As part of Native American Heritage Night and to honor his wife, who is native, Marc-Andre Fleury had a custom-designed mask created by Cole Redhorse Taylor. Mask quotes his dad on back, has names of his kids.
He’s bummed the NHL has informed him he can’t even wear in warmups
Zadorov mocking Walman with the Griddy after his freakouts is how you grow the game. We need more of this stuff. Great entertainment.
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(Via: Sportsnet)
I hope you all see what a load of shit hashtag Bell Let’s Talk is. They take millions in government subsidies ($122m from the Fed gov), do their BS PR stunt, then close down an entire radio station that was THRIVING, all during a pandemic. Terrible, just terrible.
Under appreciated teaching moment from Bruce Boudreau with Elias Pettersson. Helped Petey believe in himself when his confidence was low. Done pretty well ever since.
#Canucks
Thatcher Demko paying tribute to Gino Odjick on the back of his black skate mask.
Nice tribute from Demko by paying respect to a
#Canucks
fan favourite.
Was told by people close to the situation that
#NYR
wanted Höglander for Kravtsov, but the
#Canucks
didn’t bend. When the price dropped on Kravtsov, Vancouver offered lower value.
Same thing reportedly happened with Carolina & Bear. Nice work by VAN’s mgmt team to wait them out.
If Morgan Rielly was leading the NHL in points for defencemen, TSN, Sportsnet and the "National" media would have a billion articles, graphics and videos about his pursuit of the Norris.
But if it's Quinn Hughes, they don't bat an eye.
#Canucks
Percentage of cap for Pettersson is 13.89%.
For reference:
• McDavid - 16.7%
• Matthews (next deal) - 15.87%
• MacKinnon - 15.27%
• Nylander - 13.77% (next deal)
Pettersson left money on the table to allow the
#Canucks
to have some flexibility in the future.
Shoutout to the winningest coach in
#Canucks
history on a great coaching career, Alain Vigneault.
An all-time moment with Kevin Bieksa and Vernon Fiddler. 😆
Lafrienere should demand to wear Messier’s retired No. 11 just like Messier forced the
#Canucks
to unofficially retire Wayne Maki’s No. 11 so he could wear it in Vancouver. Fuck Messier.
#NYR
Jared McCann opened up on his time in Vancouver, via
@lukegazdic
's podcast:
"I could've used a year in the AHL...I think they did give up on me early, I really do. Mentally, it affected me a lot. [I] was in a dark place."
McCann also touched on Pedan calling him out.
#Canucks
Rogers Arena is absolutely buzzing to end this game. You can feel the playoff atmosphere returning to Vancouver again. It’s been way too damn long.
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I could watch this angle of Boeser's snipe on Price for days, so here's a GIF of it. Credit to our
@TSN_Sports
#Habs
broadcast for getting this shot.
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Cole Smith fucked around with J.T. Miller and found out. Miller gave Smith a mini beat down. Miller brought The Passion ™️
Channel that anger, J.T.!
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#Canucks
fans are in for a treat on Thursday: Ray Ferraro will make his colour commentary debut on SN for this season when they face the
#GoSensGo
Ray will also be calling the Sunday game vs. the
#GoHabsGo
🚨MILESTONE ALERT🚨
Tonight, Rick Bowness will coach his 2,500 regular season game, the most in
#NHL
history. 🤯
Congrats on the incredible accomplishment, Coach! 👏
#NHLStats
#NHLCA
#TexasHockey
Passing plays like the Sedins, the Lotto Line is playing on rookie mode right now.
Miller and Pettersson with some high IQ hockey out there. Nice steal by Hronek, too.
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(Via: Sportsnet)
#Canucks
didn’t give up Lekkerimäki, Willander or Höglander.
Kuzmenko was a free asset, but they were able to turn him into a cap dump as part of this package. Big pieces were a late 1st & a D prospect whose value may never be higher than it is now.
Another W for Allvin.
Probably a good day to remind
#Canucks
fans that Jim Benning is paying Eriksson, Sutter, Roussel, Beagle, Ferland, Myers & Benn $27,875,000 a season.
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When you’re somehow ranked a 3rd-tier defenceman at the start of the season and only Elias Pettersson has more points than you in the entire NHL not even a month into the 2023/24 campaign.
