In case you hadn’t heard already, longtime Hockey Night in Canada and former Vancouver Canucks play-by-play commentator Jim Hughson announced his retirement yesterday. Hughson is synonymous with the game of hockey for many British Columbians and Canadians in general and is walking away on his own terms from a career that lasted 42 years and…
Early in the offseason, rumours began to swirl about Daniel and Henrik Sedin joining the Vancouver Canucks organization in a management capacity. Today, Rick Dhaliwal of Donnie and Dhali – The Team reported that the announcement should be coming tomorrow. “This has been long anticipated, it came out about two months ago,” said Dhaliwal. “Been…
J.P. Barry of CAA, the agency representing Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson, went on Donnie and Dhali – The Team on Chek TV today to discuss the contracts for the Canucks stars. Recently, reports surfaced that the deal for Pettersson would be three years in length, while Hughes’ contract would likely be longer. Barry confirmed…
It’s long been public knowledge that Jim Benning and the rest of the Vancouver Canucks’ hockey ops department are incredibly high on goaltending coach Ian Clark. Clark’s track record speaks for itself, and Thatcher Demko used his final media availability of the season to offer one last plea for the organization to bring back the…
Vancouver Canucks defenceman Alex Edler has no plans of retiring. The 35-year-old defenceman met with media this morning and talked about his season and his future in the league. “Yes, for sure,” said Edler if he has for certain made up his mind that he’ll continue playing. “I still love the game and want to…
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced this afternoon that Vancouver Canucks forward Zack MacEwen has been suspended for one game. Vancouver’s Zack MacEwen has been suspended for one game for Kneeing Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse. https://t.co/lzPiQeu0sI — NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 7, 2021 The play in question came roughly midway through the second period,…
Donnie and Dhali’s Rick Dhaliwal is reporting that Nikita Tryamkin has signed a 2-year deal with Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg of the KHL. The 26-year-old defenceman was drafted in the third round in 2014 by the Vancouver Canucks and has 11 points in 79 games with the club. Tryamkin last played with the Canucks in 2017. That…
Vancouver Canucks prospect Vasily Podkolzin’s KHL team St. Petersburg SKA of the KHL is currently in their first-round playoff matchup against Dinamo Minsk. It is a best of seven series that SKA is expected to win without much difficulty. In game one, Podkolzin gave his team a 3-1 lead with this beauty of a wrister…
The Vancouver Canucks have waived forwards Loui Eriksson and Sven Baertschi, the club announced Monday.
The Vancouver Canucks have signed centre prospect Carson Focht to a three-year entry-level deal. #Canucks have signed centre prospect Carson Focht to a three-year entry level contract. https://t.co/BciMvlPRGd — Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) January 6, 2021 Focht — who was a fifth round pick of the Canucks in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft — will likely…
If you’re anything like me, you’re always looking to get an advantage in your fantasy hockey pool. Whether you’re in a league with your friends, your co-workers at the office, or some random people you met online, every game counts.
Nils Höglander is trying to go out with a bang before coming over to North America. His SHL loan with Rogle BK is set to expire on December 12th, and then he can make his way over to Canada to prepare for training camp with the Vancouver Canucks. He’s a confident kid, and his confidence…
