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
Elias Pettersson, He’s Back!… Almost
The anticipation around how Elias Pettersson would perform this season couldn’t have been higher headed into October. After such a disappointing 2024-25 campaign where EP40’s production feel so far behind his prior seasons, this year would be do or die for Pettersson and the Canucks. The thought of another year of a Pettersson regression with six more years still to go on his contract was bone chilling. Thankfully so far … Read More
Don’t Be Worried About Vancouver’s Goalies
It’s been a bit of a ride over the first few Canucks games. There have been plenty of reasons to panic, but also many to remain calm. It’s early yet, and the Canucks have an okay record at 4-3-0. But, with key injuries piling up and their first line now consisting of Jake DeBrusk, Conor Garland and a not-yet-reformed Elias Pettersson, things could get dicey. Yet despite the less than … Read More
Nils Höglander, a Critical Season Once He Returns
This season was shaping up to be an important one for both the Canucks and Nils Höglander, yet sadly, Höglander will not be joining the team for at least 8-10 weeks now after sustaining a third-period ankle injury in last week’s pre-season contest against the Seattle Kraken. Once healthy, Höglander will be entering his sixth year playing for the Vancouver Canucks and will be three years removed from the 2022-23 … Read More
Canucks After Free Agency, Why Do I Feel Hopeful?
After the dust settled on NHL Free Agency, the Canucks retained not only Brock Boeser, but also extended Thatcher Demko and Conor Garland. They may have lost Noah Juulsen, Pius Suter and, most recently, Dakota Joshua, but they have retained key pieces that give this team its identity for the better. With big components of this Canucks team staying the same, and the fact that this season ended so poorly … 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
I Just Don’t Know About Petey Anymore
In late September, as I set up my auto-draft preferences for one of the (far too many) fantasy leagues that I’m in, I felt compelled to do something that I had never done before. After re-ranking the players that I was most interested in drafting, I then looked to the other side of the screen, to consider if there were any players that I didn’t want to draft. After moving … 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
Conor Garland Shines In Modest Canucks Start to Season.
The Canucks haven’t seemed to fall off a cliff yet in what is their sophomore season of being a good team again. However, Vancouver has not come out swinging quite as strongly as they did to start last season either. Last year, while American Thanksgiving was fast approaching, and 15 games played, the Canucks were 4th in the league and second-best in the conference only bested by the league-leading Golden … Read More
Where Will Dakota Joshua Play?
Dakota Joshua has not yet played a game for the Canucks this season. In September Joshua went public with the reason, telling the media he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer and would be out indefinitely while he recovered. “Unfortunately, I will not be ready for the start of training camp as I continue to heal from surgery,” Joshua said in a statement put out by the Vancouver Canucks, “I … Read More
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