Ben Hutton’s 61 game nightmare season is now in the review mirror – a season in which he found himself a regular healthy scratch to go along with being publicly called out by head coach Travis Green for his unfocused approach and lack of commitment to fitness. Evidently the ‘tough love’ approach got through to…
With injuries on the back-end piling up, The Vancouver Canucks have opted to recall 22-year-old, right-side defender, Jalen Chatfield. Chatfield has been playing tremendous hockey for the Utica Comets and has been their best defenceman. When in the line-up he’s been deployed on the teams top pairing with Olli Juolevi. The combo has displayed instant…
It’s been over two years since Jim Benning announced Olli Juolevi as the Vancouver Canucks first round pick, fifth overall at the 2016 entry draft. If you’re having a hard time gauging his development, that’s understandable as he’s only played a handful of games in North America since the completion of the London Knights season…
So here we are, a tenth of the way into the Vancouver Canucks season and the team is sitting in second place in the Pacific division with a 5-3-0-0 record which you wouldn’t think while reviewing the teams underlying data, which leaves much to be desired. However, what if we mine for some gold in…
The Rundown The Vancouver Canucks are off to an improbable 4-2-0-0 start and played their final game of a six game road trip tonight that many thought would quickly position the Canucks in the bottom tenth of the league – sitting in a prime seat for the draft lottery. Instead, the team has conquered Eastern…
After three home games in three nights to kickoff the season, game four would be the first road game for the Canucks in Calgary. The Flames dressed plenty of veterans in their first game since returning from China, including the former Vegas Golden Knight, James Neal. Neal is penciled in on the right of Sean…
The Rundown The Chicago Blackhawks hosting the Vancouver Canucks in late March without any playoff implications for either side — it’s been a while! No Brock Boeser, no Jonathan Toews or Corey Crawford, and not a lot of happiness on either bench. However, there’s still some meaning in these games for young players and journeymen…
Tonight’s game was a big one in tank nation as it had massive implications on the draft lottery. Before the game, the Vancouver Canucks were up by six points on the Arizona Coyotes. Without further delay, let’s dive into this cellar dweller Sunday night special in Arizona! At the 10:23 mark of the first period,…
It’s only been three games in my dataset since the deadline, but a lot has changed. Canucks head coach Travis Green formed a new top line, plugging in the newly acquired Brandon Leipsic to play with the best two forwards this organization has to offer in Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser. The line was performing…
The Rundown It was an interesting day in Canucks Land with no shortage of rumours, speculation and lineup changes to sift through heading into the trade deadline. It started this afternoon with Travis Green discussing the team’s mentality heading into the deadline followed by briefly addressing the issues that have been keeping Ben Hutton out…
The Rundown Tanev out for at least a week, Granlund potentially out for a month, Goldobin “travel issues” keeping him out of the lineup, but Boeser is back! Did The Flow help snap the four-game losing streak, or did the Canucks season continue to spiral out of control? Let’s see if the Canucks could take…
Canucks Army is talking about Ben Hutton again, big surprise? Well, if it weren’t for painful deployment decisions courtesy Canucks head coach Travis Green, I wouldn’t have to do this! No matter how you evaluate players, or which direction you want the team to be going, or how you want assets managed, there is no…
