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NHL hockey, or at least something vaguely approaching NHL hockey, returned to Rogers Arena on Tuesday night. The preseason is a time for tuning up, getting back up to gamespeed, and hopefully finding some chemistry. That goes not just for the team...
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... the intermission: they must muster more. Thatcher Demko kept the Canucks in the game, however, with a calm and poised performance in net. Demko made ...
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The Vancouver Canucks started training camp with 64 players listed on their roster. By the start of the regular season in two weeks, they have to get that number down to 23, so the Canucks need to make some significant cuts. As Cat Stevens once said,
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... enson, Dyson Thow, Aaron Along with the players assigned to the Comets, four Canucks prospects were sent to the CHL to report to their junior teams: Jett Woo, Et ...
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17 Sep
The Canucks dressed their “A Squad” for their split-squad game in Victoria: it was clearly a step above the team they sent to Calgary. At the same time, “A Squad” is a bit of a misnomer. While the Canucks team in Victoria had a healthy does of NHL...
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... early in the third period, the Canucks started the comeback with a goal from an unlikely source: Loui Eriksson. The ...
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17 Sep
The Canucks kicked off the preseason with a pair of split-squad games with the Calgary Flames. It was pretty clear once the lineups came out for both games that the game in Calgary was getting the Canucks “B Squad.” That’s no slight to the players...
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... a screened shot from the boards, but it’s hard to blame Bachman: it took the Canucks over 12 minutes to get their first shot on goal, so Bachman was . He’s allow ...
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17 Sep
Jim Benning saved the best for last. The Canucks’ general manager was active all off-season, making big moves like trading for J.T. Miller and signing Tyler Myers. But none of his deals were the one that Canucks fans wanted to see most: a new...
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... than $7 million on a long-term deal, which would have been an issue for the Canucks, who given their current cap situation. As a result, the only option was a c ...
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16 Sep
The Canucks’ preseason kicks off in earnest Monday night with two split-squad games against the Calgary Flames. For the first time in months, NHL hockey, or at least a reasonable facsimile, will be on TV. The preseason will be key for the Canucks as...
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... same situation he put Gagner in one year ago. 4 | Can Adam Gaudette make the Canucks roster out of camp? One of the players pushing to make the Canucks out of ca ...
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15 Sep
An NHL training camp is prime time for overreacting. That overreacting can come in different flavours, both positive and negative. Fans can get over-excited about a prospect scoring a gorgeous goal in an intra-team scrimmage or a player on the edge...
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... impossible task. 5 | Become a DJ and put together a killer playlist for the Canucks’ workouts as a replacement for Michael Del Zotto. He just never quite got th ...
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13 Sep
Bo Horvat had a fantastic 2018-19 season. He set career highs in goals (27), assists (34), and, by deduction, points (61). That’s despite having to take on more defensive responsibility when Brandon Sutter and Jay Beagle were out with injuries. Most...
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... he was on the ice were 15.6% more dangerous than the average NHLer, led the Canucks last season. No one else on the team drove the puck up ice and into dangerou ...
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13 Sep
When Vancouver was first introduced to Micheal Ferland, it was as a hard-forechecking pest in the 2015 playoffs. The rookie got under the skin and into the heads of the Canucks in their first-round matchup against the Calgary Flames. He caused Kevin...
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... rland’s scoring slump, and Ferland should bring a different dimension to the Canucks’ top line that makes them more effective as a unit. The question is if Ferla ...
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13 Sep
The classic construction of a hockey lineup is simple: you have your first line with your best offensive players, a secondary scoring line, a checking line to play sound defensive hockey, and a grinding fourth line that gets in on the forecheck,...
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... st three Canucks forwards had more than 15 goals last season — Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser ...
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13 Sep
The classic construction of a hockey lineup is simple: you have your first line with your best offensive players, a secondary scoring line, a checking line to play sound defensive hockey, and a grinding fourth line that gets in on the forecheck,...
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... be able to create offense too.” In 2016-17, Sutter scored 17 goals with the Canucks, several of them while playing on the wing with Daniel and Henrik Sedin. His ...
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13 Sep
The classic construction of a hockey lineup is simple: you have your first line with your best offensive players, a secondary scoring line, a checking line to play sound defensive hockey, and a grinding fourth line that gets in on the forecheck,...
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... be able to create offense too.” In 2016-17, Sutter scored 17 goals with the Canucks, several of them while playing on the wing with Daniel and Henrik Sedin. His ...
