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
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
List of Active Vancouver Canucks Podcasts for the 2024/25 NHL Season
Last year at the start of the Canucks season I published a version of this article containing at the time, a list of all the currently active Canucks podcasts. The goal was always to update this article every year, to give Canucks fans both new and old a place online to easily find contemporary podcasts about the Canucks! With the 2024-25 Canucks season now fully underway, we are here again … 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
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
The Canucks Goalie Situation, Simple as Demko and Silovs… Right?
For years the Canucks goalie plan has seemingly been to throw Thatcher Demko in the net for as many games as a human body can physically take. Then for the games in-between, find anyone with a pulse and pray they can do the trick. However, all of that seemed to change this past season for a few reasons. He played 29 games for the club and while not an equal … Read More
Checked Out Since the Canucks Were Eliminated? Here’s What You Missed
It can be hard to keep watching when your team is eliminated from the playoffs. You watch them through thick and thin, community is forged, memories are made, and then just like that, it’s gone. The world keeps spinning, playoff hockey keeps happening as if your team was never there, and it can be hard to keep watching. If this sounds like your experience then this article is for you. … Read More
The 2024-25 Canucks, a Disappointing End to a Remarkable Season
There is no sugarcoating it, right now the Canucks are no longer playing for the Stanley Cup and it sucks for Canucks fans. In a few weeks, it might be some consolation to reflect on the excellent performances that came out of this Canucks season, but right now it just feels like failure. Good just isn’t good enough to get the prize that Canucks fans wanted so badly. Stats that … Read More
Canucks Weekly Fares: Edmonton Series Underway and Abby Call-ups
Another Sweet, Sweet Come Back On Wednesday the day finally came, game one of round two. After what felt like a decade of slinging mud at Oilers fans, fans on both sides actually had some hockey to watch. There was one major key that every talking head in Vancouver mentioned for the Canucks to have success. Don’t take penalties. The Oilers’ powerplay was 45% coming into the second round. As … Read More
Comeback Canucks, How Vancouver’s Ability to Return From the Dead Makes Them Invincible
Not once, but twice in these Stanley Cup playoffs have the Canucks been able to battle back from what looked to have been a game already etched in stone. Most recently in Wednesday night’s Game 1 match-up against the Edmonton Oilers, the Canucks did the impossible and crawled back from a 4-1 Oilers lead to win 5-4. This is the second time that this degree of magic has happened in … Read More