Canucks Win Stanley Cup!

Third times lucky! In their third trip to the finals in frachise history the Canucks finally come up victorious after a nail biting 7 games series versus the Washington Capitals. The series went back and forth before the Canucks eventually pulled off the victory in the deciding game.

Captain Austin Matthews and trade deadline acqisition, Sam Reinhart  both came up massive leading the way with 40pts each in the playoffs.Roman Josi and  franchise points leader Steve Stamkos also contributed 28 and 26 points respectively.

The road to the finals forced the Canucks to go through their division rivals,the Calgary Flames and LA Kings before facing the Winnepeg Jets in the conference finals. The Canucks faught through each seriece before eventually facing the upstart Capitals who took out President Trophy winners Florida Pathers to make the finals.

The franchise almost had two championships to celebrate as the Abby Canucks made an amazing run for the Calder cup in the AHL as well. They went undefeated hading into the finals before bowing out to a powerhouse Marlies team. In his retirement swan song, Sam Gagner had a playoff for the ages leading all players with 40 pts in the playoffs. He was still awarded the playoff MVP in the losing cause. Young goalie Yaroslav Askarov would lead all goalies with a 2.40GAA and .923 Save %. The Canucks brass rewarded Gagner and Askarov great playoff contributions by dressing them in Game 7 of the MRFHL finals with the big club.

The Canucks players will soak up the moment while they drink champagne from the cup and each get their day with the cup over the summer. Expect managment to get started right away to start rebuilding this roster to make their defence of the cup for next season!