Who will stay? Who will go? Mike Gillis’ Offseason Game Plan

Jun 29th, 2010 by Tonyz Tanti | Free Agency

The countdown to the free agent frenzy is on. July 1st marks the first day of free agency 2010 and the Canucks are sure to be busy. The Canucks currently have five regulars scheduled to become unrestricted free agents and four regulars set to become restricted free agents. Clearly not all of them will be back and some new players will be added via free agency. There is also the potential for young players to step into the lineup and more trades to happen. So what will Mike Gillis do? Well, lets try to figure that out right now:

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Henrikmania, Schneider-Lukowich Swap, Jannik “Dangerfield” Hansen and More!

Jan 6th, 2010 by Tonyz Tanti | Special Feature

After lets face it, a boring first 20-30 games this season, there are now lots of things going on in Canuckland. In fact, I can think of at least ten of them:

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Hodgson Back to Junior, Lukowich on Waivers, Demitra Back Soon

Sep 29th, 2009 by Tonyz Tanti | Special Feature

The Vancouver Canucks have announced that their golden boy, Cody Hodgson, will not be sticking around with the big club and instead be sent back to junior this season. I applaud the move, as he simply doesn’t belong in the NHL… yet.

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What To Do About Hodgson?

Sep 23rd, 2009 by Tonyz Tanti | Special Feature

Will we be seeing Cody Hodgson in Canuck blue this season or will the people of Brampton be seeing him back in one of those snazzy green Brampton Battalion jerseys? That’s the decision that Mike Gillis and Alain Vigneault are trying to make and fans of the Canucks are debating. Yesterday I theorized that Hodgson would be sent back to junior.

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The Bubble Boys

Sep 22nd, 2009 by Tonyz Tanti | Special Feature

This year has been the most competitive Canucks camp in recent memory, with so many players with a realistic chance to make the team. Head coach Alain Vigneault has a lot of tough decisions ahead of him, particularly concerning players on the bubble. Numerous young and old guys are fighting for spots at forward, defense and in goal.

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Bad Luck Canucks

Sep 20th, 2009 by Tonyz Tanti | Special Feature

I woke up this morning and read a couple of troubling stories about some Canuck prospects. Arguably the Canucks best player of the preseason, Sergei “the Pocket Russian Rocket” Shirokov, suffered a mild first degree sprain on his knee in the Canucks 3-1 win over Edmonton last night. They are hoping to have him back for next weekend, which leaves him little time to impress the coaches enough to crack the opening day lineup.

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Hodgson Injury, Vigneault’s Contract, Cloutier’s Comeback and More!

Sep 8th, 2009 by Tonyz Tanti | Free Agency, Rumours

Nice to see Cody Hodgson back on the ice this week at Canucks prospect camp. Hodgson injured his back from the 120+ games he played at the NHL exhibition/OHL regular season and playoffs/AHL playoffs and had surgery on it over the summer.

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Canucks Re-sign Hansen

Aug 5th, 2009 by Tonyz Tanti | Free Agency

The Canucks have re-signed RFA Jannik Hansen to a two-way deal worth $550,000.

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Contracts, Arbitration and Speculation!

Jul 10th, 2009 by Tonyz Tanti | Rumours

When you look at the Canucks payroll right now, one thing is clear: something has to give. If Michael Grabner and Cody Hodgson are ready for the NHL this season, then Mike Gillis currently has 15 potential NHL forwards. When you consider that most teams carry 14 or fewer forwards, then yes, something has to give.

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