2015–16 Vancouver Canucks season

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 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

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos	Team	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
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference.

Top 3 (Pacific Division)
Pos	Team	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

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	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
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

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	18,898	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**
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Central Division
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**
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Atlantic Division
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^[14]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin	82	28	33	61	7	36
Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin	74	11	44	55	0	24
Horvat, BoBo Horvat	82	16	24	40	−30	18
Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen	67	22	16	38	16	32
Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi	69	15	13	28	−14	14
Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata	63	13	14	27	−30	12
Hutton, BenBen Hutton	75	1	24	25	−21	14
Burrows, AlexAlex Burrows	79	9	13	22	−13	49
Edler, AlexAlex Edler	52	6	14	20	−8	46
Tanev, ChristopherChristopher Tanev	69	4	14	18	−8	8
McCann, JaredJared McCann	69	9	9	18	−6	32
Bartkowski, MattMatt Bartkowski	80	6	12	18	−19	50
Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett	71	5	11	16	−13	177
Vey, LindenLinden Vey	41	4	11	15	−14	6
Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen	55	7	6	13	−7	45
Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis	58	3	10	13	−2	28
Etem, EmersonEmerson Etem^†	39	7	5	12	−8	9
Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell^‡	44	5	5	10	1	14
Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter	20	5	4	9	3	2
Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa	41	2	6	8	5	26
Prust, BrandonBrandon Prust	35	1	6	7	−3	59
Weber, YannickYannick Weber	45	0	7	7	−17	24
Biega, AlexAlex Biega	51	0	7	7	−11	22
Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins	33	3	1	4	−14	4
Granlund, MarkusMarkus Granlund^†	16	2	1	3	−3	6
Tryamkin, NikitaNikita Tryamkin	13	1	1	2	−3	10
Fedun, TaylorTaylor Fedun	1	0	1	1	1	0
Zalewski, MikeMike Zalewski	3	0	1	1	1	2
Gaunce, BrendanBrendan Gaunce	20	1	0	1	−9	2
Friesen, AlexAlex Friesen	1	0	0	0	−2	0
Grenier, AlexandreAlexandre Grenier	6	0	0	0	−4	2
Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins	8	0	0	0	−1	6
Pedan, AndreyAndrey Pedan	13	0	0	0	−3	16
Shinkaruk, HunterHunter Shinkaruk^‡	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[15]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	51	51	3043:31	17	24	9	137	2.70	1634	.916	1	1	2
Markstrom, JacobJacob Markstrom	33	30	1847:26	13	14	4	84	2.73	988	.915	0	2	4
Bachman, RichardRichard Bachman	1	1	59:52	1	0	0	3	3.01	31	.903	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.

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
47	Switzerland !	Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi	6.0 !LW	L	23	2015	Langenthal, Switzerland
44	United States !	Bartkowski, MattMatt Bartkowski	2.0 !D	L	27	2015	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
55	Canada !	Biega, AlexAlex Biega	2.0 !D	R	28	2013	Montreal, Quebec
14	Canada !	Burrows, AlexandreAlexandre Burrows (A)	7.0 !RW	L	34	2005	Pincourt, Quebec
15	Canada !	Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett	7.0 !RW	R	29	2014	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
23	Sweden !	Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler	2.0 !D	L	29	2004	Östersund, Sweden
26	United States !	Etem, EmersonEmerson Etem	7.0 !RW	L	23	2016	Long Beach, California
50	Canada !	Gaunce, BrendanBrendan Gaunce	4.0 !C	L	24	2012	Sudbury, Ontario
60	Finland !	Granlund, MarkusMarkus Granlund	4.0 !C	L	22	2016	Oulu, Finland
2	Canada !	Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis (A)	2.0 !D	L	33	2010	Smithers, British Columbia
36	Denmark !	Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen	7.0 !RW	R	30	2004	Herlev, Denmark
20	United States !	Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins	6.0 !LW	L	32	2011	Smithtown, New York
53	Canada !	Horvat, BoBo Horvat	4.0 !C	L	21	2013	London, Ontario
27	Canada !	Hutton, BenBen Hutton	2.0 !D	L	22	2012	Prescott, Ontario
41	Latvia !	Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins	6.0 !LW	L	25	2013	Riga, Latvia
25	Sweden !	Markstrom, JacobJacob Markstrom	1.0 !G	L	26	2014	Gävle, Sweden
91	Canada !	McCann, JaredJared McCann	4.0 !C	L	19	2014	Stratford, Ontario
30	United States !	Miller, RyanRyan Miller	1.0 !G	L	35	2014	East Lansing, Michigan
29	Russia !	Pedan, AndreyAndrey Pedan	2.0 !D	L	22	2014	Kaunas, Lithuania
5	Switzerland !	Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa	2.0 !D	L	26	2014	Ozieri, Italy
22	Sweden !	Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin (A)	6.0 !LW	L	35	1999	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
33	Sweden !	Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin (C)	4.0 !C	L	35	1999	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
21	Canada !	Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter	4.0 !C	R	27	2015	Huntington, New York
8	Canada !	Tanev, ChristopherChristopher Tanev	2.0 !D	R	26	2010	East York, Ontario
88	Russia !	Tryamkin, NikitaNikita Tryamkin	2.0 !D	L	21	2014	Yekaterinburg, Russia
7	Canada !	Vey, LindenLinden Vey	7.0 !RW	R	24	2014	Wakaw, Saskatchewan
18	Canada !	Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen	7.0 !RW	R	19	2014	New Westminster, British Columbia
17	Czech Republic !	Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata	7.0 !RW	R	34	2014	Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
6	Switzerland !	Weber, YannickYannick Weber	2.0 !D	R	27	2013	Morges, Switzerland
40	United States !	Zalewski, MikeMike Zalewski	6.0 !LW	L	23	2014	New Hartford, New York

