{"id":481978,"date":"2026-01-16T08:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=481978"},"modified":"2026-01-16T06:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:00:24","slug":"the-sky-is-falling-for-the-vancouver-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/01\/16\/the-sky-is-falling-for-the-vancouver-canucks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sky is Falling for the Vancouver Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one has any answers. The bottom has truly given out with this current nine-game losing streak the Canucks are on. Just three-to-four weeks ago, the vibes were high, with their four-game win streak. In 2024, they were on top of the Pacific Division with 109 points and had a solid Stanley Cup Playoff run. Only a couple of seasons later, Rick Tocchet leaves<\/a>, and the Canucks traded<\/a> J.T. Miller<\/a> as well as captain<\/a> Quinn Hughes<\/a>. Furthermore, president Jim Rutherford<\/a> has declared a rebuild, and all the veterans are on the trade table. “It’s our duty to take calls on everyone<\/em>,” Rutherford said, in an interview<\/a> with reporter Patrick Johnston.<\/p>\n

Alarming Signs During Losing Streak<\/b><\/h3>\n

During this losing streak, the Canucks went 0-7-2, scoring 17 goals but allowing 39 goals. Their penalty killing rate in this stretch ranked last at 52.6%. In two of their games, in particular against Montr\u00e9al<\/a> and Ottawa<\/a>, they were outshot 81-42. They barely generated anything offensively and were porous defensively. That has been the story for the Canucks throughout the season. Head coach Adam Foote<\/a> can only say \u201cWe were right there<\/em>\u201d so many times before he himself stops believing in that statement.<\/p>\n

The players are, needless to say, distraught about this. Brock Boeser<\/a> has been cold during the eight-game winless streak. Prior to Thursday’s game against the Blue Jackets, where he finally scored, he had not scored a goal in 21 games. Two short years ago, he scored 40 goals in a season for the first time in his career. His shooting percentage is currently at 9.6%, down from 17.1% last season. He also has had 30 giveaways already this season, and he only had 37 throughout last season. In an interview with Canucks reporter Iain MacIntyre<\/a>, Boeser said, \u201cIt’s really, it’s eating at me a lot, and so I don’t even know. I don’t have the words to describe it right now<\/em>.\u201d That said, he is still getting chances, a few per game, but many of his shots have gone wide, or he fumbled it somehow, some way.<\/p>\n

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Boeser fumbling this cross-seam pass on the PP from Pettersson sums up his game right now. <\/p>\n

0 goals in his last 18 games. #Canucks<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yqPh9i0pgL<\/a><\/p>\n

— Grady Sas (@GradySas) January 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n