Saturday was full of headlines for the Vancouver Canucks as the J.T. Miller trade speculation reached a near-boiling point. This comes after a disappointing 5-1 loss to the L.A. Kings on Thursday night. During Sportsnet’s Hockey Day In Canada broadcast, insider Elliotte Friedman weighed in on some of the rumours.
It is not just the first period where the Canucks have struggled to generate shots. They rank 31st with 341 third-period shots and have a -40 shot differential. While it isn't as bad as the -47 shot differential in the first, it is still very concerning that Vancouver has such a large shot disparity in multiple periods.
With all the noise swirling around their team, all the acrimony that’s apparently driven the J.T. Miller experience to a finish, you would not have been surprised to see the Edmonton Oilers simply blow the Vancouver Canucks out of the water on Saturday night at Rogers Arena.
Outside of the rampant speculation and drama surrounding the Vancouver Canucks this season, Brock Boeser’s impending unrestricted free agency would otherwise make for a lot of headlines in British Columbia.
The Canucks have largely failed to build on their success of 2023-24. How do the defence and goaltending grade out at the halfway point?
The Vegas Golden Knights' losing slump continues as they have now lost five of their last six, and three straight, after a 5-3 defeat to the Chicago Blackhawks on
Oilers captain Connor McDavid was handed a match penalty for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland up high at the end of Edmonton's 3-2 loss on Saturday night. The play will be subject to an automatic review by the league.
VANCOUVER - Quinn Hughes scored twice and the struggling Vancouver Canucks edged the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday.
It sounds as though a trade involving Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller is either in the process of falling apart or has already fallen apart. Earlier today I brought you a report that indicated that Miller was very close to being shipped out of Vancouver,
Andrew Ference can't imagine a more scenic locale to host the 25th anniversary of Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada than Canmore, Alberta. Having played 16 seasons in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins in 2011, Ference lived in Canmore with The Three Sisters peaks of the Canadian Rockies as a backdrop.