The last time the Sedin twins didn’t lead the Canucks in team scoring, there were seven 100-plus point scorers in the league, Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin were rookies, and the Edmonton Oilers and Carolina Hurricanes were in the Stanley Cup Finals. Lots of things are bound to change in the league in the span of […]

It’s a decision that makes you sigh and scratch your head thinking about, when wondering what may transpire this summer between Dan Hamhuis and the Vancouver Canucks. The Smithers, BC native loves playing in the city, and the city has loved watching Hamhuis. Benning on Hamhuis: “We like Dan. We want to ty and figure out […]

Even with the Sharks dropping Game 1 on the road to the Blues on Sunday night, there has to be two happy fan bases in the Western Conference. San Jose and St. Louis in West final. Blues haven’t made cup final since 1970. Sharks… Never. One fan base will be ecstatic. #nhlplayoffs — Lee Jones […]

It was just over a full calendar year ago that Cole Cassels’ Oshawa Generals captured the OHL Championship. In that Game 6 win against Connor McDavid’s Erie Otters on May 15, 2015, Cassels had four assists and a plus-three rating. Fast forward to just over two weeks after that, and Cassels’ Generals were Memorial Cup […]

One thing’s for sure: the Canucks will end up with a very good player at fifth overall in this year’s draft. Assuming much of the fan base has accepted that it’s not a top-three pick, there’s lots to look forward to for the team come June 24th. “You try to keep things in perspective… We have great fans. […]

The Canucks have come to contract terms with a lot of key players this offseason already, but there’s still work to do with re-signing several pending restricted free agents. The team has locked up free agents Anton Rodin, Troy Stecher, Thatcher Demko and Michael Garteig, as well as re-signed one pending RFA already in Markus Granlund. Not […]

Amidst talks regarding how the Vancouver Canucks plan to bolster their defense core, they may have an important blueliner who has been playing overseas, and hasn’t exactly been the center of many of those conversations. Enter Philip Larsen, who has spent the past two years in the KHL. His rights were acquired by the Canucks from the Edmonton Oilers […]

It’s been a week since the Utica Comets AHL season came to an end, after falling to the Albany Devils in four games in the team’s best-of-five first round playoff series. Despite advancing all the way to the Calder Cup Finals a season ago, the Comets finish this year wasn’t exactly surprising, as a number of key […]

A big reason for the Vancouver Canucks exploring their options with the fifth overall pick is the need for a top-end defenseman, but the lack of options they could have for blueliners at No. 5. However, one thing the Canucks and their fans can feel fortunate about is where they’ll pick in the second round, […]

The Canucks and their fans knew they would be getting a pretty good asset come draft lottery day, but there’s always a feeling around Vancouver that the team should push for more, and not be settled with what they have. That feeling came naturally after the team ended up with the fifth overall pick, despite higher odds than […]

Saturday night was slated to be an important one for the future of the Vancouver Canucks franchise. The fan base endured months of tough-watching hockey this season, and anticipation for the draft lottery was more prevalent with each game down the stretch. In 2015-16, the Canucks lost 51 total games; that’s their most total losses in a full season […]

There hasn’t been any lack of flair for the dramatic in this year’s Western Hockey League postseason. In particular, it’s hard to quantify the drama seen around the Kelowna Rockets in these playoffs, who are the defending league champs and runner-up to the Oshawa Generals in last year’s Memorial Cup. The Rockets finished the regular […]

The Vancouver Canucks’ season was over long before it was over, but their farm team still has plenty to play for. The 2015 Eastern Conference champion Utica Comets (38-26-12) begin their Calder Cup quest tonight against the Albany Devils (46-20-10) in the best-of-five first round series. A lot of the Comets roster is changed over from a […]

Canucks General Manager Jim Benning said all along he was confident that the team and star Boston College goalie Thatcher Demko would agree to terms on a contract. Benning put the somewhat overblown worries in the fan base to bed with the team’s announcement on Wednesday, one that is a step for the future. #Canucks […]

Marc Crawford has an extensive NHL coaching resume, and there have been rumors for months over whether he’ll return to the league when his contract ends with the Zurich Lions in the Swiss-A League after this season. There has been fuel to the fire added to that discussion recently, as Crawford stated earlier this week […]

With the trade deadline looming, it makes for a good time to evaluate each organization’s top young players and determine just who the most valuable are. In the final of a four-part series outlining each team’s most valuable player aged 20 or younger by division, the Atlantic Division is front and center. Six of the eight top […]

With the trade deadline nearing, every organization has important players aged 20 or younger that in some way, shape or form are too valuable to be moved. The third installment of my four-part series highlights the Metropolitan Division. While every other division features at least one U-21 player who could be considered a star, teams in […]

Among the teams that rolled into Vancouver on the Canucks’ three game home stand that concluded Thursday night was the worst team in the NHL standings, as well as the worst team since the start of 2016 in the entire NHL. The Canucks were promptly rolled over by all their opponents, losing all three games in regulation. […]

In the second of this four part series ahead of the NHL trade deadline, the spotlight in on the Central Division for the respective most valuable player in each organization who is 20-years old or younger. The skill set of each respective player on this list in the Central widely varies, with an array of players […]

With the NHL trade deadline looming, teams always have players that are deemed untouchable based on their value or potential. I determined which players 20-years old or younger are the most valuable currently for their organization, starting with the Pacific Division. The amount of quality players in this age group vary on every team; some of […]