Do the Canucks name a captain for next season or will it be a committee like last season? Who should be the captain? — Philip Barrington (@pbsd43) August 11, 2019 I don’t have the slightest idea what the Canucks’ plans are, but I could certainly see them waiting until the Sedins jersys have been retired…
Read More →When a good team evolves into a great team there are a few things that they all have in common. The defence can move the puck, the team has sufficient goaltending; and most importantly, they have a top nine forward group that can control the goal share. The Canucks have been a top six/bottom six…
Read More →Welcome back to The “2019/20 Canucks As Voted By The Fans” Series If you missed last week’s inaugural edition of the series, here’s a brief description of what’s going on here: “Through a series of polls, we’re asking fans to vote on their preferred forward lines and defense pairings for the 2019/20 Vancouver Canucks, based…
Read More →It might not be the news every Canucks fan wants to hear right now, but the team has signed GM Jim Benning to a multi-year contract extension.
Read More →CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag Part Two We’re back with the second instalment of this week’s CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag…let’s get after it. You have said that you would like to see the Canucks use Kalamazoo more… so do you know how many NHL teams spend money on developing prospects in lower leagues than the AHL?…
Read More →The Canucks have reportedly extended General Manager Jim Benning, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. Hearing VAN has extended GM Jim Benning. He was heading into the final season of his current contract. — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) August 16, 2019 Benning was hired in the summer of 2014 by then-President of Hockey Operations Trevor Linden, taking…
Read More →Some NHL player archetypes have changed little since the leagues’s inception: the speedy goal-scoring winger, the high-IQ centre, the slow-moving but methodical defenceman; but the Canucks have two somewhat similar players on their roster for the upcoming season that share a similar profile.
Read More →Ex-Canucks goaltender Eddie Lack is taking the next step in his career. The 31-year-old netminder announced on Twitter that he’s been playing through hip pain the last six years and his body isn’t allowing him to play professional hockey at this time. Lack announced that he’s taking a break from manning the crease and will…
Read More →As soon as the 40-year-old goaltender announced his retirement this off-season, there were people wondering when the Vancouver Canucks would be dedicating some time to honour the former franchise player.
Read More →This article will serve as part 1 of 4 in a series that draws attention to notable players who could really turn heads in each division the upcoming season. These players could make waves by having the kind of year that creates a bigger name for themselves or by having bounce-back years; and if you’re…
Read More →CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag We are back with another edition of the CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag. I only got a couple of questions last week, so I will be rolling them into today’s post. I’m just going to throw this out there, but as this is a Utica Comets Mailbag, could we please keep the…
Read More →Time really is a flat circle. I found myself thinking that as I read this, this past week: “The Wild has been steady since its inception. But the operation now seems in disarray. And it’s hard to know or make sense of what their plan exactly is.” That’s the subhead on a piece from Chip…
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