Brandon Sutter was in the midst of something of a renaissance campaign before suffering an injury in mid-November. Sutter was the team’s nominal third line centre to start the year, but was facing some of the softest competition of his career thanks to the team’s increased depth and thriving offensively thanks to the newfound freedom….
Hockey is a team game, but goaltenders have proven time and time again to have a larger effect on a team’s success than any other player. For the Vancouver Canucks, this has certainly been true of starting netminder Jacob Markstrom. Markstrom was the Canucks’ most valuable player through the first half of the season. Without…
The NHL announced the participants in their annual All-Star Game earlier today. Elias Pettersson was named to the Pacific Division team, and while that’s all fine and dandy, last season’s Calder Trophy winner is the lone representative from the Canucks. That’s an issue that ought to be remedied in short order. Quinn Hughes deserves to…
10 minutes, 25 seconds. That’s how long it took for the Vancouver Canucks to register their first shot on goal against the LA Kings in tonight’s 3-2 victory. The Kings were aggressive and peppered goaltender Jacob Markstrom with nine shots before the Canucks even managed to get one on Jonathan Quick. Lucky for the Canucks,…
No, you won’t hear anybody talking about how they’re #DrunkOnFantenberg. Not yet at least. The Vancouver Canucks’ newest seventh defenceman may have a while to go before achieving Alex Biega’s folk hero status, but he’s actually been an upgrade on his predecessor over the small sample of games he’s played. Teams want their extra d-man…
Chris Tanev called Quinn Hughes the most skilled defence partner he’s ever played with, and aside from Thursday night’s game against Carolina, Tyler Myers has also looked incredible on a defence pairing with the rookie defenceman. Hughes has had an almost immeasurable impact on the Canucks, similar to the one Elias Pettersson had last season…
The only thing more challenging than winning the Calder Trophy as a goaltender is winning it as a defenceman. Since the NHL’s rookie of the year award was introduced for the 1936-37 season, 15 goaltenders and 13 defencemen have won the honour, with forwards securing the hardware the remaining 55 times. This season, however, two…
Quinn Hughes has gotten off to a roaring start to his rookie campaign. Early on, his impact on the Canucks has shone brightest on the power play and in the team’s newfound ability to control the offensive zone. Toward the beginning of November, Hughes led all NHL defencemen in offensive zone possession and ranked eighth…
The Canucks have been infamous in recent years for getting off to a hot start, only to see the wheels fall off the wagon in November. Obviously, it’s too early to know where they’ll finish the season in the standings, but so far, it looks to be more of the same. After setting the NHL…
Maybe you’re new here (like I am) but CanucksArmy has the two leaders of the #FreeGoldy movement on its staff now, and with that, comes the second of our campaign to do just that, and free Nikolay Goldobin from the shackles the Vancouver Canucks have placed on him. Okay, maybe that’s a little over the…
When the Canucks inked Jordie Benn to a two-year deal on July 1st, it was one of the feel-good stories of the offseason. A Victoria native, Benn became the 59th British Columbia-born player to lace up for the Canucks, the team he grew up idolizing during their run to the Stanley Cup Final in 1994….
Do you remember where were you when the Vancouver Canucks traded Cory Schneider? It was a sunny Sunday afternoon in Vancouver, with a high of 26 and the low of 15. Maybe you went for a walk or a bike ride along the seawall, maybe you were at the Vancouver International Busker festival, or maybe…
