The Canucks have 3 straight losses – two of which came from the league’s worst team in the Arizona Coyotes. It wasn’t a good week, so who deserves to be No. 1?
1. Jacob Markstrom
Sunday night’s game was uneventful, but Markstrom was as good as he could’ve been. Plus, he’s sporting a brand new equipment setup that looks pretty sweet!
2. Brendan Leipsic
He has 6 points in 6 games since being traded to the Canucks. Fine by me! The speed and the energy he brings is noticeable and it appears Jim Benning made a good trade!
3. Erik Gudbranson
He made two really good plays in the same shift on Sunday to break up two separate Coyotes offensive rushes.
4. Nic Dowd
For staying positive!
5. Jussi Jokinen
He scored in back-to-back games and nobody expected that.
6. Henrik Sedin
Despite his stardom in Vancouver, he’s still a dad doing dad things.
7. Daniel Sedin
For this crazy (although very Sedin) stat:
8. Derrick Pouliot
For being a regular person and chuckling during the Canadian national anthem in Arizona.
9. Troy Stecher, Michael Del Zotto, Chris Tanev
For keeping the “friends before teammates” saying alive.
10. Alex Biega
For this weird but clever conspiracy:
11. Jake Virtanen
For feeding off of Biega’s Red Bulls and putting up some solid games this week.
12. Darren Archibald
He scored a nice goal on a penalty shot.
13. Sam Gagner
He had 2 assists in 3 games.
14. Ben Hutton and Nikolay Goldobin
They were healthy scratch buddies this week.
15. Bo Horvat
He got hit in the head with a puck.
16. Anders Nilsson
He posted a 0.886 GAA on Friday vs. Minnesota.
17. Chris Tanev
He’s almost ready to return, but he’s technically still injured.
18. Sven Baertschi, Loui Eriksson, Markus Granlund, and Brendan Gaunce
You know why.