In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Vancouver Canucks are going to take their time with Andrei Kuzmenko and not lock themselves into any sort of decision. Meanwhile, the Edmonton Oilers continue to scout teams, having checked out the Nashville Predators twice. The Toronto Maple Leafs want to spend their cap space money on a trade,
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Even after acquiring Nikita Zadorov from the Calgary Flames, the Vancouver Canucks are still in the market for another defenceman to shore up their blue line. Ethan Bear was the leading candidate to fill that role, but a recent bidding war between the Washington Capitals, Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, and New Jersey Devils has
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Edmonton Oilers are at a crossroads with defenseman Philip Broberg. The end result might be to send him back to the AHL, but playing time doesn’t look like an option in Edmonton. Meanwhile, the Toronto Maple Leafs are reportedly showing some interest in Philadelphia Flyers’ defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen. Are
In what I thought was a funny interview on Hockey Night in Canada, Scott Oake asked the Vancouver Canucks’ Sam Lafferty how he moved up from a bottom-six player to someone who was able to play on the team’s first line. While Lafferty took a bit of a double take, he answered the question by
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Vancouver Canucks are still talking to Elias Pettersson and Filip Hronek about their respective contract extensions. Where is everyone at? Meanwhile, Elliotte Friedman believes the Edmonton Oilers could call up Jack Campbell this week. Unfortunately, Campbell had another stinker performance in Bakersfield on Saturday. Does that change anything? Also,
The Vancouver Canucks moved to 15-7-1 with a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Looking for a bounce-back performance after their loss to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday, Nov. 25, the Canucks were able to squeak out a victory despite playing lacklustre hockey for a majority of the game. Here
With the NHL calendar set to turn to December and all but two teams playing between 18 and 22 games, we’ve reached the quarter-mark of the 2023-24 season. As such, it’s an appropriate time to analyze and evaluate the early returns in one of the most intriguing storylines of the campaign. The race for the
The Vancouver Canucks are off to a franchise-best 11-3-1 start and have blown the NHL away with their offensive prowess, stout defensive game, and Vezina-caliber goaltending courtesy of Thatcher Demko (minus the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs). Even though the rain has taken over the city of Vancouver, the sun is shining in November
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Edmonton Oilers have fired Jay Woodcroft and Dave Manson and hired Kris Knoblauch and Paul Coffey. Meanwhile, Nikita Zadorov confirms the trade buzz out of Calgary. The Vancouver Canucks have been added to a list of teams interested in acquiring the defenseman. Oilers Fire Woodcroft Despite Win in Seattle
The Washington Capitals have started the 2023-24 season out quite well. A lackluster 2022-23 season had them outside of the playoffs, and now they’re hoping they can ride their strong start back to the playoff picture this season. While the team didn’t make many changes during the off-season, they did sign Matthew Phillips, who’s had
It is a great time to be a hockey fan, as the first few weeks of the NHL season have shown…and that’s before Connor McDavid gets going. Some musing and observations from around the league, starting in Pittsburgh. The Steel City is Freezing Over Why is Erik Karlsson playing on the penalty kill? Yes, he
As an academic, one of my research focuses was organizational leadership. Throughout my 41-year career at the University of Alberta, I wrote several books in this area. Now that I come to writing hockey posts for The Hockey Writers, it’s surprising just how much of my academic background I see at play in the world
At this point last season, the Vancouver Canucks were an abysmal 0-4-2, blowing multi-goal leads left and right and losing games either in the third period or overtime. This season, they are a respectable 4-2 and look more structured and controlled in their systems. Apart from the rather confusing outlier against the Philadelphia Flyers where
The Vancouver Canucks (5-2-1) dropped their eighth game of the season, losing 4-3 in overtime on the second night of a back-to-back to the New York Rangers (6-2-0) in front of their home fans. Despite a great showing from the Canucks, Igor Shesterkin stole the show Saturday night, stopping 30 of 33 shots en route
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Montreal Canadiens got bad news as Kirby Dach has been lost long-term due to injury. Meanwhile, what is the plan in Florida for Spencer Knight? Is he still their goalie of the future? Are the Vancouver Canucks willing to take a contract back in a Conor Garland trade? Finally,
The Columbus Blue Jackets were linked to Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland by Elliotte Friedman on Hockey Night in Canada. Although on paper it would seem to make sense, as Vancouver is looking for a defenseman in return and the Blue Jackets need to move one; it would only create more problems. The Blue Jackets
The Vancouver Canucks kicked off the 2023-24 NHL season on Wednesday (Oct. 11) with a dominant performance in front of a packed home crowd at Rogers Arena. Brock Boeser tallied four goals, Elias Pettersson looked like Elias Pettersson, and fans witnessed Quinn Hughes don the ‘C’ in regular season action for the first time –
The calendar has flipped to October and that means the regular season is just around the corner for the Vancouver Canucks. They have only two more preseason games to go before the points start being counted in the standings, and there are still plenty of decisions to be made before the puck drops on Oct.
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