2008–09 Vancouver Canucks season

2008–09 Vancouver Canucks
Northwest Division champions
Division	1st Northwest
Conference	3rd Western
2008–09 record	45–27–10
Home record	24–12–5
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	246
Goals against	220
Team information
General manager	Mike Gillis
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Roberto Luongo
Alternate captains	Ryan Kesler Willie Mitchell Mattias Ohlund
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	18,630 (101.1%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manitoba Moose (AHL) Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Sedin (31)
Assists	Henrik Sedin (60)
Points	Daniel Sedin (82) Henrik Sedin (82)
Penalty minutes	Shane O'Brien (196)
Plus/minus	Willie Mitchell (+29)
Wins	Roberto Luongo (33)
Goals against average	Roberto Luongo (2.34)

The 2008–09 Vancouver Canucks season was the 39th season in the National Hockey League.

Season events

See also: 2008–09 NHL season

Off-season

A collection of items at a makeshift Luc Bourdon memorial outside General Motors Place.

On June 17, 2008, the Canucks named Ryan Walter as an assistant coach. He joined head coach Alain Vigneault and assistant coach Rick Bowness on the Canucks' coaching staff. Walter, 50, played in 1,003 NHL games over 15 seasons with Washington, Montreal, and Vancouver, scoring 264 goals and 382 assists. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1986. A native of New Westminster, British Columbia, Walter was the second overall pick by the Washington Capitals in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

The Canucks lost two key veterans to free agency. Markus Naslund, the Canucks' captain for the previous seven seasons, signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the New York Rangers, while Pitt Meadows native Brendan Morrison signed a one-year, $2.75 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks.

The Canucks also lost a promising young defenceman in Luc Bourdon, who died in a motorcycle accident in his hometown of Shippagan, New Brunswick. The Canucks honoured Bourdon with a tribute in the season opener, October 9, against the Calgary Flames.

Among the Canucks' roster additions was Steve Bernier, who was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres for a second- and third-round draft pick, and Pavol Demitra, who signed a two-year, $8 million contract.

The Canucks announced on September 4, 2008, that they will honour Linden in a pre-game ceremony on December 17, 2008 before a game against the Edmonton Oilers. His jersey number, 16, will be retired by the team, joining former captain Stan Smyl as the second Canuck to have his number retired.

Pre-season

The Canucks' 2008 pre-season began on September 12 with the opening of their annual prospects training camp. The camp consisted of 22 players and was held in Vancouver, British Columbia at both General Motors Place and the University of British Columbia campus, as well as in Camrose, Alberta. The prospect camp was then followed by the main training camp, held over two days beginning September 20 in Whistler, British Columbia.

On September 30, 2008, the Canucks named Roberto Luongo as the twelfth captain in team history, with Luongo becoming only the seventh goaltender in NHL history to be named team captain. NHL rules prevent goaltenders from physically wearing the captain's letter "C", however, they do not prevent goaltenders from being named captain. The Canucks also named Willie Mitchell, Mattias Ohlund, and Ryan Kesler as alternate captains. Mitchell assumed the duties of dealing with officials during games, while Ohlund took faceoffs and performed other ceremonial duties.

2008 Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Vancouver	4–3	Edmonton	SO	Schneider	16,839	1–0–0	[1]
2	September 23	Edmonton	1–2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	2–0–0	[2]
3	September 27	Vancouver	3–2	San Jose		Luongo	16,721	3–0–0	[3]
4	September 28	Vancouver	5–4	Anaheim	SO	Sanford	16,481	4–0–0	[4]
5	October 1	Calgary	1–6	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	5–0–0	[5]
6	October 2	San Jose	2–3	Vancouver		Sanford	18,630	6–0–0	[6]
7	October 5	Anaheim	4–3	Vancouver	OT	Luongo	18,630	6–0–1	[7]

Standings

Divisional standings

Northwest Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Vancouver Canucks	82	45	27	10	246	220	100
2	Calgary Flames	82	46	30	6	254	248	98
3	Minnesota Wild	82	40	33	9	219	200	89
4	Edmonton Oilers	82	38	35	9	234	248	85
5	Colorado Avalanche	82	32	45	5	199	257	69

