2015–16 Vancouver Canucks season

NHL hockey team season

2015–16 Vancouver Canucks
Division6th Pacific
Conference13th Western
2015–16 record31–38–13
Home record15–21–5
Road record16–17–8
Goals for191
Goals against243
Team information
General managerJim Benning
CoachWillie Desjardins
CaptainHenrik Sedin
Alternate captainsAlex Burrows
Dan Hamhuis
Daniel Sedin
ArenaRogers Arena
Average attendance18,431 (97.5%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Utica Comets (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsDaniel Sedin (28)
AssistsHenrik Sedin (44)
PointsDaniel Sedin (61)
Penalty minutesDerek Dorsett (177)
Plus/minusJannik Hansen (+16)
WinsRyan Miller (17)
Goals against averageRyan Miller (2.70)

The 2015–16 Vancouver Canucks season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[2] The season began its regular games on October 7, 2015, against the Calgary Flames with a 5−1 win. On March 25, 2016, the Canucks lost 4−0 to the St. Louis Blues and were eliminated from playoff contention. The Canucks missed the playoffs for the second time in three years.[3]

Off-season

Off-season changes began in late June at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Due to the Canucks having three goaltenders requiring waivers, goaltender Eddie Lack was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes (for a third-round pick at the draft and a seventh-round pick in 2016)[4] to make room on the roster for Jacob Markstrom. This trade was disliked as fans saw the two draft picks as very little compensation for Lack. The Canucks would draft seven players at the draft. A few days later, long-time Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016.[5]

On July 1, Zack Kassian and a fifth-round pick in 2016 were traded to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Brandon Prust.[6] Jim Benning continued by signing various free agents, including former Boston Bruins defenceman Matt Bartkowski[7] and prospects Taylor Fedun[8] and Richard Bachman,[9] coming from the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers, respectively.

The following day, Hockey Operations Staff Laurence Gilman, Lorne Henning and Eric Crawford were released by the Canucks.[10]

On July 28, the Canucks traded centre Nick Bonino, defenceman Adam Clendening, as well as the second-round pick acquired in the Bieksa trade, to the Pittsburgh Penguins for centre Brandon Sutter and a conditional third-round pick.[11] One week later, the Canucks resigned Sutter to a five-year contract extension, lasting until the 2020–21 NHL season.[12]

Training camp

The Canucks at their 2015 training camp.

The Canucks held their training camp at CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, from September 18–20.

Training camp consisted of various activities, such as power-play drills, strength and conditioning exercises, and intra-squad scrimmages.

Head coach Willie Desjardins was unable to attend training camp. Desjardins was forced to have surgery on September 8 (a mere 10 days before training camp was due to begin), due to a flare-up of a chronic hip condition. While Desjardins wanted to be in attendance, the Canucks medical staff was unable to give him clearance to head to Prince George. In his place, assistant coach Glen Gulutzan (former Dallas Stars head coach) stepped up to run the training camp. Assistant coaches Perry Pearn and Doug Lidster were also in attendance.

Many Canucks prospects and minor-league players were invited to training camp. Some, such as Nicklas Jensen, Jake Virtanen and Alexandre Grenier were fighting for roster spots on the NHL club. The preseason came to an interesting end when the Canucks placed centre Linden Vey and defensemen Alex Biega and Frank Corrado on waivers in favour of defenceman Ben Hutton and forwards Jake Virtanen and Jared McCann. Corrado was claimed by the Toronto Maple Leafs the following day.[13] Biega and Vey cleared waivers and were sent to the Utica Comets. Both were called up in December and would finish the season with the Canucks.


