November 12, 2003 Sports e the other press © Canucks Corner CF Miley OP Contributor Good day and welcome to the inaugural run of Canucks Corner, your home for all things Canucks. Let’s begin with a run down of the season to date. The biggest ~ story of the year came in the form of a four-year, $27.9-million US contract for Todd Bertuzzi. I know, I know, it’s way too much to pay a guy to chase a puck around on a frozen indoor pond, but that’s professional sports these days. | wonder what Bobby Orr would be mak- ing today? The Canucks continue to secure the core players to long-term deals, and the future looks bright. Good Work. On the ice, the lads are tearing up the Western Conference with a 9—3—2-0 record (as of Nov. 7). You'll notice this column will be on a one-week tape delay, so I just finished watching the Canucks lose a heartbreaker to the hated St. Louis Blues. Despite the gritty effort on the tail end of back-to-back road games, St. Louis skated away with a 3—2 victory. A bright spot was rookie Jason King scoring his sixth goal of the campaign. Playing along- side the Sedin twins, King’s sweet hands and nose for the net continue to impress. Blues center Doug Weight crosschecked Henrik Sedin across the face in the first period, leaving Sedin bloodied and swollen. It was the latest incident in a string of goon fests, dating back to a game last season in which Canuck’s goalie Dan Cloutier got in a fight with the Blues’ Scott Mellanby. More recently, Todd Bertuzzi separated Blues defenseman Al MacInnis’ shoulder during last year’s first- round playoff series, and then did the same to Barret Jackman the last time the two teams met. Doug Weight received a well-deserved four-game suspension for the crosscheck. Why don’t players have to serve their suspensions in games against the team they have wronged? The suspen- sion does very little for the Canucks, who don't face the Blues again for almost three months. Look for the war to continue on January 29, when the Canucks and Blues go at it next. The finest effort of the season had to be the 5-1 dismantling of the Detroit Red Wings on November 3 at GM Place. Behind the solid goaltending of Dan Cloutier, the Canucks outclassed the Wings, leaving the overpaid, under-per- forming bums looking like the bunch of old men that they are. Markus Naslund led the way with a goal and two assists, and has climbed into the top ten in league scoring with his red-hot play as of late. On a personal note, I hate Chris Chelios, and Red Wing’s coach Dave Lewis needs to lose the Nazi mus- tache. Sieg heil, loser. Off to an excellent . start, the Canucks have scored the most goals in the NHL, 3.5 per game, while allowing only a stingy 1.93 goals per game, second only to Tampa Bay (1.90). Plus, the Canucks are one of only two teams, Philadelphia being the other, to be undefeated at home. Also, the Canucks tied an NHL record for most consecutive games scoring the first goal to open a sea- son, with twelve in row. The streak was snapped November 6 in Nashville when the Predators Scott Hartnell beat backup goalie Johan Hedberg in the first period to open the scoring in the 4-3 Vancouver win. | Canucks defenseman Bryan Allen was suspended for two games following a slash that broke Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg’s ankle during the November 3 game. As of Thursday, November 7, the ; Canucks have the top four plus/minus players in the NHL, with Marek Malik at +14, followed by Naslund (+13), Morrison (+13), and Bertuzzi (+10). Given the defen- | sive woes the big line had last sea- son, it’s great to see some attention being given to their own end of the ice. Now, if someone could just teach Cloutier how to handle the puck, we'd really be in business. That's all for this week. Go ’Nucks. Classifieds Students advertise for free! 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