Hodgson Number Change/New Canuck || October, 4, 2011

Mike Gillis decided that a year was enough for Victor Oreskovich.  It's a shame really because I actually liked him.  I liked him because he hit people and just generally always skated flat out.  Kind of the same reason you like Raffi Torres, he's like a starving pitbull released from his cage for about 45 seconds, then you reel him back in to the bench.  The Canucks put Oreskovich on waivers to claim 6'3" 210-pound ex-Ranger Dale Weise.  From what I've heard, he's just a younger Oreskovich with more hockey sense.  So time will tell I guess...







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Also, Cody Hodgson changed his jersey number from #39 to #9. Hodgson says that he changed his number to #9 because it's what he wore in junior and because it's just an historic number in general.

You can think of a few Hall of Famers off the bat, Yzerman, Sakic, Hull, and even Naslund (even though not of hall of fame caliber, but still good).  All those players had number-9 on their jersey in some form, now Hodgson hopes to continue that trend.  Here's to you Hodgson, finally getting your chance to prove yourself.  No pressure or anything, but if you mess this up you can always go the Grabner route and go to Florida for nothing.  That worked out pretty well for him.