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	51	21	10	295	244	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	27	10	246	220	100
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	46	24	12	264	216	104
5	Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	30	6	254	248	98
6	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	31	10	233	233	92
7	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	41	31	10	226	230	92
8	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
8.5
9	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	40	33	9	219	200	89
10	Nashville Predators	CE	82	40	34	8	213	233	88
11	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	35	9	234	248	85
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
14	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	34	37	11	207	234	79
15	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	32	45	5	199	257	69

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

Schedule and results

Regular season

2008–09 Game log
October: 6–5–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Calgary 0–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–0–0 2 [8] 2 October 11 Vancouver 5–4 Calgary OT Luongo 19,289 2–0–0 4 [9] 3 October 13 Vancouver 1–5 Washington Luongo 16,847 2–1–0 4 [10] 4 October 16 Vancouver 4–3 Detroit OT Luongo 19,011 3–1–0 6 [11] 5 October 17 Vancouver 2–5 Buffalo Sanford 18,449 3–2–0 6 [12] 6 October 19 Vancouver 2–4 Chicago Luongo 21,193 3–3–0 6 [13] 7 October 21 Vancouver 2–4 Columbus Luongo 12,057 3–4–0 6 [14] 8 October 25 Edmonton 3–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 4–4–0 8 [15] 9 October 28 Boston 1–0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 4–5–0 8 [16] 10 October 30 Vancouver 4–0 Los Angeles Luongo 13,652 5–5–0 10 [17] 11 October 31 Vancouver 7–6 Anaheim SO Luongo 16,704 6–5–0 12 [18]
November: 8–3–2 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 6–6–0 12 [19] 13 November 4 Nashville 0–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 7–6–0 14 [20] 14 November 6 Phoenix 0–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–6–0 16 [21] 15 November 8 Minnesota 0–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 9–6–0 18 [22] 16 November 12 Colorado 2–1 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 9–6–1 19 [23] 17 November 15 Toronto 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 10–6–1 21 [24] 18 November 17 Vancouver 1–2 NY Islanders SO Luongo 11,299 10–6–2 22 [25] 19 November 19 Vancouver 6–3 NY Rangers Luongo 18,200 11–6–2 24 [26] 20 November 20 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota Sanford 18,568 12–6–2 26 [27] 21 November 22 Vancouver 3–1 Pittsburgh Sanford 17,040 13–6–2 28 [28] 22 November 24 Detroit 2–3 Vancouver OT Sanford 18,630 14–6–2 30 [29] 23 November 27 Calgary 4–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 14–7–2 30 [30] 24 November 29 Vancouver 1–3 Calgary Schneider 19,289 14–8–2 30 [31]
December: 6–7–1 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Vancouver 2–3 Columbus Schneider 13,299 14–9–2 30 [32] 26 December 4 Vancouver 5–6 Detroit Sanford 19,116 14–10–2 30 [33] 27 December 5 Vancouver 2–1 Minnesota Schneider 18,568 15–10–2 32 [34] 28 December 7 Vancouver 4–5 Colorado SO Schneider 13,411 15–10–3 33 [35] 29 December 9 Vancouver 3–1 Nashville Sanford 12,441 16–10–3 35 [36] 30 December 13 Vancouver 0–3 Edmonton Sanford 16,839 16–11–3 35 [37] 31 December 14 Florida 3–5 Vancouver Schneider 18,630 17–11–3 37 [38] 32 December 17 Edmonton 2–4 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 18–11–3 39 [39] 33 December 20 Chicago 3–1 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 18–12–3 39 [40] 34 December 22 Anaheim 3–4 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 19–12–3 41 [41] 35 December 23 Vancouver 0–5 San Jose Schneider 17,496 19–13–3 41 [42] 36 December 26 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 19–14–3 41 [43] 37 December 28 Ottawa 0–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 20–14–3 43 [44] 38 December 30 Philadelphia 3–2 Vancouver Schneider 18,630 20–15–3 43 [45]
