Canucks Daily: Travel Hell, NHL Trade Rumours in Western Canada

Some friendly advice for Vancouver Canucks fans and folks that work with the team in some manner and have to travel. Stay in Canada as long as you can going west to east and vice versa as travel south of the border is a gong show. I had been very fortunate over the years with seamless travel and service, even during these supposed trying times since Covid, but that all came to a screeching halt the last two days.

The travel gods tried to make up for lost time by piling on everything they could in 48 hours. I spent nine hours at LaGuardia on Monday and never ended up flying anywhere. Long story short, it’s tough to write about the Vancouver Canucks or help with content at Equity.Guru when you’re waiting endlessly at a service desk or riding the subway back and forth to the City after your flight has been cancelled.

Or it takes 90 minutes standing at a counter as they try to figure out what happened to your confirmation. That was Tuesday at JFK and erased any time I would have had in the lounge to work.

Yeehaw! Good luck out there folks. Or another idea … just stay close to home.

 Let’s Skate!

Montreal Hockey Now: Carey Price has not yet officially gone on Long Term Injured Reserve (LTIR), nor has he retired. However, those seem like foregone conclusions as the Canadiens can get aggressive with LTIR salary cap usage. Montreal Canadiens.

Washington Hockey Now: Capitals defenceman Dmitry Orlov did a podcast back in Russia and said he was surprised by the Capitals’ goalie overhaul. He also took a little poke at former Penguins rival netminder Matt Murray. Washington Capitals.

Sportsnet: Best Canadian market NHL GM’s? Who wins, and who loses?

Pacific Division

— Edmonton Journal: Let the Patrick Kane talk begin. The Edmonton Oilers media is churning the NHL trade rumours.

— San Jose Hockey Now: Forward Jonathan Dahlen remains a free agent. Our writer Sheng Peng reports Dahlen is trying to stick in the NHL as opposed to taking a Swiss or other Euro offer. San Jose Sharks.

— Calgary Hockey Now: Centre Sean Monahan had been on the NHL trade block rumour list for quite awhile before he finally got moved from Calgary to Montreal earlier this month. A popular player with Flames fans since 2013, Monahan leaves a lasting legacy in the Calgary Flames community.

On the Plate

With another Vancouver Canucks prospect report coming up shortly, here’s a few of the most recent “Vancouver Canucks of Tomorrow” for your perusal.

Arshdeep Bains

Karel Plasek

Joni Jurmo

Cheers!