Welcome back to WWYDW, the only hockey column on the internet to never surrender a goal to Tyler Toffoli. Speaking of old demons coming back to haunt us, the Vancouver Canucks have been pulling a real Jekyll-and-Hyde routine over the first dozen or so games of the 2021 season. Sometimes, their play is downright poetic,…
The Warmup Let’s start with the bad news. On Monday night, the Vancouver Canucks dropped a 6-2 decision to Tyler Toffoli and the Montreal Canadiens that, somehow, was significantly worse than the scoreboard would indicate. It was, as they say in French Canada, un stinker. In doing so, they dropped below .500, and right after…
A few weeks into the 2021 season, much ado was made about Elias Pettersson’s slow start. And while that’s surely a topic that was worth discussing, such worries about the Vancouver Canucks’ top center has taken away some of the spotlight that should be rightfully shone on the Canucks’ other #1C. Oh yeah, it’s time…
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column in the internet that believed in Brandon Sutter’s hattricking abilities. The Canucks have accrued some important depth over the last couple of offseasons. They might not be considered “deep” quite yet, but they’re definitely deeper, and that has led, as it always does, to some controversial lineup…
Between 1998 and 1999, Travis Green played parts of two seasons for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, putting up 46 points in 101 games before moving on to the Phoenix Coyotes. One has to imagine that he’s currently finding his second stint as a duck to be significantly less enjoyable. Entering the 2021 NHL season in…
Seven games into the season, one doesn’t have to look very hard to find reasons for pessimism in the performance of the Vancouver Canucks. Silver linings, on the other hand, are significantly tougher to come by. But, speaking of tough, the play of Zack MacEwen has been one such bright spot in the dark days…
The Warmup The good news? The Vancouver Canucks bumped a three-game pointless slump on Wednesday night’s home opener against the Montreal Canadiens, and simultaneously snapped an 0/16 streak on the power play. The bad news? They achieved victory in what can only be described as Balboa-esque fashion; taking an absolute beating, but still somehow coming…
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet that is never shorthanded… when it comes to fantastic responses from our wonderful readers, that is! “Fantastic” and “wonderful,” however, are not two words that can be thrown around right now in relation to the Vancouver Canucks’ on-ice performance, and certainly not when it…
By now, we’re all caught up in the furor of the 2021 regular season, but let’s also keep in mind that there’s something lurking in the Pacific waters, patiently awaiting a feeding frenzy. The Seattle Kraken are arriving this summer, and right now they’re readying their tentacles to pluck players from the 30 non-Vegas franchises…
Call it a small sample size. Beginner’s luck. Jumping to conclusions, putting the cart before the horse, counting chickens before they’re hatched; yadda, yadda, yadda. Forget all that, because we’re going to come right out and say it anyway: not only have the Vancouver Canucks’ two rookie skaters achieved great success through the first two…
Hello, and welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet to not be placed on waivers this week. You know us, we’re always excited to be here, but we have to admit that we’re just a little more excited than usual right now, and it’s not hard to guess why. By the…
When the Vancouver Canucks open up the all-new, all-different 2021 NHL season, they’ll do so having undergone a bevy of changes across the roster. The top-six is updated, the bottom-six is reconfigured, the crease has been shaken up, and the blueline is nigh unrecognizable. Another aspect of the lineup that has also experienced a serious…
