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Canucks Turned Defensive Coup Into Statement Win by Lankinen

The post Canucks Turned Defensive Coup Into Statement Win by Lankinen appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. Last night the Vancouver Canucks played in almost perfectly defensive game. Goalie Kevin Lankinen bailed the Canucks out when he needed to. The po

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Published: 1 month ago

Should the Canucks just wait on the waiver wire to find their short-term goalie fix?

For a minute there, the crease of the Vancouver Canucks was in perhaps the best shape it had ever been.   The Canucks were set to skate into the 2024/25 season with both Vezina runner-up Thatcher Demko and playoff/international hero Arturs Silovs lo

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Published: 4 months ago

Making sense of Ian Clark’s new Canucks role, Demko’s return, and can a three goalie system work?: In the Crease

The NHL’s promotional team deciding to make this Goalie Week couldn’t have come at a more strange time for the Vancouver Canucks.   In case you’ve been enjoying the last couple weeks of summer instead of paying attention to hockey in late Augu

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Published: 4 months ago

NHL Rumour Roundup: Latest buzz on Draisaitl, Swayman, Demko

With training camps closing in, we check in on the latest buzz around contracts for Leon Draisaitl and Jeremy Swayman, and what’s going on with Thatcher Demko’s injury.

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Published: 4 months ago

NHL Notebook: Oilers, Draisaitl ‘a little further apart’ than expected in contract talks

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! After a flurry of mid-August transactions, things have

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Published: 4 months ago

Teddy Blueger or Pius Suter: Which Canucks centre earns the 3C role in training camp?

Training camp is just 22 days away, and after a lot of shuffling around on the wing and the defence corps, multiple lineup spots are up for grabs. In this series, we’ll be highlighting some of these training camp battles and provide all the facts s

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Published: 4 months ago

Demko question mark has Canucks' looking at training camp goalie options

With Thatcher Demko an apparent question mark for training camp, what are the Vancouver Canucks to do with their goalie depth?

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Published: 4 months ago

Who plays best with who?: An analysis of the Canucks’ potential holdover D pairings from last season

Change has come to the Vancouver Canucks blueline over the course of the 2024 offseason. Of course, that’s nothing new these days, or since General Manager Patrik Allvin and Co. took over.   Allvin inherited a D corps made up of Quinn Hughes, Tyle

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Published: 4 months ago

Canucks rank 20th in Daily Faceoff’s 2024-2025 prospect pool rankings

The Vancouver Canucks’ prospect pool may not be a masterpiece, but it’s undoubtedly showing progress. In a recent ranking by Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis, the Canucks climbed two spots to 20th among the 32 NHL teams, improving from last year’

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Published: 4 months ago

Blackfish: Pre-Season outlooks, Swedish prospect goals and NHLPA Rookie Showcase news

Welcome back to our Blackfish Prospect Report. While the Vancouver Canucks’ management has made plenty of headlines this summer with various moves and signings, it’s been relatively quiet on the prospect front. However, with European pre-seasons

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Published: 4 months ago

Goals and expectations for Canucks two-way forward Danton Heinen in 2024-2025

We here at CanucksArmy are kicking off our season previews for each Vancouver Canucks player for the upcoming 2024-2025 season. In this exercise, we will set the expectations for a particular player and discuss what their season might look like if th

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Published: 4 months ago

Canucks Hire Justin Pogge As AHL Goalie Coach

The Abbotsford Canucks will only have gone five days without a goaltending coach as the team has moved quickly to fill the void left by Marko Torenius’ promotion to the Vancouver Canucks. Special assistant to the general manager with Vancouver and

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Published: 4 months ago

Canucks Composition: Where each member of the current roster was drafted, and what that means

There’s been a lot of talk about the value of various draft picks in Vancouver of late and with good reason. Former 10th overall pick Vasily Podkolzin was just dealt to the Edmonton Oilers for a fourth-round selection that will fall somewhere in th

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Published: 4 months ago