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
Evaluating Demko’s Performance Since His Return
Demko has now played just over ten games so far this season, with his 11th outing of the season being Tuesday night’s 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres at home. While Demko’s sample size is small and was interrupted by a minor back injury, there is now at least a double-digit amount of games that #35 can be initially judged for. What can be determined from Demko’s play so far, … Read More
It’s a Bummer to Be a Canucks Fan Right Now
I don’t believe there is a sane Canucks fan alive that would say that their excitement for this team is higher than it was this time last year, or even at the start of the season. Back in October, the Canucks were entering what looked to be their second consecutive season of being serious contenders, after coming off of what was their first meaningful playoff effort since the 2012-13 season. … Read More
Milestones the Canucks Need To Hit Before 2025
What does a good end to 2024 look like for the Vancouver Canucks? That is a hard question to answer given all the unpredictable things that this team has gone through to start the season. For starters The Canucks are only just seeing both J.T. Miller and Thatcher Demko re-entered the fold for the team. With key players elsewhere in the line-up only now just getting into form and some … Read More
A Quarter Through the Season, How Are the Canucks Doing Compared to the Rest of the West?
The Canucks have played 21 games so far this year, which puts them over the 25% completion threshold for the 20242-25 NHL season. The Canucks have a 11-7-3 record placing them at 3rd in the Pacific, 6th in their conference and 11th across the league, at the time of this article going out of Wednesday evening. The big picture is that the Canucks have done well considering the significant personnel … 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
All Things Considered, Is This a Good Start for the Canucks?
The Canucks have three games left to finish out the month of October. They have played six games so far this season, and are currently on a three-game win streak, after starting on a three-game losing skid. Their first loss was in overtime and their second in a shootout, all things considered, they are technically playing above .500 hockey, although just barely. Considering some key personnel absences to start the … Read More
The Canucks Have A Defensive Disaster Looming
The Vancouver Canucks faced off against the Calgary Flames last night in their first game of the season. Although the Canucks had a strong initial showing with four goals in the first period alone, they could not keep up the pace against Calgary and suffered a 5-4 overtime loss to the Flames. During this contest, the Canucks were missing their starting goalie Thatcher Demko, who is still on a recovery … 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