For a team that has made the playoffs just once in the past seven years, the Canucks have an awful number of inefficient contracts on its books. And the most painful part? This summer could’ve represented a reset for the franchise had they been willing to be patient for just one more year. Instead, the…
The discourse surrounding Canucks players seem to change as quickly and often as the weather in Vancouver. Just a year ago, Brock Boeser was lauded for his career season while J.T. Miller drew lots of flak for his inconsistent defensive efforts and some testy on-ice moments. Fast forward to today, and Boeser’s name seemingly pops…
At the end of part one of this what-if series, we had reached the conclusion of the 2001-02 season after Todd Bertuzzi was inserted on a line with the Sedins, forming a potential new West Coast Express. Without an MVP candidate in Markus Naslund leading the way, though, the Canucks fail to make the playoffs…
Over the past few weeks, we took a look at how the Canucks might have been impacted if they didn’t trade Todd Bertuzzi for Roberto Luongo in 2006. Now, we’re going even further back in time and analyzing another significant deal in the team’s history: Alek Stojanov for Markus Naslund. This trade wasn’t just one…
Welcome back to part three of our series on the Luongo-Bertuzzi trade! To briefly recap, the Canucks pivoted and traded Bertuzzi to Anaheim for Jean-Sebastien Giguere in 2006 after the Panthers refused to part with Luongo. Giguere went on to have a few successful individual seasons for the Canucks, but unfortunately, his best years in…
Welcome back to part two of our what-if series on the Luongo-Bertuzzi trade. At the end of part one, the Canucks had instead dealt Bertuzzi to the Ducks in exchange for Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who, at the time, was one of the best goalies in the league. Unfortunately, he would decline in a major way over…
In the first few articles of our what-if series, we mostly stayed within the last decade of Canucks hockey. That ends today. For the first time, we’ll be venturing back into the 2000s and talk about what might’ve happened if the team didn’t make one of the biggest trades in Canucks history: Todd Bertuzzi for…
Welcome to part two of our “What if?” series on Cory Schneider! Last week, we concluded at the end of the 2016-17 season and we’ll continue on to the present day now. 2017-18 season 2017 offseason Since the Avalanche and Canucks remain last and second-last in the standings, respectively, the draft order stays the same….
In the first few installations of this series, we imagined some what-if scenarios exclusive to the Jim Benning era, but I think it’s time to dive into earlier points of Canucks history now. For today and next week, “earlier” will only mean the last few years of the Mike Gillis regime, but we’ll definitely go…
Welcome back to part two of our “What If?” series on the infamous 2016 draft, when the Canucks decided to pick Olli Juolevi ahead of Matthew Tkachuk. Last week, we left off at the end of the 2019-20 season, and it’s now time to dive into how a single draft pick impacted not only the…
Welcome back to the second article of our new “What If?” series! In our first piece, we talked about how the Canucks’ roster might look now had they followed Trevor Linden’s vision of a slower rebuild, and we’ll now jump into the first of two parts about a hypothetical that every Canucks fan has thought…
Welcome to the first article of a new “what if?” series where we will be taking a look at how certain events in Canucks history might’ve altered the team’s trajectory if something different had happened. There are an endless number of topics that can be covered, and we will be going through the Canucks’ entire…
