Canucks Top-6 Winger Trade Targets & Re-Signing Dakota Joshua
Also, prospect Josh Bloom helps the Spirit win the 2024 Memorial Cup, and more.
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Vancouver Canucks 2024 Free Agents: Dakota Joshua
June 6, 2024 by Matthew Zator
Next up on the docket is power forward Dakota Joshua. Signed as a free agent back in 2022 on a two-year deal worth only $825,000 average annual value (AAV), he is in line for a massive raise on his next contract. In his first season with the Canucks, he scored a career-high 11 goals and 23 points and followed it up with another high of 18 goals and 32 points. He also threw a combined 467 hits and became a key forward in the middle six and an important part of the penalty kill.
4 Top-Six Wingers the Canucks Should Target in a Trade
June 5, 2024 by Sartaaj Bhullar
The Vancouver Canucks are in the market to improve their team after a breakout season that included the team reaching the 50-win mark, winning the Pacific Division and reaching the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The club’s shortcomings in the postseason showed a few holes in the lineup, specifically in the top six.
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Canucks Prospect Josh Bloom Wins the Memorial Cup for Spirit
June 4, 2024 by Lukas Bernasiewicz
Vancouver Canucks prospect Josh Bloom just etched his name into history. He has become the first-ever player to score a Memorial Cup-winning goal for the Saginaw Spirit. On Sunday night, Bloom’s Spirit took on their hated rivals the London Knights in the Memorial Cup Championship. The Spirit got out to an early 3-0 lead, but the Knights fought back and tied the game in the third period and gained all of the momentum back.