- Team Outlook from McKeen’s Hockey Guide:After Vancouver’s second straight fast exit from the playoffs, head coach Alain Vigneault was shown the door and John Tortorella was brought in. Given Tortorella’s reputation, that would have been the big move during any other offseason, although not this time.
That’s because Canucks GM Mike Gillis ended his very public efforts to move Roberto Luongo by agreeing to a trade with the New Jersey Devils…for Cory Schneider. The move seemed to shock Luongo, who had accepted that he was going to be traded and even seemed eager for a fresh start. Still, Luongo has indicated that he will honour his contract and goaltending remains one of the Canucks’ strengths.
The Sedin twins are another plus, although they are a step below the elite forwards who, just a few years back, took turns winning the Art Ross Trophy. Even with the twins, the Canucks weren’t more than a middling team offensively in 2013, however they should get a boost this season if Ryan Kesler can stay healthy. Kesler has endured a few surgeries over the last couple of years, but that all seems to be behind him now.
How the team adjusts to Tortorella will be a big factor. Although Tortorella obviously rubs some people the wrong way, he does have a lengthy history of success. His new approach and tactics might be what Vancouver needs to get past their recent postseason struggles and live up to their potential before Luongo and the Sedin twins’ age becomes a significant liability.
- Team Fantasy Outlook from Dobber Hockey’s 2013-14 Fantasy Guide – Over a 150 pages of fantasy goodness:The lowdown on: Zack Kassian – The skilled, bruising power forward is progressing too slowly for a lot of fantasy owners’ tastes, but in reality he is probably on the fast track. Still only 22, he’s probably going to be a 20-goal scorer (if he stays healthy for all 82 games, which I suggest in my projection won’t happen). His size and upside will see to it that he keeps getting extended looks on the Sedin line and one of these seasons it will work. If I were to guess, it would be in his fourth or fifth year – so look for something big from him in 2014-15.
When Kesler was healthy he played a lot on a line with Hansen. However, Hansen performed far better when Kesler was on the shelf. Hansen had 22 points in 31 games with Kesler out of the lineup, but just five in 16 with him in. And no, that’s not because he played with the Sedin twins. Just two of Hansen’s 28 points last year were with the twins.
Garrison produced at a 0.41 points-per-game clip over the 12 games that Bieksa was hurt, but a 0.31 clip otherwise. Less cannibalization of his power-play time.
Burrows picked up 19 of his 24 points playing with the Sedins (surprising nobody), which is about 79% of his production from around 50% of his shifts. This obviously means a wide range of potential point totals for Burrows, relying heavily on who he plays with. The better season that Kassian has, the worse Burrows’ numbers will be.
Booth has just 86 points in 175 games since being out with a concussion back in 2009. Before the hit, he had 103 in 154. Not the same player and his injury risk is too great to own in a keeper league. However, a one-year roto league may have some mild interest, as he can be quickly and easily benched.
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Additions: D Alex Biega, D Jeremie Blain, F Brandon DeFazio, G Joacim Eriksson, F Benn Ferriero, F Zach Hamill, F Ronalds Kenins, F Kellan Lain, F Pascal Pelletier, F Brad Richardson, F Mike Santorelli, F Colin Stuart, D Yannick Weber.
Subtractions: D Keith Ballard, D Cam Barker, F Guillaume Desbiens, F Andrew Ebbett, F Andrew Gordon, D Derek Joslin, F Maxim Lapierre, F Manny Malhotra, F Steve Pinizzotto, F Prab Rai, F Mason Raymond, F Derek Roy, G Cory Schneider, F Stefan Schneider, D Jim Vandermeer-D
Promotion candidates: D Frank Corrado, C Brendan Gaunce, LW Nicklas Jensen, G Eddie Lack
Player salaries: $66,589,000 (22)
Cap Number: $62,052,778
Bonuses: $0
Cap Space: $2,247,222
Forwards: $33,920,000 (12)
Defensemen: $22,049,444 (8)
Goalies: $6,083,333 (2)
Source: CapGeek
Forwards
Daniel Sedin – Henrik Sedin – Alexandre Burrows
David Booth – Ryan Kesler – Zack Kassian
Chris Higgins – Brad Richardson – Jannik Hansen
Benn Ferriero – Mike Santorelli – Dale Weise
Tom Sestito – Zach Hamill
Defensemen
Alexander Edler – Kevin Bieksa
Dan Hamhuis – Jason Garrison
Frank Corrado – Christopher Tanev
Yannick Weber
Goalies
Roberto Luongo
Eddie Lack
2013 Vancouver Canucks Draft Results
| Rd. | Draft # | Player | Team | Pos. |
| 1 | 9 | Bo Horvat | London (OHL) | C |
| 1 | 24 | Hunter Shinkaruk | Medicine Hat (WHL) | C/RW |
| 3 | 85 | Cole Cassels | Oshawa (OHL) | F |
| 4 | 115 | Jordan Subban | Belleville (OHL) | D |
| 5 | 145 | Anton Cederholm | Rogle Jr. (SWE-JR. ) | D |
| 6 | 175 | Mike Williamson | Spruce Grove (AJHL ) | D |
| 7 | 205 | Miles Liberati | London (OHL ) | D |
