2025-26 Is Make-or-Break Season for Canucks’ Core The Old Prof | July 4, 2025 On a recent episode of Halford & Brough, the hosts tackled a topic that many Vancouver Canucks fans are quietly asking themselves: What is this team’s identity heading into 2025–26?…
Canucks Can’t Win a Trade Involving Quinn Hughes The Old Prof | June 24, 2025 A defenceman rarely changes how the game looks when on the ice. But the Vancouver Canucks’ Quinn Hughes does. His skating isn’t just elite—it’s the kind of golden-edge glide that…
How Quinn Hughes Can Avoid the Mistakes That Divided the Canucks The Old Prof | June 18, 2025 Blake Wheeler knows something about leadership in a Canadian market—and what happens when it goes sideways. In an article I wrote yesterday, the former Winnipeg Jets captain, now retired, joined…
Quinn Hughes’ Norris Snub: The Line Between Honest Opinion and Poor Voting The Old Prof | June 13, 2025 The NHL’s annual awards season often comes with controversy. Still, this year’s Norris Trophy voting (which Cale Makar won) triggered a particularly pointed conversation when NHL insider Elliotte Friedman joined…
Adam Foote’s Vision: Rebuilding the Canucks Through Leadership and Elias Pettersson’s Reset The Old Prof | June 11, 2025 Although there’s plenty of business facing the Vancouver Canucks this offseason, it’s clear that the most significant order of business—the number one checkmark on the to-do list—is Elias Pettersson. He…
Quiet Star, Loud Silence: Elias Pettersson and the Canucks’ Identity Crisis The Old Prof | June 9, 2025 NHL teams carry more than just their roster. Every season, they begin with expectations, history, hope, and sometimes, ghosts. For the 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks, those ghosts are less about past…
Can the Canucks Count on Chytil to Be the Next Play Driver? The Old Prof | May 29, 2025 The Vancouver Canucks head into next season with plenty to prove. After the regular season turmoil and not making the playoffs, the big question is how to raise the team’s…
Canucks Chart New Course Under Foote The Old Prof | May 16, 2025 When Adam Foote was named the 22nd head coach in Vancouver Canucks history on Wednesday, it marked a full-circle moment for a former NHL stalwart who had been slowly working…
Quinn Hughes “Hired” Canucks Coach: More NHL News & Rumors Jim Parsons | May 15, 2025 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Adam Foote is the new head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, and the consensus feeling is that Foote is the coach superstar defenseman Quinn Hughes…
Allvin’s Remarks Put Canucks and Quinn Hughes in Awkward Spot Jim Parsons | May 9, 2025 Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin may have done more harm than good with his recent remarks to season ticket holders — especially when it comes to the future of…
NHL Rumors: Oilers, Canucks, Devils, Avalanche Jim Parsons | May 5, 2025 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Edmonton Oilers haven’t revealed who they are going with in goal to start their second-round series with the Vegas Golden Knights. Meanwhile, as he…
Why Tocchet Left Canucks, Plus Red Wings & Other NHL Rumors Jim Parsons | April 30, 2025 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, why did Rick Tocchet leave the Vancouver Canucks? He gave his reasoning that family was a priority and it was time to explore his options,…
