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The Vancouver Canucks announced today that they have inked free agent goaltender Andrew Raycroft to a one-year, one-way contract worth $500,000. Raycroft, 29, will be joining the fourth NHL team of his career after stops in Boston, Toronto, and Colorado by Kevin Lee 75 reads The Vancouver Canucks announced today that they have inked free agent ...

It's a little bit terrifying for a Vancouver Canuck fan when you look at the list of free agents who are slated to come available to the rest of the NHL on July 1. Granted there's still a couple of weeks to go before the free-for-all begins but the list of available Vancouver players right now looks pretty significant, particularly if they should ...

The Canucks gave their fans the jerseys off their backs in a post-game ceremony Thursday night.

It will be a game-time decision whether injured defenceman Sami Salo is in the Canucks' lineup for Game 5 versus the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Canucks held a team meeting Friday following by an optional practice, with only the "black aces" taking part -- Rob Davison, Jannick Hansen, Jeff Cowan and Sami Salo.

Vigneault wanted, in no particular order, a better forecheck, more north-south play, less D-to-D passing and most importantly, improvement in their overall five-on-five play.

The Chicago Blackhawks want a better start, while the Vancouver Canucks will be seeking a much better finish when the two teams meet tonight in Game 3 of their best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final series at the United Center.

If style points were awarded in the playoffs, the Vancouver Canucks would have an abundance of them, especially for their work on the power play in Game 1 of their Western Conference Semifinal series against the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Vancouver Canucks love internal competition, and that may be what's partly behind the decision to have Jeff Cowan re-join the team after his AHL Peoria Rivermen team was eliminated from the playoffs six days ago.

The Chicago Blackhawks battled back from a two-goal deficit and used Dave Bolland's short-handed goal to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 Saturday night to tie their NHL Western Conference semifinal playoff at one game each.

Will the home-ice magic continue tonight for the Vancouver Canucks? Coach Alain Vigneault's skaters are a perfect 3-0 in the playoffs at GM Place and they've won five straight at home dating back into the regular season.

Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was back on the ice Thursday after taking Wednesday off while the rest of his team practiced.

Vancouver Canucks Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows give a hug to Chicago Blackhawk Patrick Kane during Game 1. Chicago Blackhawk defenceman Brent Seabrook put it about as succinctly as a human being can after his team surrenders a game-winning goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs with 73 seconds remaining.

Jeff Cowan was recalled by the Vancouver Canucks Thursday from Peoria of the American Hockey League.

Nothing's changed as far as Trevor Linden is concerned. You earn your ice time, like always.

If the sequel is as good as the original, there's a hit in the making in Hollywood North today.

Ryan Kesler isn't completely happy with the way he's playing. It's hard to imagine, given his breakout season and considering that he's starting to get some Selke buzz outside of the 604 area code in his shutdown role.

This year's squad might not match the 2006-07 team's point total, but there's a sense that it could last longer in the playoffs At the time, it was considered the greatest stretch of hockey the Vancouver ...

Upon sober reflection, Shane O'Brien may have made his greatest contribution to the Vancouver Canucks with that virtuoso bonehead performance.