The Vancouver Canucks selected 6’1″ defenceman Jacob Truscott in the fifth round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. He is a two-way defenceman who can play both sides on the backend and is quickly learning how to grow his game and be known as a defenceman who can be trusted in all areas and all…
As we approach the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, the Vancouver Canucks have options with their 15th overall pick in the draft. The team currently holds a first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh-round pick in the 2022 draft. One of the ways to fill that missing second-round pick and add even more draft picks to…
After Aidan McDonough decided to go back to school for his fourth season with Northeastern, worry was beginning to seep into the minds of Vancouver Canucks fans that the talented NCAA forward prospect was going to bolt for another organization as he becomes a free agent on August 16th, 2022. McDonough shut down those worries…
With the second round of the NHL playoffs beginning, the Vancouver Canucks continue to work through their offseason checklist. Confirming the return of head coach Bruce Boudreau was a tremendous start. His confidence in the organization even with no contract after the next season shows that there is trust between Boudreau and management. The Canucks…
Lucas Forsell has had a heck of a year since the Vancouver Canucks called his name with the 201st selection in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. Lucas Forsell is still only 18 years old and has already developed at an accelerated pace. This season, Forsell was nearly a point per game player in the J20…
The Vancouver Canucks are set to select 15th overall in the first round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. When you’re selecting in the middle of the first round, you need to find an NHL player. Missing on a first-round pick because of the selection of a flash and dash prospect wouldn’t look good on…
On Friday afternoon, the Vancouver Canucks announced that Bruce Boudreau would be returning as the head coach of the team for the 2022-23 season. Bruce, there it is chants will go on for another season, and the questions about the head coach’s future in Vancouver were put to rest. Boudreau met with the media on…
The Vancouver Canucks aren’t likely to be taking any big swings in free agency this summer but that doesn’t mean that they can’t add value on July 13th. Every year, depth players are signed for short-term, low cap-hit contracts that end up making a big difference to a team’s bottom-six. Whether it be through providing…
He’s one of the Vancouver Canucks’ top prospects and showed flashes of excellence in his rookie season in North America. Unfortunately, those flashes weren’t enough to let Danila Klimovich play under the bright lights of AHL playoff hockey. As the Canucks’ second-highest ranked prospect, Klimovich clearly has potential. He finished his first AHL season with…
After a week that saw the Stanley Cup Playoffs crank up and the Abbotsford Canucks’ playoffs shut down, we are back at it with another Monday mailbag here at CanucksArmy! With all of the Canucks hockey being wrapped up for the summer, it’s time to look into the offseason and begin to examine what the…
The Abbotsford Canucks were swept in the first round of the AHL playoffs after going on an impressive 29-11-2 run over their final 42 games of the regular season. When you looked at the Canucks and Bakersfield Condors’ lineups, the Canucks were favoured in the series and they were simply outworked and outplayed by Bakersfield….
Vasily Podkolzin is an NHL player. He is also a 20-year-old, on his entry-level contract with an NHL team that missed the playoffs and has the ability to send him to the AHL without worrying about waivers. This is where we are at with Vasily Podkolzin. He joined the Abbotsford Canucks in California on Saturday…
