Rejoice, Canucks fans. It hasn’t yet been made official, but reports detailing the terms of Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes’ contracts with the Vancouver Canucks have begun to pour in. Sportsnet 650’s Satiar Shah reported that Quinn Hughes and the Canucks are nearing a 6-year deal worth slightly above $7.75 million. The report was corroborated…
That’s right, folks, there’s finally reason for optimism when it comes to the Vancouver Canucks’ contract negotiations with Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes. The contracts aren’t done yet, but the Canucks and CAA made progress this morning in reaching agreements for the Canucks’ two franchise players. This comes from a report from Thomas Drance of…
Olli Juolevi didn’t have his best showing at Vancouver Canucks training camp in Abbotsford a week ago. “He didn’t do himself any favours,” said head coach Travis Green when asked about Juolevi’s performance in camp. Things started at a low point for Juolevi when he finished last in his group for the 40s bag skate…
Welcome to the first installment of a three-part series where I will project point totals for every Canucks player who makes the opening night roster. Today, I will focus on the nine forwards that most people expect to make the team. We will be listing players by their overall point total from highest to lowest….
Today, The Nation Network — the parent company of CanucksArmy — announced a multi-year deal with PointsBet Canada, who will serve as the official and exclusive sports betting partner of Dailyfaceoff.com and The Nation Network. PointsBet is a top-tier global online gaming operator with a significant presence in both Australia and the United States, as…
Welcome back to WWYDW, the only hockey column on the internet that is perpetually on the cusp of overtime. Speaking of time that is over, how about the wait for Vancouver Canucks hockey? The long, long offseason of 2021 is finally behind us, and the 2021/22 campaign has officially begun. We’ve seen bag skates, scrimmages,…
His skating impressed everyone in the building, and now, he is set to take what he learned from his first NHL training camp and go back to the OHL as a man on a mission. Connor Lockhart was drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft after not playing a single game…
It’s safe to say things didn’t work out in Vancouver for Loui Eriksson. The Canucks signed Eriksson as an unrestricted free agent in 2016 to a 6-year deal valued at $36 million. The hope was that the Canucks could capture that lightning in a bottle that Eriksson showed playing alongside Daniel and Henrik Sedin at…
Depth, like many things in the world of professional sports, is often a double-edged sword. While having talented extra players in the press box and in the farm system is undoubtedly good — and necessary for postseason success — it can also leave a team vulnerable to losing some of that talent via the waiver…
It’s been a while since Canucks fans have been able to watch their team play. Tonight, for the first time in 18 months, the Canucks played a home game in front of their own fans. In the end, it’s still just a preseason game but the Canucks put together a group that featured a majority…
If you read that title and said “well, aren’t those his only options?”, you’d be right. Those are, realistically, Travis Hamonic’s only options for this upcoming season. The Canucks re-signed Hamonic to a two-year deal with an annual average value of $3 million this offseason, but the 31-year-old defenceman hasn’t been at training camp. This…
Before we begin, I wanted to give a quick update on how CanucksArmy’s coverage will be changing this year. As was announced earlier this month, I’m now full-time with The Nation Network, serving as the company’s Editor in Chief and covering the Canucks on a full-time basis. That means we’ll be at every morning skate…
