Well the all star break didn't do anything...

So much for the break doing some good for the Canucks. Whenever I get too stressed out at work, I always am able to regroup after some time off. But 2 games post break and it looks like the tension is still there. Poor Mitchell looked so not happy to be on After Hours tonight... especially when asked about the little incident with Mason Raymond.

Bah. Just end the pressure. Be a complete failure of a team that everyone stops paying attention. The Canucks always seem to play better when they're the underdogs.

Welcome back Salo and Ohlie hurt again..

... Ohlund left in the first period in the Columbus game after being cut below the left knee pad Sunday while blocking a first-period shot. Apparently it was a bloody cut as he trailed a stream of blood while leaving the ice.

"You're never comfortable when you see a lot of blood and we figured it out pretty quick that it wasn't a big deal," shrugged Ohlund, whose skate laces were coated in blood. "I feel fine."

And Salo's back! Yay!

I'd like to break something right about now

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

I've been disappointed, frustrated and miffed while watching the Canucks but I've never been as angry as I am now after watching that Sharks goal go in with 39 seconds to go and that OT goal after Nabakov's jump into play.

The Canucks went back to their defensive roots and for the most part, it worked at keeping the Sharks off the scoresheet. It would have done so much to not only win against the Sharks but blank them on home ice and then it turned to hell.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

An era of "Boo"s instead of "Luuu"s

Here's Ohlund from the game against the NJ Devils - Sanford's last game.

The Canucks were flying high and then Luongo went down. Sundin knew the challenge was going to be able to get chemistry with a team mid-season and he was totally spot on.

The sad bit is that it's not just 1 guy trying to mesh with an already cohesive unit. The team is in shambles right now. Hansen, Davison and Nycholat are part timers, Luongo, Johnson and Pyatt are back, Salo is on the cusp, Sundin and LaBarbara are new additions and Sanford is gone.. Sanford is gone!! I think that's going to be the hardest change for the team to deal with.

Gonna be hard times ahead. They need a break. The all star break should be good for them.

BRING BACK THE WOO!

Ryan Johnson and Jannik Hansen back in the saddle again

Woo hoo! I'm glad Johnson's well enough to come back into the lineup. Apparently he's still in a lot of pain with his finger but he's no stranger to playing with pain.

And Hansen's coming back from the Moose while Bolduc's heading down. I likey!

Oh, and it was some new guy's first game as a Canuck - uhh Mat, Mats Sedin, Sundin? hahaha! What a non-news event. But eveyone sure took a lot of pictures, eh?

Here's a snippet from Brad Zeimer's piece in The Vancouver Sun.

IN THIS CORNER: Canuck enforcer Hordichuk smiled Thursday when asked if he might be giving defenceman Mattias Ohlund a few pointers about dropping the gloves.

Ohlund was challenged by Oiler counterpart Sheldon Souray in Wednesday’s 4-2 Vancouver win after the Canuck crushed Erik Cole with a huge hit along the boards.

Souray promptly dropped Ohlund with a devastating right hand.

“You know what” said Hordichuk. “Mattias is the last guy I’ll be giving tips to. He’s held his own this year. I think it was just unfortunate that Souray’s hand came out of the jersey and he wasn’t expecting that.

“I went to Souray right after that and he chirped me back a little bit. He told me if I wanted to fight, we could drop them in the middle of the ice but it never ended up happening.”

I thought that Ohlie wasn't supposed to fight with taped fingers but I guess the tape had come off already..

Ohlund injured but still plays

"Canucks keep Ohlund's injury a mystery" was the headline of Zeimer's article yesterday.

Vigneault: "He's got an upper-body injury and is going to be re-evaluated when we get home and we'll let everybody know on Sunday."

Ohlund: "I just got hurt on a play and we'll see how it is tomorrow..I just got hit and didn't feel comfortable enough to finish playing and hopefully it's not too bad."

Well, here we are Sunday and Ohlund's okay. Thank you! He's actually got 9+ minutes going into the 2nd..