The idea of these “Snap Shots” articles is to explore some smaller ideas or stats that I find. In the process of looking through stats, one number sticks out to such an absurd degree that it merits an article all on it’s own. This is one of those times. The Canucks have won every game…
The Vancouver Canucks made significant moves this offseason to improve their defence corps. Adding Tyler Myers was the biggest offseason transaction, but Oscar Fantenberg and Jordie Benn have also been useful additions this season. Obviously, the biggest change to the Canucks’ blue line wasn’t acquired via trade or free agency, but through the draft. Quinn…
When I was a young boy, my father took me into Vancity to see a Canucks game. He said, “Son, when you grow up will you write the postgame about the penalty box parade?” Today was that day. Luckily there was a great off ice story to cover first. The Canucks were coming off a…
The World Junior Championship will soon be coming to a close, and the four Canucks prospects that are participating in the tournament have been showcasing their talent in this annual overload of incredible hockey. One Canucks prospect made his mark early on in this tournament and had the sports world buzzing about his elite puck…
If 2018-19 was the season that Elias Pettersson shocked the hockey world, then 2019-20 is the season that he is asserting his dominance. The Canucks have found their scoring leader for years to come. Elias Pettersson was just named to his second All-Star game and he will hopefully be joined by Quinn Hughes as well….
Stan Smyl sputtered when he called his name when the Canucks selected him at 10th overall at the 2019 draft, but by the end of this tournament, every Canucks fan will know exactly how to pronounce “Podkolzin”. Though some may be calling him Put-goals-in. This year has been a roller coaster ride for Vasili Podkolzin….
All eyes will be on Nils Hoglander at this year’s tournament after Andrei Svechnikov scored the second “Nyssa” goal of his brief NHL career. While Svechnikov may have popularized the move, Nils Höglander has been scoring lacrosse goals in professional leagues since Svech was a rookie. I may be biased, but I think Höglander’s “Nyssa”…
In all my years, I have never seen as many Molson Canadians spilled as last year when Toni Utunen scored the overtime goal that eliminated Canada from the 2018 World Junior Championship. Obviously, that is because we have so many great breweries in the Vancouver area and we weren’t drinking Molsons. (What else could I…
With the World Junior Championship beginning in earnest today, I wanted to take this opportunity to break down the four Canucks prospects that will be playing this year. Over the next few days I’ll break down these four players and project what kind of impact they could have on their country’s WJC teams. Obviously, Vasili…
The holidays are here and it feels as though pumpkin spice has been forgotten quicker than Radim Vrbata’s 2014-15 MVP season, so I thought it would be fun to include Canucks Twitter in the yearly festivities and see what Canucks fans would like to see under the tree for Canucks players. Oh, and just to…
The Canucks had one game left before the Christmas break. Monday night they took on the Edmonton Oilers, coming into this game riding a two-game win streak. Alex Edler would draw back into the lineup and with Edler coming in, it meant someone would have to come out. Travis Green decided to sit out Jordie…
Another week, another podcast. This week on the Canucks Conversation podcast I was joined by seven contributors to CanucksArmy. If you haven’t heard of this show before, this is my podcast. The goal has been to hear some new voices and bring weekly audio content. On this week’s episode I chat with Stephan Roget, Ryan…
