After the J.T. Miller trade, one of the talking points surrounding the Vancouver Canucks revolved around faceoff. Subtracting Miller from the lineup left a big hole in this area as he was arguably the team's best faceoff taker.
The Vancouver Canucks continue to struggle when it comes to putting together consistent performances. They’ve fallen well short of the 2023-24 squad that convincingly won the Pacific Division and also advanced to Game 7 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals.
Kiefer Sherwood scored late in the third period as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Friday.
Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson is facing a rather tepid trade market at best, with NHL general managers hesitant to make a move for the star forward. Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli appeared on Flames Nation's Barn Burner on Monday and stated that multiple executives have voiced concerns about acquiring Pettersson.
After consecutive losses since the NHL resumed, Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson voiced a fiery eight-word answer to a question from the media.
Elias Pettersson is the most scrutinized man in Vancouver, if not the entire NHL.  Unfortunately for the Vancouver Canucks‘ highly compensated forward, he has not done enough to silence the skeptics.
Elias Pettersson deftly stickhandled better than he has in a while on Tuesday afternoon. It came in a five minute media scrum following practice as the struggling Vancouver Canucks centre ably answered questions about his disappointing season so far.
First he wasn’t skating. Now he’s not shooting. The hope that Elias Pettersson, liberated from season-long drama by the trade of J.T. Miller on Jan. 31, might be re-energized and re-launch his difficult season has dissipated in February.