In the grand scheme of his brief career with the Vancouver Canucks, Erik Gudbranson is having a pretty good 2018/19 season. He’s limited his defensive miscues, is bringing consistent physicality, and has become the NHL’s undisputed king of uppercuts. Unfortunately, all that glitters is not Gud. As CanucksArmy’s own Jackson McDonald pointed out last week,…
Despite some understandable skepticism related to the large contracted handed to him this summer, Antoine Roussel has been an undoubtedly positive addition to the Vancouver Canucks organization. He trails only Elias Pettersson in both primary assists and penalties drawn—in addition to leading the entire NHL in penalty minutes—which is just a small sampling of the…
The faceoff circle has been the center of major discussion throughout the Vancouver Canucks’ 2018/19 season. Whether it’s Bo Horvat leading the league in draws taken by a ridiculous margin, the contributions of Jay Beagle, or Elias Pettersson’s continued struggles on the dot, faceoffs have been the focal point of multiple Vancouver storylines. That probably…
Mark Twain once wrote that “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable,” and he very well could have been writing about hockey analytics, had they been invented in the 19th century. If there’s one thing that the advent of advanced stats and their proliferation in the hockey zeitgeist has demonstrated over the past decade,…
On Wednesday morning, Elias Pettersson was named to the Pacific Division roster for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game. On Wednesday evening, he responded with his first ever hattrick–including an overtime winner–and perhaps the best performance yet of his young career. Any fan of the Vancouver Canucks hoping to inspire a similar response in Brock Boeser…
The Rundown Is there any better time for NHL hockey than 10:00AM on a Monday? Of course there is, but that didn’t stop fans of the Vancouver Canucks from dragging themselves out of bed for this earlier-than-matinee New Year’s Eve matchup. The most dedicated among the fanbase were likely still coming down from the disappointment…
The Rundown With Mike DiPietro back in net against the Czech Republic at the World Juniors, fans were faced with a more difficult decision on Saturday night than they were on Thursday when it came to changing the channel to the Canucks’ game. However, with Team Canada in command of a 4-1 lead and the…
The Facts Brock Boeser’s contract will expire on July 1, 2019, though the Vancouver Canucks will retain his rights as a Restricted Free Agent if they have not already signed him to an extension by then—provided they qualify his contract with a qualifying offer, an occurrence so certain it barely merits mention. This expiring contract…
The Rundown With Canada versus Switzerland at 5:00PM PST and the Oilers and Canucks starting an hour later, would-be viewers of hockey were faced with a decision on Thursday night. In the end, however, the draw of watching the two best players in hockey play against one another was much stronger than that of a…
The holiday season is upon us once again, and it’s the end of a year full of both naughty and nice for the Vancouver Canucks. As a whole, the Canucks weren’t on their best behaviour in 2018, but there was plenty of good from individual players and thus plenty of reason to hand out some…
The 2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game will be held on January 26 in San Jose, home of the Sharks. The format will be nearly identical to that of the past few years—with the notable exception of a Friday/Saturday schedule instead of a Saturday/Sunday—and that means the selection of an All-Star team for each division….
The Vancouver Canucks recently put up their best segment of the season to date—earning points in six straight games between December 6 and 16, and scoring a ton of goals while doing so. The Canucks have been a mercurial team in 2018/19, seeming to vacillate between scorching hot streaks and ice cold losing skids, and…
