Author: Dom Vallee

There Were No Points on the Line, But a Big Win Nonetheless for Canucks

In what is shaping up to be a pivotal season for the Canucks in terms of what direction their team is headed, the group finally grabbed their first preseason win, 5-4, against the Oilers after starting with five straight losses. Elias Pettersson has probably been the Canucks best player throughout the preseason thus far, and […]

Canucks Land Kuzmenko

The highly coveted KHL player has finally chose a destination and will be singing in Vancouver. The Canucks brass met with Kuzmenko last week and after the meeting it sounded like Kuzmenko had limited his final decision to four teams. Finally on Monday the Canucks came out the winner. The Canucks didn’t take last week’s […]

Canucks Ink Prospect Linus Karlsson to Entry-Level Deal

A third-round pick of the Sharks back in 2018, a fellow Swede Jonathan Dahlen wanted a trade out of Vancouver in 2019, which led to Linus Karlsson’s signing this week. According to the Canucks brass, Karlsson was a player on their radar during the 2018 draft, but they went a different direction in the second […]

Golden Knights Playoffs Hopes are Very Slim but Still Alive

Here’s how the western conference playoff picture shakes out as of Tuesday morning. For Dallas, a regulation win tonight against Vegas means they’re safe, and the Golden Knights are eliminated. An overtime loss doesn’t kill Vegas as they do hold the tiebreaker over the Stars, but it means they’d be four points back with two […]

Canucks Stay Hot, in Position to Move Past Vegas

A week ago, it didn’t seem realistic that Canucks would have a better shot at the playoffs than the Golden Knights. But since losing to the Canucks in overtime on April 12, Vegas has now lost three of four games, and the Canucks have stayed red hot, having now won six in a row. I […]

Report: Dadonov Hasn’t Let Trade Drama Affect His Play

It must have been a whirlwind of a couple of days for Evgeni Dadonov on and following the trade deadline. It’s been a bit of a rough season for Dadonov, especially in a couple of months leading up to this drama. Until a couple of games before the deadline, the 33-year-old winger went through a […]

Report: Canucks Gear Up for Crucial Home and Home’s

A home and home series (when two teams face off in consecutive games, one at each team’s home arena) is a lot rarer nowadays than it used to be in the NHL. The Canucks have not only one but two home and home’s to make up their next four games. I love home and homes […]

Breaking News: Panthers land Giroux from Flyers

According to multiple sources, the Florida Panthers have acquired forward Claude Giroux from the Flyers in exchange for 2017 1st round pick Owen Tippett, a 2024 first-round pick, and a 2023 third-round pick. Also going to Florida is a pair of 23-year-old forwards, Connor Bunnaman and German Rubtsov, and a 2024 fifth-round pick. The Flyers […]

Canucks take chance on local talent

Canuck’s GM Patrick Alvin announced today that the team had signed Surrey, BC’s Arshdeep Bains, to an entry-level deal. The 21-year-old had a solid season last year for his Red Deer Rebels with 21 points in 23 games, but the shortened season didn’t give teams a big sample size to look at. Fast forward to […]

DeBoer grabs win 500 as Golden Knights get back on track

On a micro-scale, last night was a big spot for the Golden Knights to get back in the win column after losing two straight and going 4-5-1 in their last ten games. On a macro-scale, it was a monumental night for head coach Peter DeBoer, earning his 500th career regular-season coaching win. In his so […]