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The Vancouver Canucks are headed into free agency tomorrow with options. But those options may shrink significantly if Canucks GM Mike Gillis is able to sign the Sedin twins to a contract extension today, before they become unrestricted free agents tomorrow morning.

Looking ahead to next year's edition of the Vancouver Canucks, many questions arise, particularly up front with all the big decisions to be made.

Since getting drafted second and third overall nearly ten years ago, the Sedin twins have evolved into a pair of high-end scoring forwards and have been at the forefront of the Canucks' scoring ledger since the lockout.

Duncan Keith wears No. 2 on the back of his jersey, Brent Seabrook is No. 7 and Brian Campbell sports No.

Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis clearly believes Rick Rypien's problems - injuries and otherwise - are behind him.

Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis says he should be able to afford to resign the Sedin twins and keep goaltender Roberto Luongo.

They are better, and if Luongo gets and stays hot, they'll be in a lot of games.

Sports has always been important to Mose. Hey, he was sports editor of his fourth-grade newspaper.

To hear Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis tell it, he should have been watching Game 7 of a Western Conference semi-final last night rather than taking questions on what went wrong and what's to come this summer.

Sami Salo of the Vancouver Canucks during a pregame skate against the St. Louis Blues in March.

The Vancouver Canucks need to do the little things right to stop their playoffs from going wrong.

Ryan Johnson knows what his role is for the Vancouver Canucks and he absolutely loves it.

For the second time in a week, the Vancouver Canucks let a lead slip away against the Chicago Blackhawks.

What began as a best-of-seven series is now a best-of-three. The Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks have not settled anything in the first four games of their Western Conference semifinal series.

His game barely hinted at the nervousness and emotion that overwhelmed him. Taylor Pyatt made his return to hockey two months after he lost the love of his life, and he did it in a remarkably smooth fashion.

The Vancouver Canucks are hoping to recover from Saturday's embarrassing 6-3 game two loss when they meet the Chicago Blackhawks today .

Sami Salo is definitely hurt. Ryan Johnson might be hurt and who really knows about Jonathan Toews and Mats Sundin.

Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin #39 and defenseman Cam Barker #25 react after defenseman Sami Salo #6 of the Vancouver Canucks score what proved to be the game winning goal during Game One of the Western Conference Semifinal Round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 30, 2009 at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Sami Salo scored on a 3-on-1 rush with 1:13 left, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Thursday night in the series opener after blowing a three-goal lead in the third period.

The air of optimism surrounding the Vancouver Canucks and their chance at winning the Stanley Cup this season is supported by a couple of good ol' adages.