More off-ice shenangians, injuries and some games to recap all going on this past week with the Canucks. I don’t know about you, but my week was a busy one. But you’re not here to read about my dreary life, you’re here for the Canucks Week That Was!

Lots to talk about this week, both on ice and off. Olympic nominations! The World Juniors! Off-ice shenanigans! Oh yes, and the Canucks also played a couple of games as well. While everyone was out celebrating Christmas and Festivus, I was staying on top of things in Canuckland. Here’s what you need to know about the Week That Was.

This was sort of a lazy week for me (and presumably most of you folks out there!) There was Christmas, naturally, but also travel concerns cramping my style and making it so that I couldn’t write as much as I wanted to. No plugs and also a condensed look at the Canucks. A little heavier on commentary than straight up news. I’ll try to balance it out for next week.

Recently, the Canucks haven’t had much to look forward to when the NHL goes on its annual Christmas break. The World Junior Championships, a Boxing Day Tradition, have typically been light on Canuck talent. That’s starting to change, though, thanks to the efforts of general manager Mike Gillis. There are a number of players in the system who have a good shot of representing their country for the Juniors. With Team Sweden’s announcing their roster tomorrow and Team Canada naming their training camp roster on December 3rd, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at those players.