Interesting article by Jonathan Willis of Houses of the Hockey on the correlation (or lack thereof) between getting shots through to the net and goals scored.

Pass it to Bulis counts down the 50 best Canuck goals of 2010.

"We've talked about how the NHL rewards failure by giving the best draft picks to the worst teams, and punishes the teams that actually make an effort to get to the second season. The Vancouver Canucks are an example of neither - the Canucks have made the playoffs seven times in the last ten seasons, but the Canucks are a notoriously bad playoff team because they've been unable to advance beyond the second round since 1995. Their prospect system reflects those results. Hockeys Future ranks the prospect pipeline 22nd in the NHL, and unless the Canucks' two best prospects kick into gear, that ranking is going to fall in the near future."

PITB's first interview! Here's an excerpt:

Do you have a response to Roberto Luongo's lost poem, now revealed to have been about you and the distracting nature of your packages?

You know you've hit it big when one of the world's best goalies references your junk. We will use this interview to apologize to Luo for our distracting nature, but Luongo has given us ammunition to pick up any girl. How could she not be impressed when we say that Luongo has talked about our package?

Like an off-brand Pokémon, Yann Sauve has evolved from Salmon-King to Moose.

Wait, what? I understand that Giguere played pretty well until he let in that incredibly weak goal by Raymond, but were they watching the same game we were? Luongo was outstanding in the third period with several gamechanging saves. It's absolutely ludicrous to suggest that Giguere outplayed Luongo, right? Am I taking crazy pills here?

Just a little spotlight on the Canucks who are growing moustaches for Movember. With pictures!

I know you guys don't much care for Bieksa, so here's part of the reason I do. He's a lot better defensively than he gets credit for.

Let's just say that he needs to take some lessons from Rick Rypien.

"As announced on the Team 1040 morning show by Scotty Rintoul and Ray Ferraro, the next inductee into the Vancouver Canucks' Ring of Honour will be Captain Kirk himself, Kirk McLean. As anyone who remembers the '94 playoff run knows, this is well deserved."

As a fan who has never played the game at a competitive level, I know I can do a much better job at managing and coaching the Canucks than Alain Vigneault and Mike Gillis. Accordingly, I have prepared this list of solutions for what ails the Canucks. These bona fide solid-gold suggestions are provided free-of-charge. If the Canucks want more of my expertise, I'll need to see a contract.

Tired of reading a bunch of positivity and hyped in your Vancouver Canucks season preview. Pass it to Bulis brings in the cynicism:

"Canucks fans, on the whole, are a self-loathing bunch, at least when they're not a Canucks-loathing bunch. We desperately want to be optimistic about the upcoming season, but years of disappointment have soured us, turning us into bitter old men and women before our time. Because of years of disappointment, we already know, deep-down, that this season will be just one more year of heartbreak."

Harrison needed some help with the "Every Goal" series and, since I love Kyle Wellwood so much, I took over for his post. Enjoy this odd collection of goals and my semi-witty banter.

"I don't know exactly where I'll fit in, but what I will bring is depth and versatility. I have played the wing with [Nicklas] Backstrom and [Alex] Ovechkin, so it's not completely foreign to me. I see myself as a guy who can fit on any line, and any role they present me with is one that I'm willing to take on."

That's what I wanted to hear. I don't want him as a centre, but if he can prove in the pre-season that he can fit on the wing and he outplays the youngsters gunning for the spot, I wouldn't mind seeing him on the third line with Malhotra and Torres.

"But, if there's one player who's really seen his stock fall, one player who I think has the sack (so not Salo) to return to the glory of his youth, it's Daniel Sedin. Quit your tittering; I'm deadly serious. Daniel Sedin will be out for blood this season."

Probably. I'm a little surprised that the Globe & Mail would run with that picture.

He does look a little, shall we say, fatigued? That might explain his playoff performance...

Inspired by a couple other blogs, here's the Mount Suckmore for the Vancouver Canucks.