With the second buyout window come and gone already, and any hopes of trading a high-priced bottom-six forward dwindling by the day, it appears quite likely that the Canucks will head into the 2021 season with roughly the same roster that they currently employ. There’s simply no room for any further additions, unless they make…
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet that’s actually better on its off-side. It’s that special time of the offseason in which the discussion shifts gears from potential acquisitions to actual ones, and where all those new players might fit on various rosters around the league. And for the Vancouver Canucks,…
When quizzed on the prospect of facing the recently traded Nate Schmidt several times this upcoming season as a divisional rival, Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley gave an interesting answer. Golden Knights owner Bill Foley to BrianBlessing on Vegas Hockey Hotline on facing Nate Schmidt/Canucks: "Yeah, but they're going to be in the Canadian…
Earlier this week, we brought you 14 top-four defenders the Vancouver Canucks can still target (if they hurry), and this author placed Nate Schmidt at the top of their trade-board. Less than 24 hours later, Schmidt was a Canuck, acquired for the low, low price of a third-round pick in 2022. Now, we at CanucksArmy…
Welcome back to WWYDW, the only hockey column on the internet to not sign with the Calgary Flames this offseason. Speaking of which, a lot has changed since we got together last week. Jacob Markstrom and Chris Tanev have moved on to Calgary. Troy Stecher is a Detroit Red Wing. Tyler Toffoli joined the Montreal…
Chris Tanev and Troy Stecher’s departures — to the Calgary Flames and Detroit Red Wings, respectively — hurt the Vancouver Canucks and their fans for a multitude of reasons, but none more so than the gaping hole left on the right side of the blueline. As of right now, the Canucks are set to head…
For the past six seasons, whenever the calendar rolled over to July 1st, most Vancouver Canucks fans held their breath and waited to see what future salary cap havoc GM Jim Benning would wreak. Since signing Radim Vrbata to a bargain deal in 2014, Benning has been on a horrendous run of big-ticket UFAs, including,…
Welcome back to WDYTT: Post-Draft Edition, the only hockey column on the internet that never picks a bust in the first round. This week’s column is precariously placed between the NHL Entry Draft and Friday’s Free Agent Frenzy, which really limits what we’re able to discuss. The picks have already been made, and by the…
By this humble writer’s reckoning, Jim Benning and the Vancouver Canucks should be working, more-or-less, with the following set of qualifiers, in roughly this order, when making their list of blueline trade targets: 1) The defenceman should be available for trade, or at least acquirable without significant overpay. 2) The defenceman should have a contract…
Last outing, we promised not to take another nine-month break between editions of the Jim Benning Five-Year Rewind, and today we are here to deliver. If you’ve missed previous issues of this column, here’s the explainer we included last time around: “GM Jim Benning just completed his sixth season as GM of the Vancouver Canucks,…
Welcome back to WWYDW, the only hockey column on the internet to successfully negotiate a No-Movement Clause. And speaking of contracts, by the time we meet again next Thursday, we’ll quite literally be on the cusp of Free Agent Frenzy 2020, which kicks off on October 9 at 9 AM PST. Thus far, the bulk…
In all the hubbub of the most exciting Canucks season in nearly a decade, we just plain forgot to keep up with our Jim Benning Five-Year Rewind, but we’re here to make up for lost time with a gigantic catchup edition. If you’re new to this irregular column, or can’t remember what it’s all about…
