The Warmup The Toronto Maple Leafs visit Vancouver once per year, but it’s one that fans always circle on the calendar – for some reason. There’s really no logical explanation for the pseudo-rivalry between the two fanbases, but rivalries are almost always built on emotion, and there’s plenty of reason to hate the Leafs. They…
Last night’s induction of Alex Burrows into the Ring of Honour proved about as special a moment as a preplanned ceremony can be – thanks in no small part to the inspirational words of Burrows himself and the follow through on those words by Antoine Roussel. Antoine Roussel paying tribute to Alex Burrows with the…
The Warmup As the Vancouver Canucks skated onto the ice on Tuesday night to face the Ottawa Senators, they did so hot on the heels of splitting a home-and-home with the division-leading Edmonton Oilers – but also having slipped from a Western Conference wild card position after a shaky November. With Jacob Markstrom given personal…
Stephan Roget is filling in for the Monday Mailbag this week, and hoping not to get ventilated by Evgeni Malkin in the process. With Rousel & Co pending returns, Gaudette playing well, is the cap crunch now here, are injuries keeping the cap crunch at bay, when the inevitable cap crunch hits, what are…
When last we met, the Vancouver Canucks were coming off an October to remember, but as we once again gather to assess the team top-to-bottom the situation looks a little less rosy. As of the end of November, the Canucks had slipped out of the top-three in the Pacific Division – albeit with games in…
As the month November mercifully nears its end, the Vancouver Canucks are almost certainly glad to see it go. Just two months into the NHL season, fans of the club have already experienced the highs and lows of expectations brought on by small sample sizes – in October they looked like “the best team in…
Folks, we here at CanucksArmy always aim for objective and agenda-free analysis of the Vancouver Canucks – except when it comes to Nikolay Goldobin. We must shamefully admit to a site-wide bias toward the Starbucks-sipping Russian winger, and we’ll take each and every opportunity to write about the guy – including this week’s WWYDW. Really,…
Player movement can be tough on a fanbase. Supporters of NHL teams are often forced to watch the players that their favourite franchise drafted and developed go on to find success elsewhere, and that’s never easy – though at least hockey fans have it better than those who follow the NBA, where superstars seem to…
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…
