All season long — in fact, for two seasons running now, if we’re being totally honest — the Vancouver Canucks’ most valuable player has been their starting goaltender. That was certainly the case in last night’s Game Five, as the Canucks staved off elimination by the Golden Knights largely on the strength of another stellar…
Welcome back to What Would You Do Wednesday, the only hockey column on the internet that sometimes has a different name and sometimes comes out on a different day. Thatcher Demko’s 43-save performance last night was the stuff of backup goaltending legend, but Demko’s teammates didn’t seem all that surprised about it in their postgame…
The Vancouver Canucks were on the ropes as the Vegas Golden Knights looked to close out the series in game five. There was one man who was not going to let that happen in game five. That man broke the Canucks Twitterverse when news came down that Jacob Markstrom was unfit to play. The big…
Jacob Markstrom looked like an average NHL goaltender in the Vancouver Canucks’ game four loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday evening. For Markstrom, that’s just not good enough. He was far from happy with his performance, making quick work of his postgame media availability. “I felt fine, I wanted to have all five…
THE INTRO Getting excited about tonight’s game might be tough. On the one hand, it’s do or die and the Canucks will put it all out there (hopefully) and could stretch the series at least another game. On the other hand, most of this game won’t be enjoyable knowing every Vegas goal could be the…
by OddsShark (@OddsShark) – Sponsored Post The Vancouver Canucks are on the brink of elimination after falling down 3-1 in their best-of-seven series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday. The Canucks now face a must-win situation on Tuesday night in Game 5. Vancouver is a +190 underdog on the NHL odds in Edmonton at…
