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17 May
Was the band They Might Be Giants singing about the Canucks’ top pairing of Alex Edler and Chris Tanev when they said, “You’re older than you’ve ever been and now you’re even older”? No. They were singing about the inexorable passing of time in a...
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... e a great defence corps for the future. Jim Benning and the Canucks are well aware of this need. That’s why they drafted Hughes in the first rou ...
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17 May
Elias Pettersson has some clever tricks up his sleeve. Sure, he can rip the puck and is a great passer, but Pettersson goes a little further, incorporating all sorts of unique and nasty moves to control the puck in traffic, beat defenders, or just...
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... ractice for Team Sweden. article continues below Trending Stories Facing his Canucks teammate Jacob Markstrom in a drill, Elias Pettersson was stopped on his ini ...
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16 May
Through his first three games at the 2019 World Hockey Championship, Elias Pettersson had been kept relatively quiet. Sure, he had a point in all three games, and flashed some incredible skill in the tournament opener, but when other players are...
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... wever, he should rack up a lot more points before the tournament ends. Other Canucks at the World Championships Canada vs France Troy Stecher once again played m ...
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16 May
Over the last four seasons, the Canucks have been one of the worst teams in the NHL. Only two teams have fewer wins and points over those four seasons and one of them is the Vegas Golden Knights, who have only been in existence for two of those...
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... ds. That means the Canucks have missed out on the likes of Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews ...
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15 May
The Canucks have a dozen restricted free agents to deal with this off-season. Reports have already come out that some of those RFAs won’t be getting new contracts — neither Derrick Pouliot nor Brendan Gaunce will be receiving qualifying offers from...
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... ranlund was on the ice for the lowest rate of goals against at 5-on-5 on the Canucks: 1.97 goals against per hour. The problem was that he was also on the ice fo ...
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15 May
“I want to pick Gunnarsson. I think he’s gonna play.” That was Jim Benning at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft before he and the Canucks picked Swedish defenceman Kristoffer Gunnarsson in the fifth round. Unfortunately, it’s looking increasingly unlikely...
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... at Gunnarsson after trading down in the draft to acquire an extra pick. The Canucks acquired a fourth-round pick in the Jannik Hansen for Nikolay Goldobin trade ...
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14 May
Undrafted, undersized, and underrated: Troy Stecher has had to work for every inch of respect he’s been granted on the ice. Now, with Team Canada at the 2019 World Hockey Championship, Stecher should be getting more respect than ever. Stecher was a...
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... e email addresses with the semi-colon character. Message: * The official Canucks blog of the Vancouver Courier More Pass it to Bulis May 10, 2019 May 13, 201 ...
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13 May
The format of the World Hockey Championship, with two groups of eight teams each, means that countries of widely varying skill levels face off against each other at the tournament. Different countries have different goals at a tournament like this....
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10 May
All three teams featuring Canucks prospects were in action on Friday, as the 2019 World Hockey Championship tournament kicked off in Slovakia. Unfortunately, all three teams got off on the wrong foot, losing their opening games in upsets. Troy...
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... n be a good penalty killer despite his size, similar to how he convinced the Canucks coaching staff. Quinn Hughes was the only Canuck in action for Team USA, as ...
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10 May
All three teams featuring Canucks prospects were in action on Friday, as the 2019 World Hockey Championship tournament kicked off in Slovakia. Unfortunately, all three teams got off on the wrong foot, losing their opening games in upsets. Troy...
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... n be a good penalty killer despite his size, similar to how he convinced the Canucks coaching staff. Quinn Hughes was the only Canuck in action for Team USA, as ...
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10 May
If playoff hockey is the best hockey, overtime in playoff hockey is somehow better than the best. The back-and-forth frenetic pace of hockey combined with the threat of a goal ending the action at any moment keeps fans in both ecstacy and agony. Or,...
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... however, wasn’t a goaltender’s duel at all. At least, not in regulation. The Canucks and Stars battled back and forth through the first 60 minutes, with the scor ...
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9 May
Every time I look at statistics from last season for the Canucks, Brendan Gaunce shows up. Unless I remember to filter by games played or time on ice, there’s Gaunce at the top of the list in points-per-game and goals-per-60-minutes. The forward...
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... Pouliot. There’s still a chance that the Canucks will negotiate a contract with Gaunce — by not giving Gaunce a qualifying of ...
