Another week, another mailbag. But this wasn’t just any week, this was a week in which the Canucks won their first postseason series since 2011. Sure you can make the case that their series against the Wild technically wasn’t playoffs, but it looked and felt like a playoff series, that’s for sure. Regardless, we’ve got…
Read More →The Vancouver Canucks (as you may have heard) are playoff-bound after defeating the Minnesota Wild in the fourth game of their best of five play in series Friday night. Chris Tanev played the hero with the OT winner, and Canuck nation was riding high well into the weekend, and now the Canucks know who they’ll…
Read More →Let’s get the semantic debate out of the way right away. Some hockey fans got a little crotchety at the notion of labeling the nigh-completed 2020 Qualifying Round and its various matchups as “playoff series.” Thus, despite the fact that the stats incurred within the various play-ins will count toward players’ career playoff stats, we’ll…
Read More →After the Vancouver Canucks dispatched the Minnesota Wild on Friday advancing to the round of 16, Bo Horvat said he realizes the team has a lot more work to do.
Read More →As part of his contract with the Vancouver Canucks, Roberto Luongo reportedly had a clause allowing him to skip back-to-back games on the road.
Read More →Hey Siri, play “On to the Next One” by Jay-Z. The Canucks officially advanced to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in five years, and it was the first series win in nine years. It’s safe to say we’ve all grown up. Now that the qualifying portion is over and everyone has grown…
Read More →Yes, Olli Juolevi played extremely sheltered minutes in his NHL debut last night against the Minnesota Wild, and yes, his shifts can be summed up as a whole lot of nothing, but it’s been a long timing coming for the Vancouver Canucks’ 2016 first round pick, who they took with the fifth overall selection. He’s…
Read More →It was a big night for the Vancouver Canucks as they were in their first series-clinching game since 2011. The Canucks played for just over 60 minutes as an unlikely goal scorer punched their ticket into the Stanley Cup Playoffs. A back and forth game resulted in the Canucks walking away with a 5-4 win…
Read More →Vancouver’s playoff bid did not start the way the team had hoped. In what was this core’s first taste of high stakes hockey, the Canucks faced a seemingly impregnable defence that was the Minnesota Wild. Chalk it up to nerves, bad ice, rust, or simply being outplayed, the Canucks’ and their skilled top six were…
Read More →THE INTRO The Canucks are in rare air right now: they can close out the series against the Minnesota Wild this evening. It is by no means over yet and the Canucks will have to be more disciplined to have a shot but their energy seems to be contagious. There was a lot to be…
Read More →by OddsShark (@OddsShark) – Sponsored Post The Vancouver Canucks have won each of their last two games against the Minnesota Wild and are now just one win away from picking up their first postseason series win since the 2010/11 season. The Canucks will try to close out the series on Friday night with a third…
Read More →With two games in the books and Game Three set to take place tonight, there are a shortage of important questions in need of some serious answering. Who’s been the Canucks’ MVP through two games? Who’s been the team’s biggest disappointment? Who should be coming into the lineup, and who should be sitting out? Unfortunately,…
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