Even though the Canucks are on a four-game winning streak, the team’s future is still murky at best. Yes, Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes are still in their early 20s, but with the amount of money tied up in veterans such as Tyler Myers and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, the Canucks’ salary cap structure is more reminiscent…
It’s not particularly fun to be someone who’s invested in the Canucks right now. The team has been a train wreck on the ice, but like most things in life, it’s still possible to find bright spots in an otherwise toxic situation. With the quarter mark of the season fast approaching, there have been a…
Following a lifeless and embarrassing loss to the Avalanche on Thursday, followed by a 7-4 loss to Vegas Saturday, and a 5-1 loss to Anaheim yesterday, Canucks fans have officially taken out their pitchforks again, which have been gathering dust for — oh right, just a few months. And who can blame them? This year…
When Jim Benning acquired Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Conor Garland from the Arizona Coyotes over the summer, it was obvious what this season’s mandate was: playoffs or bust. And if the Canucks don’t rattle off a winning streak soon, it’ll become increasingly difficult to see how they’ll be able to squeak into the postseason. Having accumulated…
After signing Elias Pettersson to a three-year, $22.05 million extension last month ($7.35 million AAV), general manager Jim Benning has essentially locked the Vancouver Canucks into a competitive window that spans the same amount of time. But even with Pettersson and Quinn Hughes on relatively team-friendly deals, the club still has a number of crucial…
Welcome to the third and final installment of my 2021-22 point projection for every Canucks player who will make regular appearances in the lineup. Before starting this series, I had anticipated that I would just predict stats for whoever makes the club’s final 23-man roster. However, with the number of injuries that have occurred since,…
The 2021-22 NHL season is just a week away, which marks the start of a new era for the Canucks. The club underwent major overhauls, and following Elias Pettersson’s new bridge deal, now has a definitive three-year window to compete. However, many questions still surround this roster, and there are three storylines in particular that…
Welcome back to part two of my 2021-22 point projection for every Vancouver Canucks skater who makes the final 23-man roster for opening night. I made predictions for the team’s top nine forwards in part one, and today we will look at the five blueliners who are locks on the backend plus the two projected…
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….
Over the past few seasons, the Canucks’ lack of forward depth left the team with few options when it came to line juggling. The club needed to deploy players on certain lines to avoid matchup problems, and the top six were often left cleaning up the mess left by the third and fourth units. Fortunately,…
Dump and chase. Three words that Canucks fans are all too familiar with and might have come to despise over the past few years. It’s the system that the club has mostly used in the Travis Green era, to varying levels of success. This forecheck-heavy style might’ve been well-suited to an older group, but that…
Originally, this article was supposed to cover three contracts, but news broke that Jason Dickinson signed a three-year deal with an AAV of $2.65 million just moments before I started writing. Thanks for spoiling the fun, Benning. Jokes aside, Dickinson’s new contract makes it easier to predict how much cap space the Canucks have left…
