Bo Horvat’s first month as captain of the Vancouver Canucks was an unmitigated success. The team soared to a 8-1-1 record in October following Horvat’s donning of the “C” – and Horvat himself picked up 11 points in that span, clearly leading by example. November, to put it mildly, has not been so kind. As…
Stephan Roget is backing up Jackson this week, and hoping not to pull a Michael Hutchinson. If you had to form an alliance with one Canucks player to survive a zombie apocalypse, who would you choose and why? — gabriella marie (@wildestdreams_3) November 17, 2019 This is a question that can be looked at a…
It’s becoming more and more apparent by the day – at least to this author’s overly optimistic eyes – that this current edition of the Vancouver Canucks is a team of destiny. They may not be ready to make a lengthy playoff run in 2020, but those days are coming soon – and they will…
The Warmup The Vancouver Canucks skated into their Thursday night matchup against the Dallas Stars on the heels of a big win against Nashville – but also down a couple of centers. With Brandon Sutter and Jay Beagle on the sidelines – and Bo Horvat suffering a brief injury scare at practice – Tyler Graovac…
The Vancouver Canucks have had a tough November thus far – with a record of 2-3-2 as of this writing – and while much of that can be blamed on the team’s lackluster performance, the travel schedule has undoubtedly been a factor as well. Following back-to-back losses on the road in Chicago and Winnipeg, the…
In 2019/20, the Vancouver Canucks have improved across the board – but nowhere is that more apparent than in their forward corps, which have vaunted the team to a Conference-leading goal differential and an average of more than 3.5 goals-per-game (as of this writing). In many cases this early success is due to individual players…
It’s now been more than a month since opening night, and the Vancouver Canucks have collectively dropped the mitts two times – once when Brandon Sutter duke it out with New Jersey’s Mirco Mueller, and again last week when Micheal Ferland took on LA’s Kyle Clifford. The latter bout, unfortunately, took a turn for the…
As the first month of the 2019/20 season, the Vancouver Canucks sit with a record of 8-3-1 and a goal differential of +17 – best in the NHL. With 17 points already on the year, they’re within a stone’s throw of first place in both the Pacific Division and the Western Conference – and they’re…
It’s 11 games into the season, and the Vancouver Canucks are rolling. With a record of 7-3-1, the Canucks are just two points out of first in the Pacific Division with a game in hand – and they currently own the highest goal differential in the league with a +15. Not only is the team…
Between Loui Eriksson’s $6 million pressbox gig and more than $3 million for the demoted Sven Baertschi and the bought-out Ryan Spooner, the Vancouver Canucks have a lot of dead cap space. No chunk of the Canucks’ overall salary structure, however, is as useless as the $3,033,206 recapture penalty levied as punishment for the Roberto…
The Warmup After a four-game road trip – in which they went 3-1 to boost their season record to 6-3 – the Vancouver Canucks returned to the home ice of Rogers Arena on Friday night for a rare visit from Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. For their part, the Capitals were coming off a…
In the early stages of the 2019/20 season, the Vancouver Canucks find themselves on the verge of yet another goaltending controversy—something that has caused some understandable consternation among a fanbase still bearing the scars of World War Lu. Fortunately, there’s no real reason to worry about the challenge Thatcher Demko is presenting to Jacob Markstrom’s…
