The Fifth Liners

It appears Vancouver's chances of landing decent backup have taken a hit as according to TVA sports, 36 year old Canadian goalie Jose Theodore is on the verge of joining the Boston Bruins on a one year deal! Theodore would provide back up to Tuukka Rask in net and brings with him a Veniza Trophy win in 2002 and a Hart Trophy win in 2006 as well as 17 years NHL experience with 5 different teams. However Theodore's agent has stated that there is "No truth" in the reports- but I think we can all agree that which ever team lands him will be very fortunate- British Columbia is always nice this of year Jose- just a thought!

Roberto Luongo will officially be the Vancouver Canucks starting goalie for the 2013/14 NHL season- after the dubious decision to trade away Cory Schneider for 1st round draft prospect Bo Horvat at this years NHL draft has been seen by many as either clever bargaining or outright insanity by GM Mike Gillis! Now I've beaten up on Bobby a few times in this year I have no doubts if I ever return to British Columbia- he will be on the look out for me! So he will be staying for the foreseable future, it would be nice to see what backup options could aid him this season since the only other goalies on our roster come in the form of Swede Eddie Lack who has yet to make an NHL appearence and equally unexperienced Joe Cannata . So who would make good back up in net this to rest our worrying minds? Here are the best UFA goalies currently on offer, Tim Thomas: The 39 year old is now officially a free agent after his release from the New York Islanders this year. Thomas is a Stanle...