Canucks stories and predictions from Canada and the U.S. prior to Game 1 tonight:

Trash talk starts early for Canucks and Blackhawks
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
By Jim Jamieson, Canwest News ServiceApril 30, 2009 As the Vancouver
Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks prepared for the opening game of their second-round ...


Predictions for the Stanley Cup playoffs' second round
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Bluefield,WV,USA
The
Canucks came into the playoffs as the hottest team in the league and were paired against the third-hottest team in the league. ...


Canucks' Luongo vs. Hawks' Khabibulin promises to be compelling show
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
It will be the Vancouver
Canucks' Roberto Luongo against the Blackhawks' Nikolai Khabibulin when their teams open a best-of-seven Western Conference ... 


Tallon TALES: Chicago GM reminisces about his Canucks stint
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Thirty-nine years after he was the very first player ever drafted by the
Canucks — No. 2 overall, famously, because the Buffalo Sabres won the spin of a ...


No love lost after hair-pulling line brawl
USA Today - USA
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks' last game against the Vancouver
Canucks featured a third-period line brawl that had everything ... 


Who has the edge? Blackhawks vs. Canucks
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Chris Kuc | Tribune reporter Vancouver's top line of Henrik and Daniel Sedin and Alex Burrows scored six of the
Canucks' 11 goals in their four-game ...