Canuck Olympians among the top performers

Roberto Luongo won gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but he wasn’t the only Vancouver Canuck who performed well for his country.

Canucks finding life a little tougher on the road

Everybody knew it was coming — 14 straight games away from the friendly confines of General Motors Place.

Fun with Sedin stats demonstrates elite status

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As Henrik Sedin continues to lead the NHL in scoring — and who could have predicted that one? — it’s interesting to take a look behind the raw numbers.
Prior to their Thursday game vs. the Dallas Stars, Hank had 21 goals, 49 assists, totaling 70 points in 49 games.  That’s a 1.43 point-per-game clip.  If [...]

Schneider’s unhappiness a consequence of strong Canuck D corps

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Mathieu Schneider has been a solid — and at times star — offensive defenceman in the NHL for nearly 20 seasons.  The Vancouver Canucks, seeking an offensive defenceman, brought in Schneider during the off-season to boost the power play.
So it has probably come as quite a surprise to Schneider that the Canucks haven’t really [...]

How do the Canucks stack up on Santa’s list?

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He’s made his list.  He’s checked it twice.  Santa knows which Canucks have been naughty, and which have been nice.
With just a little over a week until the Jolly Old St. Nicholas commits several hundred million acts of B&E, we take a sneak peek at his magic Naughty-or-Nice list to see how he rates the [...]

Luongo, Brodeur, and Fleury: Three-headed Olympic goaltending monster

The starting goaltender for Team Canada, whoever it will be, will already be facing the scrutiny of an entire country. There can’t be much more pressure than that.

Canucks continue to flirt with .500

Once upon a time, a .500 record in the NHL could go a long way.  With a .500 record, you were a cinch to make the playoffs.  It was the dividing line between respectability and ineptitude.
The 1993-94 Vancouver Canucks, the last Canuck team to make the Stanley Cup Finals, were only one game above .500.  [...]

Canucks quick takes (or, musings from a flu-addled mind)

As the last of the virally-induced flying pigs passes over our home and onto the next unsuspecting chump, I become aware that it’s been a little while since I wrote anything. Probably a good thing, too, as the content I might have produced at my worst could’ve generated legal problems. Or psychological studies. [...]

Penalty kill, Mitchell hit may have turned Canuck season around

There were two key events — a clutch penalty kill and a devastating hit –  in the third period of Wednesday night’s game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks which won’t show up in the box score, but which may have helped turn the season around for the Canucks.
The 3-2 Canuck victory was [...]

Early-season injuries force roster juggling, but create opportunities

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Vancouver Canuck Daniel Sedin, one half of the Wonder Twins, had missed exactly one game in his last five full seasons.  He will be out four to six weeks after his left foot got in the way of a teammate’s slap shot.  He was joined on [...]