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Welcome to Puck Drop Preview 2017-18, where LastWordOnHockey.com gives you a detailed look at each team from around the NHL leading to the start of this hockey season and offers our insight and analysis. Make sure to stick around until the end of the series, where we’ll offer our full predictions for the standings in each division, and […] READ MORE
These five NHL comeback players have had remarkable starts to the 2016-17 season and are producing at levels not seen in awhile. READ MORE
Vancouver Canucks forward Radim Vrbata has been traded to *insert team* in exchange for *insert return*. READ MORE
On Monday, the 21st, the Vancouver Canucks announced that forwards Radim Vrbata and Brandon Sutter, along with defenseman Alexander Edler have all been shut down for the rest of the 2015-2016 season due to injuries. Radim Vrbata currently has a knee injury, one that kept him out of the lineup on Saturday, the 19th when […] READ MORE
Leading up to the 2016 NHL trade deadline, the right move for this year's Vancouver Canucks would be to sell in a big way. READ MORE
Over the last decade-plus, the NHL has been dominated by dynamic duos, from Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau in San Jose, to Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf in Anaheim, Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom in Washington, and of course this season the tradition continues with Dallas Stars pair Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn terrorizing opposing goaltenders. […] READ MORE
Last night’s 3-2 loss to the Arizona Coyotes highlighted a disturbing trend which has not only permeated the Vancouver Canucks offense this season, but actually gotten progressively worse. As is their wont, franchise cornerstones Daniel and Henrik Sedin combined for a nifty third period goal, continuing what has been a largely successful season from an […] READ MORE
For the month of June, Last Word On Sports will be covering each team in our 30 in 30 series. Once a day, we take a look at an NHL team’s past season, what their off-season looks like, and what they could hope to achieve before the start of their 2015-16 season. Everybody wants to […] READ MORE
All season long, the Canucks had a pretty good thing going. Prior to the start of the season, coach Willie Desjardins and the Canucks executives had said they wanted their club to be a four-line team. Desjardins took it to heart, rolling four lines all season long with aplomb. Matchups? Who cares. No Canucks forward played […] READ MORE
As the regular season has come to an end, Last Word On Sports analyzes every playoff series heading into this week’s action. In the first installment, we take a look at the matchups in five categories: Offense, defense, goaltending, coaching and special teams. We also run down the players to look out for and give […] READ MORE
