assumed the position of Vancouver's off-season darling. He skates alongside the city's young and aspiring hockey players. He gives us...
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The moral dilemma with Bieksa's Buddies (Part 2)
Just to prove that I did, indeed, attend the game and am not $400 richer... I fully realize that I could have simply taken these pictures off the internet, but...take my word for it? At the very...
View ArticleJason Garrison: Top 5 Career Goals
A little over a month ago, someone on the Canucks.com forums came to me with a suggestion for my next Top 5 video countdown. So because I should never take for granted that there are interested people...
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Could have been Henrik's day
Several weeks ago, The Province's feature sports story depressingly reminded Vancouver that October 11 "Could have been Schneider's day". It would have marked the Canucks' 2012-13 season opener...
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Pavel Bure, the Green Power Ranger and DJ Tanner
I've never made it a point to watch the HHOF's annual induction ceremonies. Speaking for all my fellow twenty-something diehards, we're really only now entering an era in which the careers of the...
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The Canucks All-Canadian WJC Team
When Frank Corrado was cut from Team Canada two weeks ago, Canucks fans were painfully reminded that it's been four years since one of our own played for the good guys at the World Juniors. For...
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Vancouver Canucks on Canada's Junior Team – All-time list
To follow up the last blog post, I thought it would be worth seeing the all-time pool from which the Canucks' All-Canadian WJC Team was chosen. All told, there have been 27 Canucks prospects to have...
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The NHL and Pride Rock: A summary of locked out Canucks in Europe
NHL circles have been abuzz for the past couple of days as the league's highest-profile players competing abroad have either already returned to North America or are planning to do so shortly. Patrice...
View ArticleStill something to prove for RNH and company
When Ryan Nugent-Hopkins confirmed that he and his shoulder would be available for the World Juniors this year, it appeared that Canada would be without excuse. (Not that they ever are.) The blissful...
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The Higgins-Ebbett-and-Booth effect
Fist pump with my Sunday morning coffee. It's over. Cue the angelic chorus... The endless tweets.Cue the renewed storylines that everyone has an opinion on by now. When and where will Luongo go? Is...
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Steve Nash and Mark Messier: Basketball for Canadian Dummies
If Steve Nash were the type of person that required a lot of attention, he would have quite a dilemma. As a skinny, white Canadian incapable of dunking, he commands an undeservedly miniscule amount of...
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Sedins among the league's Cup-less best
**UPDATE: See this article get a shout out on CanucksArmy's "Afternoon Headshots: Januay 21st" (scroll to the bottom).Way back in August, I posted an article regarding Roberto Luongo's standing among...
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Sedins look to snap rare streak vs. Keith and company
With 10 points between them through the first four games of the season (6 for Daniel, 4 for Henrik), the Sedins produced pretty much as we've come to expect for the past half decade. Since then,...
View ArticleTop 5 Plays of the Month | January 2013
New CBA in hand, January began with a renewed purpose to sit for hours in front of the television. As far as first months of the season typically go for the Canucks, Schneider's Luongo's team was not...
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Henrik within four points of Canucks history
Despite being held pointless in Thursday night's win against the Minnesota Wild, Henrik Sedin sits within four points of passing Markus Naslund (756 points) for the Canucks' all-time record. And with...
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Gillis on Malhotra: 'The hardest thing I have done'
When it was announced yesterday that Mike Gillis was shutting Manny Malhotra down for the season, even the most positive-minded among us could put the decision into context. In the last year of his...
View Article[Video] Best of Manny Malhotra and the Canucks
Companion video to BTD's article on Malhotra's season-ending IR placement. From his first goal as a Canuck to his Finals return in 2011, here are his five most memorable moments in Vancouver:* Update:...
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Five years after Naslund, Henrik Sedin's 757th
A cross-crease one-timer to Burrows. Poetic justice at its finest. Henrik's 757th point to pass Markus Naslund could not have been achieved on a more fitting play. After receiving the puck from...
View ArticleCanucks 3, Blackhawks 4 (SO): Hansen's elbow, Schneider's glove and holy crap...
Post-game articles are not our forté at BTD (which I'm sure you could have gleaned from this article appearing two days after the fact). But when you're a Canucks fan, games against the Blackhawks...
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Luongo ties Broda in all-time shutouts, passes Hasek in games played
Unfortunately for anybody watching, it was a classic 1-0 game against the Predators last night in Nashville. Fortunately for Roberto Luongo, it meant facing a season-low 23 shots for his second...
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