| 09 December 2009
Welcome to my first Benched Whale edition of This and That. For those of you who are new to my blog, this is where I address all the Canuck news of the day. Each link may or may not include a line of analysis, wit or sarcasm. Enjoy.
- It's not just an upper boy injury, Alex Edler is expected to miss 2 weeks due to a left arm injury (how specific!). Mathieu Schneider will sub in for Edler for the game against Atlanta
- Michael Grabner has been cleared for light skating on his own
- TSN reported that Hodgson will not be attending the Team Canada World Junior Selection Camp. Hodgson hasn't skated since being sent back down by the Canucks in September.
- Jordan Schroeder has been invited to the Team USA selection camp
- Former Vancouver Giant, Evander Kane makes his return to Vancouver with the Atlanta Thrashers tomorrow. His rookie dinner for the Thrashers set him back over $6000.
- Not really Canucks news but: Vesa Toskala has won two games in a row! This hasn't happened since like 1997. This causes eyebleaf to exclaim: "Toskala is the greatest goalie. Arguably ever. And Ron Wilson is the greatest coach of all time." I love Leaf fans.
Shane O'Brien has been getting some playing time recently on the roadtrip which leads me to believe that they are trying to entice some team to have interest in him, but really which teams would actually want him?
So, how do you shop a player like O'Brien?
Mike Gillis: Big huge defenseman that really doesn't know how to use his size, can't really embrace his toughness without taking penalties and likes to spend him in your coaches doghouse. Oh, and his price tag is a paltry 1.592 million. He's no Shea Weber or even a Douglas Murray, but he may consider himself that at this point in his career he should be a top 4 defenseman.
-This may or may not have been said by "mike gillis"
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