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Canucks turning a corner in West race; Lalime takes over in net for Sabres

By Pierre LeBrun

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

As a dreadful January wrapped up for the Vancouver Canucks, we take you back to a conversation we were having in and around that time with GM Michael Gillis. His team had just won only two of 12 games that month, sliding down the Western Conference standings, and a hockey-crazy market demanded some answers. "Let's see what this team can do now that we're finally healthy for the first time this year," Gillis said at the time. As if on command, the calendar flipped to February and the Canucks g ...

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