Canucks get Round 1 date with San Jose Sharks, who are, we remind you, bad
With their loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night, the Sharks close out the 2013 season as the sixth seed in the Western Conference. This means a first-round playoff date with the third seed,...
View ArticlePass it to Bulis presents a musical mockumentary: ‘Poonerman’ [VIDEO]
In case you were not aware, Harrison and I, your (hopefully) esteemed hosts here at Pass it to Bulis, are both musically inclined. Harrison once fronted the incredible funk band, Cinnamon Toast Funk,...
View Article18 things Chris Tanev’s dad will say while negotiating his son’s next contract
Chris Tanev had a solid season for the Canucks, showing that he's ready to step into a larger role next season. He even spent some time in the top-four alongside Alex Edler. It seemed like he instantly...
View ArticleWhat type of coach should the Canucks hire?
To the surprise of absolutely no one -- save Rick Bowness, whose dismissal leaked before Mike Gillis could get ahold of him and wound up being fired by his own daughter -- the Canucks blew up their...
View Article25 questions we want to hear at John Tortorella’s first press conference with...
The Vancouver Canucks have scheduled a press conference for 1 pm this afternoon, where it is expected that they will name John Tortorella the new head coach, unless the organization is running a...
View ArticleJohn Tortorella, obvious American spy, talks Luongo, nefarious plot to...
Vancouver Sun colleague Brad Ziemer caught up with John Tortorella on Wednesday and, as you might expect, Ziemer was savvy enough to ask him about Roberto Luongo. (Good thinking, Ziems!) That's the big...
View Article14 other drills you can expect out of John Tortorella’s first Canucks...
The Canucks had a rude awakening on the first day of training camp, showing up on the ice in full gear, including hockey sticks, only to feel like complete chumps when there weren't any hockey pucks....
View ArticleThe 2nd annual Canuck headshot awards, starring a weary Roberto Luongo
There are a number of reasons to get excited about the opening of Canucks training camp. There are storylines galore, especially this season, from the new coach and system to the rookies knocking on...
View ArticleThe Paper Feature: Time to fire John Tortorella
The Paper Feature will run every Wednesday in the Vancouver Sun's print edition, as well as online here at Pass it to Bulis. (It's called the Paper Feature for what we hope are obvious reasons.) It...
View ArticleTwelve ways the Canucks can stop Alex Ovechkin from scoring, which is pretty...
While you'd expect a team to be at their worst at the end of a long road trip, the Canucks and their crew of sleep doctors have frequently pointed to the first game after the trip as the truly bad one....
View ArticleThe Paper Feature: Kesler to wing, and John Tortorella’s other bright ideas
"I just look at Kes like a winger," John Tortorella said at the end the trip. This raised some eyebrows. Kesler is, after all, a pretty good centre, and taking him out of the centre depth chart leaves...
View ArticleThe Paper Feature: Dear Gary Bettman, the Pacific Division is too hard
Dear Gary Bettman, and to whomever else it may concerns, because it definitely concerns me, The Pacific Division is too hard. There. I said it. It's just too hard. There are too many good teams in it....
View ArticleThe Paper Feature: Other winter sports for the Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks learned Tuesday that they would be sending a grand total of seven players to Sochi's Olympic hockey tournament. As expected, Roberto Luongo will be tending the crease, much like...
View ArticleThe Paper Feature: 14 ways for Alex Burrows to bump the slump once he returns
This article was originally written at the beginning of December and ended with the following convoluted way for Alex Burrows to bust out of the slump he was currently mired in: "Get a writer to pen an...
View Article15 ways the Canucks’ 9-1 loss to the Ducks could have been worse
Let's face it, the Canucks' 9-1 loss to the Ducks was absolutely awful and stands as one of the most lopsided defeats in franchise history. But, as bad as it was, it could have been a lot worse. You...
View ArticleOther things we can blame on that jersey-throwing Blackhawks fan
As if it wasn't enough to have to watch the Vancouver Canucks blow a two-goal lead and lose to the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night, things got even worse for this fanbase when one of us made his...
View ArticleAfter moral victories, 20 other victories the struggling Canucks could enjoy
When the Canucks lost 1-0 to the Los Angeles Kings back in mid-January, they didn't seem all that worried about the score. They felt they had accomplished something more important in establishing a...
View ArticleThe Canadian team you cheer for just got a whole lot better overnight
The Vancouver Canucks dropped their seventh straight game on Saturday night, a 3-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was a game the Canucks led through two periods but, as has become all-too familiar...
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