The retirement of center Trevor Linden truly ushered in a new era for the Vancouver Canucks. It was no surprise that when Cody Hodgson was still on the board at No. 10 at the 2008 Entry Draft, the Canucks quickly plucked the 18-year-old.

With under a week remaining in the search for Curtis Sanford's new mask design, we decided to give everyone a sneak peek at the submissions we've received so far, like this one from Nabil Kahn of Surrey, B.C.

As a reward for landing a high-ranking front office position with the Vancouver Canucks in May, Laurence Gilman bought himself a new set of golf clubs. Unfortunately, the club's new ‘capologist' has only been able to use them twice.

On July 1, Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis stood waiting. With an elevated heart rate, heightened senses and sweaty palms, Gillis, alongside 29 other GMs aligned on the dock of NHL free agency, waited.

You've spoken and now the field has been narrowed down to just four blogger. Read their newest blog entry, choose the best and help us decide the next Canucks.com blogger for the 2008-09 season.