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Stick in Link: Chris Higgins on waivers; trade all veterans

It’s time for “Stick in Link”, the feature where we just plug in a bunch of stuff written by others! Featuring a smattering of links from around the Smylosphere and beyond every Tuesday and Thursday.
Stick in Link
Stick in Link

It’s time for “Stick in Link”, the feature where we just plug in a bunch of stuff written by others! Featuring a smattering of links from around the Smylosphere and beyond every Tuesday and Thursday. Warning: our links are so hyper, they change colour when exposed to heat. (Have something for us to share in the next edition? E-mail us at [email protected] or tweet us @passittobulis. Or tell us some other way. The point is: we'll probably link it if we know about it.)


 

  • Unsurprisingly, the Canucks have exhausted their trade options and opted to place Chris Higgins on waivers. [Vancouver Sun]
  • Jason Botchford has the inside info on Monday night's wacky game with the Florida Panthers, and between Denis Potvin and Shawn Thornton, there's quite a bit of name-calling in this edition of The Provies. More than normal, even. [The Province
  • And here's Botchford on Luongo, with whom the city of Vancouver has a curious relationship, to say the least. We've never been consistent with this guy. Fans were cheering and booing his saves in equal measure last night. [The Province]
  • The near-brawl between the Canucks and Panthers at the end of Monday night's game made Deadspin, so if you missed the whole thing, get yourself caught up. [Deadspin
  • Jeremy Davis goes all in on Willie Desjardins' player deployment, which makes little sense, at times. [Canucks Army]
  • David Joun believes the decision to trade Chris Higgins is just the beginning of what could be a busy month for the Canucks. Trade all veterans. Kill all humans. [The Canuck Way]
  • Guts McTavish hopes so, arguing that Jim Benning needs to move out several veterans. Fine, and fair. Although this sentence, I could do without. "They have to know Burrows is a league-wide embarrassment who has to go." Whoa, whoa, whoa. Guts. Whoa.  [24 Hours]
  • That said, the Canucks do have much better trading options than Chris Higgins. [One Canuck]
  • Thomas Drance talks Jacob Markstrom, who looks confident and, uh, startery. He's been great in Ryan Miller's absence. [Sportsnet]
  • And another from Joun: Jim Benning is risking his job with the Emerson Etem trade. [The Canuck Way
  • ESPN rains on Vancouver's parade, pointing out that, despite last night's win, the Canucks and Panthers are going in different directions. Why you gotta be like that, fellas? [ESPN]
  • 2016 is totally gonna be Bo Horvat's year. This article is like Days of Our Lives in the mid-90s. It has Bo and hope. [Always 90 Four]