By WEB STAFF
sportsnet.ca
The Vancouver Canucks feel they are strong contenders to sign Peter Forsberg if the 36-year old decides to return to the National Hockey League next week.
According to a Globe and Mail report, Canucks general manager Mike GIllis has close ties to Forsberg’s agent Don Baizley, which means the club is on the Swedish star’s short list.
The Canucks have about $2 million in cap space available Continue reading ‘Canucks confident in race for Forsberg’
The Vancouver Canucks may be getting an offensive boost on its road trip this week as Daniel Sedin is inching closer to returning from injury.
Sedin, who has been recovering from a broken foot, skated on his own the last few days and is on his way to Dallas to join the team for practice on Sunday. His status for Tuesday’s game in St. Louis is uncertain.
The 29-year-old Swedish winger suffered the injury when he was hit by a Continue reading ‘Daniel Sedin to practise with Canucks Sunday’
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TERRACE, B.C. — Sergei Shirokov left his mark on Terrace, B.C.
The Vancouver forward scored his second goal of the game just past the midway point of the third period as the Canucks beat the New York Islanders 2-1 in the 2009 Kraft Hockeyville NHL exhibition game on Monday night.
The 2006 draft pick and former CSKA Moscow player cooly backhanded the winner past Islanders goalie Nathan Continue reading ‘Canucks beat Isles sans Tavares’
VANCOUVER — They are two goaltenders at the opposite ends of their careers, fighting for the same job with the Vancouver Canucks.
The future lies ahead for Cory Schneider while veteran Andrew Raycroft may be down to his last chance in the NHL as the two battle for the backup position behind Roberto Luongo.
Schneider, 23, has youth and potential on his side. Raycroft, 29, has veteran experience but a sketchy track record.
VANCOUVER — They are two goaltenders at the opposite ends of their careers, fighting for the same job with the Vancouver Canucks.
The future lies ahead for Cory Schneider while veteran Andrew Raycroft may be down to his last chance in the NHL as the two battle for the backup position behind Roberto Luongo.
Schneider, 23, has youth and potential on his side. Raycroft, 29, has veteran experience but a sketchy track record.
VANCOUVER — They are two goaltenders at the opposite ends of their careers, fighting for the same job with the Vancouver Canucks.
The future lies ahead for Cory Schneider while veteran Andrew Raycroft may be down to his last chance in the NHL as the two battle for the backup position behind Roberto Luongo.
Schneider, 23, has youth and potential on his side. Raycroft, 29, has veteran experience but a sketchy track record.
McIver, 24, spent the 2008.09 season split between the Anaheim Ducks and Canucks. In 18 NHL games last season, all with Anaheim, McIver recorded one assist and 36 penalty minutes. In an additional 28 games with the Canucks American Hockey League affiliate, Manitoba Moose, McIver had two assists and 59 penalty minutes.
The 6???3???, 205-pound defenceman was originally drafted 254th overall by the Canucks in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Continue reading ‘McIver re-signs with Canucks’
By DAN MURPHY
Sportsnet.ca
Schneider split time between Altanta and Montreal last season, recording nine goals and 23 assists in 67 games.
Canucks GM Mike Gillis has been saying he’d like to sign one more defenceman to the roster, and Schneider would also fit the bill of a power-play quarterback the Canucks have been seeking.
Continue reading ‘Canucks close to signing Schneider’
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have re-signed right-winger Jannik Hansen to a contract, the NHL team said Wednesday.
Hansen, 23, had six goals and 15 assists in 55 games with the Canucks last season. He had one goal in two games played with the AHL Manitoba Moose.
The six-foot-one, 201-pound native of Herlev, Denmark, was taken 287th overall by the Canucks in the 2004 draft.
Baumgartner, 33, recorded 33 points (11-22-33) and 50 penalty minutes in 72 games with the Canucks AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose last season. Between 2002-03 and 2005-06 Baumgartner played 87 games with Vancouver scoring six goals and 34 assists (6-34-40). Baumgartner has played for six NHL teams in his career recording 45 points (6-39-45) and 67 penalty minutes in 131 games. The 6???2″, 205-lbs native of Calgary, Alberta was originally Continue reading ‘Canucks make three more signings’