Standings

Pacific Division
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Anaheim Ducks 82 46 25 11 43 218 192 +26 103
2 x – Los Angeles Kings 82 48 28 6 46 225 195 +30 102
3 x – San Jose Sharks 82 46 30 6 42 241 210 +31 98
4 Arizona Coyotes 82 35 39 8 34 209 245 −36 78
5 Calgary Flames 82 35 40 7 33 231 260 −29 77
6 Vancouver Canucks 82 31 38 13 26 191 243 −52 75
7 Edmonton Oilers 82 31 43 8 27 203 245 −42 70
Source: National Hockey League[14]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE x – Nashville Predators 82 41 27 14 37 228 215 +13 96
2 CE x – Minnesota Wild 82 38 33 11 35 216 206 +10 87
3 CE Colorado Avalanche 82 39 39 4 35 216 240 −24 82
4 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 35 39 8 34 209 245 −36 78
5 CE Winnipeg Jets 82 35 39 8 32 215 239 −24 78
6 PA Calgary Flames 82 35 40 7 33 231 260 −29 77
7 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 31 38 13 26 191 243 −52 75
8 PA Edmonton Oilers 82 31 43 8 27 203 245 −42 70
Source: National Hockey League[15]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

The Canucks set a franchise record with a goal drought of 234 minutes and 52 seconds beginning after the Daniel Sedin goal at 12:00 of the first period on March 16 against Colorado and ending with the Bo Horvat goal at 6:52 of the first period on March 24 against Nashville.

Pre-season

Pre-season game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1[a] September 21 San Jose 0–1 Vancouver OT Bachman 2,800 (approx.) 1–0–0 Recap
2 September 22 San Jose 4–0 Vancouver Miller –– 1–1–0 Recap
3 September 25 Vancouver 1–4 Calgary Bachman 19,289 1–2–0 Recap
4 September 26 Calgary 4–3 Vancouver OT Miller –– 1–2–1 Recap
5 September 28 Arizona 0–1 Vancouver Markstrom –– 2–2–1 Recap
6 September 29 Vancouver 1–2 San Jose Miller 14,165 2–3–1 Recap
7 October 1 Vancouver 5–2 Edmonton Markstrom 16,839 3–3–1 Recap
8 October 3 Edmonton 2–3 Vancouver OT Miller 18,448 4–3–1 Recap

Notes:
a Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).

