Can you smell it? It’s the familiar aroma of NHL free agency, only this year, it’s joined by the classic sweet and musky smell of leaf piles, pumpkin spice everything, and for a while there, smoke too. That damn smoke. Also unique to this year’s free agency: it marks the first year of the NHL’s…
Another week, another mailbag. You know the drill. Let’s see what all you wonderful people asked this week! Sign Markstrom to a 6 year 36 million deal or let him walk? — GLrebirth (@GLrebirth) September 13, 2020 This is a great question. At that point, I think you have to let him walk, and I’ll…
Forward Josh Leivo would have returned to the Vancouver Canucks’ lineup had they made it to the Stanley Cup Final, general manager Jim Benning confirmed this morning on TSN 1040’s Donnie and the Moj. Leivo sustained a fractured kneecap back in December after a questionable hit from Vegas Golden Knights’ forward Nick Holden sent him…
Ian Clark seems to find success wherever he goes. Before he morphed Sergei Bobrovsky into a Vezina calibre goaltender over in Columbus with the Blue Jackets, he was Roberto Luongo’s goalie coach in Vancouver until 2011. As if that isn’t impressive enough, taking into account how vital Clark was in completely transforming Jacob Markstrom into…
This is a continuation of yesterday’s mailbag since we received so many questions! To read part one, click here. Let’s get into the back half of these questions! Will everyone be able to deal with letting Marky Walk? — Joshua Griffith (@JoshuaGriffith0) September 6, 2020 This is a topic that has the potential to divide…
Another week, another mailbag. Only this week, the majority of the Vancouver Canucks’ players have returned home, reuniting with their loved ones and their dogs after a long 70 days away from them. Here at CanucksArmy, we are going to have you covered all throughout the offseason, offering instant analysis on the biggest stories, and…
As reported earlier, Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves had a hearing with the National Hockey League today over an Illegal Check to the Head of Vancouver Canucks’ forward Tyler Motte. Later, the NHL announced they have suspended Reaves for one playoff game as a result of the infraction that took place during game seven…
The Vancouver Canucks may have been eliminated from the Edmonton bubble last night, but justice never sleeps. The NHL announced this morning that Vegas Golden Knights’ forward Ryan Reaves will have a hearing today for an Illegal Check to the Head on Vancouver’s Tyler Motte. The incident took place late in the second period, and…
Jacob Markstrom looked like an average NHL goaltender in the Vancouver Canucks’ game four loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday evening. For Markstrom, that’s just not good enough. He was far from happy with his performance, making quick work of his postgame media availability. “I felt fine, I wanted to have all five…
I’m back from vacation, so you no longer have to deal with Faber doing these mailbags, for now. You will still want to check back on Friday for Faber’s Friday Roundup (his new weekly column), but for now, let’s get into this week’s mailbag! why does it ALWAYS ALWAYS HURT??? — Ryan Hank (@always90four) August…
The Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights were back in action tonight for the first leg of back-to-back games. The Canucks lost 3-0 and will be looking to put this one behind them before getting back at it tomorrow night. But before we do that, let’s get into this one. First Period The Canucks got…
The Vancouver Canucks and playing an ungodly number of games in a condensed amount of time — name a more iconic duo, I’ll wait. The players within the NHL bubbles knew there were bigger fish to fry and chose to boycott Thursday and Friday’s games while encouraging viewers to have potentially uncomfortable conversations with their…
