Posts About "Markus Naslund"
A Look Back at the West Coast Express Line
July 30th, 2020 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 and Brendan Morrison far from followed the pattern of declining offense in the league. The West Coast Express line, named after the commuter train in...
Today in Hockey History: July 30
July 30th, 2020 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 members of the upcoming Hockey Hall of Fame class. Sid Goes Number One The lockout of 2004-05 caused a postponement of the 2005 National Hockey League Entry...
Canucks' Top 4 NHL Awards Snubs
April 29th, 2020 Around this time, NHL award ballots are completed and submitted ahead of the annual ceremony in June. 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 rookie campaign in 2018-19 that will be remembered for...
Canucks' Best & Worst Trades All-Time
April 9th, 2020 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 year the Canucks make at least one major transaction that sets the entire hockey world abuzz. While Vancouver may not be shy in making a...
Sedins Had Mentor in Naslund After Joining Canucks
February 11th, 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 Vancouver. Henrik and Daniel Sedin will join Stan Smyl, Trevor Linden, Pavel Bure, and Naslund, whose numbers have already been retired by the organization. The Sedins...
Top 5 Wingers to Play With the Sedins
April 5th, 2018 Daniel and Henrik Sedin's long and remarkable careers started with the Vancouver Canucks back in 2000 and now in 2018, they are coming to an end. It's been an incredible ride with awards won, records set, and an everlasting impression left on the city of Vancouver. https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/981583602436653056 Along the...
Assembling A Canucks All-Time All-Star Lineup
January 31st, 2016 The NHL All-Star weekend is a fun time for players in the league, and the same rules can often apply for team writers - something I thought I'd take advantage of. 35-year-old Daniel Sedin is the lone Vancouver Canucks player who is an All-Star this year. It's the third time Daniel has been voted into the game; he's one of 17 all-time...
Vancouver Canucks Three Best Trades In Team History
August 11th, 2015 In the slow time of the year in the hockey world, and amidst a summer of confusing trades for the Vancouver Canucks, it makes for a good time to focus on trades that have proved to be the most beneficial over the team's history. The Canucks have acquired a good portion of their best ever players via trade, including three of their...
Canucks Need Brendan Morrison As Character Model
October 10th, 2014 The Canucks worked very hard in the offseason to alter a future mired in the bottom of the league that most people had resigned them to, and at the same time try to regain the form this proud franchise is accustomed to. A lot of progress has been made, but no one is considering the mission accomplished. The sweeping changes have been...
Canucks Hire John Tortorella
June 26th, 2013 It's only been one day since the end of the shortened 2012-13 season in which the Vancouver Canucks' Western Conference nemesis, the Chicago Blackhawks, defeated the Canucks' much hated 2011 Eastern Conference opponent, the Boston Bruins, in very dramatic fashion. With only two minutes left in Game Six of the Cup Final, the Blackhawks...
The Story of the New York Rangers & the ‘Missing Piece’
May 31st, 2013 It has been 19 years since the New York Rangers ended their ‘curse’ (if you believe in those kind of things) and won the Stanley Cup in 1994 after a 54-year drought. Since that championship the Blueshirts have yet to return to the Stanley Cup Finals, only reaching the Eastern Conference Finals twice (1997, 2012). Just like...
Is There a Hockey Code? Memories of a Dark Night in Vancouver
March 7th, 2013 March 8, 2004. It was a dark night at GM Place in Vancouver. Everything about the game as we knew it would change forever. The score was 8-2 for the Colorado Avalanche over the Vancouver Canucks with too much time left in the 3rd period. The Avs clearly outmatched the Canucks in almost every facet of the game except for the...
No Disappointment After Canucks Loss to Stars
February 16th, 2013 The Vancouver Canucks' 4-3 loss at the hands of the Dallas Stars last night was anything but disappointing to fans or the Canucks organization. Ryan Kesler played his first game in more than ten months and almost everyone expected that in his first game back, Kesler would be slow to read plays and not in full game form. They were wrong....
