It didn’t take long for Canucks prospect Arvid Costmar to make an impact at the World Junior Championships. The Canucks’ seventh-round pick in the 2019 draft has secured a spot on Sweden’s second line as the centre on a talented offensive trio. Just 32 seconds after the Czech Republic scored the opening goal of the…
After a seamless transition to professional hockey from the NCAA, defenceman Brogan Rafferty is looking to crack the Canucks’ lineup out of training camp. By now you probably know the story on Rafferty. Signed as a college free agent, he played two NHL games at the end of the 2018-19 season before ripping up the…
Selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 7th round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Arvid Costmar now finds himself in an excellent position with Sweden at the World Junior Championship. There’s a lot to like about the young Swedish prospect, who will be playing centre on one of the top two lines for Sweden…
Captaining the second-ranked team in this tournament will be the job of Vancouver Canucks top prospect Vasili Podkolzin. We’ve been following the Podkolzin situation for a couple of years now and this tournament is the big reveal that scouts and fans alike have been waiting for. It’s Podkolzin’s third go at the World Junior Championships…
The Vancouver Canucks will have one of their top prospects at training camp and he is already warmed up for it. Nils Höglander has already played in 23 Swedish Hockey League games this year, which gives him a step up on the rest of the participants in camp who have been working out in their…
The Vancouver Canucks will open up training camp on January 3rd and there are still many questions surrounding the team. Without preseason games, the Canucks coaching staff and management will have some tough decisions to make about which players make the team, who might report to another league, and what their taxi squad will look…
2021 will be a year of questions for the Vancouver Canucks and one at the top of fans’ minds is what the club really has in Brock Boeser. The 23-year-old sniper saw his shooting percentage drop under 10% for the first time in his career last season. After posting 16.2% in 2017-18 and 12.4% in…
After a standout rookie season in the AHL, defenceman Brogan Rafferty now has his eyes on a full-time NHL job with the Vancouver Canucks. Rafferty will turn 26 during this upcoming season. Now is the time for him to make his impact felt at the NHL level if it’s ever going to happen. Last year…
He’s a 35-year-old winger coming into his 15th NHL season this year. That’s right, it’s time for us to explore the best and worst-case scenarios for Loui Eriksson’s 2021 Vancouver Canucks season. Eriksson is coming off of a season that saw him be left out of the lineup for 20 games. He tallied up 13…
Vancouver Canucks prospect Nils Höglander’s loan was supposed to expire on December 13th, but he is still playing SHL games. With Canucks training camp (hopefully) just around the corner, many of the participants will begin to arrive in Vancouver this coming weekend. One of the top stories at camp will be Nils Höglander. The 19-year-old…
Another Monday, another mailbag. I am covering for David Quadrelli this week as he has been tasked with holding onto the famous Quadrelli marinara sauce recipe and he claims it’s a 24-hour job and he hasn’t slept in days. Let’s see what you wonderful people asked this week! Which line would be more daunting to…
Vancouver Canucks prospect Nils Höglander will participate in training camp this season and his SHL career has prepared him well for it. As it stands right now, Höglander is currently 14th (min 200 5-on-5 mins) in the SHL when it comes to Corsi for percentage. To simplify the stat, when he is on the ice,…
