There was a hole in the middle at the Vancouver Canucks final full practice ahead of the start of the team’s Round 2 playoff match-up with the Edmonton Oilers.
The Vancouver Canucks did well in their Round One series against the Nashville Predators. We might not go as far as to say they did ‘great,’ but the operative term here is probably ‘good enough.’ It is the Canucks who made it through Game 6, not the Predators.
Seeing the Vancouver Canucks in Round Two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is an unexpected delight for their fans. For fans of the Edmonton Oilers, their team’s presence is the bare minimum.
On today’s special edition of Rink Wide Vancouver, Jeff Paterson and Irfaan Gaffar welcomed Canucks legend Trevor Linden to recap the Canucks’ first round and preview their second-round matchup against Edmonton.
The Vancouver Canucks had a great first-round series win against the Nashville Predators, but let’s face it, it wasn’t perfect. It was just nice for the
The Vancouver Canucks swept the regular season series against the Edmonton Oilers this year. The Canucks outscored the Oilers 21-7 in those four games and 13-3 at 5v5.
On Saturday morning, Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson was named one of the three finalists for the 2023-24 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. This accolade is bestowed upon the player who demonstrates outstanding sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct, coupled with remarkable playing ability.
The NHL announced its 2023-24 finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy: Auston Matthews, Elias Pettersson, and Jaccob Slavin. The “player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability,” is who the award will be granted to.
So the Vancouver Canucks are headed back to Nashville. The question now is, will the Predators be making a return trip to the West Coast for a one-game winner-take-all showdown on Sunday?
You can add another notch to Jonathan Lekkerimäki’s impressive list of accolades throughout the 2023-24 campaign. On Tuesday morning, the 19-year-old was awarded the 2024 “Elite Prospects Award,” edging out his fellow countryman and long-time international teammate, Noah Östlund.
That was frustrating. The Vancouver Canucks let a chance to clinch the series slip past them, dropping a 2-1 decision at home against the Nashville Predators to send this to a Game 6.
Tonight, the Canucks fans in attendence at Rogers Arena came ready, and the players on the ice certainly returned that favour early on. The Canucks were playing with so much energy, so much poise, and were absolutely swarming the Predators early on.
The Vancouver Canucks’ victory in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Nashville Predators was nothing short of dramatic. Despite being outplayed for most of the game, the Canucks managed to snatch a 4-3 overtime win, taking a commanding 3-1 series lead.
Okay, so Elias Pettersson hasn’t been… himself. Yeah. The Swedish star centre inked his eight-year, $92.8 million contract extension on March 3, 2024, in the midst of his third consecutive 30-goal season, following up the 102-point campaign last year with an 89-point performance this time around.
In this edition of the Vancouver Canucks News & Rumors, Thatcher Demko is injured and Casey DeSmith steps in for the club. Additionally, Elias Pettersson struggles in Game 2 as the Nashville Predators tie the first-round matchup at 1-1.
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!
The Vancouver Canucks need their best players to be at their best if they hope to get out of the first-round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs — and that’s especially true without the services of star goaltender Thatcher Demko.
With the Canucks trailing 1-0 and trying to score the equalizer on the power play, Pettersson was set up for a wide-open look with a yawning net sitting in front of him. Then this happened.
As the Vancouver Canucks end the regular season, one of the team’s fundamental problems is Elias Pettersson. It isn’t that he’s having a bad season. In 76 games, he has put up 33 goals and added 52 assists.
On Wednesday evening, the Vancouver Canucks announced that the team had assigned defenceman Elias Pettersson to Abbotsford of the AHL. With this move, Pettersson will get his first taste of North American hockey during Abbotsfords final stretch of games before and hopefully during the playoffs.
The Vancouver Canucks locked up superstar Elias Pettersson to an eight-year, 92.8 million contract over the weekend. Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk talk about the big contract and how it will benefit both sides moving into the future.
There was a recent push on extension talks between the Canucks and center Elias Pettersson, and it appears that push helped get a deal over the finish line.
The Carolina Hurricanes have had serious trade discussions with the Vancouver Canucks about their star center, Elias Pettersson.
There’s no doubting that any deal involving their young star would go down in history.
Over the last two years, he has taken his production to another level, scoring 68 goals and 177 points in his last 141 games in Vancouver.
We won our lone NHL bet yesterday, and keeping it simple seems best as we navigate into a larger slate tonight. Despite 12 games, we've limited the field to just two of our favorite looks, both at plus-money.
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