Suspensions and fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued	Ref
Brandon Prust	Spearing Boston forward Brad Marchand.	–	$5,000.00	December 6, 2015	^[16]
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	^[17]
Jake Virtanen	Interference against San Jose defenceman Roman Polak.	2 games	$9,614.70	March 30, 2016	^[18]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin	NHL Second Star of the Week^[19]	November 23, 2015
Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin	NHL All-Star game selection^[20]	January 6, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Hutton, BenBen Hutton	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 7, 2015
McCann, JaredJared McCann	1st Career NHL Game	October 7, 2015
McCann, JaredJared McCann	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	October 10, 2015
Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen	1st Career NHL Game	October 13, 2015
Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter	500th Career NHL Game 100th Career NHL Goal	October 16, 2015
Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin	1,100th Career NHL Game	October 24, 2015
Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 27, 2015
Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett	100th Career NHL Point	October 27, 2015
Gaunce, BrendanBrendan Gaunce	1st Career NHL Game	October 29, 2015
Gaunce, BrendanBrendan Gaunce	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	October 30, 2015
Burrows, AlexandreAlexandre Burrows	700th Career NHL Game	November 2, 2015
Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen	1st Career NHL Goal	November 2, 2015
McCann, JaredJared McCann	1st Career NHL Assist	November 4, 2015
Shinkaruk, HunterHunter Shinkaruk	1st Career NHL Game	November 16, 2015
Grenier, AlexandreAlexandre Grenier	1st Career NHL Game	November 18, 2015
Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin	900th Career NHL Point	November 21, 2015
Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler	200th Career NHL Assist	November 21, 2015
Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell	100th Career NHL Game	November 27, 2015
Pedan, AndreyAndrey Pedan	1st Career NHL Game	December 1, 2015
Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen	200th Career NHL Point	December 3, 2015
Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen	500th Career NHL Game	December 9, 2015
Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata	900th Career NHL Game	December 13, 2015
Horvat, BoBo Horvat	100th Career NHL Game	December 15, 2015
Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler	600th Career NHL Game	December 17, 2015
Biega, AlexAlex Biega	1st Career NHL Assist	December 20, 2015
Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi	100th Career NHL Game	December 26, 2015
Markstrom, JacobJacob Markstrom	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	December 26, 2015
Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins	700th Career NHL Game	December 28, 2015
Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin	1100th Career NHL Game	January 1, 2016
Vey, LindenLinden Vey	100th Career NHL Game	January 6, 2016
Hutton, BenBen Hutton	1st Career NHL Goal	January 17, 2016
Friesen, AlexAlex Friesen	1st Career NHL Game	February 15, 2016
Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis	300th Career NHL Point	March 7, 2016
Tryamkin, NikitaNikita Tryamkin	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	March 16, 2016
Bartkowski, MattMatt Bartkowski	200th Career NHL Game	March 22, 2016
Granlund, MarkusMarkus Granlund	100th Career NHL Game	April 6, 2016
Tryamkin, NikitaNikita Tryamkin	1st Career 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 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	^[21]
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 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	^[22]
January 8, 2016 (2016-01-08)	To Vancouver Canucks: Emerson Etem	To New York Rangers: Nicklas Jensen 6th-round pick in 2017	^[23]
February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)	To Vancouver Canucks: Markus Granlund	To Calgary Flames: Hunter Shinkaruk	^[24]
February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24)	To Vancouver Canucks: Philip Larsen	To Edmonton Oilers: Conditional 5th-round pick in 2017	^[25]

