Posts About "Jack Skille"
The Nuck Stops Here: Virtanen, Granlund, Skille
October 16th, 2016 After a Thanksgiving break, we are back! ‘The Nuck Stops Here’ is a Vancouver Canucks news, opinion and analysis column that runs every Sunday throughout the regular season. News Canucks Sign Jack Skille to One-Year Contract The following is a press release from the organization: Vancouver, B.C. — Vancouver Canucks general...
Questionable Roster Decisions Plague Canucks
October 14th, 2016 Last year, the Canucks were lambasted for exposing and losing a young player on the waiver wire. When general manager Jim Benning did the same thing on Wednesday, there was barely more than an eyebrow raised. On Wednesday, the Canucks announced that they were placing 24-year-old forward Emerson Etem on waivers. Benning decided to...
5 Surprises From the Canucks Preseason
October 7th, 2016 Expectations are undoubtedly low for the Vancouver Canucks entering the 2016-17 season. That being said, this has been one of the most competitive Canucks preseasons in recent memory. Many of the young Canucks on the roster have come to play this preseason. Ben Hutton, Bo Horvat and Brenan Gaunce among others have been flying around...Jack Skille Takes PTO With Vancouver
September 22nd, 2016 Former Colorado Avalanche forward Jack Skille has accepted a professional tryout (PTO) with the Vancouver Canucks, the team announced this week. Skille will hit Canucks training camp with plenty of competition for open forward spots. Between tryouts for James Sheppard and Tuomo Ruutu, and prospects vying for a roster spot, competition...
Colorado Avalanche Free Agent Pick-Ups Gelling
December 20th, 2015 The Colorado Avalanche had a busy offseason, overhauling 1/3 of their roster from the previous year. The early portion of the 2015-2016 season then showed a team that was struggling to find their identity and struggling to gel as a unit. Fast forward to today and the Avalanche have won five games in a row and are suddenly right back in...
Avs Sign Jack Skille Off Tryout Deal
October 6th, 2015 The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Jack Skille to a one-year contract, the team announced on Tuesday. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed. Skille had been at Avalanche training camp on a tryout deal. The 28-year-old Skille must have impressed the coaching staff during camp, because the team also had...
