Ohlund's losing ice time..

Hmm. So I guess I'm not the only one who's noticed this. I blame Alain Vigneault! He always had it out for our veterans. Hmph. I haven't forgiven him for Trevor Linden!

From The Windsor Star (of all places):

OHLUND LOSING TIME: Mattias Ohlund, the Vancouver Canucks' best defenceman for several years, went into Sunday's game averaging 21:16 of ice time after logging only 18:43 in Minnesota. Ohlund's average ice time last season was 23:46.

"You'd have to ask the coach," Ohlund said about his playing time. "The year started like that. If you ask any player, especially defencemen, everyone wants to play more and play a lot. I'm no different. But we've got good depth and we're playing well."

Defencemen Kevin Bieksa (24:01), Willie Mitchell (22:49) and Alex Edler (21:23) are all playing more than Ohlund, a 32-year-old in the final year of his contract.

Aside: Good to have a win for the morale of the boys.