Posts About "Tyler Motte"
Canucks Need Speed & Skill On 3rd Line
November 27th, 2020 The Vancouver Canucks had a very successful 2019-20 campaign, beginning with making the playoffs for the first time in four seasons, then advancing to the second round for the first time since 2011. However, it was not all positive, as they got eliminated by the Vegas Golden Knights after getting dominated in almost all of the games...
Vancouver Canucks: Seattle Expansion Draft Projections 1.0
November 11th, 2020 Pretty soon the NHL will have its 32nd franchise in the Seattle Kraken. It's an exciting time for fans and pundits alike as we get to project what their roster will look like once the expansion draft is over at the end of the 2020-21 season. Just like when the Vegas Golden Knights drafted their team in 2017, the Kraken will be permitted...
Vancouver Canucks Re-Sign Tyler Motte to Two-Year Extension
October 9th, 2020 The Vancouver Canucks have re-signed forward Tyler Motte to a two-year contract extension with an AAV of $1.225 million. Motte, 25, was an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career, but will be staying in Vancouver through 2021-22. Tyler Motte will be staying with the Canucks on a new two-year contract. (Photo by...
Canucks News & Rumors: Motte, Virtanen, Markstrom & More
September 10th, 2020 In this edition of Vancouver Canucks News & Rumors, I’ll look at some of the work that general manager Jim Benning should do during the offseason. Who will he re-sign? Who will he trade? There must be real chemistry on the team, because, almost every player has reported that they want to stay in Vancouver heading into the future....
Canucks News & Rumors: Binnington, Pettersson, Beagle, Motte & More
August 23rd, 2020 The Vancouver Canucks are the only Canadian team to make it into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. To do so, they beat the reigning Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues four games to two. It was a physical series but the team was led by goalie Jacob Markstrom, it’s two young stars Elias Petterson and Quinn Hughes, and...
5 Takeaways From Canucks’ Game 5 Win Over Blues
August 20th, 2020 The Vancouver Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues, 4-3 in Game 5 to take a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven series. The Blues won Games 3 and 4 after dropping the first two games of the series. The Canucks fought back in Game 5 after they were down 3-1, scoring three goals in a row to take the lead. J.T. Miller, Jake Virtanen, and Tyler...
Canucks Unsung Heroes Were Key in Game 2
August 5th, 2020 The Vancouver Canucks finally have a postseason win after four seasons of futility. The play-in series against the Minnesota Wild is now tied at one and the best-of-five has now become a best-of-three. The reunited Lotto Line of Elias Pettersson, JT Miller, and Brock Boeser helped make that happen with four points between them. Though,...
3 Canucks Poised to Be Difference Makers in the 2020 Playoffs
July 4th, 2020 In a few short weeks, we should finally see some Vancouver Canucks hockey on our television sets. Some of the high profile players are already skating at Rogers Arena including Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, JT Miller, Tyler Toffoli, and Quinn Hughes, so there is definitely some activity right now in Vancouver. For the Canucks to have...
Canucks News & Rumors: Virtanen, Boeser, Markstrom, Motte
December 17th, 2019 After such a great win against the Carolina Hurricanes, when Jacob Markstrom tossed a shutout and Elias Pettersson scored in overtime, things looked good for the Vancouver Canucks. Then came the weekend, and the team lost two back-to-back road games against the San Jose Sharks and the Vegas Golden Knights. Now, halfway through December,...
Canucks News & Rumors: Salary Cap, Leivo, Motte, Boeser
July 7th, 2019 Since the NHL Entry Draft in June, Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has been busy putting next season’s team together. Without a significant amount of salary-cap space, he seems to be focusing on players with less-expensive contracts. Jim Benning, Vancouver Canucks, 2019 NHL Draft (Amy Irvin / The Hockey...
Did the Canucks Get Enough for Vanek?
February 27th, 2018 NHL mercenary Thomas Vanek was traded at the deadline (shocker, I know) to the Columbus Blue Jackets. In return, the Vancouver Canucks received 22-year-old Tyler Motte and 34-year-old Jussi Jokinen. It's no surprise that Vanek was on the block and likely to be moved at the deadline, but the return for the sniper was always up in the...
Canucks Trade Vanek to Blue Jackets
February 26th, 2018 On to his eighth career team, the Vancouver Canucks announced that they have traded veteran forward and long-time NHLer Thomas Vanek to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for forward prospect Tyler Motte and another veteran in Jussi Jokinen, according to TSN’s Bob...
Potential Domino Effect of Josh Anderson's Emergence
November 4th, 2017 The Columbus Blue Jackets are off to one of their best starts in franchise history. They've never won nine of their first 13 games to start a season until now. At the center of this great start is Josh Anderson's emergence. After scoring two goals Thursday night against the Florida Panthers, Anderson shares the team lead in goals with...
