Kevin Bieksa confirmed after the Colorado game that he has been named to Team Canada's roster list in Belarus. This will be the first time he has been able to participate in an event where he is able to represent Canada in a World Championship.
If you'd like to see him respond to the questions about the invite to play, you can watch it here. Bieksa's interview starts at the 23:16 mark.
Wishing Bieksa and his team success and he will bring home the gold! He won't be able to resist rubbing it into Kesler's face too. That's what best friends are for!
Wow!! What a week! So, the Canucks have failed to make the playoffs for the first time in 6 years. This year has been like no other. With many injuries, new defensive systems and GM trades that have made no sense in the last three years and giving half this team "No Trade Clauses", it has finally come to a head. The core players, the Sedins, Ryan Kesler, Kevin Bieksa and Alex Burrows need support from their team and they didn't get it. Mike Gillis was finally fired a day after the Canucks failed to make playoffs. The fans were chanting "Fire Gillis" inside Rogers Arena. It was finally time for a change. The fans wanted it and the Canucks ownership finally recognized it with the low season ticket renewal and had the courage to do the right thing and make that change. They did the next best thing. They hired "The Golden Boy" Trevor Linden.
Trevor was named the President of Hockey Operations yesterday morning. With the reputation that comes along with Trevor, this hiring has given the fans hope again. In hopes that he will do the right thing and finally bring balance to this team that has been lacking since the 2011 Stanley Cup final. I thought it was just a media stunt but after hearing him at the conference yesterday, I'm convinced that he has a plan and feels the same as most of the core players and the fans do in this city. I do sincerely wish Trevor Linden luck with this organization and truly hope that he can right this ship and make us a Stanley Cup contending team once again.
If you missed the conference yesterday of Aquilini naming Trevor the President, you can watch it here on Youtube.
There is a great interview with Trevor on the CKNW Bill Good Show . He shows a lot of insight of which direction he wants this team to go. Worth a listen.
