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That’s probably being too kind. Fans were  pissed, and the local media was holding Jim Benning’s feet to the fire. And the reaction was perfectly reasonable. It’s been nearly three years since the Canucks acquired Motte, along with Jussi Jokinen, from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Thomas Vanek. The hope at the time was that Vancouver, still in the darkness of a fumbled rebuild, would cash in on Vanek — a player they signed for cheap in free agency, but who scored 17 goals and 41 points in just 61 games with the Canucks. But instead of a draft pick — a third-rounder wou...

Jake Virtanen appears headed for his first healthy scratch of the season tonight. Kevin Woodley of InGoal Magazine and NHL.com spotted the Canucks winger on the ice at Rogers Arena this morning, which wasn’t a scheduled on-ice session for the rest of the skaters that played last night. Perhaps more noteworthy: Virtanen + Gaudette were among 10 players/taxi squad that also skated, but Gaudette was off early + Virtanen stays for a hard group skate late so could be healthy scratch. Jayce Hawryluk, injured in training camp scrimmage, also skated this am With back-to-back games against the Senat...

Instead of hats raining down onto the ice after Brandon Sutter’s hat trick goal on Monday night, just one hat — belonging to backup goalie Braden Holtby — hit the ice at Rogers Arena. It was a cool moment in these bizarre times, but certainly it’s just not the same without fans at games. Even among the players, they’re limited in the amount of socializing they can do with each other. So what do you do? Buy your teammate a delicious ice cream treat,  obviously. “Man, we miss the fans,” Canucks defenceman Nate Schmidt said on Tuesday. “It’d be such a cool thing for [Sutter’...

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During the Canucks’ alarming start, while attention has been focused on Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller and overall chaos on defence, Brandon Sutter and a couple others near the bottom of the lineup have quietly been among the team’s best. Monday, Sutter wasn’t so quiet.