Canucks Goaltending
Could Eddie Lack Come Back?
May 4th, 2017 Eddie Lack is one of the most amicable characters in all of hockey. Unfortunately for him, amicability-per-60 isn't a viable hockey statistic. One viable statistic is save percentage, an area where Lack finished 49th among 54 goaltenders who played more than 20...
Miller Earns Canucks Masterton Nod
March 28th, 2017 The Vancouver Canucks have announced that the team’s nominee for this year’s Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is goaltender Ryan Miller. The annual award, which has a nominee from each team, recognizes the player that best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance,...
Top 3 All-Time Canucks Goalies
February 8th, 2017 Richard Brodeur Drafted by the New York Islanders in 1972, “King” Richard Brodeur started his professional career with the Quebec Nordiques of the WHA, leading them to an Avco Cup championship in 1976-77. Once the WHA folded, his rights were transferred back to the...
How Can the Canucks Make the Playoffs?
February 7th, 2017 If you had said at the beginning of the season that the Vancouver Canucks would be five points out of a Wildcard spot with 30 games remaining, I would have called you crazy. Yet, here we are. Written off by fans and critics when the campaign kicked off, the 'Nucks have...
The Luongo Trade, 3 Years Later
January 20th, 2017 Don’t look now but Roberto Luongo, the all-time leader in virtually every Vancouver Canucks goaltending record, is back in Vancouver. Luongo is expected to start tonight as his Florida Panthers look to wrap up their road trip through western Canada with a victory....
Mr. Zero: Jacob Markstrom
December 22nd, 2016 Jacob Markstrom, despite some inconsistency early on, has been a reliable 1B goaltender alongside Ryan Miller the past season and a half for the Vancouver Canucks. With Miller aging and his contract expiring this offseason, most fans and analysts see Markstrom as the team's...
Markstrom Maneuvered to Backup by Benning
September 20th, 2016 The goalie controversy never seems to die in Vancouver. Goaltending was one of Vancouver's few bright spots last season. Although the Canucks surrendered a plethora of scoring chances, their goaltending tandem of Ryan Miller and Jacob Markstrom kept the team in games in...
Is Trading Ryan Miller Plausible for Vancouver?
April 28th, 2016 Ryan Miller seems destined to finish out his three-year, $18 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks. With the cap unlikely to increase in the 2016-17 season, many teams will be unwilling to take on such an onerous salary. What gets lost in the conversation about...
Demko Contract Eases Any Canucks Crease Controversy
April 21st, 2016 Canucks General Manager Jim Benning said all along he was confident that the team and star Boston College goalie Thatcher Demko would agree to terms on a contract. Benning put the somewhat overblown worries in the fan base to bed with the team's announcement on Wednesday,...
Goaltending Surprisingly Vancouver's Greatest Strength
February 10th, 2016 You could argue that Vancouver's goaltenders are preventing the team from tanking. If you're making that argument, you probably have a strong case. Vancouver gives up more scoring chances than any other team in the NHL. Their defence, even when healthy, is mediocre at...
Ryan Miller Returned But Canucks Struggled Immensely
January 15th, 2016 Under-performing. That's the word that could sum up Ryan Miller's play thus far in the 2015-16 season... and really for his entire one and a half year tenure as the Canucks goaltender. Ryan Miller returned to the Canucks lineup for the first time since December 20th, 2015....
Ryan Miller Might Have Just Lost His Job
December 28th, 2015 Oh what fun is to be a goaltender in Vancouver, hey! Unless you're Ryan Miller. It hasn't been such a good holiday for Vancouver Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller. After starting his second campaign with Vancouver holding a 10-11-6 record, .909 save percentage and 2.74...
Ryan Miller Is the Anti-Luongo
October 14th, 2015 Remember when the Canucks goaltending was going to be one of its weak spots? Ryan Miller didn't get the memo. Sure it's October, the prime month for premature assumptions, but no one can ignore the fact that Miller is red hot to start the season. His October...
