Posts About "Brendan Leipsic"
5 Breakout Players for 2018-19 NHL Season
June 17th, 2018 The 2017-18 NHL season was iconic with the success of the expansion Vegas Golden Knights in their inaugural campaign. They finished the regular season with 109 points, won the Pacific Division, and reached the Stanley Cup Final, an achievement four franchises have yet to reach. Vegas won in large part because many of its players took...
Canucks New First-Liner Brendan Leipsic
March 2nd, 2018 The Vancouver Canucks acquired 23-year-old Brendan Leipsic at the 2018 trade deadline and he's already made quite the impression chalking up two assists in his Canucks debut in a tight contest against the New York Rangers. Leipsic appeared to be a good fit on the team's top line with Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser, tacking on some...
Canucks 2018 Trade Deadline Wrap Up
February 27th, 2018 It was a slower-than-expected deadline day for the Vancouver Canucks. The team laid rather dormant, making just two trades. Out are winger Thomas Vanek and minor leaguer Philip Holm, and in are Tyler Motte, Jussi Jokinen, and Brandon Leipsic. Though moves were made, it seems as though Jim Benning could have done more to build for the...
The Golden Knights 2018 Trade Deadline
February 27th, 2018 The Vegas Golden Knights are exactly where nobody thought they’d be at the 2017-18 NHL trade deadline. I'm probably the only exception worldwide. The hope for veteran players to perform admirably enough to warrant a nice return from a squad beefing up for the postseason has given way to a buyer’s mentality and Stanley Cup...
Golden Knights Trade Leipsic to Canucks
February 26th, 2018 One player won’t be around to enjoy the remainder of the Vegas Golden Knights’ inaugural season and the team got involved in its first NHL Trade Deadline. While minor, the Knights traded forward Brendan Leipsic to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for defenceman Philip Holm, the teams announced on...
Maple Leafs Lose Leipsic in Expansion Draft
June 23rd, 2017 The 2017 NHL Expansion Draft is finally over and each team comes away with one less player. For teams like the Nashville Predators and the Pittsburgh Penguins, they lost a key part of their lineup in James Neal and Marc-Andre Fleury. Other teams had to trade draft picks to the Vegas Golden Knights so that they could sway Vegas'...
