Welcome back to WWYDW, the only hockey column on the internet to officially be anti-endorsed by the entire Tkachuk family. Speaking of the Tkachuks, the trade of Matthew from Calgary to Florida rocked the NHL a couple weeks back. The deal came hot on the heels of Johnny Gaudreau’s departure to Columbus via free agency,…
Read More →Today, Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin announced the club’s human performance staff for the 2022-23 season, which includes three new hires. The Canucks have added Dr. Harry Sese as a health and performance consultant, athletic therapist Josh Termeer, and performance therapist Dr. Erik Yuill. Earlier this offseason, the Canucks dismissed director of medical services…
Read More →The Vancouver Canucks have signed Marko Torenius as the new goaltending development coach and goaltending coach of the Abbotsford Canucks, the club announced Tuesday morning. The job was vacated when Curtis Sanford left to take a well-deserved NHL coaching job with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Torenius, a native of Helsinki, Finland, has spent the past…
Read More →These days, money’s tight just about everywhere except at the very top, and — in very relative terms — the National Hockey League is no exception. Entering the third year of the COVID-induced nearly-flat salary ceiling, teams are running out of cap space like never before, and it’s put a serious squeeze on 2022’s crop…
Read More →After a strong rookie year, Nils Höglander took a step back in his sophomore season. His offensive production and ice time dropped in his second year and with the way that the Canucks roster is currently shaping out — Höglander could very easily find himself on the fourth line to begin the season. There is…
Read More →The biggest question mark for the Canucks heading into the 2022-23 NHL season is if the team’s defence is strong enough to compete with the best across the league. The new management group has had a difficult time overhauling the position group and — as of now — it seems like the Canucks will be…
Read More →Well, it’s official. Today is August 1st and that means that we can finally say that Canucks training camp is next month! It’s been a hot week here on the west coast and the Canucks didn’t get up to too much at all this week. There are still a few potential lower-value free agents that…
Read More →Welcome back to our “what-if?” series, the return of which has been anticipated as much as upcoming Marvel shows. Jokes aside, this will be a one-off article that’ll explore what might’ve happened had the Avalanche extended Matt Duchene instead of trading him. With the Canucks being in a similar position with J.T. Miller, this hypothetical…
Read More →Last week, we broke down our top ten list of Vancouver Canucks prospects after getting a good look at all of them at development camp out at UBC. We gave detailed reports on each player and why they ranked where they did, but wanted to provide a handy list and summary for our readers all…
Read More →It used to be a bit of a local myth that Bo Horvat was destined to one day develop into Patrice Bergeron 2.0. Despite limited accolades regarding his defensive prowess following an OHL career that mostly saw him operate as a top-line center, reports of Horvat’s high character were somehow misinterpreted into a strong two-way…
Read More →Welcome back to Around the Pacific — a series in which we examine news from around the Pacific Division through a Canucks-tinted lens. It took over two weeks and an agent change, but former Dallas Stars defenceman John Klingberg has found a new home in free agency. According to Kevin Weekes of ESPN, the Swedish…
Read More →Although not as active as many expected them to be, the Vancouver Canucks have been active on the free agency market in acquiring forwards and have further bolstered their depth up front. While there are still likely more moves to come, as it stands the Canucks have quite a deep forward group. They finished 24th…
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