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The Vancouver Canucks are already over next season’s salary cap limit with just 19 players signed.* Changes are coming, and one of the most heavily debated is whether an Oliver Ekman-Larsson buyout makes sense. Postcards From the Edge Canucks President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford recently penned a letter to the fans which held no […] READ MORE
Main photo by: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports It’s another edition of our NHL rumours to get you ready for your weekend. The trade rumours are going to fire up as we move closer to the March 3 deadline. There are plenty of teams that want to bolster their defence and the Toronto Maple Leafs are […] READ MORE
Nikita Zaitsev has been in the media recently for all of the wrong reasons, and it appears that the Ottawa Senators have had enough of the negative attention surrounding him, and one team may be able to take on his contract. Today’s NHL rumours discusses one team looking at making a Nikita Zaitsev trade. NHL […] READ MORE
The Vancouver Canucks 2022-23 season opening night draws nearer. Heck, the Young Stars tournament isn’t just coming back this year, it’s only two weeks away! And, as always, there are questions all around. We’re limiting those questions to a three-part series: forward, defence and in goal. Questions now can change with a single trade or […] READ MORE
The Tyler Myers contract was one of the more dramatic announcements made by the previous Canucks administration. After four years of no playoffs, general manager Jim Benning needed to make a dramatic show in his fifth season with the team. And the fan and media reception was… relief? Big Guy, Big Deal for Tyler Myers […] READ MORE
The Vancouver Canucks defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson arrived in a controversial fashion, and that hasn’t diminished in the year since. There’s even been talk of somehow trading him this off-season, though it’s difficult to see how. Or, even, why. Defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson Bright Spot Given Situation Good Enough or Good A funny thing happened for the […] READ MORE
This season has not gone exactly as planned for the Vancouver Canucks – but it may be going as expected. A quarter-season in, the 2021-22 Canucks defence is leading the team in breakdowns instead of breakouts. No In Between For Vancouver The trade that brought Oliver Ekman-Larsson to Vancouver was a reverse-blockbuster. Instead of swapping […] READ MORE
After just a single season with the Vancouver Canucks, 2021 sees Nate Schmidt traded again, this time to the Winnipeg Jets. The Canucks grabbed him from the Vegas Golden Knights in return for just a third-round pick in 2022. That’s one heck of a deal, as Vegas was in pursuit of Alex Pietrangelo and was […] READ MORE
The 2021 Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft is coming soon. Even though the playoffs are still going on, most teams will be starting to focus on the offseason as we get further into June. The Seattle Kraken will start their inaugural year in 2021-22, and with that comes the expansion draft. There are plenty of opportunities […] READ MORE
Okay, so the Vancouver Canucks didn’t reach the playoffs, even with their expensive veteran signings. The injury bug bit again, especially on their defence. It’s something of a recurring theme of the Jim Benning tenure, which can be an excuse (see also: Year Five). It’s also damning evidence that the team is too shallow to […] 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.