Category: Francesco Aquilini
And the Abbotsford AHL team will be called ... the Canucks!
Canucks Sports & EntertainmentWe’re excited about having our American League affiliate right in our back yard,” Ryan Johnson, the Abbotsford Canucks’ general manager said on media Zoom session on Wednesday.“The Abbotsford Canucks will be an extension of our history, and a new identity for fans in the Fraser Valley to embrace.“Th...
Read moreAnd the Abbotsford AHL team will be called ... the Canucks!
Iowa WildThe Johnny Canuck logo will rule the roost for Vancouver's Fraser Valley-based affiliate
Read moreAnd the Abbotsford AHL team will be called ... the Canucks!
Embrace TodayThe Canucks describe the new team’s colours as “field green, Pacific blue, Fraser Blue, valley fog grey and mountain white, representing the area that the Abbotsford Canucks will proudly play for.”
Read moreWhy Sedins' return should have genuine impact on Canucks organization
Daniel SedinThe most immediate benefit the Canucks reap by bringing back Henrik and Daniel Sedin is the integrity and goodwill carried by the iconic former players. But the twins’ intelligence, understanding of team dynamics and culture, and their ability to connect and communicate within the organization shou...
Read moreThey Know
Mark Scheifelefrom Ken Dryden at the National Post, Head hits. Whether intentional, careless or completely accidental, that distinction matters only to the hitter, not to the player hit. Nor even much to the rest of us now. The back stories — it’s the sort of thing he would do, or wouldn’t do — who cares? It...
Read moreNorth Notes: Canucks Front Office, Campbell, Nash, Philp
Geoff CourtnallThere could be some changes in Vancouver this offseason in regards to the team’s front office. At least that’s what The Province’s Patrick Johnston states. The scribe writes that several names are surfacing if owner Francesco Aquilini is ready to make changes. One name that Johnston writes about is...
Read moreMonday Mailbag: Schmidt vs. Myers, Gallant vs. ownership, and Holtby vs. time
Tyler MyersWith a tightly condensed schedule down the stretch, tis the season for load management in the world of the Vancouver Canucks — and that even applies to those of us here at CanucksArmy. That’s why our intrepid editor, David Quadrelli, is healthy scratching himself this week and calling up Stephan Rog...
Read morePost-Trade Deadline, who are the Canucks going to protect, expose, and lose in the 2021 Expansion Draft?
Olli JuoleviBefore the Vancouver Canucks get back to game-action — for better or for worse, in sickness or in health — we’re taking one last opportunity to look ahead at one of many notable events to come in the offseason: the 2021 Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. Now that the Trade Deadline has come to pass, an...
Read moreDemko signs five-year, $25 million contract with Canucks
Jim BenningDemko is 12-12-1 with a 2.77 goals-against average, .917 save percentage and one shutout in 25 games in his second full NHL season.Demko was 8-3-0 with a 2.15 GAA and an NHL-high .937 save percentage in March (minimum 10 games).He was named the NHL Second Star for the week ending March 7 after going...
Read moreQuick Shifts: Projecting USA's Olympic roster from 'deepest pool' ever
Braden HoltbyProjecting USA's Olympic roster from 'deepest pool' ever | Will Canucks sweeten the pot in Seattle expansion draft? | Brady Tkachuk picks Matthews over McDavid | An emerging trade target for Toronto + 8 more NHL goodies.
Read moreQuick Shifts: Projecting USA's Olympic roster from 'deepest pool' ever
Roberto LuongoProjecting USA's Olympic roster from 'deepest pool' ever | Will Canucks sweeten the pot in Seattle expansion draft? | Brady Tkachuk picks Matthews over McDavid | An emerging trade target for Toronto + 8 more NHL goodies.
Read moreCanucks face two extreme outcomes with Demko's extension
Travis GreenThatcher Demko’s play will obviously determine whether this new five-year contract is a bargain or bust for the Canucks. Given wage and term, it doesn’t feel like it is likely to be anything between those extreme outcomes.
Read moreThe Vancouver Canucks May Be Limited At The Trade Deadline
Tanner Pearsonfrom Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province, The simple summation for suitors interested in unrestricted free agents Tanner Pearson, Brandon Sutter, Alex Edler and Jordie Benn is that they must balance the salary-cap equation. Money coming in, even as rentals, can be justified if similar money is...
Read moreFor Canucks, NHL trade deadline a matter of dollars, sense for cap-strapped club
Travis BoydIn snooker, it’s not what you make, it’s what you leave. The same sporting principle applies to...
Read moreCanucks' COVID-19 season was just a down-the-road kind of thing
Vancouver CanucksThere are now 18 teams around the NHL who are either putting fans in the stands or have plans to do so. They are all, of course, in the U.S. You can debate whether many of those p...
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