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2007-2008 NHL Season Preview - Vancouver Canucks

by Michelle Finch

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Vancouver Canucks

Notable moves and changes: Signed F Brad Isbister.
Starting goalie:Roberto Luongo
Summary of last year: What a difference the right goalie makes. The acquisition of Luongo brought the Canucks from missing the playoffs in 2005-2006 to finishing 1st in their division last season. They capped that by making it to the second round of the playoffs.
Prediction for this year: So far the hockey Gods are not smiling on Vancouver. After just one intrasquad game, Canucks fans got to hear about not one, not even two, but three injuries to key players. Luongo seems to have recovered from a scary puck to the neck, Trevor Linden’s groin pull is not serious, but Sami Salo’s broken wrist will take him out of the lineup for a month, minimum. One can either look at this as a positive (”Hey, we got the injuries out of the way early!”) or as an omen (”If we can’t make it out of camp with a full lineup, how can we play a whole season?”). It does seem to be prophetic for the Canucks — if they can’t stay healthy, this isn’t going to be much of a season, especially in a division as difficult as the Northwest. If they remain off the IR, they will make a lot of noise in west.

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Posted in NHL, Season Preview, Vancouver Canucks on September 19th, 2007

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