The clock strikes twelve, and that’s it. There will be no more trades for the Vancouver Canucks this season. Not all suspected or possible moves were made, but there was no doubt that some significant personnel moved around this trade deadline. The quality of the returns and the reality of what has walked out the door are both a mixed bag. With the team not fully convinced to start moving … Read More
Train Of Thought – B-Line Addition: Quinn is Gone, Did Rutherford Nail It?
Welcome to Trent’s Train of Thought, a series that, instead of diving deep into one topic, touches on several. But not this time, this time we have one topic. This edition has thoughts on some trade that the Canucks made on Friday night. So, Rutherford had a feeling Quinn would leave 1.5 years ago. It was made clear this off-season that Hughes was unlikely to re-sign in Vancouver. Knowing this, … Read More
Ranking Canucks Who Maybe Availble Before the Deadline
It is no secret that the Canucks are still looking to make some trades. Are they going to trade players away, or are they going to bring some in? Maybe a little of both? We don’t really know, but we will know by mid-day Friday. Here are my officially un-official rankings on who is most likely to be traded based simply on ~vibes~. Most Likely To Be Moved Elias Pettersson: … Read More
Bluesky Reactes to JT Miller Being a New York Ranger Again
Mere moments after I submitted an article ranking the Canucks players most likely to be traded for editing, Rutherford and Allvin rendered that article obsolete. Why? Because they traded JT Miller to the New York Rangers. The Canucks traded JT Miller, Erik Brannstrom, and Jackson Dorrington to New York (no salary retention). The Rangers sent Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, and a top-13 protected first-round pick to Vancouver. Victor Mancini … Read More
The Vancouver Canucks Trade Deadline Primer
The Canucks are certainly buyers this year and as we approach the Trade Deadline on March 8th, all we can do is speculate on what the Canucks might, or might not do. Jim Rutherford and Patrick Allvin have now jumped the deadline in both seasons they have been at the helm of the team, making moves before the final hour. In the 2022/23 season they traded away Horvat and later … Read More
The Canucks Aquire Elias Lindholm from The Calgary Flames
The Canucks once again kick off trade season, this year though, instead of selling a centre, they’re buying one. It was a slow trickle of information, but Wednesday night it became clear based on various credible reports that the Canucks were going to be trading Kuzmenko and Brzustewicz for Elias Lindholm. The rest of the deal became public shortly before 6 PM PST. This is the second year in a … Read More
Breaking Trade: Beauvillier to the Blackhawks
On Tuesday evening, just before the Canucks were scheduled to play the Anaheim Ducks, news broke that the Canucks had traded Anthony Beauvillier to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a 5th-round pick. It has been apparent for some time now that the Canucks were going to have to move a winger, especially once all their forwards became healthy. Beauvillier was acquired from the New York Islanders as part of … Read More
The Pearson Trade is Only Good in a Vacuum
On Tuesday it was announced by Patrick Allvin that the Canucks had traded 31-year-old Tanner Pearson to the Montreal Canadiens along with a 2025 third-round pick. In exchange, the Canucks received veteran backup goaltender Casey DeSmith. At first glance, this solves a lot of issues for the Canucks. Pearson has not played a game since November after sustaining a hand injury, multiple setbacks and multiple surgeries. The Canucks seemingly went … Read More
Speculation: Columbus Might Be the Perfect Fit for JT Miller
Everything surrounding the Canucks lately seems to be quiet, there isn’t much happening and the rumour mill hasn’t started churning with anything new so far this summer. Unlike the Canucks, the Columbus Blue Jackets have been wasting no time getting a kick start to their summer by making trades and shaking up the coaching staff. Firstly, the Jackets have all but announced that Mike Babcock will be the new head … Read More
Canucks Trade Deadline Recap
Well, the NHL trade deadline has passed and with it, another window of opportunity for the Canucks to make sizable moves has closed behind them. Vancouver wasn’t absent from the trading scene, but the pieces they did move, and the ones they acquired, were not necessarily what some Canucks fans had in mind. In late February, we here at StadiumChinatown.ca published our “On the Block” article, highlighting the players that … Read More