Vancouver Canucks News and Rumors

Canucks' Boeser ready to return to lineup vs. Bruins

The Vancouver Canucks will have winger Brock Boeser back Tuesday night when they take on the Boston Bruins, head coach Rick Tocchet announced. Boeser has missed the past seven games after being injured Nov. 7 by a high hit from Los Angeles Kings forw

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Published: 1 month ago

Canucks mail bag: What's with Elias Pettersson's skating?

NHL Edge data is very revealing about player performance, year over year. Elias Pettersson isn't skating as fast as he used to.

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Published: 2 months ago

Canucks this week: Here’s what’s been said (or not said) about the team

Vancouver Canucks this week: The national media isn’t talking about them and they’re getting “no respect” for their wins.

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Published: 2 months ago

The stories of OEL and Tyler Myers with the Canucks prove NHL players exist in context of their contracts

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about former Vancouver Canucks defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson lately. Of course, you have. He’s a Toronto Maple Leaf now.   And now just a Maple Leaf, but a Maple Leaf who is currently playing above expectatio

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Published: 2 months ago

Vasily Podkolzin Gets a Bit of a Bump With the Edmonton Oilers

The post Vasily Podkolzin Gets a Bit of a Bump With the Edmonton Oilers appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. Despite going pointless in the first 7 games, Vasily Podkolzin gets a top-six promotion ahead of a matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The

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Published: 2 months ago

Scenes from Canucks practice: Nothing but peace and harmony as team prepares for Penguins

Everybody got along at Vancouver Canucks practice on Friday at UBC as the team prepares to host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. Wednesday’s ruckus involving JT Miller and Elias Pettersson was a distant memory as the club moved on to prep

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Published: 2 months ago

‘Godfather of team’: Tocchet says Crosby’s captaincy is unanimous

Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet shares about GM Doug Armstrong and the ‘big guys’ wanting Sidney Crosby to be the captain of Team Canada.

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Published: 2 months ago

Canucks recall Erik Brännström and Arshdeep Bains from Abbotsford

Just one day after sending the duo down, Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the club has recalled both Erik Brännström and Arshdeep Bains.   General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that D Erik Brännström a

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Published: 2 months ago

Rooney, Miller text exchange a powerful reminder players are people first

After appearing to be knocked out on the second shift of his NHL season, Kevin Rooney wasn’t sure what he’d wake up to the next morning. One thing he didn’t expect was a text from the man whose hit did the damage, J.T. Miller.

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Published: 2 months ago

Friedman: Canucks want players to make Elias Pettersson tougher

In a practice on Wednesday morning, a couple of Vancouver Canucks forwards got in a scuffle. This isn’t out of the ordinary for teammates to get in a shoving match, but it normally happens when the team is on a losing streak, not after winning thre

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Published: 2 months ago

32 Thoughts Podcast: What’s going on with Elias Pettersson?

In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle and Elliotte discuss Jeff Vinik selling a majority stake in the Tampa Bay Lightning, the fallout from the testy exchange between Brad Marchand and head coach Jim Montgomery, Elias Pettersson’s struggles of late,

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Published: 2 months ago

Canucks Have an Eye for the Swedes

I wrote an article discussing the biggest draft day steals for the Vancouver Canucks, and while I was researching for that article, I noticed how many great Swedish players the…

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Published: 2 months ago

Daniel Gee: Why you should be excited about Canucks prospect Sawyer Mynio

When Sawyer Mynio was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the third round of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, he was already a WHL Ed Chynoweth Cup Champion, part of a loaded Seattle Thunderbirds’ team that featured 16 now-drafted-players.    A dominan

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Published: 2 months ago