Regular season

2015–16 game log
October: 5–2–4 (Home: 1–2–3  ; Road: 4–0–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 7 Vancouver 5–1 Calgary Miller 19,289 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 10 Calgary 3–2 Vancouver OT Miller 18,570 1–0–1 3 Recap
3 October 12 Vancouver 2–1 Anaheim SO Miller 17,174 2–0–1 5 Recap
4 October 13 Vancouver 3–0 Los Angeles Miller 18,230 3–0–1 7 Recap
5 October 16 St. Louis 4–3 Vancouver Miller 18,362 3–1–1 7 Recap
6 October 18 Edmonton 2–1 Vancouver OT Miller 18,261 3–1–2 8 Recap
7 October 22 Washington 3–2 Vancouver Miller 18,188 3–2–2 8 Recap
8 October 24 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver OT Miller 18,312 3–2–3 9 Recap
9 October 27 Montreal 1–5 Vancouver Miller 18,570 4–2–3 11 Recap
10 October 29 Vancouver 3–4 Dallas OT Miller 17,664 4–2–4 12 Recap
11 October 30 Vancouver 4–3 Arizona Bachman 12,166 5–2–4 14 Recap
November: 4–7–3 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 2–5–3)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
12 November 2 Philadelphia 1–4 Vancouver Miller 18,264 6–2–4 16 Recap
13 November 4 Pittsburgh 3–2 Vancouver Miller 18,570 6–3–4 16 Recap
14 November 7 Vancouver 2–3 Buffalo Miller 19,070 6–4–4 16 Recap
15 November 8 Vancouver 3–4 New Jersey OT Miller 14,896 6–4–5 17 Recap
16 November 10 Vancouver 5–3 Columbus Markstrom 14,148 7–4–5 19 Recap
17 November 12 Vancouver 2–3 Ottawa Miller 19,229 7–5–5 19 Recap
18 November 14 Vancouver 2–4 Toronto Miller 19,798 7–6–5 19 Recap
19 November 16 Vancouver 3–4 Montreal OT Markstorm 21,288 7–6–6 20 Recap
20 November 18 Vancouver 1–4 Winnipeg Miller 15,294 7–7–6 20 Recap
21 November 21 Chicago 3–6 Vancouver Miller 18,570 8–7–6 22 Recap
22 November 22 New Jersey 3–2 Vancouver Markstorm 18,268 8–8–6 22 Recap
23 November 25 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota Miller 18,877 9–8–6 24 Recap
24 November 27 Vancouver 2–3 Dallas SO Miller 18,532 9–8–7 25 Recap
25 November 30 Vancouver 0–4 Anaheim Miller 14,006 9–9–7 25 Recap
December: 5–6–2 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
26 December 1 Vancouver 1–2 Los Angeles OT Markstrom 18,230 9–9–8 26 Recap
27 December 3 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Miller 18,910 9–10–8 26 Recap
28 December 5 Boston 4–0 Vancouver Markstrom 18,570 9–11–8 26 Recap
29 December 7 Buffalo 2–5 Vancouver Miller 18,278 10–11–8 28 Recap
30 December 9 NY Rangers 1–2 Vancouver Miller 18,195 11–11–8 30 Recap
31 December 13 Vancouver 0–4 Chicago Miller 21,711 11–12–8 30 Recap
32 December 15 Vancouver 2–6 Minnesota Miller 18,804 11–13–8 30 Recap
33 December 17 Vancouver 0–2 Philadelphia Markstrom 17,943 11–14–8 30 Recap
34 December 18 Vancouver 4–3 Detroit SO Miller 20,027 12–14–8 32 Recap
35 December 20 Vancouver 4–5 Florida SO Markstrom 13,459 12–14–9 33 Recap
36 December 22 Vancouver 2–1 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 13–14–9 35 Recap
37 December 26 Edmonton 1–2 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,785 14–14–9 37 Recap
38 December 28 Los Angeles 5–0 Vancouver Markstrom 18,570 14–15–9 37 Recap
January: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
39 January 1 Anaheim 1–2 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,570 15–15–9 39 Recap
40 January 4 Arizona 3–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,377 15–16–9 39 Recap
41 January 6 Carolina 2–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,364 16–16–9 41 Recap
42 January 9 Tampa Bay 3–2 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,335 16–16–10 42 Recap
43 January 11 Florida 2–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,570 17–16–10 44 Recap
44 January 14 Vancouver 1–4 Washington Miller 18,506 17–17–10 44 Recap
45 January 15 Vancouver 3–2 Carolina OT Markstrom 11,657 18–17–10 46 Recap
46 January 17 Vancouver 2–1 NY Islanders SO Miller 15,795 19–17–10 48 Recap
