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Stick in Link: Miller goes po-mo; Burrows a 'real leader' now

Itā€™s time for ā€œStick in Linkā€, 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

Itā€™s time for ā€œStick in Linkā€, 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.)

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  • Ryan Miller goes postmodern for his team's motivation versus Montreal: "Itā€™s a big game for us. Weā€™re trying to establish something and theyā€™re trying to establish something. Ours might not be in the record book, but it will be in our book and a turning point, I hope.ā€ []
  • Meanwhile, P.K. Subban downplays the Canadiens' big for ten in ten in Vancouver:Ģżā€œWeā€™re not really focused on going 10 for 10, weā€™re just focused on the first shift of the game and executing the way we want to play. People can talk about records and all that stuff, but to us itā€™s another game moving forward. Iā€™ve said it before, Iā€™ll say it again: All weā€™ve accomplished is to have a good start to the season and thatā€™s it.ā€ Uh huh. Sure. []
  • Iain MacIntyre on Alex Burrows, who is beginning the awkward transition from "core player" to "core veteran". You know the difference. []
  • Jake Virtanen or Jared McCann? Who stays? Who goes? []
  • But the real choice is larger than that. Ed Willes thinks the Canucks need to decide whether they're in or out on this youth movement. []
  • Brandon Prust:Ģżā€œWeā€™re trying to get our home identity rolling. We want teams coming in here knowing theyā€™re in for a long night." So that explains why so many of these games have gone to overtime -- commitment to longer nights. []
  • Elliotte Friedman ponders the tradeability of a certain underappreciated Canuck defender: "Another guy I wondered about was Yannick Weber. Heā€™s only played two games in Vancouver. Itā€™s so hard to score five-on-five that power plays are even more important. If not the Canucks ā€” and Ben Hutton is going nowhere ā€” heā€™s got to help someone with the man advantage. GM Jim Benning wouldnā€™t comment, but right now word is there isnā€™t much action there. I have to admit Iā€™m surprised by that. On a one-year deal at $1.5 million." []
  • Fun stuff by Dimitri Filipovic on one-goal games, which is especially pertinent to the Canucks, who keep losing them: "The idea that certain teams possess the inherent ability to buckle down when it matters most with the game on the line and channel their inner ā€˜will to winā€™ is nothing short of a fallacy." []
  • The Canucks are a home ice powerhouse. For 40 minutes. []
  • Why not take a break from the struggles of this year's team to remember all awards past Canucks have won? I say you deserve it. []Ģż
  • Finally, here's Ryan Miller driving a car, talking about stuff.