Former Vancouver Canucks goalie Eddie Lack retires
Former Vancouver Canucks goalie Eddie Lack has announced his retirement.
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Monday Mailbag: Bad Management, Draft Pick Value, and More Mediocrity
vibe check for you and all the canucksarmy commenters, how are you guys holdin up and are you taking care of your mental health — announcing plans to be good soon™ (@RileyMiner) March 28, 2020 To quote a certain former Democratic Party nominee, I feel great! I haven’t come close to running out of things…
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Unmasking Canucks Legends: A Conversation with Corey Hirsch
After a pretty stellar junior career with the Kamloops Blazers in which he helped his team head to two-straight Memorial Cup tournaments, winning it the second time, Corey Hirsch then made his way to the pros where he would eventually become a reliable backup goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks. Of course, the Canucks weren’t the…
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Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat still holding out hope for playoffs
Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat is one of the many NHL’ers holding out hope for a continued NHL season — one that may see the Canucks playing in the playoffs.
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Throwback Thursday: On this day in 2002, Linden plays his 1000th game
Welcome back to this week’s edition of Throwback Thursday!
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Author’s note: My apologies for the lateness of this week’s mailbag. It’s been a difficult week for everyone at the Nation Network and with the lack of anything resembling news to dissect, it seemed prudent to schedule it for a day without existing content. What lesser-known "Classic" Canucks game (as in, not 1994 or 2011)…
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WWYDW: Undoing Any Trade In Canucks History
Welcome back to another edition of WWYDW, folks, and we do hope you’re doing well out there. With no current hockey to idly speculate about, we’re forced to look into the past for subjects on which to pointlessly debate – and this week, we’re starting with a doozy. Whenever the Vancouver Canucks make a trade,…
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The Tape: Is Elias Pettersson Ready to Matchup Against Top Lines? (Part 2)
With the NHL season on hold, hockey fans have been left with more questions than answers. The return of NHL hockey looks further away than ever, which leaves us with plenty of time to speculate on what those answers might be. As I explored a couple of weeks ago, one question that’s on the mind…
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First Look: Canucks Roll the Dice on Undrafted NCAA Forward Marc Michaelis
There hasn’t been much in the way of NHL-related news in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, but the Canucks gave us all something to chew on Thursday afternoon when they inked undrafted NCAA forward Marc Michaelis to a one-year deal worth $700,000. Michaelis has taken a unique development path, playing three seasons in Germany’s…
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CHL shuts down remainder of their season, Memorial Cup
The Canadian Hockey League has shut down their season cancelling their playoffs and the entirety of the Memorial Cup.
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NHL still uncertain on return to action
The NHL held a board of governors conference call Monday afternoon that featured an infectious disease expert who helped to answer questions from the board as they continue to work through a potential return to play.
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Unmasking Vancouver Canucks Legends: A Conversation with Eddie Lack
As the Canucks moved past the dead puck era and into the colourful future, the goalie masks saw an uptick in creativity. It wasn’t just the starters that had a jazzy looking lid but the backups did, too! My next conversation features a popular Swede who went from Manitoba to Chicago in the AHL and…
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