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n the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast last Saturday night, Kevin Bieksa asked a very pertinent question of his former am, the Vancouver Canucks: “What is team, ur team identity?” your Team identity” can have a number of “Team fferent definitions, but what it ultimately different oils down to is, “How does your team win boils mes?” Are you big, tough, and physical? games?” A hard forechecking team with size and eed? Is your team all about high-end skill speed? roughout the lineup? Does your team throughout pend on shot-blocking and goaltending, depend en counter-attacking on the rush? Or are then
you willing to play to a stalemate at evenstrength and win the game on special teams? There’s no one right answer to this question and most teams would try to incorporate a bit of everything. The biggest, bruisingest teams can’t win without skill and even the most highlyskilled teams want to play well defensively d sh how some griit on the forecheck and and along the boards. If your team identity is how you win games, then the Canucks don’t have one. Last season, the Canucks had an identity. They managed to make the playoffs, if only by the skin of their teeth, and made it to Game 7 against the Vegas Golden Knights, one game away from the Western Conference Final. How did they do it? It was largely through elite goaltending, one of the best power plays in the NHL, and a top-six that played two-way hockey like they were a bottom-
six. That last part may sound odd, but the addition of J.T. Miller and the development of Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser’s all-around games gave the Canucks a top line that won puck battles as often as they strung together passing plays. Meanwhile, Bo Horvat and Tanner Pearson anchored a second line that could match up and hold their own with top lines across the league. The 2019-20 Canucks were not, however, a very good defensive team overall and they relied heavily on Jacob Markstrom to bail them out. On the ice, the players seem to have lost sight of what made them successful last season. The lost puck battles have been a particular aggravation and the frustration has been apparent, particularly with Miller. His anger with his own play has been visible — and frequently audible — on the ice. Off the ice, however, may be the bigger issue. Canucks GM Jim Benning was unable to bring back Markstrom and may have been right to do so given his contract with the Calgary Flames. If they weren’t going to get elite goaltending any more — and expecting that from the untested-as-a-starter Thatcher Demko was folly — then the team was going to need a new identity. That could have come in the form of committing to two-way puck possession
and offence by re-signing Tyler Toffo Toffoli. It could have meant overhauling the def defence that gave up the second most scoring chances in the NHL last season to ea ease the burden on the goaltending. It could h have meant committing to the family feeling feelin in the dressing room by re-signing wellwe loved members of the team in hopes tthat character alone could overcome the team’ t s shortcomings. Instead, Benning seemed to just patc patch over the problems. Departing players were replaced one-for-one by new acquisitions. acquisit Out with Markstrom, in with Braden Holtby. Out with Chris Tanev, in with wit Nate Schmidt. Out with Troy Stecher, in with w Travis Hamonic. Out with Toffoli, in with... well, no one, because they seemed to think he was no great loss. How could anyone expect a team wit with these significant changes to retain the same identity as last season’s tha season’s team that captured the hearts and minds of Ca Canucks fans? The defence that needed to be b bailed out by Markstrom is even worse and now Markstrom isn’t there with the bucket. bucke Is it any wonder the ship is sinking? The Canucks need to find a new way to win, as the old way just isn’t going to work aanymore. By Daniel Wagner - Pass it to Bulis
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nstalled in 2010 as part of the City of Vancouver's Olympic and Paralympic Public Art Program, Ken Lum's East Van Cross (or Monument For East Vancouver,, as it is officially known), is a symbol that has defined the area east of Main for decades. Born in East Van in 1956, Lum took his love for the neighbourhood he grew up in—and a sort of emblem seen scrawled on walls since the 1940s—and made it into a permanent beacon. It was erected at East 6th Ave and Clark Drive, facing West towards downtown, before the Olympics took place. However, a little known fact is that the public sculpture was originally meant to be located on Main Street where it meets Kingsway, a block North of Broadway. On the original blueprints dated December 5, 2008, put together by Graham Barron for Lum, a rendering shows where the artist had hoped it would be placed. In an email to Vancouver Is Awesome, Lum notes that the siting of the Mapping and Marking project (which all the Olympics legacy art projects were funded under) was up to the artists. Meaning he could choose where he wanted it to be, granted it was public land. He tells us that "Given the subject of East Vancouver, I inclined towards Main street as a kind of obvious divider of the city. I noticed the median in the middle of Main street." Unfortunately, the City told him "That was not
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COYOTE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 Wildlife experts advise anyone who finds themselves confronted by a coyote to remain calm and avoid running, as coyotes instinctively chase anything (or anyone) that runs from them. Instead, experts recommend standing tall, holding your arms overhead and yelling at the animal.
