Track 2024 Canucks Offseason Departure Here

Now, one month into the 2024-25 regular season, Vancouver Canucks key additions and subtractions have had time to become established on their respective teams. On Saturday night, Jake DeBrusk scored his inaugural goal of the season; but how are some other former Canucks doing? Now playing alongside Jake Oettinger in Dallas, DeSmith appears poised to build on his successes with Vancouver. His 2024-25 season started off strong against Seattle Kraken with a 25-save shutout that marked his two wins and two losses record thus far. By November 8th he stood ninth for goals saved above expected with an outstanding average per 60 save performance score of 0.937! With an overall save percentage of 0.929 in high-danger unblocked shot attempt saves, he ranks third in the league. Though these figures look impressive over four games, their continuation into subsequent ones may not be. Elias Lindholm of Boston Bruins 2-7-9 15 Games played has had an uncharacteristically rough start to his season in Boston. Swedish forward Johan Garland found tremendous success playing alongside Dakota Joshua during the 2023-24 playoffs; however, he hasn’t quite reached that same success level with Boston yet. Lindholm joined a Bruins system which desperately needs centre depth – something they appear to think Lindholm can help with. Though he’s posted respectable numbers since joining Boston (nine points in 13 games), expectations can often outstrip performance when being measured against Patrice Bergeron’s stature and legacy.Ian ColeUtah Hockey Club1-5-6 14GPIan Cole’s departure from Vancouver may go underrecognized as it could easily have gone undetected by many. Even though Cole had an off series against Edmonton, his play in both regular season games as well as Nashville helped steady a Canucks defence that hasn’t quite performed to expectations this season. Cole already registered 10 shots this season despite only 14 games having taken place; last season he managed 61 total. He has blocked 28 shots this season – more than any current Canuck. Ilya Mikheyev of Chicago Blackhawks started off his Canucks tenure promisingly. But shortly thereafter it turned sour. Signed due to his speed and defensive skills, Russian forward Sergey Prokhorov’s debut season with Vancouver was marred by an ACL tear suffered during training camp. Subsequent games with Vancouver proved fruitless as only one goal was scored out of 50 regular season contests played with Vancouver. Mikheyev joined Sam Lafferty at Chicago when traded last June and has been seen skating alongside Jason Dickinson and Teuvo Teravainen, former Canuck teammates from Vancouver. His only goal this season so far came when he scored into an empty net against Colorado Avalanche. Nikita Zadorov of Boston Bruins’s roster has yet to register one goal so far and 15 GPA; although only appearing for 54 regular season and 13 playoff games with Vancouver Canucks. Yet his board-breaking hits and quirky personality left an indelible mark upon fans alike. Vancouver tried and failed to sign him on for $5M per season despite his impressive playoff play; thus starting him down his path towards Boston. Zadorov leads the Bruins in penalty minutes (25) and ranks second for hits (41). It should come as no surprise that he leads them both categories of statistical performance. Sam Lafferty of the Buffalo Sabres (1-1-1 through 13 games), although not shown much offensive output yet, does not serve as the main offensive contributor on their fourth line behind Peyton Krebs but nevertheless scored against Igor Shesterkin of New York Rangers on November 18. Currently sitting seventh overall among his team’s hit count this season is also something Lafferty excels at doing.