CrashingTheGoalie

Andrew Raycroft was a Bruins goalie who was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was later bought out by the Leafs and signed as a free agent with the Rockies, and later the Canucks.

Who did the Leafs give up to acquire Raycroft?
On June 24th, 2006 they traded Tuukka Rask to Boston.
Rask, 22, was originally [...]

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by Ron Spence
Which Hockey Hall of Famer was -56 during his three seasons with the Canucks?
Who finished their career with a higher +/-  Pavel or Markus?
Which often maligned Vancouver Dman retired with the 125th best NHL +/- of all-time?

Cam Neely finished his NHL career with +82 – ranked 218th all time. He would have been [...]

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by Ron Spence
Martin Brodeur holds the NHL record for the most careers wins. As of October 25, 2009, he has 563 Ws, and Patrick Roy is second with 551.
Who is the goalie – who played for the Canucks, Capitals and Penguins – and never won one NHL contest?

Martin Brochu.
He played in 6 games wearing a [...]

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by Ron Spence
Which Blackhawks defenseman did Vancouver obtain in the NHL’s Intra-League Draft, on June 8, 1971.
Which star centre did the Canucks acquire on June 14, 1978 – from Chicago – for a 2nd round pick?
Name the tough winger who the Canucks traded to Chicago – for Tony Tanti – on January 6, 1983.
Dennis Kearns, Thomas [...]

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by Ron Spence

They are playing for the Stanley Cup south of the 49th, and the Memorial Cup north of the imaginary line.
When the Cup has been won, a Memorial Cup all-star team will be voted in.
Some retired Canucks have been voted onto the team.
Some were honoured, and then drafted by Vancouver. Some were [...]

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by Ron Spence
Patrick Roy holds a number of NHL records. Two of them are: the most games played – 1029 – and career wins – 551. These will become Martin Brodeur’s  by the end of the 2008-09 season.
Two former Canucks are in the Top 30 of the most games played. Sean Burke has played [...]

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by Ron Spence
The Canucks have been infamous for their poor draft picks.
And, one of their bad selections was Petr Nedved – who they took 2nd overall in the 1990 draft.
Nedved had a high-scoring rookie season – 1989-90 – with Seattle, tallying 65 goals and 80 assists, in 71 games.
A few years after the Canucks had [...]

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by Ron Spence
The Canucks have been an NHL team for some 38 seasons.
During a third of the franchise’s history, they had a treadmill of captains.
One season, 1974-75, they were without a captain. In 1990-91, their three captains were Dan Quinn, Doug Lidster and Trevor Linden. Andre Boudrias (1975-76) and Chris Oddleifson (1976-77) wore “the C” [...]

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