Vancouver Canucks News and Rumors
Why naming Quinn Hughes captain would be the right call and why the Canucks should do it fast
Since the departure of Bo Horvat, the Vancouver Canucks’ 14th captain, two players have been at the heart of conversations to be the new captain: Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes. While it initially looked like Pettersson was the front-runner of t
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Published: 1 year ago
3 Reasons the Canucks Will Make the Playoffs in 2023-24
With another clean slate, the Vancouver Canucks will look to make the long road to the playoffs for the first time since the bubble in 2020. While that wasn’t that…
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Published: 1 year ago
Canucks: Fresh season, fresh dream for Jack Rathbone
Jack Rathbone is ready to fight for a spot on the Vancouver Canucks' NHL roster — again.
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Published: 1 year ago
Retroactive LTIR should prevent Ilya Mikheyev’s injury from complicating the Canucks’ plans, but it won’t help them much
News broke earlier this week that Vancouver Canucks winger Ilya Mikheyev is still up to a month away from fully recovering from the ACL injury and subsequent surgery that has kept him out of action since January 27. Given all the talk this season abo
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Published: 1 year ago
Things to watch for in the Canucks’ September skates and at training camp
There’s a growing buzz in the air surrounding the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. It must be hockey season. The Vancouver Canucks have gotten an early start to 2023-24 with some pre-training camp skates over at UBC’s arena, determined to
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The Canucks will probably hit less in 2023-24, but they might hit more effectively
Though they rarely received credit for it at the time, the 2022/23 Vancouver Canucks were — by the numbers anyway — one of the most physical teams in the NHL. The Canucks racked up 2,024 hits overall, good for eighth-place in the league. That bei
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Quinn Hughes says it’d be “an honour” to succeed Bo Horvat as Canucks captain
The Vancouver Canucks have gone without a team captain since they traded Bo Horvat to the New York Islanders midway through the 2022–23 season. It remains to be seen whether the Canucks will fill that void at any point leading up to the 2023–24 c
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Oilers' Ekholm embracing mentorship role with Bouchard
Mattias Ekholm has been a breath of fresh air for the Edmonton Oilers since his midseason arrival in 2022-23, and few have benefited more from the veteran rearguard's presence than his running mate, Evan Bouchard."As you grow into the league - and no
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Published: 1 year ago
SFU emerging as option for Canucks' practice facility
It's far from a certainty, but a partnership between the Vancouver Canucks and Simon Fraser University isn't out of the question.
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Published: 1 year ago
Canucks News & Rumors: Hughes, Hronek & Burke
In this edition of the Vancouver Canucks News & Rumors, the organization naming Quinn Hughes as captain has become more likely. Also, Filip Hronek went through an impressive transformation over…
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Published: 1 year ago
Canucks in talks with Simon Fraser University to build practice facility on Burnaby campus
Shortly after the Vancouver Canucks hired him as their president, Jim Rutherford spoke about the club’s plans to finally build a practice rink. The Canucks and Flames are currently the only two NHL teams without one, and with the Flames now having
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Scenes from Canucks skate: Beauvillier and Joshua speak after a big group skate
The Vancouver Canucks’ pre-training camp skates continued Friday, as a big group of players took the ice out at UBC to continue their preparation for what head coach Rick Tocchet has promised will be a difficult training camp. Camp kicks off in jus
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Published: 1 year ago