Clay's Canucks Commentary

Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, JT Miller, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson will all serve as alternate captains for the remainder of the season.  Who should be the captain of the team starting next season?

The Canucks lost 5-4 in overtime to the New Jersey Devils in both teams' first game out of the All-Star Break.  Anthony Beauvillier - recently acquired from the New York Islanders in the trade for Bo Horvat - made his Canucks debut.

Bo Horvat signs a massive extension with the Islanders, the Canucks roll out new lines with all of the new players, Pettersson and Hughes are named alternate captains, and I bring in Coach Patrick from my sponsor Perform and Transform Personal Training and Weight Loss to say hello.

Ilya Mikheyev had successful knee surgery, the latest details of Bo Horvat's contract offer come out, and Thatcher Demko states that he hasn't requested a trade.  As well, we give away a pair of Canucks tickets in honour of me passing the 9,700 subscriber mark on YouTube.

Bo Horvat will still represent the Pacific Division at this weekend's All-Star Game while wearing Islanders colours.  And we talk about Rick Tocchet and our first impressions of him.

Now that we've had over a day to digest the Bo Horvat trade, what are your feelings towards it?  As I've mentioned all along, I like the return considering Horvat could end up being a rental for the Islanders.

I brought in Kim (IslesGirl3) to help me break down the massive Bo Horvat trade to the New York Islanders. The Canucks traded Bo Horvat to the Islanders for forward Anthony Beauvillier, prospect Aatu Raty, and a protected 2023 1st round draft pick.

After Friday's night's win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Canucks announced that forward Ilya Mikheyev will miss the remainder of the season as he undergoes surgery to repair a torn ACL.

The Canucks have signed Andrei Kuzmenko to a two-year extension with an average annual value of $5.5 million ($11 million total).  His contract also includes a 12 team no-trade clause.   Is this a good contract for the Canucks?

The Canucks were thoroughly outplayed by the Seattle Kraken 6-1 in Seattle's first win in seven tries against their I-5 rival.

Andrei Kuzmenko scored two goals and both Elias Pettersson and Luke Schenn had two assists as the Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 in Rick Tocchet's Canucks coaching debut.

Rick Tocchet ran his first practice as Canucks head coach, and had new assistants Adam Foote and Sergei Gonchar with him.  As well, we share our favourite Bruce Boudreau memories on the night he leaves Vancouver for his home in Hersey, PA.

Rick Tocchet was named the 21st head coach in Canucks franchise history.  Tocchet, Jim Rutherford, and Patrik Allvin met the media today to answer questions about Bruce Boudreau's firing, the club's priorities, and Tocchet's coaching style.

My son Sean joins me to recap an eventful night at Rogers Arena: the Canucks revealed their new Flying Skate jerseys, the club paid tribute to Gino Odjick, Steven Stamkos had a hat trick to go over the 500 goal mark, and the Canucks lost 5-2 to the Lightning.

Jim Rutherford made waves yesterday when he said that he'd rather retool the Canucks than rebuild.    Do you think Canucks fans are truly patient enough to endure a full rebuild?

Canucks President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford answered questions from reporters this morning, and touched on everything from Bo Horvat to Bruce Boudreau to the team's dire salary cap situation.

The Canucks defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout today to end off their five game road trip with a record of 1-4.  As well, fan favourite Gino Odjick passed away today from a heart attack at the young age of 52.  May he rest in peace.

The Canucks lost 5-4 to the Tampa Bay Lightning to hit the half-way point of the season at 17-21-3.  Oliver Ekman-Larsson was scratched for the first time since joining the Canucks, and Tanner Pearson will be shut down for the rest of the season.

We took a break from Canucks talk and chatted with Jacob about his experience in Montreal making Team Canada and bowling two perfect games in the past week.

The Canucks blew a 3 goal first-period lead in a 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.  As well, we talk about which Imoo family member has the biggest trade value.

The Canucks battled back from a couple of two-goal deficits but their lack of defensive discipline did them in, resulting in a 7-4 loss to the Winnipeg Jets.  Three dozen of us watched the game together at my meet up at Monkey 9 Brewing.

Led by Andrei Kuzmenko and Elias Pettersson, the Canucks defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-2.  As well, Jacob finished third at the bowling national team trials and made Team Canada for the second consecutive year.

The Canucks are now 2 games under .500 and their schedule only gets tougher from here.  As well, I talk about the big win for the Canadian Juniors, and Jacob's strong performance in day 1 of the National Team Trials for bowling.

The Canucks blew a first period lead and fell to the visiting New York Islanders by a score of 6-2.  Defensive turnovers were the story of the game. 

The Canucks had an eventful day: they practiced in their black flying skate gear, JT Miller made some interesting comments to media while defending his play, and the Canucks are apparently interested in Rangers forward Alexis Lafreniere.