Roberto Luongo News

Roberto Luongo's cracked rib is a significant thorn in Vancouver's side, but it's also a window of opportunity for Andrew Raycroft , the ex-Bruin netminder who went shopping for a new hockey home as a free agent in July.

Wednesday's Canucks-Rangers game - the third period, in particular - offered some insight.

Brad Richards scored midway through the second period, Brenden Morrow added a third-period power-play goal, and the Dallas Stars beat Vancouver 2-1 despite a 45-save performance by Canucks rookie Cory Schneider on Friday night.

Martin Havlat of the Minnesota Wild keeps his eyes on the on the puck while he attempts to set up a screen near Andrew Raycroft #30 of the Vancouver Canucks during the game at the Xcel Energy Center November 5, 2009 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The natives of Livonia, Mich., could end up going head-to-head much of the game.

The Vancouver Canucks are operating without their star goalie, yet the team has barely missed a beat.

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Ryan Kesler's in for a huge raise when his current contract with the Vancouver Canucks expires at the end of this season.

Samuelsson pushes Canucks past Rangers Vancouver Canucks' Rick Rypien, left, celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers with teammates Tanner Glass and Christian Ehrhoff during third period NHL hockey in Vancouver, British Columbia November 3, 2009.

The Detroit Red Wings struggled to overcome poor goaltending, a mediocre penalty-killing unit, blown leads, generally snakebitten secondary scorers, erratic refereeing, and fantastic, if sometimes spotty, goaltending at the other end of the ice during their game against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, but they changed the script from their four ...

The following appeared in Sunday's special White Towel insert in The Province. The Vancouver Canucks are experiencing one of the most painful stretches in franchise history.

The setup: There always seems to be an extra buzz in the air when an Original Six team visits, especially one from the East that doesn't get to Vancouver very often.

I just received an email from my Vancouver Canucks E-news, thatA Roberto Luongo is sidelined with a hairline fracture to his rib.

Detroit's loss of Johan Franzen and the offseason departures of Marian Hossa and Jiri Hudler has left Detroit in the middle of the pack at 17th overall in the goal scoring department where they have been perennial top of league giants.

The better team lost Saturday night, but when it's the Toronto Maple Leafs on the losing end to the Vancouver Canucks, not many tears will be shed on the Left Coast.

The Colorado Avalanche will try to rebound from a rare regulation loss when they visit the Vancouver Canucks for tonight's battle at General Motors Place between a pair of Northwest Division rivals.

Craig Anderson will get the start in Vancouver. I'm glad I didn't assume Peter Budaj would finally get his first start.

THE SETUP: This is Olympic coach Mike Babcock's only visit to GM Place before the Games in February, but his focus is more on his struggling club a ' 3-4-2 out of the chute.

In their 64-year history, the Vancouver Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup. It is hard to believe that a city so passionate about hockey has only acquired the Stanley Cup once.

Roberto Luongo does not know the ins and outs of any tampering charges or supposed "he-said, she-said" allegations between the Vancouver Canucks and Maple Leafs organizations.