Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA TODAY Sports You have to feel for a player in Cole Cassels’ shoes. Cassels, 21, was highly rated out of junior following some genuine heroics on the Oshawa Generals’ run to the Memorial Cup. Throughout that run Cassels played through a “tricky” abdominal injury and when it was over, he lost a full summer…
Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA TODAY Sports Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom will face a stiff test in his first taste of competitive game action this season. The 26-year-old netminder, who finally proved himself at the NHL level last season, was expected to be the backup for the Tre Kronor, but with Henrik Lundqvist battling an…
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Embed from Getty Images The Vancouver Canucks have added Doug Jarvis to their coaching staff as an assistant coach, the club announced on Monday morning. Jarvis, 61, has spent the past six seasons working with the Boston Bruins, but has worked as an assistant coach at the NHL level since the early 90s. In a…
Photo Credit: Kelvin Kuo/USA TODAY Sports The Vancouver Canucks are out on Milan Lucic, according to a report from TSN 1040’s Matt Sekeres: The #Canucks were told this morning by Milan Lucic’s camp that they are no longer being considered. He’s not coming home #NHLFreeagency — Matthew Sekeres (@mattsekeres) June 30, 2016 It would seem…
Photo Credit: Sergei Belski / USA TODAY Sports The dragon slayer will remain in Vancouver, at least for now. On Thursday at 9 a.m. PST, the NHL posted waivers and Alex Burrows’ name was reportedly not present on unconditional waiver wire. Players without no-movement clauses – and Burrows’ deal only has a no-trade clause – have to pass through…
Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA TODAY Sports The Vancouver Canucks have told long-tenured defenseman Dan Hamhuis to expect to hit free agency and teams are showing interest in him. The veteran blue liner told Elliotte Friedman in the latest 30 Thoughts column that he’d like to go to a contending team and has spoken to three clubs, while a smattering…
Photo Credit: Sergei Belski / USA TODAY Sports The Vancouver Canucks will reportedly allow Ronalds Kenins to test unrestricted free agency, the News 1130 Sports twitter feed revealed on Wednesday. Kenins, 25, will be a Group VI unrestricted free agent, having failed to play sufficient games at the NHL level to merit a qualifying offer….
Photo Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig/USA TODAY Sports As expected, the Vancouver Canucks have been levied an enormous $50,000 fine by the NHL for violating the league’s tampering By-Laws, the league announced on Tuesday. The fine has been levied as a result of comments Canucks general manager Jim Benning made this past Thursday in Buffalo, in…
Embed from Getty Images The Blue Water Cafe is the new Italian Kitchen and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robinson is the Vancouver Canucks’ newest Mariano Rivera-style closer, according to a variety of reports surfacing from the often ahead of the game News 1130 Sports Twitter account. News 1130 Sports reported on Tuesday morning that the Canucks met with…
Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA TODAY Sports When former Canucks owner Frank Griffiths and his son Arthur met with Pat Quinn at the patio bar of a San Diego hotel late in 1986, Quinn – who was still working for the Los Angeles Kings at the time – took a break from his scotch and from puffing…
Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA TODAY Sports Pat Quinn has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, along with Eric Lindros, Sergei Makarov and Rogie Vachon, the Hall of Fame announced on Monday. Quinn, who is in the Ring of Honour at Rogers Arena and has a street named after him outside the rink, served…
