Category: Jake Virtanen
Salary Cap Deep Dive: Vancouver Canucks
Thatcher DemkoA closer look at Vancouver's salary cap situation for next season and beyond.
Read moreMinor Canucks news: Hawryluk’s new deal, Virtanen rumoured to have signed in the KHL, and Podkolzin is Vancouver bound
Jim BenningBack with a vengeance, it’s time for another edition of the minor Canucks news items that are just insignificant enough to not warrant entire articles on their own. Hawryluk signs in the SHL Former Canucks forward Jayce Hawryluk has signed a deal with Skelleftea AIK in the SHL. Hawryluk appeared in...
Read moreMinor Canucks news: Hawryluk’s new deal, Virtanen signs in the KHL, and Podkolzin is Vancouver bound
Jim BenningBack with a vengeance, it’s time for another edition of the minor Canucks news items that are just insignificant enough to not warrant entire articles on their own. Hawryluk signs in the SHL Former Canucks forward Jayce Hawryluk has signed a deal with Skelleftea AIK in the SHL. Hawryluk appeared in...
Read moreMinor Canucks news and notes: SKA’s offer to Virtanen, the new guys’ numbers, Olympics, and engagement SZN
Jake VirtanenThere isn’t a whole lot going on around the National Hockey League right now. Does that stop a select few people from commenting “slow news day?” on hockey blogs all across the web in late August? Not a chance. That being said, this time of year often brings on a whole bunch of smaller news...
Read moreWhy the Canucks should make changes to their playstyle this season
Nate SchmidtDump and chase. Three words that Canucks fans are all too familiar with and might have come to despise over the past few years. It’s the system that the club has mostly used in the Travis Green era, to varying levels of success. This forecheck-heavy style might’ve been well-suited to an older group,...
Read more‘Ad’ it up: Canucks, other NHL teams look for new revenue with sweater advertising starting in 2022-23
Montreal CanadiensThe league’s board of governors voted in favour of allowing a single three- by 3.5-inch ad patch, beginning a year from now
Read more‘Ad’ it up: Canucks, other NHL teams look for new revenue with sweater advertising starting in 2022-23
Jake VirtanenThe league’s board of governors voted in favour of allowing a single three- by 3.5-inch ad patch, beginning a year from now
Read moreCanucks will be better after additions, but impossible to say how much
Thatcher DemkoFactoring in the free-agency additions and the return of a healthy Elias Pettersson, the Canucks are going to be deeper, faster, and more dangerous up front next season. But the changes on defence leave more questions to be answered.
Read moreCanucks’ Buying Out Virtanen Was the Right Move
Vancouver CanucksJake Virtanen’s turbulent tenure with the Vancouver Canucks is officially over. The buyout process officially began on July 25, 2021, when the Canucks placed Virtanen on unconditional waivers for purpose…
Read moreAvalanche sign Makar to new contract; how long before Canucks do same with Hughes?
Roman JosiQuinn Hughes is part of qualifying offers announced by Canucks Monday, along with Elias Pettersson. Five players aren't qualified, most notably Jayce Hawryluk.
Read moreCanucks place Jake Virtanen on unconditional waivers
Nikolaj EhlersThe 24-year-old winger from Abbotsford has been on leave from the Canucks since May 1
Read moreNHL News: Koskinen, Virtanen, Staal, and Hjalmarsson
Edmonton OilersOilers options for Koskinen. On waivers for a buyout. Staal re-signs with the Red Wings. Hjalmarsson is retiring
Read moreCanucks place Jake Virtanen on unconditional waivers
Boston BruinsThe 24-year-old winger from Abbotsford has been on leave from the Canucks since May 1
Read moreCanucks place Jake Virtanen on unconditional waivers
Montreal CanadiensVirtanen made his NHL debut in 2015-16 and in 317 career NHL games, has scored 55 goals and added 45 assists, plus 219 penalty minutes.Virtanen did get back into the lineup after sitting out the first game but scored just two goals in 16 playoff games.And then he slumped to just five goals in 38 gam...
Read moreCanucks place Jake Virtanen on unconditional waivers
Bo HorvatLast October, 10 days after the Canucks watched Tyler Toffoli, a much more productive winger, leave for the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver signed Virtanen to a two-year contract paying him US$2.55 million per season.Virtanen made his NHL debut in 2015-16 and in 317 career NHL games, has scored 55 goa...
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