March 24th, 2018Elias Pettersson is the best prospect in the National Hockey League. The lanky, 6-foot-2 winger was drafted fifth overall in last year’s entry draft, and the hockey world has been drooling over him ever since. Pettersson has been praised for his two-way game and his elite shooting ability, but how excited should Vancouver Canucks fans...
March 8th, 2018The Vancouver Canucks have one of the best prospect pools in the NHL with talent dominating in Sweden, college hockey and the CHL. The future is very bright for the boys in blue and green and the hype is very, very real. Craig Button's top-50 prospects list is riddled with Canucks. Perhaps what separates the Canucks prospect pool...
February 23rd, 2018The Vancouver Canucks have had a healthy amount of dynamic duos in their history — pairs like Alex Mogilny & Pavel Bure, Geoff Courtnall & Cliff Ronning, Markus Naslund & Todd Bertuzzi and Daniel & Henrik Sedin. The list goes on. Now, with the Sedins starting to make their way out of the equation, the Canucks are in...
February 8th, 2018Looking at the Vancouver Canucks' plethora of young talent, you can't help but applaud the work done by general manager Jim Benning and his predecessor, Mike Gillis. It hasn't all been smooth sailing, though — there's been a fair share of blemishes on draft days. Regardless of mistakes that were made, the Canucks future is...
January 10th, 2018If you tuned into the 2018 World Junior Championship, then you're without-a-doubt familiar with the name, Elias Pettersson — he lit up the tournament and found himself on a handful of highlight reels along the way. The Vancouver Canucks selected the talented Swede fifth overall in the 2017 NHL entry draft and are very satisfied with...
January 3rd, 2018Nikolay Goldobin is an extremely talented 22-year-old out of Moscow, Russia who can dangle, snipe and skate with the best. However, he has also been labeled as soft in the corners and on the wall, easy to knock off of the puck, and defensively non-existent. The question is - does the good outweigh the bad enough to keep investing in...
December 27th, 2017The Vancouver Canucks' promising future will be on display in the 2018 World Junior Championship as they have four prospects competing and arguably the best prospects pool in the tournament. The prospects are spread throughout four teams (Canada, USA, Sweden, Finland), so the Canucks' faithful will have plenty of opportunities to...
November 30th, 2017With only Nico Hischier having an impact in the NHL, the 2017 draft hasn't matched the levels of immediate production of past drafts. As a class, they have combined for 60 games and 28 points in the NHL. By comparison, the 2016 class combined for 344 games and 213 points last season. Despite the lack of immediate impact in the NHL, this...