It’s time for “Stick in Link”, the feature where we just plug in a bunch of stuff written by others! Featuring a smattering of links from around the Smylosphere and beyond every Tuesday and Thursday. Warning: our links are so hyper, they change colour when exposed to heat. (Have something for us to share in the next edition? E-mail us at passittobulis@gmail.com or tweet us @passittobulis. Or tell us some other way. The point is: we'll probably link it if we know about it.)
- Ryan Miller goes postmodern for his team's motivation versus Montreal: "It’s a big game for us. We’re trying to establish something and they’re trying to establish something. Ours might not be in the record book, but it will be in our book and a turning point, I hope.” [The Province]
- Meanwhile, P.K. Subban downplays the Canadiens' big for ten in ten in Vancouver: “We’re not really focused on going 10 for 10, we’re just focused on the first shift of the game and executing the way we want to play. People can talk about records and all that stuff, but to us it’s another game moving forward. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: All we’ve accomplished is to have a good start to the season and that’s it.” Uh huh. Sure. [24 Hours]
- Iain MacIntyre on Alex Burrows, who is beginning the awkward transition from "core player" to "core veteran". You know the difference. [Vancouver Sun]
- Jake Virtanen or Jared McCann? Who stays? Who goes? [Always 90 Four]
- But the real choice is larger than that. Ed Willes thinks the Canucks need to decide whether they're in or out on this youth movement. [The Province]
- Brandon Prust: “We’re trying to get our home identity rolling. We want teams coming in here knowing they’re in for a long night." So that explains why so many of these games have gone to overtime -- commitment to longer nights. [The Canadian Press]
- Elliotte Friedman ponders the tradeability of a certain underappreciated Canuck defender: "Another guy I wondered about was Yannick Weber. He’s only played two games in Vancouver. It’s so hard to score five-on-five that power plays are even more important. If not the Canucks — and Ben Hutton is going nowhere — he’s got to help someone with the man advantage. GM Jim Benning wouldn’t comment, but right now word is there isn’t much action there. I have to admit I’m surprised by that. On a one-year deal at $1.5 million." [Sportsnet]
- Fun stuff by Dimitri Filipovic on one-goal games, which is especially pertinent to the Canucks, who keep losing them: "The idea that certain teams possess the inherent ability to buckle down when it matters most with the game on the line and channel their inner ‘will to win’ is nothing short of a fallacy." [Canucks Army]
- The Canucks are a home ice powerhouse. For 40 minutes. [Nucks Misconduct]
- Why not take a break from the struggles of this year's team to remember all awards past Canucks have won? I say you deserve it. [Canucks Corner]
- Finally, here's Ryan Miller driving a car, talking about stuff.
