Category: Loui Eriksson
Ben Kuzma: Draft loses first-round drama but Benning builds better club
United States Hockey League'The possibility is that ninth pick and what that player could grow into, but we have a lot of good young players on our team. We wanted to be active and aggressive and make our team better.' — Canucks GM Jim Benning.
Read moreBen Kuzma: Draft loses first-round drama but Benning builds better club
Jim BenningHe had 12 goals in a dozen Western Hockey League games last season with the Edmonton Oil Kings and 59 points (26-33) in 58 games in 2019-20.The New Jersey Devils didn’t think parting with the ninth pick in the 2013 draft to acquire goalie Cory Schneider would result in Bo Horvat developing into capt...
Read moreCanucks: Braden Holtby joins more crowded crease for Seattle NHL expansion draft
Jimmy VeseyA rejuvenated Braden Holtby and Florida Panthers unrestricted free agent Chris Driedger might make a Kraken goaltending tandem
Read moreCanucks: Braden Holtby joins more crowded crease for Seattle NHL expansion draft
Bailey JayA rejuvenated Braden Holtby and Florida Panthers unrestricted free agent Chris Driedger might make a Kraken goaltending tandem
Read moreCanucks: Braden Holtby joins more crowded crease for Seattle NHL expansion draft
National Hockey LeagueThe club must also select a minimum of 20 players under contract for next season and they have to combine for at least 60 per cent of the team’s salary cap, a $48.9-million minimum and ceiling of $81.5 million (all figures in U.S dollars).As for goalies, a rejuvenated Holtby, 31, and Florida Panther...
Read moreCanucks: Braden Holtby joins more crowded crease for Seattle NHL expansion draft
Brandon SutterA rejuvenated Braden Holtby and Florida Panthers unrestricted free agent Chris Driedger might make a Kraken goaltending tandem
Read moreMonday Mailbag: Cups, Felix the Cat, and keeping up with former Canucks prospects
Mathew BarzalReaders, in truly Pavel Burian fashion, we have deked you out of your proverbial shorts once again. When our intrepid editor David Quadrelli reached out for Monday Mailbag questions on Twitter, you naturally presumed that David himself would be answering them. Right? Wrong! It’s me, Stephan Roget, t...
Read moreOffseason Checklist: Vancouver Canucks
Victor HedmanIt's going to be a busy offseason for Vancouver with a pair of contracts for their young stars sitting atop their to-do list.
Read moreCanucksArmy Game Day: The dogs of Canucks Twitter and the Stanton-Tortorella poop story
Loui ErikssonMaybe the Canucks won’t make the playoffs now? The two losses against the Ottawa Senators have been a real buzzkill and the chance of the Vancouver Canucks making the playoffs is now at a staggering 2.5%. This is not good. Vancouver has done pretty well considering they haven’t had Elias Pettersson...
Read moreMonday Mailbag: Schmidt vs. Myers, Gallant vs. ownership, and Holtby vs. time
Brett LeeWith 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 moreThe anatomy of a reclamation project
Evgeni MalkinNHL teams are prone to bargain bin hunting for hidden gems. The Canucks themselves have adopted the reclamation project approach many times over Jim Benning’s tenure, looking for bargains with the likes of Derrick Pouliot, Sven Baertschi, and now, Matthew Highmore. The reclamation project is a contr...
Read moreCOVID-recovering Canucks’ return to play Friday ‘dangerous to a lot of our players’: J.T. Miller
National Hockey League Players' AssociationJ.T. Miller put health and safety ahead of hockey Wednesday. Noodle on that for a while and let...
Read moreCanucksArmy Game Day: Protect Yo Depth, McDavid’s Mastery, and Taxi Takeoff
Connor McDavidTaxiing for Takeoff So It Might Be A Long Night If you were concerned about the Canucks’ chances of making the playoffs before, tonight’s game will be the ultimate test. No Elias Pettersson, no Jay Beagle, no Brandon Sutter, and no Antoine Roussel at Friday practice. Now, that was yesterday and by g...
Read moreStruggling Canucks facing potential injury crisis
Montreal CanadiensEven in normal times, there’s not much an NHL team could do if faced with missing six forwards from its lineup. And in the world of COVID-19, there’s really no sol...
Read moreStruggling Canucks facing potential injury crisis
Manitoba MooseEven in normal times, there’s not much an NHL team could do if faced with missing six forwards from its lineup. And in the world of COVID-19, there’s really no sol...
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