Canucks Trade Bait: Ryan Miller Trevor Connors | February 11, 2017 Ask any hockey fan east of the British Columbia – Alberta border if Ryan Miller is a top 10 NHL goaltender and you’ll get one of two reactions: “Hahaha…wait you’re…
What Do the Canucks Do With Gudbranson? Trevor Connors | December 21, 2016 The play of Erik Gudbranson, one of the Canucks’ prized offseason acquisitions, has largely been a question mark through the 24-year old defenceman’s first 30 games with his new team.…
Tanking Won’t Fix Canucks Woes Trevor Beggs | December 8, 2016 When you ice a team as mediocre as the one in Vancouver, many fans start calling for the team to tank. “Trade Alex Burrows, trade Ryan Miller, trade the Sedins,…
Injuries Expose Canucks Lack of Depth Trevor Beggs | November 24, 2016 An optimist might say: It’s not over until a Sedin gets injured. A realist might shrug his shoulders at the suggestion, because the Canucks still have some gaping holes to…
Curb the “Fire Willie” Chatter, For Now Trevor Beggs | November 8, 2016 When you’re making six or seven-figure salaries to play a sport, you should have some fun doing it. Right now, I don’t know if there’s a single person in the…
Embattled Tryamkin at Odds with Canucks Trevor Beggs | October 25, 2016 In a perfect world, Jim Benning would send Nikita Tryamkin down to Utica to log some major minutes. In Tryamkin’s perfect world, he would be logging those minutes in a…
Stecher’s Rise Puts Pressure on Larsen Trevor Beggs | October 2, 2016 This just in: Troy Stecher has been nominated for the Norris Trophy. A little premature, perhaps? With everyone in Vancouver gushing over the stellar debut of Stecher, it would be…
Horvat Leads Way to Don The “A” Trevor Beggs | September 28, 2016 The next wave of Canucks is coming, and that wave is led by Bo Horvat. The 21-year-old centre is entering his third full season in Vancouver, after surprisingly cracking the…
Markstrom Maneuvered to Backup by Benning Trevor Beggs | September 20, 2016 The goalie controversy never seems to die in Vancouver. Goaltending was one of Vancouver’s few bright spots last season. Although the Canucks surrendered a plethora of scoring chances, their goaltending…
Analyzing General Managers and Free Agency Statistics since 2007-08 Jordan Dix | September 7, 2016 July 1st, the beginning of the free agency period, is one the most exciting things to happen in hockey outside of an arena for hockey fans. For NHL general managers,…
Which NHL GMs Are Getting the Least Out of Their Acquisitions? Jordan Dix | July 31, 2016 It is always a puzzling situation when a trade or a signing happens in the NHL and the hockey world unanimously chimes in with a “what on earth are they…
Canucks Ink Andrey Pedan and Alexandre Grenier to One-Year Deals Steven DiOssi | July 19, 2016 On Tuesday, Vancouver Canucks’ general manager Jim Benning announced that team came to terms on one-year, two-way contract extensions with defenseman Andrey Pedan and forward Alexandre Grenier. . @AndreyPedan &…