The Canucks’ eastern road trip makes its second stop in Ohio today, with a Black Friday matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets beginning at 4 PM Pacific. But in Vancouver, the only American long weekend sale that matters to Canucks fans is the rumored firesale within the team’s hockey ops department. The Canucks didn’t have…
There’s a lot of problems plaguing the Vancouver Canucks right now, but there’s one issue on the ice that clearly stands above the rest: the penalty kill. The Canucks’ success rate shorthanded currently sits at 62.3%, on pace to finish with the worst penalty kill in NHL history since the stat began being tracked in…
The Canucks shutout loss at the hands of Marc-Andre Fleury and the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday may not have made a statement about the overall effort from the losing side. But it did tell us just how small the expectations for this team currently are. If you asked Travis Green, the overall effort he saw…
If the Vancouver Canucks intended on putting together a textbook performance against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night, they did exactly that. Just in the exact opposite way that they intended. On the ice, Vancouver’s 4-2 loss to the Avalanche was as standard as they’ve come all season. They gave up the first goal of…
Earlier this week, the Vancouver Canucks appeared to be making strides back to competitiveness in their efforts earlier this week against the Stars and Ducks. But after Thursday night’s 7-1 drubbing at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche, those games feel like a distant memory. The Avalanche exposed every flaw in the Canucks’ roster with…
It took 12 games, but the Vancouver Canucks finally showed the type of skill they’re made of on Sunday night against the Dallas Stars. Sure, they gave up the opening goal for the tenth time this season — the most by any NHL team so far — but in the second period, the big names…
Canucks fans have gotten pretty accustomed to watching highlight-filled rookie seasons, so you’d forgive some folks for thinking Vasily Podkolzin’s start to his NHL career has been quiet by comparison. The 20-year-old Russian has just two goals on the year so far, and has often found himself at the bottom of Travis Green’s depth chart…
As Kyle Beach’s story has gained more and more attention across the hockey world, one common theme has become clear: the NHL and NHLPA need to seriously change the way they handle cases of sexual assault. And leaders like Bo Horvat know it. According to the 120 page Jenner and Block investigation published last week,…
The day is finally here. A day Pacific Northwest hockey fans have been waiting for since 1924. The Canucks finish off their season opening six game road trip today as the very first visitor to the Seattle Kraken and their new home, Climate Pledge Arena. Tonight’s game starts at 7 PM Pacific, and will be…
The Vancouver Canucks’ 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks last night was more than just a mini-slump buster. It was a much-needed victory for a team that had started their season having given up seven out of a possible eight points, and coming off an embarrassing effort on Tuesday against the Buffalo Sabres. With Vancouver…
It’s only taken three games, but Conor Garland is already a popular man among the masses in Canucks Nation. Through the first week of Vancouver’s season, Garland has been an integral part of Travis Green’s offence, playing the fourth-most minutes among Canuck forwards and picking up three points in the process. But fans have been…
