Vancouver Canucks News and Rumors

Game Preview / Gamethread #20: Canucks @ Boston

There's two ways to look at the Canucks season: One is to say they haven't played up to expectations (and that's not wrong), and the other is to say they've done pretty well given the number of major pieces missing. Vancouver Canucks (10-6-3) vs. Bos

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Published: 1 month ago

JPat: Looking back at the two times the Canucks reassigned their captaincy

Swapping out captains as the Toronto Maple Leafs did on Wednesday morning comes with inherent risks. The Vancouver Canucks know this all too well. Twice in the history of the Canucks, the hockey club has undergone a high-profile transfer of its capta

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Published: 5 months ago

Tickets for Canucks’ Young Stars Classic go on sale Friday

In June, the Vancouver Canucks announced the return of the Young Stars Classic, set to take place from September 13-16 at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, B.C. This marks the 11th edition of the tournament, which has showcased some of t

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Published: 5 months ago

The Tape: What Canucks fans should expect from two-way forward, Danton Heinen

The Tape series is back, but not how it is usually received. Typically, we would focus on a player’s first few games as a Vancouver Canucks, how a player has elevated his play, or a new successful tactical strategy that worked in game. However,

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Published: 5 months ago

How the Vancouver Canucks stack up against the Dallas Stars: Next Best of the West

A team’s biggest rivals might be the teams in their own division, but eventually the eight teams on the other side of the conference will factor in too. Last month, we looked at all seven team in the Pacific and how stiff the competition will be in

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Published: 5 months ago

Can Quinn Hughes Repeat His Norris Trophy Performance in 2024-25?

I have to admit that I have favorite NHL players for different reasons. Living on Vancouver Island means that the Vancouver Canucks are the team I see the most on…

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Published: 5 months ago

Patrik Allvin talks Canucks’ success, looking ahead to 24/25, Jonathan Lekkerimäki, and more

It was about as good of a year as Patrik Allvin could have hoped for. Nearly everything broke right for his Vancouver Canucks team. He was the runner-up for the NHL’s GM of the Year Award. His club finished first in their division for the first tim

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Published: 5 months ago

Blackfish: Predicting the Vancouver Canucks’ 2024 Young Stars Classic lineup

Welcome back to our summer edition of the Blackfish Prospect Report. It’s Tuesday, August 13th, which means we’re exactly one month away from Vancouver Canucks hockey. Sure, it might just be the YoungStars Showcase in Penticton, but we’ll take

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Published: 5 months ago

Blackfish: Predicting the 2024 Youngstars Showcase invitees

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Published: 5 months ago

NHL Notebook: Evander Kane set to hit LTIR; Maple Leafs naming Matthews captain; Samsonov said WHAT?

Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens! It’s mid-August, which of course means NHL news is ha

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Published: 5 months ago

Random Canucks thought: What is Vasily Podkolzin’s updated NHL ceiling?

At this point, everybody seems to agree that Vasily Podkolzin, the “steal” of a player that fell to the Vancouver Canucks at 10th overall of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, is never quite going to live up to his draft billing. But how did we get her

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Published: 5 months ago

What Will Brock Boeser’s Next Contract Look Like?

The looming contract of Brock Boeser of the Vancouver Canucks was recently analyzed by Patrick Johnston of The Province. Johnston argues that Boeser is almost certainly set to get a raise from his current $6.65MM salary but it shouldn’t be an unpal

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Published: 5 months ago

Snapshots: Kuzmenko, Eller, Minten

Andrei Kuzmenko was one of the Flames’ best players down the stretch last season. The Russian winger scored 14 goals and added 11 assists for 25 points in 29 games after Calgary acquired him from the Canucks in the Elias Lindholm trade. That was go

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Published: 5 months ago