Break out the beers, the legend of #ShotgunJake will continue in Vancouver for another two years. On Oct. 22, the Vancouver Canucks avoided arbitration by re-signing Jake Virtanen to a two-year, $5.1 million contract. By finalizing a deal before the scheduled arbitration hearing on Oct. 28, the Canucks must believe Virtanen can improve on the
Brendan Morrison
This article was originally written in December, 2015. During the dead puck era in the years leading to the 2004-05 NHL lockout, the Canucks’ trio of Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi and Brendan Morrison far from followed the pattern of declining offense in the league. The West Coast Express line, named after the commuter train in