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	^[26]
Adam Cracknell	August 25, 2015 (2015-08-25)	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $575,000	^[27]

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	^[28]
Cal O'Reilly	July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Buffalo Sabres	2 years, $1.4 million	^[29]
Bobby Sanguinetti	July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $600,000	^[30]
Shawn Matthias	July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $2.3 million	^[31]
Ryan Stanton	July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)	Washington Capitals	1 year, $575,000	^[32]

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	^[33]
Adam Cracknell	Edmonton Oilers	February 29, 2016	^[34]

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	^[35]
Mackenze Stewart	May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)	3 year, $655,000 entry-level contract	^[36]
Jordan Subban	May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14)	3 year, $755,000 entry-level contract	^[37]
Linden Vey	June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	1 year, $1 million	^[38]
Alex Biega	June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	1 year, $600,000	^[39]
Yannick Weber	July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	1 year, $1.5 million	^[40]
Sven Baertschi	July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28)	1 year, $900,000	^[41]
Brandon Sutter	August 4, 2015 (2015-08-04)	5 years, $21.875 million contract extension	^[42]
Guillaume Brisebois	December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10)	3 year, $703,333 entry-level contract	^[43]

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^[44]

The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Sven Baertschi to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.^[45]
^a The Carolina Hurricanes' third-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Eddie Lack to Carolina in exchange for a 2016 seventh-round pick and this pick.
The Vancouver Canucks' third-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa and a first and third-round pick in 2014 to Vancouver in exchange for Ryan Kesler and this pick.^[46]
^b The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Raphael Diaz to New York in exchange for this pick.^[47]
The Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third-round pick in 2014 to Tampa Bay in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[48] Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent a second-round pick in 2014 to Vancouver in exchange for Jason Garrison, the rights to Jeff Costello and this pick.^[49]
^c The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick (from New York Islanders via Tampa Bay Lightning) went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Patrick McNally to San Jose in exchange for this pick.

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Vancouver Canucks

Founded in 1970 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	WHL years Expansion Draft History All-time roster Records Award Winners Broadcasters

Personnel	Owner Canucks Sports & Entertainment (Francesco Aquilini, chairman) President Trevor Linden General manager Jim Benning Head coach Willie Desjardins Team captain Henrik Sedin Current roster

Arenas	Pacific Coliseum Rogers Arena

Affiliates	AHL Utica Comets ECHL Alaska Aces

Rivalries	Calgary Flames

General Managers	Poile Laycoe Maloney Neale Gordon Quinn Burke Nonis Gillis Benning

Head Coaches	Laycoe Stasiuk McCreary Maloney Kurtenbach Neale Neilson Neale LaForge Neale Watt McCammon Quinn Ley Quinn Renney Keenan Crawford Vigneault Tortorella Desjardins

Media	TV Sportsnet Pacific Sportsnet One CBC Radio TSN 1040

Retired numbers	10 12 16 19 (out of circulation: 11 28 37 38 99)

Stanley Cup Finals	1982 1994 2011

Team awards	Babe Pratt Trophy Cyclone Taylor Trophy Cyrus H. McLean Trophy Fred J. Hume Award Molson Cup Most Exciting Player Award

Culture/Lore	1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot 2014 Heritage Classic Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Fin the Whale The Green Men "The House That Heaven Built" Ring of Honour Towel Power USAir Flight 1493 West Coast Express Mark Donnelly Jim Robson

Vancouver Canucks seasons

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2015–16 NHL season

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets

Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals

See also	Draft Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and Fines

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