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It's Wednesday December the 28 around 8:01AM and

Crawford Wakes Up, Smells Coffee

Finally Marc Crawford is doing, something. For tonight's game he's actually really shaking things up. Although this should not give The Sun's Elliott Pap the right to use puns like, "Look out, Nashville. It could be a fight to the Finnish." (Maybe the Sun needs to shake things up too.)

Trying to get at the root of their five-game nosedive, the Vancouver Canucks are turning to Jarkko Ruutu. The feisty Finn is being promoted to the team's first line and tonight will skate -- at least for starters -- on right wing with Todd Bertuzzi shifting to centre and Markus Naslund at his usual spot on the left side.

And showing even more tough, Crawford calls out Brendan Morrison and puts him on the third line with Matt Cooke and Richard Park. It's also encouraging to note that Crawford has dropped the, we-just-need-to-play-5-percent-better, routine. This could be good.

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Posted by: Mike Browne

December 28, 2005 06:13 PM

Look at Jackson following those darned Canucks like a fat lady after a Doughnut. Keep it up bud. Great site.

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