Our focus switches to the battle of Florida, where the Florida Panthers travel to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Today’s confirmed goaltender matchups for our highlighted game: The Florida Panthers’ Sergei Bobrovsky (36-17-4) vs. The Tampa Bay Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy (30-20-2). Tampa Bay Lightning Moneyline (-115) A $10.00 bet would return $18.69. This Florida team is no joke, and Tampa Bay has already struggled to beat them in this series. But you know who has something to say about that? Andrei Vasilevskiy.  The Lightning are back on home ice, where they have a 25-11-5 record this sea ..read more

Welcome back to another edition of Around the League — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League, oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens. The National Hockey League is in the midst of one of the busiest times of the year, and the news cycle certainly reflects that! Former Arizona Coyotes embrace warm welcome in Utah’s Delta Center Bright and early at the Salt Lake City airport, ex-Arizona Coyotes players and coaches were greeted by around 100 enthusiastic kids from local hockey programs. Later on, the team joined in ..read more

On Wednesday night, legendary hockey broadcaster Bob Cole passed away in St. John’s at the age of 90, surrounded by his family. As the iconic voice of Hockey Night in Canada, Cole became a staple in Canadian households, bringing excitement and passion to countless hockey games watched by families across the nation. For half a century, Cole’s unforgettable calls became synonymous with Saturday night hockey. His trademark  “Oh, baby!” became a beloved catchphrase, immortalizing him in the hearts of fans and players alike. Even after retiring in 2019, Cole’s influence on the sport and its br ..read more

Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet that likes to eat its queso raw. Speaking of que sera, sera, it’s true what they say in the song. Whatever will be, will be. The future’s not ours to see, and that’s especially true when one is attempting to provide hockey content in the middle of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The action moves fast and furious. A little too fast and furious for a week-by-week call-and-response column to keep up, if we’re being honest, but we’ll do our level best. Here’s the conundrum. This column gets written out early in the week, published mid-week, a ..read more

Fans of the Vancouver Canucks have finally laid eyes upon something that the world has been waiting a long time to see…and we’re not talking about a playoff appearance. We’re talking, of course, about the Loch Ness Monster. For the uninitiated, “Nessie” is a veritable all-star of cryptozoology, meaning that it’s one of the planet’s most famous creatures that may or may not exist. Witnessed as early as the year 565, the Loch Ness Monster is supposedly a plesiosaur-like lake-beast that has somehow managed to survive into the modern era in the murky depths of Scotland’s Loch Ness. The cultural ph ..read more

Good news, everyone! The advanced and underlying statistics state that the Vancouver Canucks were the better team in Game 2 of Round One of the Stanley Cup Playoffs! Sure, the Nashville Predators and their fans can celebrate silly little things like “scoring four goals” and “only allowing one goal against” and “winning the actual game.” But the Canucks totally dominated in shot attempts, Corsi, expected goals, high-danger chances, and all those other big-ticket buzzwords. So, in other words, both teams can walk away from this one feeling good and celebratory. Wait, what?! No one is celebrating ..read more

On today’s episode of Canucks Conversation, David Quadrelli and Irfaan Gaffar discussed what was a rough outing for Elias Pettersson in game 2 of the playoffs against Nashville. The Canucks had plenty of chances in the game, none more so than Pettersson, who missed a wide open net with just seconds left in the 2nd period which is perhaps the most glaring mistake. Elias Pettersson misses an open net on the power play#Canucks | #Preds ?️: Sportsnet | NHL pic.twitter.com/EwYUqdkcKH — CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) April 24, 2024 “Elias Pettersson is going to make eleven million dollars,” Irf stated ..read more

The Abbotsford Canucks are off to the playoffs for the third straight year. This year’s opponents? The Colorado Eagles.  This matchup was locked in on the eve of the AHL regular season as the Eagles lost to the Ontario Reign, 7-3. Unfortunately for Canucks fans, the Eagles won on the final day of the regular season to secure home-ice advantage in the first round.  Although they were unable to lock up home-ice advantage in the first round, the boys in Abby certainly made it exciting down the stretch for Canucks fans. How They Got Here The season’s final stretch is when Abbotsford flip ..read more

Well, Canucks Army faithful have to wait until Friday for some more Vancouver Canucks bets. But tonight, there is another Western Conference matchup to bet on! Today’s confirmed goaltender matchups for our highlighted game: The Vegas Golden Knights’ Logan Thompson (25-14-5) vs. The Dallas Stars Jake Oettinger (35-14-4). Dallas Stars Moneyline (-160) A $16.00 bet would return $26.00. The Dallas Stars drew the absolute shortest stick by winning the Western Conference and having to play the LTIR merchants, Golden Knights. It was almost poetic, as Mark Stone and his $9.2M LTIR money scored the op ..read more

JT Miller knows the feeling all too well.  Last night, the Vancouver Canucks fell 4-1 to the Nashville Predators in Game 2 of the playoff series, leaving the series tied at 1. Despite the Canucks dominating in shot attempts with 84 to the Predators’ 36, and tallying 18 shots compared to the visitors’ 16, Nashville’s defense was impassable with a whopping 32 blocked shots compared to Vancouver’s 7. The absence of players like Thatcher Demko, likely out for the rest of the series due to injury, and Tyler Myers, sidelined with the flu, didn’t help the Canucks’ cause. Despite numerous scoring ..read more