The wait is finally over.
On Saturday October 9, the Vancouver Canucks and LA Kings will open their 2010-2011 NHL seasons at Rogers Arena. If you can’t start your season against a divisional rival, then kicking off the season against a recent playoff opponent is the next best thing.
Aside from the general euphoria of watching a meaningful hockey game after a long summer, there are several intriguing storylines to follow:
Return of Willie Mitchell
After signing with LA as a free agent, Willie Mitchell makes his Kings debut in the building he called home for the last four years. Mitchell will do his best to shutdown and frustrate the Canucks stars, and so after his initial introduction in the starting lineup, Canucks fans are going to go back to booing the BC native, just as we did when he played for the Minnesota Wild and drove Todd Bertuzzi and Markus Naslund crazy.
If anyone knows how to shutdown the Sedin twins, it would be Willie Mitchell. After playing against them for five years as member of the Wild, and then playing with them for four years as a Canuck, Mitchell has had ample opp ...
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