Breaking Canucks Camp: Points of Interest

Well, four days flyby when you’re having fun, but it’s time to get on with the preseason and find out who might make this pretty talented bunch of Nucks. The 20 players who resembled the starting team from last year hit the ice this morning at 8:00AM. I bet a lot of the players have not had to get up this early, since their minor hockey league days. This had a lot to do with a golf tournament they had to rush off to after practice and this group only included one prospect, Eric Walsky. He was filling in for Rick Rypien, whose eye was closed from the fight last night against Islanders Jeremy Reich. The goalies were Luongo and Raycroft and even in practice Louie competes hard making sure nothing goes in on any of the drills. In Christian Ehrhoff, I think the Canucks have found that mobile defenseman they were looking for and the faithful will be very pleased at what they see. He has great wheels, turns exceptionally well, gets back into the corners quickly, and has th...