to move up and down
It’s over. The Vancouver Canucks couldn’t dig themselves out of a 3-0 series hole, and now the Presidents’ Trophy winners will be practising their golf swing for the next few months. The No. 8 Kings are onto the next round. Maybe next year?
Raymond may never be ‘over’ his injury
After his back was broken, Mason Raymond could still feel his fingers and toes. Man, could he feel them. Photo: Stuart Gordon/Postmedia News
OPENING NIGHT: We get into specifics in Day 2 of our preview, with a closer look at all the Canadian teams. Yes, it is the final countdown.
Feeling blue
Hockey season is almost here, which means more guys in weird latex suits. Read our review of NHL 12. (Photo: Aaron Lynett/National Post)
As news circulated through the hockey community on Monday night that Winnipeg Jets forward Rick Rypien had been found dead, few took the news harder than his former teammate and friend Jason Jaffray.
National Post front page for April 26, 2011
Ignatieff rewrites an old war story
Detainee knows of al-Qaeda here: file
Jack: Big smiles and bad ideas
Canucks fans put to test, yet again
Graphic: The Canucks’ department of defence
Vancouver, the leader in the NHL’s Western Conference, is only eighth in the league in games lost to injury and illness this season. But many of their injuries have been concentrated on defence and the losses have been particularly critical in the last 20 games.
Above is a look at how the Canucks have deployed six defencemen each game, the reasons for time missing and other statistical points of interest.
