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If General Manager Patrik Allvin holds true to his word, then there will be very little of the Vancouver Canucks money left to spend next season. No buyouts, wanting everyone to have a “big Summer” for next year? That sounds like a team reluctant to make changes, but this management group hasn’t exactly been timid. […] READ MORE
There are plenty of Vancouver Canucks questions left to be answered as the season draws to a close. A dozen games aren’t enough to answer them, but they can give us hints. Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, and the Vancouver Canucks The Canucks have been on a tear of late, much to local Conor Bedard fans’ […] READ MORE
Welcome back to another day of NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are happening and gives our predictions for each one, breaking down head-to-head and other factors that may play in. We also have a featured game of the day, which is considered must-watch TV. Today’s […] READ MORE
Welcome back to another day of NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are happening and gives our predictions for each one, breaking down head-to-head and other factors that may play in. We also have a featured game of the day, which is considered must-watch TV. Today’s […] READ MORE
If hockey is a game of chaos, then the Vancouver Canucks Team Chaos season is hockey at its purest. Canucks Are Team Chaos This Season Start with a fanbase two million strong with just as many opinions, all of them online. Add an owner desperate for that cherry high of a Stanley Cup series early […] READ MORE
The Vancouver Canucks return home with a mere two points out of a possible ten. They have entered the realm of legends on their five-game trip – the hard part is deciding which one. Canucks Return Home for a Change The good news is that the team still has a chance to exit October at […] READ MORE
Okay, optimism can only last so long among Vancouver Canucks fans, preseason or not. Even when the team’s best player returns – at a discount, no less – there has to be doom on the horizon. Anything silver linings makes West Coast fans get uncomfortable. So sit back, folks, and enjoy the bitterness in your […] READ MORE
The NHL’s opening day closes in and most teams have settled their major roles. The Vancouver Canucks, on the other hand, still have a major issue to sort out in net. Unlike what happens on defence or with the forwards, the decision won’t say much about this season. It will, however, frame the future of […] READ MORE
Thatcher Demko puts a roof on what the Vancouver Canucks are building. A whole lot of mistakes can be hidden safely underneath his abilities. But what about those times he isn’t sheltering the team? We take a closer look at the presumptive Canucks goaltending duo for the 2022-23 season. Thatcher and Spencer and Dipper, Oh […] READ MORE
The latest Vancouver Canucks win streak wasn’t the longest of the season. It wasn’t even the most surprising of the season. But it was, inarguably, the one that fans were the most enthusiastic over. And then, well… Canucks Win Streak Gets Breaks Before this run, Vancouver had busily buried themselves in whatever playoff chase they […] 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.