In this Back To/The Future series, Chris Faber and Stephan Roget are making a collaborative effort to learn from the mistakes of the Vancouver Canucks’ recent past and offer solutions to salvage their immediate future — you know, just like Marty McFly did that one time. Each weekly Roget Reverse/Future Faber two-parter will start out with a…
After signing a three-year, $10,099,998 contract in the summer of 2018 at the age of 25, Sven Baertschi appeared to be a key cog in the rebuild of the Vancouver Canucks. He was a young winger that Jim Benning traded a second-round pick for and his offensive game began to thrive when he was given…
The Canucks took a flyer on Dmitri Zlodeyev when they selected him in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. The now 19-year-old centre had an up and down season over in Russia. He scored at a great pace in the Russian minor leagues, putting up seven goals in 19 games while also…
This isn’t going to be a long one, because today, we are going to give a year in review of the six-million dollar man, Loui Eriksson. Eriksson played in seven games this season. In his 57 minutes of five-on-five ice time, the Vancouver Canucks were unable to score a goal. Eriksson’s Corsi for in those…
After a tough year where he struggled to find a home to consistently participate in game action, 2020 Vancouver Canucks seventh-round pick Viktor Persson is hoping to get some regularity by joining the Kamloops Blazers for the 2021-22 season. Persson’s agent, Todd Diamond, attempted to get Persson into Kamloops for this past WHL season but…
The Vancouver Canucks picked Karel Plasek with the 175th pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, and on Tuesday, announced that he had signed a three-year entry-level contract with the organization. Lil’ Pláš will likely report to the Abbotsford AHL team this fall. He has four years of professional experience in the Czech league with…
Through a season full of disappointments, Olli Juolevi has shown that he is an NHL player if he can stay healthy. It’s been a season to forget for the most part but one positive to take out of the season is that 23-year-old defenceman Olli Juolevi is at a level where he can play at…
On Sunday, the Vancouver Canucks announced a three-year entry-level contract for their top prospect, Vasily Podkolzin. According to the Canucks, Podkolzin will be available to local media after the World Championships conclude. The tournament will finish up on June 6th, so we can expect to speak with Podkolzin and likely a translator in just over…
After playing one season with the Buffalo Sabres and then joining the Toronto Maple Leafs at the beginning of the 2021 season, Jimmy Vesey found himself in a position to succeed with the Vancouver Canucks when he was picked up off of waivers on March 17th. He played under 10 minutes in each of his…
The Comets are landing in Abbotsford this fall and the team will feature some promising prospects from the Vancouver Canucks’ organization. Before we get into who the stars will be on the Abbotsford team, let’s talk about a name. It’s still unsure if the team’s named location will end up being Abbotsford or Fraser Valley,…
It was a tough year for Elias Pettersson, but when he was on the ice, he was looking deadlier than ever as the Canucks’ best scoring threat. Pettersson missed more than half the season this year. His wrist injury held him out of the lineup for the final 30 games of the season. Slow-mo video…
The Vancouver Canucks are coming off of a 2021 season that saw them finish dead last in the North Division while also winning enough games to position themselves with the ninth-best odds of winning the NHL Draft Lottery. General manager Jim Benning and head coach Travis Green spoke with the media via zoom for their…