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togetherness. You'll find lots of heaping bowls and plates of Longevity Noodles locally, too, like at Heritage Asian Eatery and Potluck Hawker. At Potluck Hawker, their take-out only Lunar New Year meal begins with the lively Malaysian and Singaporean tradition of Yu Sheng, also called a Prosperity Toss, followed by plates of classic symbolic dishes, such as whole Hainanese chicken, lobster, fried rice, and soup. “Yu Sheng really brings the whole family together, and it’s fun for everyone,” explains Justin Cheung, co-owner and chef of Potluck Hawker Eatery. “Raw fish is used because it represents abundance. I used to do the toss with my family growing up - it was a tradition. You can get as messy and loud as you want! The more you toss, the more good luck it brings. We all need some hilarity during times like this, and we hope our Lunar New Year menu will bring some joy, luck, and happiness to people’s dinner tables.” There will be plenty of raw fish at Vancouver spots like Minami, and the seafood shop Fresh Ideas Start Here (FISH) even has a festive seafood platter you can put together at home. “We specifically designed our seafood platters and kits to be interactive, fun, and easy to put together,” explains Jenice Yu,
owner of Fresh Ideas Start Here. “With Lunar New Y Year, Valentine’s Day, and Family Day all on the same weeke weekend, they work well for so many occasions and can be enjoyed in the fa comforts of your own home or gifted to your friends, family, loved ones, and gal pals.” While we can't get together with people in person like usual this year, some Vancouver businesses are collaborating tto create unusual and exciting seasonal treats. Beaucoup Baker Bakery has teamed up with Chinatown BBQ for one of the bakesh bakeshop's Lunar New Year items: a Peking Duck Croissant. “This year, although Lunar New Year and Valentine’s D Day are on the same weekend, they are unique on their own own, so we definitely wanted to create treats to honour each celeb celebration,” w her says Betty Hung, who co-owners Beaucoup Bakery with brother Jacky. “For Lunar New Year, we are using a lot o of Asian ingredients, such as sesame, walnuts, and mochi, as w well as a croissant take on our favourite Peking Duck! We are th thrilled to collaborate with our friends at Chinatown BBQ." View our in-depth guide of places to visit at www.bit.ly/vanlunar2021.
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ontroversial NPA Vancouver board member and personal injury lawyer, Wes Mussio, has apparently deleted his Twitter account. The @wesmussio handle disappeared from the platform last week, shortly after Mussio was in the news defending a tweet that noted he was heading to Tampa Bay, Florida for the Super Bowl. If the name and the account are familiar, that might be because you recall a previous story of ours about a threat of physical violence directed at a member of the press (me), issued from his official account back in 2018. Mussio had explained to the Law Society of B.C. then that it was actually his wife who had made the threat, using his Twitter account, and was ultimately not penalized. He has not yet claimed that his wife deleted his Twitter account. Whoever did it, it's safe to say that some of us are glad it's gone, but let's get back on track here; what is a board member of a Vancouver municipal party doing hanging out in Florida during a pandemic, when we've been advised not to travel, you may ask? As Mussio explained to NEWS1130, he's been living in the sunshine state since October. Before his account was deleted he had been sharing photos of what maskless life is like in a state where, as of the time of this writing, 1,777,983 people have so far been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 27,696 residents have died from it.
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The politico offered foreshadowing of the account deletion a few weeks earlier; the day after former U.S. President Donald Trump was banned from the social media platform.
On Jan 9, 2021, Mussio tweeted that he was "Joining Parler, as an alternative to Twitter," because "The second big tech starts to ban anyone from Twitter because of opposing views to their leftist message is the second Freedom of Speech is at risk. Hope others drop Twitter, Facebook, and Google #boycottTwitter" Mussio was added to the NPA's board in November, after heading up a lawsuit meant to remove Green Party Councillor Michael Wiebe from office over a conflict of interest. Apparently, those two things are unrelated, yet his days on the board may be numbered. That board is putting on a clown show right now. One of their recent circus acts included blowing up animal balloons and defending another board member, Angelo Isidorou, after a 2017 photo surfaced of him flashing a white power symbol and multiple publications wrote about it. They issued a press release saying they believe there was a "clearly co-ordinated smear campaign to besmirch a newly appointed board member," seemingly accusing the progressive publication The Tyee and the not-so-progressive Vancouver Sun newspaper of somehow being in cahoots to bring down a single board member. Isidorou stepped down on his own, saying he would be suing both media outlets and he didn’t want that to distract from the work of the board. The board then attempted to deflect further, filing its own lawsuit against Mayor Kennedy Stewart over his comments he’s made about their antics. The party yet to announce a date for their upcoming AGM, where sensible party members may or may not elect a new group of board members who will stop running the NPA like Ringling Bros. If they don’t, their chances of having any candidates elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2022 election are… well… laughable. YOUTUBE
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