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The ten-year Canucks odyssey, part II: Nonis takes the reins, attempts to bring in change
The post-lockout NHL felt different for the league as a whole and the Canucks were set to begin a new chapter under the thumb of fresh faces in ownership and management, feeling poised to be successful in an offense-first league. The 2005-06 campaign saw them have respectable scoring output from their top forwards, with four… Read more
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The ten-year Canucks odyesssy, part I: The end of the Burke era and a massive regime change
The Canucks of the early 2000’s were an offensive powerhouse, led primarily by the trio of Markus Näslund, Todd Bertuzzi, and Brendan Morrison known as the “West Coast Express”, while further complemented by twins Henrik and Daniel Sedin, returning leader and franchise legend Trevor Linden, and a very capable OFD in the form of Ed… Read more
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DAMIEN’S DELIBERATIONS: FAVORITE PWHL FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
This series is undergoing a revamp and will now include a few of my favorite PWHL transactions, in addition to the standard 10 NHL pickups. Arguably the best acquisition of the 2024 free agency signing period in the PWHL goes to Toronto for signing Daryl Watts to a two year contract. Daryl Watts had a… Read more
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“Uncapped”: A speculative fiction work
Preface: This story has conceptually been in the works since the brand started. It was born out of multiple conversations about what a dynamic similar to the one in the 2010 NFL season, wherein a salary cap did not exist in a “de jure” sense, would look like in the contemporary NHL. However, this work… Read more
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Nightmare years in the history of the Swift Current Broncos
[Content warning: Though this article only discusses the topics at hand in simple, not detailed terms, it does cover a horrific vehicular accident that claimed the lives of four teenagers/young men and sexual abuse of minors. Several of the links herein also discuss these events/offenses in more detail. Reader discretion is advised.] In continuation with… Read more
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Troubling headlines and events in the 2023-24 WHL season
I have had this article conceptually in the works for quite some time. For those who listen to our podcast, you may recall that I used to talk about occurrences such as the ones discussed in this article often in the early phases of the Canadian Hockey League’s constituent organizations’ seasons. However, I was withheld… Read more