Vancouver Canucks Top Prospects
| NHL.com | Hockey Prospectus | Dobber Prospects | Hockeys Future | The Hockey News | |
| 1 | Nicklas Jensen | Hunter Shinkaruk | Nicklas Jensen | Nicklas Jensen | Bo Horvat |
| 2 | Bo Horvat | Bo Horvat | Eddie Lack | Bo Horvat | Hunter Shinkaruk |
| 3 | Brendan Gaunce | Frankie Corrado | Hunter Shinkaruk | Brendan Gaunce | Nicklas Jensen |
| 4 | Frank Corrado | Nicklas Jensen | Bo Horvat | Jordan Schroeder | Brendan Gaunce |
| 5 | Joacim Eriksson | Brendan Gaunce | Joacim Eriksson | Frank Corrado | Eddie Lack |
| 6 | Hunter Shinkaruk | Jordan Subban | Frankie Corrado | Hunter Shinkaruk | Cole Cassels |
| 7 | Patrick McNally | Henrik Tommemes | Jordan Schroeder | Joacim Eriksson | Peter Andersson |
| 8 | Joe Cannata | Eddie Lack | Brendan Gaunce | Patrick McNally | Frank Corrado |
| 9 | Kellan Lain | Joseph LaBate | Joseph LeBate | Joseph Labate | Jordan Subban |
| 10 | Yann Sauve | Patrick McNally | Jordan Subban | Joe Cannata | Anton Cederholm |
2012-13 Vancouver Canucks Player Stats
| Player |
Pos
|
GP
|
G
|
A
|
P
|
+/-
|
PIM
|
PP
|
SH
|
GW
|
OT
|
S
|
S%
|
| Henrik Sedin |
C
|
48
|
11
|
34
|
45
|
19
|
24
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
70
|
15.7
|
| Daniel Sedin |
L
|
47
|
12
|
28
|
40
|
12
|
18
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
138
|
8.7
|
| Jannik Hansen |
R
|
47
|
10
|
17
|
27
|
12
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
99
|
10.1
|
| Alexandre Burrows |
L
|
47
|
13
|
11
|
24
|
15
|
54
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
140
|
9.3
|
| Dan Hamhuis |
D
|
47
|
4
|
20
|
24
|
9
|
12
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
61
|
6.6
|
| Mason Raymond |
L
|
46
|
10
|
12
|
22
|
2
|
16
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
79
|
12.7
|
| Alexander Edler |
D
|
45
|
8
|
14
|
22
|
-5
|
37
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
113
|
7.1
|
| Jason Garrison |
D
|
47
|
8
|
8
|
16
|
18
|
28
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
94
|
8.5
|
| Chris Higgins |
L
|
41
|
10
|
5
|
15
|
-4
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
77
|
13
|
| Ryan Kesler |
C
|
17
|
4
|
9
|
13
|
-5
|
12
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
36
|
11.1
|
| Kevin Bieksa |
D
|
36
|
6
|
6
|
12
|
6
|
48
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
77
|
7.8
|
| Zack Kassian |
R
|
39
|
7
|
4
|
11
|
-7
|
51
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
49
|
14.3
|
| Maxim Lapierre |
C
|
48
|
4
|
6
|
10
|
-6
|
45
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
54
|
7.4
|
| Jordan Schroeder |
C
|
31
|
3
|
6
|
9
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
28
|
10.7
|
| Christopher Tanev |
D
|
38
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
20
|
10
|
| Dale Weise |
R
|
40
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
-7
|
43
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
35
|
8.6
|
| Derek Roy |
C
|
12
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
15
|
| Andrew Ebbett |
C
|
28
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
-1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
4.3
|
| David Booth |
L
|
12
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
-3
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
27
|
3.7
|
| Keith Ballard |
D
|
36
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
-2
|
29
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
35
|
0
|
| Cam Barker |
D
|
14
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
-3
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
0
|
| Tom Sestito |
L
|
23
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
-3
|
53
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
9.1
|
| Aaron Volpatti |
L
|
16
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
28
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
9.1
|
| Andrew Alberts |
D
|
24
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-7
|
32
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
0
|
| Steven Pinizzotto |
R
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-6
|
29
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
| Manny Malhotra |
C
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Frank Corrado |
D
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| Andrew Gordon |
R
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Derek Joslin |
D
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Nicklas Jensen |
L
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Bill Sweatt |
L
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Player |
GP
|
GS
|
W
|
L
|
OT
|
SA
|
GA
|
GAA
|
Sv
|
Sv%
|
SO
|
G
|
A
|
| Cory Schneider |
30
|
30
|
17
|
9
|
4
|
835
|
61
|
2.11
|
774
|
0.927
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
| Roberto Luongo |
20
|
18
|
9
|
6
|
3
|
551
|
51
|
2.56
|
500
|
0.907
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
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