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Expectations were high for former head coach Bruce Boudreau and the Vancouver Canucks heading into the 2022-23 season. The club competes in a weaker Pacific Division, most analysts predicting them to make the playoffs. The Canucks, on the other hand, have a 23-31-5 record and a .432 win percentage through 59 games. The Canucks lost […] READ MORE
Last Word on Hockey presents The MnM Hockey Podcast. The latest addition to the stable of LWOH Hockey Podcast Content. Every week, Alex Metzger and Chace McCallum will share their thoughts on the news of the week, have a variety of guests from the world of hockey as well as spending some time on original […] READ MORE
For Vancouver Canucks fans of a certain age, “the Messier Years” are seen as the team’s lowest point. But are they still? The Messier Years Have Unwelcome Competition It’s not unreasonable to suggest that the firing of Bruce Boudreau – and the circus around it – is the Vancouver Canucks nadir. But there’s the lowest […] READ MORE
In what must be a precursor to other changes, the Vancouver Canucks have fired head coach Bruce Boudreau. Bruce, There He Goes General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the club has made multiple changes to its coaching staff. DETAILS | https://t.co/N01j7hRvbR pic.twitter.com/FM4VuI0U6g — Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) January 22, 2023 Boudreau was brought in as […] READ MORE
Very soon, the Vancouver Canucks‘ future is going to be decided when the team plots out their new direction. Whether fans like that direction or not will be – SHOULD be – irrelevant. Of Proper Plans and Paper Trails The calendar has turned over and the team hasn’t. Yet. But looking at the moves made […] READ MORE
Any team that moves their captain is making a choice. But the Vancouver Canucks trading Bo Horvat has one big effect that fans might not have considered. The Trouble With Trading Bo Horvat There was one thing on every Vancouver fan’s mind in the 2022 off-season. How much was J.T. Miller going to bring in […] READ MORE
Every season there are teams that make the headlines. Some in a good way and some in a bad way. And given the way the 2022-23 Vancouver Canucks have started, it had not been the best headlines. Today’s rumour focuses on them and how they are linked to a head coach around the league. 2022-23 […] READ MORE
A recurring theme on Vancouver sports radio – and online – is fixing the Vancouver Canucks. Well, bad news folks: “fixing the Vancouver Canucks” can’t be done. Building a coherent plan for them, on the other hand, can. It’s all a matter of whether will they or won’t they. There is No Fixing the Vancouver […] READ MORE
Not the start Vancouver wanted, but it’s the one they earned. But the Vancouver Canucks early returns on their play is reason enough for concern. The No-Panic Panic Two games into the season is, obviously, too early to panic. Especially if those two games are on the road. And in any other year, that might […] READ MORE
The seven-game schedule is over. It ended on a high, blowing out the lowly Arizona Coyotes by a score of 4-0 after beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-4. But those were the only wins of the pre-season as they finish 2-3-2. There is a built-in excuse for any team having a weak pre-season, and that’s knowing […] READ MORE
Born in Richmond, Erin Butler moved to the Gulf Islands early on but made sure to pack their Vancouver Canucks fandom with them on the way out of town.
Decades later, the fandom is unabated even as the perspective widened. A little more jaded about ownership, but loving the bizarro-world fandom online.