Kuzma: Canucks preparing for the unknown
The first post-lockout domino should fall in these parts like a giant Douglas fir if the Vancouver Canucks expect to maximize a return for Roberto Luongo. Should a shortened season come to fruition, a...
View ArticleGallagher: When Canucks return, what will they look like?
When sports editor Jonathan McDonald suggested gazing into the crystal ball for the last column of the year, it seemed like a risky proposition. Predictions of any kind are difficult, particularly with...
View ArticleNHL reviewing NHLPA’s counter offer after meeting
NEW YORK — Just steps from the massive celebration in Times Square, top NHL executives spent New Year’s Eve reviewing a collective bargaining proposal that could save a shortened season. With the...
View ArticleNHL, NHLPA kick off 2013 with full day of labour talks
NEW YORK — The push towards a deal that would save a shortened NHL season continued Tuesday. The league and union were gearing up for a full day of talks with a deadline looming to reach a new...
View ArticleNHL delivers counter-proposal to union in push to save the season
NEW YORK — The NHL delivered a comprehensive counter-proposal to the NHL Players’ Associaton on Tuesday night as the sides pushed to reach an agreement that would save the season. NHLPA executive...
View ArticleCanucks’ cap twist may force tough roster decisions
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks aren’t talking, but you can bet the team is hoping that a $60-million salary cap for the 2013-14 season has not become the latest hill the National Hockey League is...
View ArticleNo matter what the schedule, a 48-game Canucks season will be a grind
It’s no secret significant travel challenges await the Vancouver Canucks should a collective bargaining agreement be struck and allow a 48-game schedule to commence Jan. 19. What remains a mystery is...
View ArticleCanucks players preparing backup plans if NHL season cancelled
VANCOUVER — Since Day One of the NHL lockout, the Sedin twins have maintained they would return home to play for Modo in the Swedish Elite League if, and only if, the season was cancelled. Daniel Sedin...
View ArticleBieksa and Co. bracing for worst-case scenario
Kevin Bieksa has thought of making the best out of what could be a worst-case NHL lockout scenario with another charity game venture. Same goes for Daniel and Henrik Sedin, who would have an option to...
View ArticleGame on! NHL lockout ends with tentative deal between league, NHLPA
NEW YORK — After six long months of negotiations, it took one extremely long night to get the NHL out of the boardroom and back on the ice. A tentative deal to end the 113-day NHL lockout was reached...
View ArticleMigrant NHL players set to return after spending lockout in Europe
The great migration of NHL players to Europe is about to go into reverse. Some of the nearly 200 players who spent the lockout with European clubs had already started trickling back in recent days....
View ArticleNHL lockout ends with tentative deal between league, NHLPA
NEW YORK, N.Y. – After six long months of negotiations, it took one extremely long night to get the NHL out of the boardroom and back on the ice.A tentative deal to end the 113-day NHL lockout was...
View ArticleSocial media kept everyone in touch during NHL lockout
From start to finish, social media was an ever-present force during the NHL’s lockout. Reaction was almost immediate on Sunday as word spread among players, media and fans that the league’s 113-day...
View ArticleCentre, backup goalie top Canucks’ wish list
A backup goalie, a third-line centre and a depth defenceman are on general manager Mike Gillis’s shopping list as the Vancouver Canucks prepare for a shortened National Hockey League season. Gillis...
View ArticleQuinn says conditioning the key in a short season, Ronning and McLean also...
VANCOUVER – Cliff Ronning and Kirk McLean remember the abbreviated 1994-95 NHL season. Kind of. It was something of a blur. A 48-game regular season began on Jan. 20 and ended May 3. It felt like the...
View ArticleCentre, defenceman and backup goalie top Vancouver Canucks’ wish list
VANCOUVER – A third-line centre, a depth defenceman and probably an experienced backup goalie are on general manager Mike Gillis’s shopping list as the Vancouver Canucks prepare for a shortened...
View ArticleCanucks: Kesler says no timeline for his return
Welcome to The Amazing Race. In a sprint toward the playoffs, a shortened NHL season will challenge the Vancouver Canucks to meet long-standing expectations of returning to Stanley Cup contention with...
View ArticleGallagher: NHL deal means flurry of action for Canucks
Missing the entire season was never an option over the trivial issues that kept the NHL and their players apart for the last month, so the lockout finally ending early Sunday in New York wasn’t really...
View ArticleEnd of NHL lockout a win for Vancouver businesses (with video)
Jessica Kelly was getting home from work around 3 a.m. Sunday in Vancouver just as the news began to break: the 113-day NHL lockout was finally over. The manager of G Sports Bar and Grill on Granville...
View ArticleLockout costs Canucks some season ticket holders but not ‘significant...
VANCOUVER – Not everyone remained a part of Vancouver Canuck Nation during the NHL lockout. General manager Mike Gillis revealed Sunday that some season ticket holders have cancelled their packages...
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