The Vancouver Canucks. Grr! I'm a sports geek. Spent some time, recently, learning about these new fangled stats economists are gleaming from hockey games. They're amazing, these numbers. Simply fascinating. It's really opened up the game for me, allowed me to watch the games in a whole new way. And my joy at these new stats are tempered by the Canucks. The Can'tnucks. The Goddamn Fucking Canucks. This has really been a summer of discontent for me, watching the off-season roster moves the Canucks have made. I suppose one could count last season's extensions of Dorsett and Sbisa as off-season moves. But when I do that, it makes this summer seem a great deal worse. My goodness. This Canucks team is going to be filled with question marks throughout the line up. So many rookies will have to take roster spots throughout the year. And the questions arise from the fact these rooks have never actually outplayed the outgoing veterans for these positions. And the vete...
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