Boy, what a year to have for Jacob Markström, and what a year for him to have it in. After what seemed like years of Markström staying firmly embedded in “serviceable tandem goalie” territory, the arrival of Ian Clark coincided with the Swedish netminder truly coming into his own last season. He stepped up in…
The Vancouver Canucks had arrived! Things were looking absolutely roses through October, when the Canucks were good for an 8-3-1 record. Elias Pettersson was back for round two (and boy, did he ever look sharp!). Tyler Myers, despite mockery and Then, November rolled around. The Canucks struggled to solve the puzzle that was Anaheim Ducks…
Halloween: it’s that amazing time of year that comes right smack-dab in between back-to-school flu season and the chaos of Christmas, Hannukkah, Diwali, Rosh Hashanah, and the intersection of all four major sports in play simultaneously. For kids it’s fun and for parents it can be a bit of a nightmare, but for NHLers it’s…
It’s been now just over a full season since Henrik and Daniel Sedin announced their joint retirement from the NHL. The twins skated their final outing with the Canucks boasting 1,300+ regular season NHL games apiece and over 1,000 points per brother, making them one of the most successful brother duos the NHL has ever…
The Vancouver Canucks are fortunate enough to have two goaltenders among their list of top prospects; while the younger (and smaller) Mikey DiPietro clocks in at #7 on this pre-season’s list, the team has another goaltender in the pipeline that’s currently ranked even higher in Thatcher Demko. Demko often gets lauded for his size and…
It’s unfortunate that Michael DiPietro had to make his NHL debut in the middle of one of the busiest seasons of his life – and behind a Vancouver team that was, for yet another year, struggling to stay afloat. DiPietro allowed a whopping seven goals during a game in which he was given no chance…
I remember walking over to Botchford during the first intermission of the Arizona Coyotes-Vancouver Canucks game in Glendale this spring. It feels selfish to write something about Botch using the word ‘I’, like somehow shifting the goalposts to center a tragedy around myself instead of the 48-year-old ball of frenetic energy that gave a fanbase…
The Canucks had their undefeated streak ended in their last game, falling victim to a messy, stupid matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning and the entirely-inhuman Andrei Vasilevskiy. In an absolutely blessing of a gift from the gods, though, the team was delivered a complete shitshow of an opponent for their follow-up game on Thursday…
Final Score: Arizona Coyotes 4, Vancouver Canucks 1 The Vancouver Canucks got a chance to show off some of the province’s most beautiful scenery this weekend, when they hosted the Arizona Coyotes and a whole slew of enthusiastic fans out in Kelowna. It was a gorgeous backdrop for the team to host one of their…
Numbers Canucks fans have been antsy as they await Thatcher Demko for a few seasons now, hoping he’ll show up just in time to backstop the team through their revival as they enter the post-Sedin era. This past season, they finally got to see him in action, as he made his NHL debut to wind…
Numbers DiPietro surprised fans around the OHL when he split starts with Windsor’s veteran his first season for the Spitfires, but he’s transitioned seamlessly into the starting role full-time in the last two years. His numbers took a slight dip this year, moving from a .917 save percentage in all situations in 2016-17 to a…
The Vancouver Canucks took a gamble when they signed goaltender Anders Nilsson to a multi year deal this past summer, bringing him on board as a replacement for Ryan Miller alongside Jacob Markstrom. At best, he was expected to put up similar stats to his 2016-17 season with the Buffalo Sabres, where he was good…
