they're leaving on a jet plane

since i have some spare time right now, i'll do some catch-up.  it's good timing for it anyways, since the olympic road trip has just begun.

game log:
jan 23rd: canucks beat chicago 5-1 :)
jan 25th: canucks beat buffalo 3-2
jan 27th: canucks beat st. louis 3-2
jan 30th: canucks beat toronto 5-3

news:
-ron mclean chose to humiliate burrows on cbc the weekend of the pittsburgh game, so the canucks boycotted the cbc for the chicago game.  the amends have now been made, though.
-hansen has been sent to manitoba
-the road trip from hell has begun.  the team left thursday morning, and won't be back home for 43 days.  the trip started to a rocky start tonight, with the leafs somehow leading 3-0 after the 1st period.  luongo got pulled, raycroft went in.  during the 3rd period, the infamous sedin line combined for 4 goals to win the game :)
-henrik's lead for points has gained some ground, and is 1 assist short of the assists lead.  meanwhile, there are 4 canucks (both sedins, burrows and ehrhoff) in the top 6 for league +/-, and 2 more (o'brien and salo) in the top 30.
-canucks go on the road after creating a 23-7-1 home record and winning 6 straight games (7 including the toronto game).  although the canucks have a 11-11-1 road record right now, most of that is due to the horrible start to the season.  also, as of the end of the toronto game, the canucks now have a 10-1-0 record against the east, and considering how the next 5 games are against the east, that's a good sign.
-conference standings.  yes, the NW lead is ours :) meanwhile, calgary has fallen to 9th (2 straight losses away from a franchise record), san jose and chicago are way ahead of the pack, and there's a 3-point difference between 6th and 13th in the east.

next games:
feb 2nd: canucks visit montreal.  they're currently in the middle of that eastern logjam.  don't throw this game away too easily, the canucks got shut out in their last visit to the bell centre.
feb 4rd: canucks visit ottawa.  this team is somehow the hottest in their division this year.  they are really good this year.
feb 6th: canucks visit boston.  they're in 9th?? really?? how the heck did that happen??
feb 9th: canucks visit tampa bay.  we get to visit former canuck mattias ohlund.  they're in 10th right now, just behind boston.
feb 11th: canucks visit florida.  luongo's former home.  i remember hearing that he was humiliated last time he came there with the canucks..... they're in 12th right now, and trying to push their way through the logjam.
feb 12th: canucks visit columbus.  somehow, someway, hitchcock is still there, even after burrows got his 2nd consecutive hat trick against them.
feb 14th: canucks visit minnesota.  division rival sitting towards the bottom of the standings.  not a good omen.
olympic break.

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