Canucks Prospects
Canucks’ Hughes Has Successful Debut
March 29th, 2019 The Vancouver Canucks are not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, but they clearly won't make it this season. Even after their 3-2 shootout victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday evening, the team’s record is still only 33-35-10. And they would have to...
Canucks' Reid Boucher: Untapped Potential
February 19th, 2019 Currently sitting sixth in AHL scoring is the Utica Comets' Reid Boucher who is boasting 49 points in 42 games in 2018-19 — the Vancouver Canucks are missing their window of opportunity to extract Boucher's potential. On top of his 1.17 points-per-game, Boucher is also...
Canucks' Prospect MacEwen Gets the Call
February 11th, 2019 Vancouver Canucks head coach Travis Green did not divulge whether he would play on Monday night or not, but that didn't stop Canucks fans from expressing their excitement when they heard 22-year-old prospect Zack MacEwen had been called up to the big...
Canucks' Prospect Quinn Hughes Is Elite
January 16th, 2019 Vancouver Canucks prospect Quinn Hughes recently won a silver medal at the 2019 World Junior Championships, where he was an assistant captain. He only recorded two assists in seven games, but stats don't always tell the whole story. It's abundantly clear Hughes has the...
Canucks Prospect Pipeline: Tyler Madden
January 4th, 2019 Another member of the Vancouver Canucks' stacked prospect pipeline is Tyler Madden of the Northeastern Huskies in the NCAA. Madden is a prospect who has been overshadowed by names like Quinn Hughes, Olli Juolevi and Michael DiPietro, among others, but his name...
Canucks Prospect Pipeline: Michael DiPietro
December 29th, 2018 (Originally published Nov. 23, 2018) The Vancouver Canucks picked up a gem in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft with the third round selection of Michael DiPietro. The 20-year-old is largely regarded as one of, if not the, best goalies in the OHL. In fact, he was...
4 Canucks Prospects Competing at World Juniors
December 26th, 2018 The Vancouver Canucks are, miraculously, a single point out of the playoffs at just about the halfway point of the 2018-19 season, and while that's all good and fun, the real hope certainly still lies in the future. With young talent like Brock Boeser, Bo...
Canucks Sam Gagner on Second AHL: 'It's Hard to Take'
December 10th, 2018 TORONTO — Sam Gagner was back in the NHL and feeling great. Playing an important role with the Vancouver Canucks — first-line minutes, No. 1 power play — following a surprise banishment to the minors before the season,&nbs...
Canucks Prospect Pipeline: Olli Juolevi
November 20th, 2018 The Vancouver Canucks' defensive core has been lacking for quite some time, so when the team drafted Olli Juolevi fifth overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, fans were thrilled. The scouting report echoed nothing but promise. “He shows mastery of his position...
Canucks Prospect Pipeline: Jack Rathbone
November 13th, 2018 The Vancouver Canucks selected Jack Rathbone in the fourth round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Rathbone is currently skating for Harvard University in the ECAC, and making some noise there while he does...
Canucks' Woo Hopes to Impress at Canada/Russia Series
October 27th, 2018 The WHL has released its roster for the 2018 CIBC Canada/Russia series, which starts off Nov. 5 in Kamloops. Vancouver Canucks prospect, Jett Woo will be one of the WHL's defencemen for the tournament. Woo was drafted 37th overall by the Canucks in the 2018...
Canucks’ Top Prospects Shine at Young Stars
September 10th, 2018 Elias Pettersson has the ‘wow’ factor. That’s been well documented from overseas the past couple seasons — he was named the top prospect in all of Europe this spring — but it was also evident from watching his debut as a member of the Vancouver...
Hughes Returns to Michigan: His Impact on the Wolverines & Canucks
July 29th, 2018 The morning of July 27, the Michigan Wolverines announced that their Freshman of the Year and highest-scoring defenseman Quinn Hughes will be returning for his sophomore year. Hughes was drafted by the Canucks seventh overall this June and had shown great interest in...
