It’s been quite the year for 22-year-old Vancouver Canucks prospect Linus Karlsson. First, he broke Elias Pettersson’s rookie goal-scoring record in the SHL. Then, he got the call to represent his home country of Sweden alongside captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson at the IIHF World Championships in Finland. And now, he’s not only just been named SHL…
Now that they’ve got Bruce Boudreau taken care of, the Vancouver Canucks are turning their focus to their next order of business. Signing restricted free agent forward Brock Boeser. The Canucks will fire up talks with Boeser’s camp this coming week, according to a Friday report from Thomas Drance and Rick Dhaliwal of The Athletic….
Bruce, there it is. Today, Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin announced the return of head coach Bruce Boudreau behind the Canucks’ bench next season. “We are pleased to see Bruce’s commitment to return to the Canucks next season,” said Allvin. “He has done a great job since arriving in Vancouver and we are eager…
Vancouver Canucks forward Juho Lammikko will be joining Team Finland for the World Championships, the Canucks announced Thursday morning. Lammikko's joining Finland's World Championship squad! Congrats Juho 🇫🇮 pic.twitter.com/Zk0vmlIvMP — Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) May 12, 2022 The Canucks acquired Lammikko — along with Abbotsford defenceman Noah Juulsen — days before the regular season began after…
The Vancouver Canucks are finalists to sign KHL free agent forward Andrei Kuzmenko, according to Rick Dhaliwal of Donnie and Dhali – The Team. The Canucks are a finalist to land free agent Andrei Kuzmenko. They have made the shortlist of teams, decision is still a few weeks away according to agent Dan Milstein. —…
Vancouver Canucks prospect Linus Karlsson will represent his home country of Sweden at the 2022 IIHF World Championship, which begins on Friday, May 13th. Congratulations to #Canucks prospect Linus Karlsson for being named to Sweden’s World Championship roster, joining Oliver Ekman-Larsson 🇸🇪 https://t.co/76LE7rAzDt — Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) May 11, 2022 Karlsson, 22, put up 26…
The NHL Draft Lottery has come and gone, and wouldn’t you know it, the probable has happened. The Montreal Canadiens, who had the best odds at landing the first overall pick, had the balls fall in their favour and won the first opportunity to draft Shane Wright. The Canucks, who entered the draft lottery with…
Former Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom has been given the first Vezina Trophy nomination of his career, according to ESPN’s Keivn Weekes. I’m hearing the Vezina Trophy Finalists to be announced tomorrow are ; PredsNHL Saros, NYRangers Shesterkin , and NHLFlames Markstrom. @espn @NHLNetwork @NHL #HockeyTwitter — Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) May 9, 2022 According to…
By now, you’ve read about highly-coveted KHL free agent Andrei Kuzmenko. The Vegas Golden Knights, Edmonton Oilers, and Vancouver Canucks appear to be the front runners for the Russian winger’s services, and his agent had some very nice things to say about Vancouver recently when he appeared on episode 260 of Canucks Conversation, the official…
When Patrik Allvin was hired as Vancouver Canucks GM, he said he hoped to sign some European and NCAA free agents to the club, and on Friday, he interviewed the biggest European free agent out there. The Canucks held an interview with highly sought-after KHL forward Andrei Kuzmenko on Friday. Kuzmenko’s agent Dan Milstein joined…
Vancouver Canucks goaltending prospect Arturs Silovs is headed for the World Champonships to represent Team Latvia, the club announced Friday afternoon. The 21-year-old Latvian netminder has tremendous upside that fans got a glimpse of in the preseason when he turned in a solid performance in a Canucks win over the Seattle Kraken. Through 10 starts…
The Vancouver Canucks let go of four amateur scouts, according to Thomas Drance of The Athletic. “Hearing that the Canucks have made changes on the amateur side of their scouting operation. Four dismissals came down on Thursday, I’m told, including Derek Richard, Tim Lenardon, Brandon Benning and Pat Conacher. Important to note that these are good,…
