Credit: Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports The Oilers are making noise in the NHL. I feel bad for Oilers fans because this season has been one heck of a rollercoaster. The start was horrendous but now they have banked 10 wins…
To start, this article is going to be released on January 16th so if the Winnipeg Jets go into a tailspin right after this is published, it is not Area 51’s fault. Are they going to drop down the standings…
The Vancouver Canucks were reportedly aggressive on the trade front. They needed to clear cap space before opening night. But for that to happen, they would have to lose a draft pick along with the player they are sending. Well,…
Every sports team needs a captain and the Vancouver Canucks don’t have one right now. Since Bo Horvat was traded to the New York Islanders last January, the Canucks have not had a player wear the “C.” You could say…
it is September and that means it is back to school, back to fantasy football, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong goes to sleep for the whole month and of course, back to Vancouver Canucks hockey. After another long offseason,…
Every offseason for the past four or five years, we ask ourselves the same question, are the Vancouver Canucks a playoff team? Every offseason, the Canucks make moves. Some polarize the fanbase, of course. This season, something feels different. The…
For Vancouver Canucks fans, July 1 is a day of infamy. In years past, the Canucks would sign players to lucrative contracts. Loui Eriksson, Jay Beagle and Tyler Myers come to mind. Vancouver had some cap space freed up thanks…
Carter Sotheran (Photo: Keith Dwiggins/Portland Winterhawks) Growing up in a small town in Manitoba, Portland Winterhawks defenseman Carter Sotheran credits his parents for getting him into hockey at a young age. While he says he’s loved the sport since he…
It has been an exciting two years for Tyler Thorpe. The Richmond, B.C.-born forward has gone from playing in the Pacific Junior Hockey League all the way to the WHL and now finds himself on the NHL’s Central Scouting List…
For the eighth time in the last ten years, the Vancouver Canucks are not in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Bruce Boudreau said last September that missing the playoffs would be a disaster for the Canucks. Disaster is one of the words you…