47 January 19 Vancouver 2–3 NY Rangers OT Miller 18,006 19–17–11 49 Recap
48 January 21 Vancouver 4–2 Boston Markstrom 17,565 20–17–11 51 Recap
49 January 23 Vancouver 4–5 Pittsburgh Miller 18,539 20–18–11 51 Recap
50 January 26 Nashville 2–1 Vancouver Miller 18,570 20–19–11 51 Recap
February: 4–6–1 (Home: 2–5–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
51 February 4 Columbus 2–1 Vancouver SO Miller 18,199 20–19–12 52 Recap
52 February 6 Calgary 4–1 Vancouver Miller 18,570 20–20–12 52 Recap
53 February 9 Vancouver 3–1 Colorado Markstrom 14,436 21–20–12 54 Recap
54 February 10 Vancouver 2–1 Arizona Miller 12,255 22–20–12 56 Recap
55 February 13 Toronto 5–2 Vancouver Miller 18,570 22–21–12 56 Recap
56 February 15 Minnesota 5–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,437 22–22–12 56 Recap
57 February 18 Anaheim 5–2 Vancouver Miller 18,435 22–23–12 56 Recap
58 February 19 Vancouver 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 22–24–12 56 Recap
59 February 21 Colorado 1–5 Vancouver Miller 18,431 23–24–12 58 Recap
60 February 25 Ottawa 3–5 Vancouver Miller 18,570 24–24–12 60 Recap
61 February 28 San Jose 4–1 Vancouver Miller 18,570 24–25–12 60 Recap
March: 4–11–1 (Home: 2–7–0 ; Road: 2–4–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
62 March 1 NY Islanders 3–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,264 24–26–12 60 Recap
63 March 3 San Jose 3–2 Vancouver Miller 18,422 24–27–12 60 Recap
64 March 5 Vancouver 4–2 San Jose Markstrom 17,562 25–27–12 62 Recap
65 March 7 Vancouver 1–5 Los Angeles Miller 18,230 25–28–12 62 Recap
66 March 9 Arizona 2–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,374 26–28–12 64 Recap
67 March 12 Nashville 2–4 Vancouver Miller 18,570 27–28–12 66 Recap
68 March 14 Winnipeg 5–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,361 27–29–12 66 Recap
69 March 16 Colorado 3–1 Vancouver Miller 18,427 27–30–12 66 Recap
70 March 18 Vancouver 0–2 Edmonton Markstrom 16,839 27–31–12 66 Recap
71 March 19 St. Louis 3–0 Vancouver Miller 18,402 27–32–12 66 Recap
72 March 22 Vancouver 0–2 Winnipeg Markstrom 15,294 27–33–12 66 Recap
73 March 24 Vancouver 2–3 Nashville SO Miller 17,113 27–33–13 67 Recap
74 March 25 Vancouver 0–4 St. Louis Markstrom 19,580 27–34–13 67 Recap
75 March 27 Chicago 3–2 Vancouver Miller 18,570 27–35–13 67 Recap
76 March 29 San Jose 4–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,315 27–36–13 67 Recap
77 March 31 Vancouver 4–2 San Jose Miller 15,689 28–36–13 69 Recap
April: 3–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
78 April 1 Vancouver 3–2 Anaheim Markstrom 16,331 29–36–13 71 Recap
79 April 4 Los Angeles 2–3 Vancouver Miller 18,415 30–36–13 73 Recap
80 April 6 Vancouver 2–6 Edmonton Markstrom 16,839 30–37–13 73 Recap
81 April 7 Vancouver 3–7 Calgary Miller 19,289 30–38–13 73 Recap
82 April 9 Edmonton 3–4 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,570 31–38–13 75 Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Western Conference
Central Division
Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed
Chicago Blackhawks 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–2–0 2 8 10
Colorado Avalanche 1–1–0 1–0–0 2–1–0 4 9 5
Dallas Stars 0–1–0 0–0–2 0–1–2 2 7 11
Minnesota Wild 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 2 6 14
Nashville Predators 1–1–0 0–0–1 1–1–1 3 7 7
St. Louis Blues 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–3–0 0 3 11
Winnipeg Jets 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–3–0 0 2 11
Total 3–8–0 2–5–3 5–13–3 13 42 69
Pacific Division
Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed
Anaheim Ducks 1–1–0 2–1–0 3–2–0 6 9 13
Arizona Coyotes 1–1–0 2–0–0 3–1–0 6 11 9
Calgary Flames 0–1–1 1–2–0 1–3–1 3 13 20
Edmonton Oilers 2–0–1 0–2–0 2–2–1 5 9 14
Los Angeles Kings 1–1–0 1–1–1 2–2–1 5 8 14
San Jose Sharks 0–3–0 2–0–0 2–3–0 4 12 15
Vancouver Canucks – – – – – –
Total 5–7–2 8–6–1 13–13–3 29 62 85


Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed
Boston Bruins 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 4 6
Buffalo Sabres 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 7 5
Detroit Red Wings 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 5 5
Florida Panthers 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 7 7
Montreal Canadiens 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 8 5
Ottawa Senators 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 7 6
Tampa Bay Lightning 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 4 4
Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 4 9
Total 4–2–2 3–3–2 7–5–4 18 46 47
Metropolitan Division
Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed
Carolina Hurricanes 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 6 4
Columbus Blue Jackets 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 6 4
New Jersey Devils 0–1–0 0–0–1 0–1–1 1 5 7
New York Islanders 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 4 4
New York Rangers 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 4 4
Philadelphia Flyers 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 4 3
Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 6 8
Washington Capitals 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 3 7
Total 3–4–1 3–3–2 6–7–3 15 38 41

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[16]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Daniel Sedin 82 28 33 61 7 36
Henrik Sedin 74 11 44 55 0 24
Bo Horvat 82 16 24 40 −30 18
Jannik Hansen 67 22 16 38 16 32
Sven Baertschi 69 15 13 28 −14 14
Radim Vrbata 63 13 14 27 −30 12
Ben Hutton 75 1 24 25 −21 14
Alex Burrows 79 9 13 22 −13 49
Alexander Edler 52 6 14 20 −8 46
Jared McCann 69 9 9 18 −6 32
Matt Bartkowski 80 6 12 18 −19 50
Christopher Tanev 69 4 14 18 −8 8
Derek Dorsett 71 5 11 16 −13 177
Linden Vey 41 4 11 15 −14 6
Jake Virtanen 55 7 6 13 −7 45
Dan Hamhuis 58 3 10 13 −2 28
Emerson Etem† 39 7 5 12 −8 9
Adam Cracknell‡ 44 5 5 10 1 14
Brandon Sutter 20 5 4 9 3 2
Luca Sbisa 41 2 6 8 5 26
Brandon Prust 35 1 6 7 −3 59
Yannick Weber 45 0 7 7 −17 24
Alex Biega 51 0 7 7 −11 22
Chris Higgins 33 3 1 4 −14 4
Markus Granlund† 16 2 1 3 −3 6
Nikita Tryamkin 13 1 1 2 −3 10
Brendan Gaunce 20 1 0 1 −9 2
Taylor Fedun 1 0 1 1 1 0
Mike Zalewski 3 0 1 1 1 2
Alex Friesen 1 0 0 0 −2 0
Alexandre Grenier 6 0 0 0 −4 2
Ronalds Kenins 8 0 0 0 −1 6
Andrey Pedan 13 0 0 0 −3 16
Hunter Shinkaruk‡ 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[17]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Ryan Miller 51 51 3043:31 17 24 9 137 2.70 1634 .916 1 0 1 2
Jacob Markstrom 33 30 1847:26 13 14 4 84 2.73 988 .915 0 0 2 4
Richard Bachman 1 1 59:52 1 0 0 3 3.01 31 .903 0 0 0 0

†Traded to Canucks mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.
‡Traded (or lost by waivers) to another team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Suspensions and fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued Ref
Brandon Prust Spearing Boston forward Brad Marchand. – $5,000.00 December 6, 2015 [18]
Jannik Hansen Diving/embellishment during NHL game no. 510 in Tampa Bay on December 22, 2015, at 10:15 of the third period. – $2,000.00 December 31, 2015 [19]
Jake Virtanen Interference against San Jose defenceman Roman Polak. 2 games $9,614.70 March 30, 2016 [20]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded
Daniel Sedin NHL Second Star of the Week[21] November 23, 2015
Daniel Sedin NHL All-Star game selection[22] January 6, 2016

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Ben Hutton 1st NHL game
1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		 October 7, 2015
Jared McCann 1st NHL game October 7, 2015
Jared McCann 1st NHL goal
1st NHL point		 October 10, 2015
Jake Virtanen 1st NHL game October 13, 2015
Brandon Sutter 500th NHL game
100th NHL goal		 October 16, 2015
Henrik Sedin 1,100th NHL game October 24, 2015
Jake Virtanen 1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		 October 27, 2015
Derek Dorsett 100th NHL point October 27, 2015
Brendan Gaunce 1st NHL game October 29, 2015
Brendan Gaunce 1st NHL goal
1st NHL point		 October 30, 2015
Alex Burrows 700th NHL game November 2, 2015
Jake Virtanen 1st NHL goal November 2, 2015
Jared McCann 1st NHL assist November 4, 2015
Hunter Shinkaruk 1st NHL game November 16, 2015
Alexandre Grenier 1st NHL game November 18, 2015
Daniel Sedin 900th NHL point November 21, 2015
Alexander Edler 200th NHL assist November 21, 2015
Adam Cracknell 100th NHL game November 27, 2015
Andrey Pedan 1st NHL game December 1, 2015
Jannik Hansen 200th NHL point December 3, 2015
Jannik Hansen 500th NHL game December 9, 2015
Radim Vrbata 900th NHL game December 13, 2015
Bo Horvat 100th NHL game December 15, 2015
Alexander Edler 600th NHL game December 17, 2015
Alex Biega 1st NHL assist December 20, 2015
Sven Baertschi 100th NHL game December 26, 2015
Jacob Markstrom 1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		 December 26, 2015
Chris Higgins 700th NHL game December 28, 2015
Daniel Sedin 1100th NHL game January 1, 2016
Linden Vey 100th NHL game January 6, 2016
Ben Hutton 1st NHL goal January 17, 2016
Alex Friesen 1st NHL game February 15, 2016
Dan Hamhuis 300th NHL point March 7, 2016
Nikita Tryamkin 1st NHL game
1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		 March 16, 2016
Matt Bartkowski 200th NHL game March 22, 2016
Markus Granlund 100th NHL game April 6, 2016
Nikita Tryamkin 1st NHL goal April 7, 2016

