Shocker In Hockeytown:  Babcock Out On Eve Of Playoffs
kuklaskorner.com 4/1/2008 — Unfriggingbelievable.  Citing unrest among the team’s top players and an inability to co-exist with Ken Holland, Mike Babcock is stepping down as Head Coach of the Red Wings.  According to a release from the Wings, Paul MacLean will ...

With playoffs at hand, Smyth looks to step up - The Denver Post
denverpost.com 4/1/2008 — VANCOUVER The Avalanche didn't sign Ryan Smyth to a five-year, $31.25 million contract for him to be a third-liner. But with Colorado in position to clinch a playoff spot tonight, when the Avs face the Vancouver Canucks at GM Place, that is what ...

Who will Detroit face in Round #1?
behindthejersey.com 4/1/2008 — The NHL playoffs are quickly approaching whether you like it or not. For some, the playoffs are a time of nervous anticipation (that’d be me). For others, it’s a time to panic and think the worst will happen. And then there’s those ...

BofA Gains New Meaning
battleofalberta.blogspot.com 4/1/2008 — Well, with the Flames being docked points by Colin Campbell's increasingly bizarre Wheel of Justice, the Oilers now only need to leapfrog one of the Canucks or Predators. Hattip to Scarlett for the image. With cheater Iginla sitting in the pressbox ...

Canucks face uphill struggle
globesports.com 4/2/2008 — Roberto Luongo keeps his eye on the puck. Roberto Luongo keeps his eye on the puck. (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

Canucks Cup Finals? — Bleacher Report - NHL 4/1/2008
Now everyone has completely written off the Canucks as stanley cup contenders and it pisses me off the canucks have the best chance in my opinion to go all the way they will slaughter Detroit in the 1st round, Demolish either San Jose or Colrado in ...

One Down Two More to Go, with the Canucks Lost, Will the Team Make the Playoff? — Bleacher Report - NHL 4/2/2008
 Last Saturday the Vancouver Canucks put on the best effort the fans were longing to see whole season long.  A 6-2 win over division rival Calary Flames with Markus Naslund scoring the game winning goal and Trevor Linden scoring the game ...

The Avs over the Canucks: The Stick That Broke the Canucks Back — Bleacher Report - NHL 4/2/2008
Oh how fragile a team can be.  All it took was one stick to break, to break the back of the Vancouver Canucks.  A game in which all the stars seemed to align in the first period.  The Canucks took a two goal lead in the first only to ...

The Avs over the Canucks: The Stick That Broke the Canuck's Back — Bleacher Report - NHL 4/2/2008
Oh how fragile a team can be.  All it took was one stick to break, to break the back of the Vancouver Canucks.  A game in which all the stars seemed to align in the first period.  The Canucks took a two goal lead in the first only to ...

One Down Two More to Go: With the Canucks Loss, Will the Team Make the Playoffs? — Bleacher Report - NHL 4/2/2008
 Last Sunday the Vancouver Canucks put on the best effort the fans were longing to see whole season long.  A 6-2 win over division rival Calary Flames with Markus Naslund scoring a much needed hard working goal and Trevor ...