The news has been out for the better part of a week now. I have landed what should be the opportunity of a lifetime covering the Vancouver Canucks both at home and on the road next season – and hopefully a bunch of seasons beyond that. In nearly two decades in this market, I have…
As Nolan Baumgartner was introduced as part of the 2017-18 Vancouver Canucks coaching staff on Wednesday at Rogers Arena, Canucks Army had the chance to discuss four key defensive prospects with the 40-year-old who will oversee the Canucks blueline next season. Baumgartner worked closely with Jordan Subban, Andrey Pedan and Evan McEneny this past season…
While the surroundings look familiar to Newell Brown in his second go-round as an assistant coach with the Vancouver Canucks, very little remains from the days when the team was riding high atop the National Hockey League standings. The 55-year-old, who worked alongside Alain Vigneault on the Canucks staff from 2010 to 2013, was introduced…
During the second intermission of Thursday’s Canada-France game at the World Hockey Championship in France, Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning was a guest on the TSN Radio broadcast (carried on TSN 1410 locally). Now given this was a national broadcast heard across the country, it’s difficult for hosts Jon Abbott and Dave Tomlinson to…
When he was introduced as the new head coach of the Vancouver Canucks last Wednesday, Travis Green answered countless questions about his coaching philosophies and preferred methods to play the game. He responded to queries about handling his hockey club – veterans and youth alike – and the need for his offensively-challenged roster to generate…
As introductory press conferences go, Wednesday’s unveiling of Travis Green as the 19th head coach in the history of the Vancouver Canucks was unremarkable. Along with the requisite photo opportunities with President of Hockey Operations Trevor Linden and General Manager Jim Benning, Green skillfully stickhandled his way through close to 40 minutes of questions laying…
Bo Horvat hasn’t heard from Hockey Canada about a possible roster spot for next month’s World Championship yet. But even if he gets the call, the Vancouver Canucks scoring leader will likely have to take a pass on the opportunity. As a pending restricted free agent and without contract certainty for next season and beyond,…
You know by now the Vancouver Canucks lost 4-1 to Anaheim on Tuesday night at Rogers Arena. They surrendered two goals in the first 97 seconds, and at that point the outcome was no longer in question. The result was hardly a surprise given the strength of opponent and the opposite directions the two clubs…
Monday’s news that Markus Granlund’s season is over all but ensures this year’s version of the Vancouver Canucks will be the lowest-scoring team in franchise history. They likely would have achieved that dubious distinction anyhow even if Granlund had finished the season. But without their second-leading goal scorer — and the team’s top marksman since…
Photo Credit: Darryl Dyck – Canadian Press Jim Benning was trumpeting his newest acquisition as a high-end skill player worthy of instant insertion on the Vancouver Canucks power play on Wednesday in the moments after the National Hockey League trade deadline. Willie Desjardins wasn’t prepared to go to such lengths for Nikolay Goldobin. At least…
Embed from Getty Images The newest member of the Vancouver Canucks is a man of few words. In English, at least. Nikolay Goldobin conducted a brief conference call with the Vancouver hockey media the morning after he was acquired along with a conditional draft pick for Jannik Hansen. In broken English with a thick Russian…
Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin – USA TODAY Sports With four wins in their past 14 games following Saturday’s 4-1 home ice loss to San Jose, the Vancouver Canucks are in a free-fall. The question now – with 21 games remaining on their schedule – is how far can the Canucks drop before the season mercifully…
