This week in anguish:

  • Captain Bo's cursive condemnation of Jake's undisciplined play jolts us into game shape. We run through the high and lowlights of training camp 2.0 so far.

  • Ardella plays quizmaster in Tales of Training Camps Past. In stops ranging from 1978-2015, we find the Canucks variously leaderless, jazzercizing, reuniting, de-uniting, and generally gasping for breath. 

  • It's yet again time to dip into the well of Troy Stecher lore. This time, we compare our two divergent hometown heroes. Once again, we watch Jake nervously from the sidelines of life, tut-tutting and hoping he'll figure it all out one day. Then, in an even more hallowed tradition, we find yet more reasons why Troy Stecher is the best. 

  • At long last, The Road to the Stanchion. Kevin Bieksa was really, really good in 2011. But he was also really, really, present, and that was half the battle right there.