The Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller topic feels at this point both feels, old hat and something that we still don’t know enough about. What is clear, as much as both Miller and Pettersson have danced around the topic when directly asked in interviews, is that not everything is rosy with their relationship. Elias Pettersson on any potential rift with J.T. Miller: "I don't know why people are still trying … Read More
Pettersson Has Improved, but Progress Is Not Always Linear
Elias Pettersson started this 2024-25 campaign off slow to say the least. He continued this trend over from last season, a trend many fans hoped he would buck during the summer. But without any rash actions from the Canucks and by Pettersson just trying to focus on what matters, he has been able to ramp up his production slowly but surely. He isn’t bringing the house down with his numbers … Read More
Is It Time to Move On From Nils Höglander?
The Canucks on the whole have had a troubled but respectable start to the season. However not all Canucks players who have laced up for all 24 games have been instrumental in getting the team where they are in this campaign. Much ink has been spilt about Elias Pettersson and his ghostly presence through most of October and into November. However, Pettersson has stepped up over recent games, making larger … Read More
Absences and Injuries: A Recap of Vancouver’s Personnel Challenges So Far This Season
The Canucks have had to deal with a truly staggering amount of notable personnel curveballs already this season. Of the the names featured in this article, virtually all of them were vital to the fabric of what made this team successful last year, and will no doubt be vital to what gives this team legs during the rest of this campaign as well. Reviewing the big picture of what this … Read More
Nils Höglander’s Fifth Season as a Canuck, How Does He Fit In?
Nils Höglander is 23 years old, is turning 24 before the end of the calendar year, and the Swedish-born player is about to begin his 5th season as a Vancouver Canuck. This Canucks team has improved drastically since Höglander’s initial season with the team starting back in 2020. But now that the club has grown in a positive direction with and around Höglander, does he still have a place on … Read More
Demko and Boeser, the Status of Both High Profile Canucks Coming off of Injuries.
The Canucks had an undeniably strong season last year. The team’s appearance in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs was beyond impressive, especially considering where they were just 12 months before that. During the 2022-23 campaign the Canucks finished in 22nd place across the NHL and three positions out from a final wild card spot. However, beyond just remembering the excitement of how far the Canucks got as … Read More
Arshdeep Bains Called-up Again, Expected Impact This Time Around
Arshdeep Bains was just called up from the Abbotsford Canucks for the second time this season. He has already played five games with the Canucks this year, with his NHL debut on February 20th. Bains was then sent back down to Abbotsford after the Canucks’ February 29th contest against the Colorado Avalanche. Other circumstances beyond Bains performance led to his original call-up and a subsequent second one. Nevertheless, he has … Read More
DeSmith Is Holding Down The Fort Exceptionally Well
Since Demko left the game on March 9th against the Winnipeg Jets, DeSmith has played every minute of hockey. And he has done exceptionally well. Since taking over the starter’s crease, DeSmith has a .896 sv% and a GGA of 2.3 with a record of 3-2-1 in his six games. If you remove his .842 sv% on Monday’s game vs. the LA Kings, DeSmith had a .907 sv% in his … Read More
Quinn Hughes’ Eye for Apples, More Milestones to Reach This Season
During the Canucks’ March 16th game against Washington, Quinn Hughes broke the franchise record for points by defencemen in a single season. It was Quinn’s 77th point of the season, putting him above the previous franchise record of 76. Set by Hughes just last year. With 13 games left in the season, believe it or not, there is still more that the Canucks captain could do to add to his … Read More
Nikita Zadorov, the Most Impactful ‘New’ Canuck
The Canucks did not make any major moves at the trade deadline. The team’s most recent big-ticket acquisition in Elias Lindholm has to this point not panned out exactly how the Canucks likely would’ve hoped since he joined the team in early February. Nikita Zadorov on the other hand, acquired by the Canucks in November of last year, has now played the bulk of this NHL season with the club … Read More