Welcome to Train of Thought, a series that, instead of diving deep into one topic, touches on several. This edition has thoughts on the end of season media availabilities
Train of Thought: Fighting Has No Rules
Welcome to Train of Thought, a series that, instead of diving deep into one topic, touches on several. This edition has thoughts on the Forbort/Trenin fight, Demko’s absence, and making a case for keeping Suter over Boeser. Fighting has no rules We all know Derek Forbot had his orbital bone broken by a cheap shot from Yakov Trenin on Saturday night. Forbort was left on the ice, clutching his face … Read More
Left on Read: The Canucks Are Done, Is Jake DeBrusk Good + The Simpler Things
Wether it’s on Bluesky or X, Canucks fans are an active group online. While the team’s season may be fizzling out with only a handful of games left to play, there are still a lot of discussions happening surrounding the future of this team, both immediate and long-term. However, not every thoughtful post gets its time to shine, and that is what this article series looks to address as best … Read More
Canucks Playoff Hopes, It’s Beyond Do or Die
The Canucks have seven games left on their regular season schedule and have failed to perform leaps and bounds better than their wild card competition within recent weeks. Since the end of the 4 Nations Face-Off the Canucks needed to play consistently above .500 hockey to put them self in a wild card position and yet the St. Louis Blues, Minnesota Wild and Calgary Flames all remain above them in … Read More
Thoughts on Demko, Boeser and Tocchet
I doubt anyone has noticed beyond Brayden and Reid, who are the other two guys who run the site, but I have not been writing much. First of all, big ups to those two for churning out content while I was not. There has been a lot going on in life lately, and I have had some writing burnout. But I want to get back into the swing of things! … Read More
What Boeser Can Do for the Canucks
There are a little over 10 games left for the Canucks before their NHL regular season journey is over, and their playoff picture is either firmed or erased. It’s going to come down to the wire for Vancouver and while they have Quinn Hughes back, their netminder in Kevin Lankinen is doing his job exceptionally well and Elias Pettersson is trending up, the Canucks now need their depth pieces to … Read More
The Road to the Playoffs – What Needs to Happen for Vancouver
With just 17 games left to go this season, the Canucks are currently sitting one position out of the second wildcard spot. Leaving them with their work cut out for them if they want to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Let’s explore what the Canucks need to do over their final games to make this home stretch count. Key Personnel Performances Of the remaining 17 games there … Read More
Home Stretch: Outlining Vancouver’s Performance After 60 Games Played
One minute you’re studying line deployment for the Young Stars Weekend in Penticton and then you look up from your phone and it’s March. On the verge of a wild card spot and a still too be determined post season birth, the Canucks are now 75% through this NHL season. Throughout the year I made a point of checking this teams pulse every 20 games to get a sense of … 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
Quinn Hughes, What’s Not to Like? The Most Popular Canuck on and off the Ice.
As much as she’d like to deny it, over the years that we have been together, my wife has taken more of an interest in the general goings-on surrounding the Vancouver Canucks. She is still not a die-hard fan by any means. But as her eyes have become more routinely drawn to the screen, because of a fight or my reaction to a given play, I’ve gained more opportunities to … Read More