The Ohio State Buckeyes are moving on in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. More specifically, both former Buckeyes competing in the NHL postseason will accompany their teams into the second round.
NASHVILLE – The scene has shifted to Music City, USA, where the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators will resume their opening round Stanley Cup Playoff series at Bridgestone Arena tonight.
Good news, everyone! The advanced and underlying statistics state that the Vancouver Canucks were the better team in Game 2 of Round One of the Stanley Cup Playoffs!
When the postseason comes around, it is never a surprise to see an unheralded player step into the spotlight. One of the big performers from Sunday’s slate of Stanley Cup Playoff action was Dakota Joshua of the Vancouver Canucks.
9 years of pent-up energy erupting at last. The Vancouver Canucks came back in dramatic fashion, scoring two quick goals in the third en route to a 4-2 victory in Game 1 against the Nashville Predators.
The Vancouver Canucks earned their first home playoff win since 2015 on Sunday night, sending the raucous 18,967 in attendance at Rogers Arena home happy after a 4-2 victory over the Nashville Predators in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series.
The Vancouver Canucks have started a little something new for the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Teams around the National Hockey League have long recognized key contributors in the locker room after wins with commemorative keepsakes — a team jacket, a special hat, or, once upon a time in Vancouver, a WWE championship belt.
Dakota Joshua and Pius Suter celebrated the Vancouver Canucks first home playoff game in nine years in a special way.
Pius Suter and Dakota Joshua scored 12 seconds apart midway through the third period as the host Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 Sunday in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series on Sunday.
All anyone could talk about heading into this game was how the first ten minutes would tell us a lot about how this series was going to go. So here’s what happened in the first ten minutes of the game.
These days, the NHL is a lot like the DC Comics Universe, powered by the strength of dynamic duos. In the past, the sport of hockey was all about lines.
The last time Rick Tocchet opened the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Nashville Predators were his first round opponent. Back in the summer of 2020, Tocchet was behind the bench of the Arizona Coyotes and drew the Preds in the opening round of the summer bubble postseason in Edmonton.
The race for the Pacific Division title comes down to the final week of the National Hockey League season. Tonight, the first-place Vancouver Canucks (48-22-9)
That’s a character win. The Vancouver Canucks topped the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 at home, paying them back for the 6-3 defeat just a couple of days earlier.
The Vancouver Canucks (47-22-8) find themselves in another possible first round playoff preview when they host the Vegas Golden Knights (42-26-8) at Rogers Arena.
Call it a slide, call it a slump, call it a bump in the road. Whatever the terminology of choice, it’s clear enough that the Vancouver Canucks’ troubles in 2023/24 started, at least in part, with an injury to Dakota Joshua in mid-February that kept the forward out of the lineup until late-March, a period of 18 games.
Every fanbase thinks that the officials are biased against their team. Every fanbase feels like their team suffers injuries more than most. But if you’re a fan of the Vancouver Canucks, the latter is actually and demonstrably true.
The series switches from the defensive position onto the forward core. And there’s no Vancouver Canucks pending free agent forward more talked about than Dakota Joshua. When Joshua got hurt after a fight with MacKenzie Entwistle, Canucks fans couldn’t imagine the level of impact his absence would have on the team.
At the start of the Vancouver Canucks season, no one thought signing Dakota Joshua would be a priority. 15 goals and a spot on one of the best third lines in the NHL later, though… We covered Joshua’s early history and just how well he’s done in Vancouver earlier this year.
In a close matchup, the Vancouver Canucks won a hard-fought 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. Dakota Joshua, who recently came back from an injury, emerged as the hero for the Canucks.
The Vancouver Canucks made a couple of moves to free up some roster and cap space. On Wednesday, the team announced they are placing forward Dakota Joshua on injured reserve, also adding Carson Soucy to long-term injured reserve.
The Vancouver Canucks are a little thin due to injuries.
Dakota Joshua‘s contract should be on the radar of the Vancouver Canucks as he will become an Unrestricted Free-Agent next season, if not signed. He has definitely been a steal for the Canucks on the 2023-24 season.
The rules clearly state in the CBA that clubs are not permitted to have coaching or hockey operations personnel participating in any on-ice sessions with players during the offseason.
Welcome to the Vancouver Canucks 2022-23 report card series. In this series, we at The Hockey Writers look back at each Canucks player from the past season, break down how their campaign went and assign a letter grade reflective of their overall performance.
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