The ceremony honouring the raising of Daniel and Henrik Sedin’s jerseys to the Rogers Arena rafters perfectly encapsulated the twins’ career with the Vancouver Canucks – it was humble, it was gracious, it was genuine. The Canucks organization earn top marks for putting together a tight, near-seamless 50-minute set that masterfully interspersed the typical humour…
Vancouver Canucks F Brock Boeser will miss at least the next two games, the club announced Sunday. Boeser left Saturday’s game against the Calgary Flames and did not return.
In each of the three previous seasons, I’ve published articles about the likelihoods of various Canucks prospects making their NHL debuts in that particular season (see 2016-17 here, 2017-18 here, and 2018-19 here). Each year, I have done this in October, and this season I, unfortunately, missed the boat. As I recently reviewed the draft…
The Canucks are returning home for “Sedin Week” with a chance to make history on Henrik and Daniel’s big night. The Canucks are currently on a nine-game winning streak on home ice. That is the second-longest single-season winning streak at home in franchise history. The record for home victories in a row is 11, achieved…
Hockey is a team game, but goaltenders have proven time and time again to have a larger effect on a team’s success than any other player. For the Vancouver Canucks, this has certainly been true of starting netminder Jacob Markstrom. Markstrom was the Canucks’ most valuable player through the first half of the season. Without…
In his third season, Brock Boeser’s development has taken an unpredictable turn. As a key to the Canucks offense, Boeser has seen his goal production dip, but has made up for it in other ways. In his third full NHL season, he’s made strides towards becoming a more well-rounded player, and has actually had a…
As one of the last cuts to Sweden’s U20 roster last year, Hoglander came into this year’s tournament using his disappointment as fuel. His skill, vision, and motor propelled him into third-place in tournament scoring with 5 goals and 6 assists and helped earn his country a Bronze Medal. Hoglander has played predominantly against men…
It’s a new year and a new edition of the roundtable after a long holiday-induced hiatus. The Canucks are now just past the halfway point of the season, which makes now as good a time as any to take stock of how they’ve performed so far and what we can expect heading into the remaining…
Early on this season, the only line with a better expected goals share that the Canucks fourth line of Jay Beagle, Tim Schaller and Tyler Motte was their top line of Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser. Though they were still getting outshot, the fourth line was limiting thei opponents’ shot quality to the…
Former Vancouver Canucks GM Brian Burke joined The Starting Lineup on Sportsnet 650 this morning where he was asked about what the Vancouver market is like comparative to others in the country. And in his first appearance of the year, Burke took aim at what he called a small group of Canucks followers.
The only thing more challenging than winning the Calder Trophy as a goaltender is winning it as a defenceman. Since the NHL’s rookie of the year award was introduced for the 1936-37 season, 15 goaltenders and 13 defencemen have won the honour, with forwards securing the hardware the remaining 55 times. This season, however, two…
Finally, some good news on the Olli Juolevi front in this week’s edition of Blackfish. We’re also talking World Junior selection camp and a couple of Swedish prospects continue their hot streaks. CHL Carson Focht was held pointless this week. Focht has cooled off after his strong start to the season. He is now 5th…
