Vancouver Canucks News

He'll wear No. 4, not 44, and he's a Duck now, not a Canuck. Todd Bertuzzi may be long gone, but he's not forgotten by Vancouver fans, and that's why his former teammates expect lots of cheers and very few jeers when he finally makes his return tonight to General Motors Place.

The money was a factor, but what also convinced free-agent forward Mikael Samuelsson to sign with the Canucks was the team's potential to be a Stanley Cup contender.

Roberto Luongo is one of five goaltenders invited to Hockey Canada's men's Olympic training camp.

The Phoenix Coyotes signed defenceman Shaun Heshka to a one-year contract Friday.

Swedish right wing Mikael Samuelsson is leaving one Western Conference team heavy on his countrymen to join another.

The Sedin twins seem like decent guys from a distance, without much in the way of skeletons rattling around in the closet.

The Vancouver Canucks signed a trio of players Thursday, including depth defenceman Lawrence Nycholat, who spent most of last season with the NHL team before he was lost on waivers in early March.

Roberto Luongo has been invited to the Hockey Canada men's hockey team camp in August.

For all the anticipation, the three biggest fish never really got into the pond.

Whatever nickname you might choose to slap on the Maple Leafs after the opening of free agency Wednesday, it comes as music to Brian Burke's ears.

The Phoenix Coyotes have signed goaltender Jason LaBarbera to a two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday.

So much for the Sedins coming to Toronto. Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke will have to look elsewhere for some help now that the Swedish twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin have opted to remain in Vancouver and play for the Canucks.

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Step right up to the National Hockey League's annual three-ring free-agent circus Wednesday and under the big top you'll see more than 300 players available to the highest bidder.

The players "certainly don't appear to be living in the same cautionary world that the rest of us are living in right now." - Jackets GM Scott Howson In previous summers, Henrik and Daniel Sedin probably would have signed long-term contracts with the Vancouver Canucks by now.

J.P. Barry Barry told The Vancouver Sun on Sunday he was travelling to Sweden to meet personally with his Daniel and Henrik Sedin.

Western Canada will be following the plight of the Sedins and Bouwmeester closely.

During a pre-lockout game between the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vancouver Canucks, a veteran left-coast hockey scribe could only shake his head after watching a pair of promising Swedish twins grind through a couple of lunchpail shifts.

Saint John Sea Dogs forward Steven Anthony waited until near the very end of Saturday's NHL draft to be selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the seventh and final round.

As we learn that Marian Gaborik has bought a house in Vancouver, and that the Sedins agent J.P. Barry is talking about ridiculous 12-year deals for the twins to stay in Vancouver, we worry for the poor Canucks.