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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...
Blue Jackets 3 Takeaways: Motte, Quickness & Record October
October 31st, 2017 This season, The Hockey Writers will have a recurring “Three Takeaways” feature after every Columbus Blue Jackets matchup, meant to serve as postgame quick hits. 1) Motte Measures Up One of the Blue Jackets with a standout performance in Monday night's 4-3 win against the Boston Bruins was 22-year-old forward Tyler Motte, who was...
Columbus Blue Jackets Roster Predictions 2017-18
August 21st, 2017 The Columbus Blue Jackets have some interesting decisions to make once training camp begins. Up to four roster spots are up for grabs. Which players are ready to impress? We will all find out soon enough. At this point, we will try to put our best prediction skills to use in telling you who will make the Blue Jackets. The...
Blue Jackets Roster Long Shots
July 29th, 2017 Do we really know what the Blue Jackets' opening-night roster will look like? While many rosters spots are already taken, several prospects have set their sights on making the team this fall. In this edition of Blue Jackets' Pressure Points, we focus on the dark horses who could surprise everyone and make the team. A couple of...
Gain Desjardins, Lose Motte, Keep Winning
November 9th, 2016 A couple of days ago, Andrew Desjardins was officially taken off of the IR. It looks like his first game back from the injury he suffered in the preseason will be this Wednesday night against the St. Louis Blues. This is a big benefit for the Chicago Blackhawks, who had made national headlines for their special team struggles. The...
