The dissection of the Jim Benning Era Canucks is underway in Vancouver. Or, since nobody has been fired yet, maybe the term we should be using is “vivisection.” Either way, something’s gone horribly wrong, and fans and media alike already have their scalpels out, ready to dig into this franchise and get to the root…
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet to work exclusively on an interim basis. Speaking of interim bases, there may just be a few of those occurring in the near future of the Vancouver Canucks. Nearly every position of any significance within the organization is currently being held by someone who…
Flashback to April of 2017. Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. had just dropped. The Fate of the Furious was at the top of the box office. Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs were flaming out in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first — but not the last — time. And Castlegar’s…
ICYMI, we dropped the first half of our CanucksArmy Quarter-Mark Report Card yesterday, in which we handed out a rather unrosy set of grades to the 2021/22 Vancouver Canucks forwards corps. Today, we’re back to assess the blueline and the crease, where the scores are a bit higher, but not by much.. To be totally transparent, as…
For once, we’ll start with something totally uncontroversial: Wednesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins marked the quarter-mark of the Vancouver Canucks’ 2021/22 season. (Actually, it was more like the 24.4%-mark, so maybe there is a controversy to be had, after all). Where we may fall into disagreement is in how the Canucks have actually performed…
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet that is always in midseason form. Speaking of midseason, we’re not quite there yet when it comes to the Vancouver Canucks and the 2021/22 campaign. But we are at the mid-midseason, otherwise known as the quarter-mark. 20 regular season games have now come and…
Change is coming to the Vancouver Canucks. We know it, you know it, Elliotte Friedman knows it. Friedman : I do not think anyone in VAN feels safe or secure. Donnie and Dhali CHEK TV — Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) November 22, 2021 What we don’t know is exactly what form that change will take. A…
For the time being, at least, it seems that change may not be coming to the Vancouver Canucks. Not in terms of coaching or management-related firings, anyway. As Sportsnet’s Satiar Shah has suggested, a big, room-shaking trade may still be on the table, and this author is one of many who have suggested that J.T….
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only column on the internet that is literally unpronounceable. Speaking of pronouncements, the Vancouver Canucks have, as of this writing, yet to make a definitive statement about the future of head coach Travis Green. But as far as conclusions go, this one seems mighty foregone. If Green miraculously survives the…
It’s 16 games into the 2021/22 season, the Vancouver Canucks are 5-9-2, and the writing is already on the wall. If the writing were any more on the wall, we’d be inside the Overlook Hotel. Change is coming to Vancouver. If not now, then in the immediate future. The reasons are numerous and obvious. Let…
Hot on the heels of a devastating 7-1 defeat to the Colorado Avalanche which was followed up by a 7-4 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights last night, there are loud calls being made for just about everyone to be fired; Jim Benning, Travis Green, maybe even Fin. But with the coaching staff and front…
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet with its own fanbase. Speaking of fans, we’re all big fans of your weekly contributions to this column. You’re an extra few dozen sets of eyes on the Canucks, and even the troops at CanucksArmy can’t catch quite everything. Inevitably, we miss stuff, or…
