Nothing stands in the way of the Canucks playoff chances. Except injuries, lack of scoring, defensive zone coverage, a tough Western Conference and unfortunately the Canucks schedule that remains. As of February 15th before the team took on the Minnesota Wild they say 5th in the Pacific Division with 56 points in 55 games played. […]

The Canucks couldn’t have picked a worse time or a more important part of their team to be missing in the coming games. The Henrik Sedin injury that was a result of the Mikhail Grabovski hit on Sunday morning isn’t serious, but with the Canucks on the cusp of playoffs or not, every point matters […]

The Emerson Etem experiment didn’t turn out the way they had hoped it would in New York (to much surprise) and thus Etem finds himself on his third NHL team in his young career. He struggled to find a solid place in both the Anaheim Ducks and New York Rangers systems, buried by the depth […]

The Vancouver Canucks were once a force to be reckoned with. After almost a decade of dominance the club finally succumbed to the natural cycle that seems to plague almost every franchise…except for the Detroit Red Wings, those pesky buggers. Having had a whirlwind of a year in 2015, we will look over some Canucks […]

Oh what fun is to be a goaltender in Vancouver, hey! Unless you’re Ryan Miller. It hasn’t been such a good holiday for Vancouver Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller. After starting his second campaign with Vancouver holding a 10-11-6 record, .909 save percentage and 2.74 goals against average, Miller (35) succumbed to yet another injury leaving […]

Jared McCann is nineteen years old. Last season he was a star of the Ontario Hockey League. A year later he has 30 NHL games under his belt and has been the sparkle in an otherwise dark season for the Canucks. It wasn’t always supposed to be this way though. Going into the season analysts […]

Like any business hockey is about finding the best value out of something that someone else might have considered useless. Managers in the National Hockey League have done a pretty stellar job of that this year…especially with their rookies. Even though Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel were the talk of the town coming into the […]

Just a few years ago the Vancouver Canucks were a force to be reckoned with. The magical moments that they produced on the ice left them with win after win. But times have quickly changed and the team is no longer in that same boat. A third of the way through the 2015-16 season and […]

When the Vancouver Canucks used their sixth overall pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft to choose the hometown boy Jake Virtanen, fans in Vancouver were rejoicing with excitement – finally the Canucks had a player that pointed to the future of the club. And best of all he was a local boy. Fast forward […]

To be fair the Canucks have exceeded expectations so far this season. After 26 games the team has a 9-9-8 record and sits fourth in the Pacific Division, somehow just five points out of first place. However, they’ve played the most games of anyone in the division and have a negative goal differential. The point […]

A quarter of the 2015-16 National Hockey League season is nothing but history and after 22 games the Vancouver Canucks have some glaring managerial issues that have resulted in just eight wins thus far. Although the play of their netminders has surely put a drag on their potential successes the biggest issue currently distracting the […]

It’s been just 46 days since the National Hockey League embarked on the 2015-16 season and the Vancouver Canucks are already finding themselves in dire straits. With a record of 7-7-6, the Canucks currently sit in fourth place in the Pacific Division. More important is their record in the first twelve games of the season […]

On September 11th when the Vancouver Canucks Young Stars take the ice against prospect rosters from Calgary and Winnipeg, fans in Penticton, British Columbia will be treated to an exposé of the future in Vancouver. The roster includes eight defenseman, fourteen forwards and two goaltenders. Some of those players have been acquired via the National […]

The Mike Gillis regime that took so much heat in Vancouver may have pulled off a remarkably effective trade just before the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Although Cory Schneider has proven himself as one of the best goalies in the league during his time with a struggling New Jersey Devils organization, the bigger surprise is […]

In Vancouver, British Columbia, fans are preparing for the 2015-16 hockey season as they have any other year. The only difference is that this year the team is facing harsh predictions of being the second worst team in the Pacific Division and having virtually no shot at a playoff push. The reality might be a bit […]

On August, 25th 2015, former Los Angeles Kings forward and two-time Stanley Cup victor Mike Richards was formally charged with possession of a controlled substance while entering Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police issued a short statement saying just that, but their stark public words meant a whole lot more to the hockey world than […]

Just a few years ago when the Vancouver Canucks were still fresh off their dishearteningly close Stanley Cup Final defeat, the team had stripped itself of a sure future. Like most teams on the cusp of winning a championship, former General Manager Mike Gillis took a risk. He decided that trading numerous draft picks and prospects in […]

The certainty of the Vancouver Canucks 2015-2016 lineup is far from concrete. It seems as though some inconsistent moves were made over the summer and fans in Vancouver have been showing their discontent for what they feel was a lack of return for key parts of their franchise being shipped out. But with a recent […]

There are some franchises that are known for their loyalty to their players. Until recent years, Vancouver was one of them. During the Mike Gillis era, which saw the team reach game seven of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, a large portion of the contracts signed had NTC’s or LNTC’s (No Trade Clauses or Limited […]

If you’ve ever wondered what being a gravedigger feels like just try being a Vancouver Canucks fan. The franchise has seen more goalie drama in their 45 year history than most teams do in a century of existence. Over the years the club has spent long stretches of time without a bona fide number one […]