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Could coach John Tortorella fix the Vancouver Canucks?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: June 13, 2013

This much we know: former New York Rangers coach John Tortorella reportedly met with the Vancouver Canucks about their head coach vacancy earlier this week. At this point, that’s about all we know, but that hasn’t slowed the speculation and rumors at all. By Thursday afternoon, there were rumblings on Twitter that Tortorella could be...

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NHL Playoffs: Net Assets Will Fuel Canucks-Kings Matchup

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: April 11, 2012

These guys have done this before: the last time they met in the playoffs, it was two seasons ago. The Vancouver Canucks tallied 103 points and won the Northwest Division title, while the Los Angeles Kings wrapped up their own tidy 101-point effort. It was a close series then, with the Canucks taking it in...

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NHL: Familiar Foes Face Off As Canucks Host Stars

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: March 30, 2012

Sometimes it’s tough to know what the NHL schedule-makers are thinking. After the two teams had not seen each other all season, the people who plan these things decided the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks must play each other four times within the final seven weeks. This is the final meeting of the regular season...

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Ballard Returns, Sedin Exits as Concussion Haunts Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 30, 2012

Concussion is the dark spectre that haunts modern day hockey. Frank Doyle reports. The Vancouver Canucks’ Keith Ballard has returned to the ice after seven weeks on the injured reserve list. The defenseman took a double whammy of hits over two games, at Colorado on February 4th and then three days later at Nashville, that...

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NHL: Canucks Play Dallas After Brutal Night In Chicago

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: March 22, 2012

The Vancouver Canucks haven’t done well lately even with winger Daniel Sedin in the lineup. What kind of effort will they be able to muster against the Dallas Stars because their top goal-scorer is unable to play? Sedin, who leads the Canucks with 30 goals, took an elbow to the head from Blackhawks defenseman Duncan...

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NHL Preview: Vancouver Canucks

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: September 30, 2011

The Canucks are still the team to beat. Charlie Boccanegra breaks them down. The Canucks won the Presidents’ Trophy last year. They ranked 1st in goals for and goals against in the NHL, and fell just one game short of the Stanley Cup last year. But a majority of the team are back and, while...