There was some speculation that Markus Naslund might have been hurt and was playing hurt during the season. Ditto for Brendan Morrison. But apparently not....
VANCOUVER (CP) - Captain Markus Naslund promised Sunday he will play better for the Vancouver Canucks next season.
Naslund struggled through his worst NHL season as a Canuck in a year where goaltender Roberto Luongo became the face of the team and Daniel and Henrik Sedin finally made good on the promise of their potential.
There were many nights Naslund, 33, looked like a passenger on a train driven by Luongo, fuelled by the scoring of the Swedish twins, and kept on the rails by the Canucks commitment to tight defence.
''I know I can play better,'' Naslund said as the Canucks cleaned out their lockers and said goodbye for the summer. ''It wasn't a lack of effort, I wanted to do well. It just wasn't there.''
''I know I can do better, that's the bottom line. I'm proud of what I do. I want to show I can still perform. I'm going to come back and prove that I can play better.''
(See Naslund promises to be better next year - TSN)
Monday, May 7, 2007
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Are you keeping up to date with your blog anymore? Thanks for the great reads thorugh the playoffs last year, especially the run against Dallas. The image of Luongo in net raising his stick above his head at the end of game 7, as though he was summoning the gods, will be remembered as well as kirk mclean's kick save on game 7 in '94. Great stuff!
Thanks for the comments. I've been travelling a lot and working too much to do much Canucks blogging to date. But I will be resuming on this blog shortly and definitely through the end of the season and the playoffs... *sigh* if only there were 30 hours in the day!
Well said.
two teams in toronto? This is a pretty interesting article. Y'all should check it out
http://www.fanzak.com/fzrants/Two_Teams_In_TO
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