Vancouver Canucks News and Rumors
‘My game has grown a lot’: Canucks’ Lankinen continues to prove his value
With Thatcher Demko getting larger by the day in his rearview mirror, Kevin Lankinen has done enough in the Vancouver Canucks’ first 20 games to be part of the team’s conversation in the crease even when the No. 1 goalie returns from injury.
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Published: 1 month ago
With an established role, Canucks’ Garland has high expectations for 2024-25
It’s been a long road to get to this point for Conor Garland. Brought to Vancouver three years ago, at the start of the 2023-24 season, it looked like the diminutive winger had one foot out the door after some individually productive but rough team
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Published: 3 months ago
Why Thatcher Demko will be on the Canucks’ opening day roster (and Arturs Silovs won’t), explained
NHL opening day rosters are tricky. How tricky? Trickier than beating Penn and Teller at a game of three-card Monte. That’s tricky, man. For whatever reason, the roster a team officially sets as its opening day roster has all sorts of implications
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Published: 3 months ago
Kevin Lankinen to wear jersey number 32 with Canucks
Newly signed Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen has officially chosen to wear jersey number 32 for the 2024-25 season, his first season with the Canucks. The announcement, which the Canucks made on Monday afternoon, signalled the start of
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Published: 3 months ago
7 burning Canucks questions heading into NHL preseason games
Training camp is in the books, and it’s time to focus on the preseason. The Vancouver Canucks have a jam-packed schedule, with five games in the next seven days starting Tuesday. They open the preseason against the Seattle Kraken, followed by a mat
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Published: 3 months ago
Report: Canucks’ Thatcher Demko’s injury is to the Popliteus muscle
Demko suffered the injury during Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs against the Predators.
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Published: 3 months ago
New Inside the NHL docuseries featuring Canucks captain Quinn Hughes airs October 4th
The highly anticipated docuseries FACEOFF: Inside the NHL, produced by Box To Box and NHL Productions, is set to launch globally on Friday, Oct. 4, on Prime Video. The series promises unprecedented access to the National Hockey League’s biggest tea
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Published: 3 months ago
Canucks: Thatcher Demko injury mystery solved? Here's the reported problem
InGoal's Kevin Woodley told Sportsnet 650 he's talked to medical people who have worked in the NHL for 30 years who have never seen this issue
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Published: 3 months ago
JPat’s Canucks Mailbag: Camp questions and preseason ponderings
Vancouver Canucks training camp is over, and the first round of cuts have been made. Preseason starts on Tuesday night and by this time next week the Canucks will have played five of their six scheduled exhibition contests. It’s a huge week ahead i
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Published: 3 months ago
Canucks’ Thatcher Demko’s injury is to the Popliteus Muscle: report
On the first day of training camp last week, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko met with the media to discuss the “rare and unique” injury that he’s still rehabbing as the preseason gets going. Now we know that it is to the Popliteus M
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Published: 3 months ago
What’s Going on With the Vancouver Canucks Goaltending Situation
There shouldn't be any alarm bells about Thatcher Demko's future as he battles back from injury and after Kevin Lankinen was signed.
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Published: 3 months ago
Canucks’ DeBrusk embracing the responsibility of playing with Pettersson
Dan Murphy caught up with Jake DeBrusk at Canucks training camp, who coins line “with great power comes great responsibility” playing with Elias Pettersson, and why he’s so excited to be playing closer to home after the trade from Boston.
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Published: 3 months ago
Canucks can still sail under the salary cap after signing Kevin Lankinen
They say good things come to those who wait, and that notion seems to hold truer for Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin than it does most people. Last offseason, Allvin waited until mid-August to sign Pius Suter and, as a result, managed
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Published: 3 months ago