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Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports With over a month to go before the entry draft, the Seattle Kraken expansion draft, and free agency, it’s strategy time for the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks made decisions on their coaching staff last week, have to find new contracts for Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes, and will need to make decisions on a few pending unrestricted free agents. GM Jim Benning has promised to be “aggressive” on the trade front and in free agency, and appears likely to use the b...

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Contract negotiations have begun between the Vancouver Canucks and their two biggest stars, Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes. Both Pettersson and Hughes are pending restricted free agents and have hired the same agency, CAA Hockey, to represent them. Pettersson is represented by J.P. Barry, while Pat Brisson represents Hughes. “There’s been multiple talks,” said Barry in an interview with Don Taylor and Rick Dhaliwal on CHEK television this morning. “We’ve...

A look at how sometimes it’s hard to see what’s right there in front of you

Ovechkin is universally considered the best goal-scorer of the generation, certainly the best on the Capitals, and to some, the best player to ever shoot a puck. Sprong’s choice seemed obvious. But not to him, as he called his own number with Devils defenders chasing Ovechkin down. Sprong’s wrist shot found the back of the net, and while it might have been a surprise he elected not to pass, it shouldn’t necessarily be. Because not only this season, but in years past as well, the Capital...

Oilers welcome Jujhar Khaira back with chance to clinch playoff spot Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Dave Tippett discuss the importance of officially clinching a playoff spot, and putting an "x" beside their name, in this unique season, and the focus of riding this momentum into the beginning of the playoffs. Mark Spector | @sportsnetspec May 3, 2021, 4:52 PM EDMONTON — Over the last three more traditional campaigns, the Edmonton Oilers played the Vancouver Ca...

McDavids four-point night helps Oilers clinch playoff spot The Edmonton Oilers are on their way to the North Division playoffs. The Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Monday night and became the second team in the all-Canadian division to clinch a post-season berth. The Canadian Press VIDEO SIGN OUT VANCOUVER — Connor McDavid had four points and the Edmonton Oilers clinched a playoff spot with a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. The Oilers captain had two goal and two assist...

Matthews, who might have been chasing 50 goals in the abbreviated season had he not played a bunch of games with a wrist injury – and missed four games entirely – snatched two goals in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 5-1 win on Saturday. “I thought we played a very strong two periods and a game-breaker gets two goals, and you miss that,” Green told reporters when asked for a Matthews-Pettersson comparison. “It’s not an excuse but I’m not going to sit here and say we don’t miss that i...

Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports Playing 19 games in 32 nights following a COVID outbreak is proving to be as difficult as advertised for the Vancouver Canucks. They’ve played eight games since their unscheduled break, and that included four games against the Ottawa Senators and just one back-to-back situation. It’s about to get a whole lot more difficult with 11 games in 17 nights upcoming. The Canucks begin a four-game series against the Edmonton Oilers tonight, including back-to-back games toni...

Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports A year ago, this would have been unthinkable. The Vancouver Canucks are well set up for the upcoming Seattle Kraken expansion draft this summer. They’re allowed to protect seven forwards, with Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Bo Horvat, J.T. Miller, and Tanner Pearson being five obvious players to keep. They can protect three defencemen, and Quinn Hughes isn’t even eligible for selection. Nate Schmidt and Tyler Myers are the obvious guys to protect on the back end. ...

Preview: Maple Leafs play two against a recovering Canucks team Share this story Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images Maple Leafs @ Vancouver Canucks Tuesday, April 20, 9:00 p.m. on Sportsnet The Canucks play their first game back from a layoff after nearly the entire team, the Taxi Squad and the coaching staff were infected with a variant form of COVID-19. As of Saturday, all but two Canucks players are off the NHL COVID Protocol list. The Canucks’ AHL affiliate is in Utica, New Yor...