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Found February 03, 2009 on Waiting for Stanley:
PLAYERS: Rob Davison
TEAMS: Vancouver Canucks

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The Canes are fighting for their playoff lives and barely hold onto 8th spot. We're fighting for a spot too. There are no more excuses for Vancouver. This team is either going to snap its losing streak and turn it around, or they'll lose again and the barbaric fans and media will continue their verbal crucifixions. I have a good feeling about tonight's game. I think the team is going to come out playing hard this time. If they don't, they're dead. We'll see which players are quitting on Vigneault. I don't think there are that many.Demitra will play with Sundin and Kesler. I like the sound of that line.4-1 Canucks is my guess.EAT CROW, SHANE-OShane O'Brien has had some time to think about what he ranted about a couple of days ago and today he was the better man for apologizing. "Mike Gillis never told me I had to fight," O'Brien said after the team's game-day skate at General Motors Place. "He was just talking to me about playing...
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