Vancouver Canucks: Seattle Expansion Draft Projections 1.0 Matthew Zator | November 11, 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…
Vancouver Canucks Re-Sign Tyler Motte to Two-Year Extension Declan Schroeder | October 9, 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…
Canucks News & Rumors: Motte, Virtanen, Markstrom & More The Old Prof | September 10, 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?…
Canucks News & Rumors: Binnington, Pettersson, Beagle, Motte & More The Old Prof | August 23, 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…
5 Takeaways From Canucks’ Game 5 Win Over Blues Sartaaj Bhullar | August 20, 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…
Canucks Unsung Heroes Were Key in Game 2 Matthew Zator | August 5, 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…
3 Canucks Poised to Be Difference Makers in the 2020 Playoffs Matthew Zator | July 4, 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…
Canucks News & Rumors: Virtanen, Boeser, Markstrom, Motte The Old Prof | December 17, 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…
Canucks News & Rumors: Salary Cap, Leivo, Motte, Boeser The Old Prof | July 7, 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…
Did the Canucks Get Enough for Vanek? Matt Lawson | February 27, 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…
Canucks Trade Vanek to Blue Jackets Andrew Forbes | February 26, 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…
Potential Domino Effect of Josh Anderson’s Emergence Mark Scheig | November 4, 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.…