By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:08:10 +0000

I wanted to say that the Canucks are struggling a bit defensively, people often forget about the fact that they have lost Kevin Bieska, he wasn’t having the best of seasons, but, he is strong on the PP and PK. It is tough replacing his 20 to 25 minutes a game. Willie Mitchell also out with a “upper body injury” although not gifted offensively is a true shut down defense man who has surprised a little this year with his outburst of 3 goals. The Canucks defense may be a little slower than teams like Chicago and San Jose, they do have amazing speed with Kes, Burrows and Raymond. We all tend to forget that Cody Hodgson is back to full health and can be called to play with the big team when he gets back in shape! Canucks are sleepers and provided they can come out of the 14 game road trip relatively unscathed they could go deep into the playoffs.

By: Chrs

Chrs — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:37:26 +0000

I stand corrected, you are correct Larry. Still two of the hottest teams in the league. My apologies to Capital fans.

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:05:56 +0000

I do believe the Capitals have a longer win streak than either Vancouver or Ottowa.

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