It’s been a quiet but busy week in Canuckland. Free agency is just a couple weeks away and their is a lot of news from overseas as well. Let’s get into the wild week that was. COVID-19 concerns in the K There have been a handful of COVID-19 outbreaks in the KHL this past week….
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In all the hubbub of the most exciting Canucks season in nearly a decade, we just plain forgot to keep up with our Jim Benning Five-Year Rewind, but we’re here to make up for lost time with a gigantic catchup edition. If you’re new to this irregular column, or can’t remember what it’s all about…
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet that hands out more awards than it receives. And speaking of awards, all the regular-season NHL Awards have now been doled out, and the Vancouver Canucks went home empty-handed, despite a handful of close calls. Quinn Hughes finished second in Calder Trophy voting, trailing…
Wednesday’s lineup looked very different for SKA St.Petersburg. SKA was missing five of their top eight scoring forwards and it turned out to be because of a large amount of the SKA organization contracting the COVID-19 virus. The coaching staff was not present for the game and that meant that family of the owner would…
Can you smell it? It’s the familiar aroma of NHL free agency, only this year, it’s joined by the classic sweet and musky smell of leaf piles, pumpkin spice everything, and for a while there, smoke too. That damn smoke. Also unique to this year’s free agency: it marks the first year of the NHL’s…
It’s been a busy couple of days for Vancouver Canucks news and rumours. With this offseason in fast forward, there are many moves that should be happening in rapid-fire mode. Let’s look at some of the rumours swirling around the team right now. Jacob Markstrom The latest on a Jacob Markstrom contract is that many…
Heading into the offseason, the two main priorities for the Vancouver Canucks are to shed salary and upgrade the blueline. Obviously, this is easier said than done, and there’s a possibility that the team’s backend might be even worse next season if Vancouver doesn’t find a way of shedding one or more of their bloated…
To say that Loui Eriksson’s performance in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs was a disappointment would be a massive understatement. He vanished. Vancouver Canucks fans have, at this point, become accustomed to the idea that Eriksson will never be able to deliver anywhere near the quality of play expected out of a player carrying a…
Vancouver Canucks defenceman Jacob Markstrom placed fourth in the Vezina voting for the league’s top goaltender.
Vancouver Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes’ incredible rookie year didn’t land him the Calder Trophy.
It was 18 years ago today that the Vancouver Canucks acquired defenceman Sami Salo from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for holdout Peter Schaefer.