Records

Player Record Date
Daniel Sedin Most career goals in Canucks history January 21, 2016

Transactions

The Canucks been involved in the following transactions:

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Vancouver Canucks:
3rd round pick (66th overall) in 2015
7th round pick in 2016 		To Carolina Hurricanes:
Eddie Lack 		[4]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Vancouver Canucks:
7th round pick in 2015 		To San Jose Sharks:
Patrick McNally 		[23]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30) To Vancouver Canucks:
2nd round pick in 2016 		To Anaheim Ducks:
Kevin Bieksa 		[5]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) To Vancouver Canucks:
Brandon Prust 		To Montreal Canadiens:
Zack Kassian
5th round pick (124th overall) in 2016 		[6]
August 28, 2015 (2015-08-28) To Vancouver Canucks:
Brandon Sutter
BUF's 3rd round pick in 2016 		To Pittsburgh Penguins:
Nick Bonino
Adam Clendening
ANA's 2nd round pick in 2016 		[24]
January 8, 2016 (2016-01-08) To Vancouver Canucks:
Emerson Etem 		To New York Rangers:
Nicklas Jensen
6th-round pick (157th overall) in 2017 		[25]
February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22) To Vancouver Canucks:
Markus Granlund 		To Calgary Flames:
Hunter Shinkaruk 		[26]
February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24) To Vancouver Canucks:
Philip Larsen 		To Edmonton Oilers:
Conditional 5th-round pick (126th overall) in 2017 		[27]

Free agents acquired

Player Date Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
Matt Bartkowski July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Boston Bruins 1 year, $1.75 million [7]
Richard Bachman July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $575,000 [9]
Taylor Fedun July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) San Jose Sharks 1 year, $600,000 [8]
Blair Jones July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03) Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $600,000 [28]
Adam Cracknell August 25, 2015 (2015-08-25) St. Louis Blues 1 year, $575,000 [29]

Free agents lost

Player Date New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
Brad Richardson July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Arizona Coyotes 3 years, $6.25 million [30]
Cal O'Reilly July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Buffalo Sabres 2 years, $1.4 million [31]
Bobby Sanguinetti July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $600,000 [32]
Shawn Matthias July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06) Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $2.3 million [33]
Ryan Stanton July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24) Washington Capitals 1 year, $575,000 [34]

Claimed via waivers

Player Previous team Date Ref

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Frank Corrado Toronto Maple Leafs October 6, 2015 [35]
Adam Cracknell Edmonton Oilers February 29, 2016 [36]

Player signings

Player Date Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
Joseph LaBate April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30) 2-year, $680,000 entry-level contract [37]
Mackenze Stewart May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12) 3-year, $655,000 entry-level contract [38]
Jordan Subban May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14) 3-year, $755,000 entry-level contract [39]
Linden Vey June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) 1 year, $1 million [40]
Alex Biega June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30) 1 year, $600,000 [41]
Yannick Weber July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) 1 year, $1.5 million [42]
Sven Baertschi July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28) 1 year, $900,000 [43]
Brandon Sutter August 4, 2015 (2015-08-04) 5 years, $21.875 million contract extension [44]
Guillaume Brisebois December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10) 3-year, $703,333 entry-level contract [45]

Draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015, at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 23 Brock Boeser RW  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
3 66[a] Guillaume Brisebois D  Canada Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
4 114 Dmitry Zhukenov C  Russia Omskie Yastreby (MHL)
5 144 Carl Neill D  Canada Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
5 149[b] Adam Gaudette C  United States Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
6 174 Lukas Jasek RW  Czech Republic Ocelari Trinec (Czech Extraliga)
7 210[c] Tate Olson D  Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL)
Draft notes[46]

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