And Boom Goes the Dynamite: Vancouver at Columbus, December 13th
Does anybody else play NHL 12 and score an amazing goal and try and grab someone, anyone who is walking by so they can share in this amazement? Even though you know deep down they don’t give a crap,...
View ArticleLast Night’s 4th Star: The Defensive Blue Line
I made a wish, wrote it down on a piece of paper and fluttered it out into the universe. I also tweeted it. If ANYONE in the building last night were to throw a drink or anything else at those...
View ArticleMarc Spector Writes Column. Wants to Trade Schneider. Thinks Puppies Are...
I have kids so my social activities have been substantially narrowed. And when I say “substantially narrowed”, I mean ripped from me in a way that makes the “pen scene” in, Casino look like a movie...
View ArticleIf the Canucks got Rick Nash….
(I assume the fact Rick Nash is half robot is the main reason people want to trade for him) Well, the Rick Nash trade talk is in full swing, as the entire league begins to lick its chops as it tries to...
View ArticleHaiku Hat Trick: Regulation Struggles, Bitz Trackers & Approaching Deadline.
Rather than write super wordy takes on current Canucks events, I’m gonna throw the world of sports and the world of poetry into a blender and write a series of haikus about a series of topics. Why?...
View ArticleRick Nash vs Shea Weber
(Pictured above, Shea Weber informs Doan that he will wind up and fire a slap shot at his groin if he ever makes the mistake of spelling his name Webber. Either that or he just told over 459 fans...
View ArticleCanucks Hat Trick: Hodgson’s ice time, interest in Jeff Carter, Hamhuis’s...
Province Sports columnist Tony Gallagher delivers today’s Canucks Hat Trick, after Wednesday night’s 3-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche … Here are three things that are or should be on the...
View ArticleFive Questions That Need Answers
Are you tired of weekly articles yet? Good, I hope not, because I have another one! Hopefully this springboards into the paper, but if not, you can always read it here online. Today I am unveiling a...
View ArticleThe Legion Top 10 (Which Goes to 11) – Players To Watch On Trade Deadline Day
The following post was written by myself and Wyatt Arndt (whom you can read HERE). This article also appears in today’s Sunday paper in the White Towel pull-out section. So run out and buy a copy. If...
View ArticleYour Legion of Blog Canucks Trade Deadline Day Ranking System is Here.
It’s officially one week away from the NHL Trade Deadline; that magical 8-9 hour window in which obscure Finnish Elite league players, underperforming 3rd liners, and 35 year old goalies playing in the...
View ArticleRangers Fans Chant: “We Don’t Want You!” to Rick Nash. Adopted Chinese Babies...
Sunday night’s New York Rangers / Columbus Blue Jacket game quickly went from boisterous hockey contest to first 30 minutes of, The Cider House Rules minus the ether huffing of Michael Caine. With just...
View ArticleYour Official NHL 2012 Trade Deadline Day Drinking Game – Best to Call Your...
And here it is, only 6 days before the NHL Trading Day Deadline, and I bet you’re wondering how you’re going to celebrate. Celebrate? Yes, celebrate! Look, the NHL Trade Deadline is the closest Canada...
View ArticleNew Feature – The Squib and the Whale – Real Answers to Real Letters from...
Welcome to a new feature here at the Legion. It will run weekly, possibly biweekly, maybe every other month. Look, let’s just play it by ear. You know, I’ll call you late at night, you’ll come over,...
View ArticleYour Official NHL Trade Deadline Primer for the Big Day. Also Can Be Used for...
Well this is it! My Pierre McGuire advent calendar says it’s February 27th, and that means it’s the most important day of the year for followers of Stanley Cup contenders, players looking for a fresh...
View ArticleNHL Trade Deadline Quotes (I Wish Were Real)
Well, as I’ve grown accustom to doing over the last few weeks, I’m once again faced with the fact that the NHL is full of classy individuals who know better than to speak their minds. While I respect...
View ArticleThe Woman Who Reviewed the Olive Garden Takes in Last Night’s Canucks Game –...