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6-foot-6 Vincent Desharnais going after 5-foot-11 Anthony Beauvillier and getting his stick up on Beauvillier is chicken shit stuff. He’ll get his.
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Sounds like the
#Canucks
are looking to move Anthony Beauvillier instead of Conor Garland now. Tocchet likes Garland’s game. With Blueger nearing a return and Höglander playing solid, there’s a logjam up front.
The vision by Hronek to walk in off the line and fool the defenders into thinking he was shooting only to spot Pettersson was a top notch goal.
#Canucks
(Via: Sportsnet)
People were shitting all over Demko tonight, but you know what? After the questionable goals, he battled back and locked things down. Swallowed pucks and made big saves late. 44 saves against a potent offense.
#Canucks
As a lifelong
#NYR
fan, it’s clear our team needs a heart and soul player like JT Miller. He should’ve never left the Big Apple to begin with.
Chris Drury needs to pull out all the stops. Trade Lafrenière, Schneider and a 1st to make it happen!
#Canucks
I don’t care how old you are or how many
#Canucks
games you watched back in the day, Quinn Hughes is well on his way to being the best defenceman in club history. Probably is already there.
Brock Boeser on finally scoring 30 goals:
“I’ve always had that belief deep inside of me. To finally do it, finally get over 30 and finally shut the Vancouver media up for a little bit.”
#Canucks
(Via:
@spittinchiclets
)
A throwback to when Rasmus Dahlin was absolutely blown away and looked skyward after seeing arguably the nicest goal Elias Pettersson has ever scored.
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🇸🇪
Lol not even a minute after the
#Canucks
game
@Sportsnet
goes right into Raptors coverage (JIP into Sportsnet Central).
Remember the days when we got a post-game show with Don Taylor and Gary Valk? West Coasters deserve better from the official team broadcaster.
Nils Höglander is a 20-goal scorer. Not too shabby with a guy who spent a chunk of last year in the AHL. Perfect example of why you need to be patient with prospects when it’s not working out.
#Canucks
#Canucks
prospect Hunter Brzustewicz is the outright OHL scoring leader with 19 points (5G, 14A) in nine games. Not bad for a 3rd-round pick in 2023. Turns 19 next month.
Quite the day for Nils Aman:
• recalled from Abby
• signs two-year extension
• dresses in his first game of the season
• draws the primary assist on the game-winning goal
• 2 assists, +3, 3/6 FOs in 14:28 TOI including some PK time. T2nd most shifts among FWDs
#Canucks
MacKinnon with a great sell job on that “hook.”
Between that, the non-major call on Manson, it’s been a *banner* night for the refs against the
#Canucks
, and that’s coming from a guy who doesn’t like to criticize officials.
Quinn Hughes & Filip Hronek are the only defensive pairing in the league to have not surrendered a goal against at 5v5, with a minimum of 60:00 played together, via
@NatStatTrick
.
#Canucks
Great atmosphere at the
@BCLions
home opener. Amar Doman is setting the standard on how to resonate with sports fans in Vancouver.
Affordable and enjoyable entertainment. $5 beers and hot dogs for the win! 🦁
#BCLions
Miller dragging his team into the fight by pissing McDavid off, and then later scoring after McDavid took a dumb penalty on Suter.
Leading by example.
#Canucks
Willie Mitchell will always be a legend for the using long stick in warmup to piss Mike Keenan off. And shoutout Squire Barnes.
@sbarnesglobal
#Canucks
2010-11
#Canucks
notched their 30th win of the season on Jan. 24, their 49th game of the season.
2011-12 team also notched their 30th win on Jan. 24, also the 49th game of the season.
2023-24 team notched their 30th win on Jan. 18, their 45th game of the season.
The fact that the
#Canucks
got Pettersson to sign for 8-years at under $12M ($11.6M) is a big win long-term for the team.
Going to age well once the cap goes up & Petey progresses. Takes him through his prime (age 33). Expect Petey to turn it on now that this is all done with.
Kevin Bieksa giving Quinn Hughes a shoutout as one of the 5 potential MVP votes on Hockey Night in Canada. He’s not going to win the award, but his name deserves some recognition.
#Canucks
Conor Garland showing that he can make an impact in big boy hockey games as an undersized winger. That line with Podkolzin and Lindholm has been buzzing tonight.
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