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Shanahan taken off on a stretcher
Oh boy. No one wants to see this happen. Brendan Shanahan collided with Flyers' Mike Knuble during the Rangers/Flyers tilt this afternoon. It doesn't look like they butted heads, but Shanahan was out cold regardless. No word on his condition yet. Moments earlier, Rangers' goalie Henrik Lundqvist...
Status of Josh Green/Kesler
Josh Green has posted at the Canucks.com player's blog about his status and when he could return. He is targeting the last game of the season or the first game of the playoffs. I won't mind seeing Green come back, as he is a gritty role player AND it will eliminate Tommi Santala from the Canucks'...
Cooke week-to-week / The Incredible Hill
From TSN: Forward Matt Cooke's status has been down graded from day-to-day to week-to-week. Cooke hasn't skated since suffering a groin injury April 11 in Game 1 of the Canucks series with Dallas. "Matt is not day-to-day anymore," announced Canuck head coach Alain Vigneault at the morning skate...
Justin Williams out 4-6 months
Torn achilles tendon. Jeez. Williams only played in 37 games last season because of back problems and a torn ACL as well. He had 30 points in those games. He has the potential to be a 70-80 point producer. The good news about this is:-if you are creating a hockey pool and enter J Williams as one of...
Randy Carlyle losing patience with Brendan Morrison
From the OC Register: While declining to specify a timeframe, Coach Randy Carlyle made it clear Tuesday that the Ducks won’t wait forever for marquee off-season, free-agent acquisition Brendan Morrison to get going offensively."We said we would show some patience, but obviously you can’t show...
Canucks recall Cory Schneider and re-assign Nolan Baumgartner
We know Luongo will miss some time. It's just a matter of "how much". In lieu of that the Canucks have called up super-Moose goalie Cory Schneider. From Canucks.com: Vancouver Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that goaltender Cory Schneider has been recalled from the Manitoba...
Canucks recall JC Petit
OK, that's the joke going around the CDC forums. I thought that was pretty funny. Who is JC Petit?Sign him up!Actually, I believe the next goalie the Canucks may call up if Sanford is not ready is Julien Ellis, who was the Canucks' 6th round pick in 2004. His experience is not that convincing.Maybe...
Luongo could return next week
A poster at CDC found this from Luongo's page at Yahoo Sports: Dec 6: G Roberto Luongo did not skate Friday after spending the previous four straight days on the ice, including taking controlled shots from goalie coach Ian Clark Thursday, but is still ahead of schedule to return from a Nov. 22...
Luongo cautiously targeting Saturday for his return
From the Province: The Vancouver Canucks have set a best-case scenario timetable which would see Luongo start next Saturday in Edmonton. If it happens, it would be three weeks to the day that Luongo was injured in Pittsburgh."Things have to keep progressing, but it's possible. Hopefully, that will...
Don't panic about Luongo's groin
There is all kinds of speculation that Roberto Luongo may have aggravated his groin injury during practice on Wednesday, as he left the ice early and was unavailable for comments. Alain Vigneault said: "He's been following a steady plan and the plan is for him to practice on Friday," Vigneault told...
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