Steve is taking a bit of a sabbatical this Sunday, and in his stead we’ve managed quite the coup. Fresh from her lyrical praise of the Grand Forks, North Dakota Olive Garden is Marilyn Hagerty with a...
View ArticleCanucks Fans: Sure It’s Raining, But It Could Be Worse
The following article appeared in this past Sunday’s paper (which you can’t buy anymore so it’s officially a collectors item). I know some people missed it so here is the online version (with 100% more...
View ArticleDomino Rick Nash traded to New York Rangers
It was a dull and dreary Monday afternoon, suddenly picked up by finally a trade being completed for one of the top players still on the market. Rick Nash, a lifetime Columbus Blue Jacket and his...
View ArticleCanucks president Mike Gillis opens up: Part II, the forwards
VANCOUVER – The biggest news Mike Gillis revealed during a special guest co-host appearance with Matt Sekeres on the TEAM 1040 on Monday was that he hopes Ryan Kesler will start the season. Kesler...
View ArticleRiddle Me This – July 24th Edition
“Ah crap, they matched??” How big of a bullet did Mike Gillis dodge when the Nashville Predators matched the Flyers offer sheet on Shea Weber? Unless you were in a coma last week, the talk of the...
View ArticleCBA Negotiations ongoing – odd requests starting to appear
As we are all painfully aware, the CBA negotiations are currently ongoing between the NHL and the NHLPA. We have all heard about the general terms being bandied about, as both sides fight for the main...
View ArticleNHL Headlines This Offseason That Didn’t Exist (But Might As Well Have)
*Returns to the basement* Great, all my stuff is still here. (Nobody better have touched my tomato trebuchet!) Friends, this glorious British Columbian Summer of ours is coming to an end. Labour day is...
View ArticleAlex Edler, Rick Nash & the continued double standard of NHL discipline
I will prefix everything I’m about to say with this statement: I am a Vancouver Canucks fan, but I am also a fan of justice. (Jerseys & Batman sneakers: All the evidence you need) I have my homer...
View ArticleCanucks/Rangers Post Game Quotes (I Wish Were Real)
The main issue I have with post game coverage is the general lack of personality conveyed by the majority of the league. The NHL has some of the classiest athletes and coaches in all of professional...
View ArticleTeam Canada 2014 announced (shockers, snubs and sure things)
The board is set, the pieces are moving, and we are now one massive step closer to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Ladies and gentleman, Team Canada! FORWARDS - Sidney Crosby - Ryan Getzlaf -...
View ArticleThe Morning Skate, Oct. 13: Happy Thanksgiving! But don’t get off the couch…yet
Gobble, gobble! Did you have turkey last night? Or are you having it tonight? Or are you like me and you had it last night *and* on Saturday night. Yes, I’m stuffed, to coin a phrase. It’s a quiet...
View ArticleThe Morning Skate, Dec. 11: Passing on the Seahawks, best and worst of...
I try to take in one Seattle Seahawks game every fall. Over the past few years, I’ve seen some great games. Mainly wins. Over the Giants and Jets and Chargers. Losses to the Patriots and Cardinals....
View ArticleCanucks Game Day: New dad Dorsett gets ready to face old teammates on Rangers
Vancouver Canucks (18-9-2) vs. New York Rangers (12-10-4) Rogers Arena, 7 p.m. CBC, TSN 1040 Here are five things we’re pondering before Alain Vigneault and the Rangers make their visit to Rogers. 1....
View ArticleReminder: Canucks probably not on Phil Kessel’s list – are you sad?
Bob McKenzie’s Sunday morning news and notes includes a call back reference to the trade deadline, when the eight teams Leafs winger Phil Kessel would accept a trade to were revealed. TSN reported...
View ArticleCanucks Post Game: Miller rises to occasion, Hamhuis lost to broken jaw,...
Points to ponder after the Canucks won an important test of their collective will in a 2-1 win over the Rangers, but lost Dan Hamhuis to a broken jaw Wednesday at Rogers Arena: A THRILLER FOR MILLER:...
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