6 Penguins Draft Picks That Didn’t Work Out in Pittsburgh Nick Horwat | December 8, 2024 Every team has them. Players they took in a draft but went on to have success in other cities. Maybe the original team didn’t think the player was good enough,…
Canucks’ Best & Worst Trades All-Time Tyler Halsey | October 24, 2024 The Vancouver Canucks have a long history of franchise-altering transactions. Through their history, team management has never been shy about pulling the trigger on the big deal. It seems every…
Today in Hockey History: July 30 Matthew Zator | July 30, 2024 The Pittsburgh Penguins changed the future of their franchise on this date by selecting a generational talent. There were also three retirements on July 30, including two soon-to-be members of…
Canucks’ Top-20 Goal Scorers All-Time Matthew Zator | August 18, 2023 *This was originally published in Aug. 2021 and was most recently updated in Aug. 2023 Over the years the Vancouver Canucks have had a plethora of talented goal scorers grace…
Canucks’ Pettersson Joins Organization’s Elites in 100 Point Club Sartaaj Bhullar | April 14, 2023 Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson has joined the 100-point club in his fifth NHL season. He scored 39 goals and 102 points in 80 games. The 2022-23 season is a…
Canucks’ Pettersson Destined to Be Organization’s 15th Captain Sartaaj Bhullar | February 2, 2023 The Vancouver Canucks traded their 14th captain in franchise history, Bo Horvat, to the New York Islanders on Monday. With their captaincy now vacant, Elias Pettersson emerges as one of…
Canucks’ Top 4 NHL Awards Snubs Landon Kapusianyk | November 12, 2021 The Vancouver Canucks have had their share of award winners over their 50-year history. Elias Pettersson is the most recent award winner and won the Calder Trophy for his stellar…
A Look Back at the West Coast Express Line THW Archives | July 30, 2021 This article was originally written in December, 2015. During the dead puck era in the years leading to the 2004-05 NHL lockout, the Canucks’ trio of Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi…
Canucks: Top 5 Performances at the World Junior Championship Sartaaj Bhullar | December 22, 2020 The 2021 World Junior Championship (WJC) is a few days away. The Vancouver Canucks have two players representing them this year, with Vasili Podkolzin on Team Russia and Arvid Costmar…
Canucks 12 Days of Hockeymas: 6 Retired Numbers Aidan Fischer | December 19, 2020 The “12 Days of Christmas” is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908. In a nod to the classic carol, join The Hockey Writers as we count down…
Canucks News & Rumors: Demko, Naslund, Edler & Pettersson The Old Prof | December 3, 2020 In this edition of Vancouver Canucks News & Notes, I’ll discuss Thatcher Demko’s desire to institute himself as the number one goalie in the Canucks’ system. I’ll look back in…
Sedins Had Mentor in Naslund After Joining Canucks The Hockey Writers | February 11, 2020 Long before Daniel Sedin’s iconic No. 22 is raised to the rafters at Rogers Arena, another Canucks legend, Markus Naslund, wore the same number for his first few games in…