January: 2–5–5 (Home: 0–5–3; Road: 2–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 1 Vancouver 2–1 Nashville LaBarbera 16,502 21–15–3 45 [46] 40 January 2 Vancouver 3–4 Atlanta SO LaBarbera 14,902 21–15–4 46 [47] 41 January 4 Dallas 3–2 Vancouver SO LaBarbera 18,630 21–15–5 47 [48] 42 January 7 Vancouver 4–2 Edmonton LaBarbera 16,839 22–15–5 49 [49] 43 January 9 St. Louis 6–4 Vancouver LaBarbera 18,630 22–16–5 49 [50] 44 January 10 San Jose 4–2 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 22–17–5 49 [51] 45 January 13 New Jersey 5–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 22–18–5 49 [52] 46 January 15 Phoenix 4–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 22–19–5 49 [53] 47 January 18 Columbus 6–5 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 22–19–6 50 [54] 48 January 20 Vancouver 1–2 San Jose OT Luongo 17,496 22–19–7 51 [55] 49 January 28 Nashville 5–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 22–20–7 51 [56] 50 January 31 Minnesota 4–3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 22–20–8 52 [57]
February: 9–2–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 3 Carolina 3–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 23–20–8 54 [58] 52 February 7 Chicago 3–7 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 24–20–8 56 [59] 53 February 10 Vancouver 6–4 St. Louis Luongo 16,431 25–20–8 58 [60] 54 February 12 Vancouver 4–3 Phoenix Luongo 14,872 26–20–8 60 [61] 55 February 13 Vancouver 1–2 Dallas LaBarbera 18,532 26–21–8 60 [62] 56 February 15 Montreal 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 27–21–8 62 [63] 57 February 17 Vancouver 4–3 Calgary SO Luongo 19,289 28–21–8 64 [64] 58 February 19 Vancouver 5–2 Ottawa Luongo 19,716 29–21–8 66 [65] 59 February 21 Vancouver 3–2 Toronto SO Luongo 19,504 30–21–8 68 [66] 60 February 24 Vancouver 0–3 Montreal Luongo 21,273 30–22–8 68 [67] 61 February 27 Tampa Bay 1–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 31–22–8 70 [68]
March: 11–3–1 (Home: 7–0–0; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 Columbus 1–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 32–22–8 72 [69] 63 March 3 Minnesota 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 33–22–8 74 [70] 64 March 7 San Jose 1–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 34–22–8 76 [71] 65 March 9 Vancouver 2–3 Los Angeles Luongo 16,995 34–23–8 76 [72] 66 March 11 Vancouver 3–4 Anaheim OT Luongo 16,967 34–23–9 77 [73] 67 March 13 Los Angeles 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 35–23–9 79 [74] 68 March 15 Colorado 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 36–23–9 81 [75] 69 March 17 Dallas 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 37–23–9 83 [76] 70 March 19 St. Louis 0–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 38–23–9 85 [77] 71 March 21 Vancouver 1–5 Phoenix Luongo 17,125 38–24–9 85 [78] 72 March 24 Vancouver 5–2 Dallas Luongo 17,276 39–24–9 87 [79] 73 March 26 Vancouver 2–4 St. Louis Luongo 19,250 39–25–9 87 [80] 74 March 27 Vancouver 4–1 Colorado LaBarbera 16,177 40–25–9 89 [81] 75 March 29 Vancouver 4–0 Chicago Luongo 21,673 41–25–9 91 [82] 76 March 31 Vancouver 2–1 Minnesota OT Luongo 18,568 42–25–9 93 [83]
April: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Anaheim 6–5 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 42–25–10 94 [84] 78 April 4 Vancouver 3–5 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 42–26–10 94 [85] 79 April 5 Colorado 4–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 42–27–10 94 [86] 80 April 7 Calgary 1–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 43–27–10 96 [87] 81 April 9 Los Angeles 0–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 44–27–10 98 [88] 82 April 11 Vancouver 1–0 Colorado OT Luongo 13,397 45–27–10 100 [89]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2009 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference quarter-final vs. (6) St. Louis Blues: Vancouver won series 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 St. Louis 1–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–0 [90] 2 April 17 St. Louis 0–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 2–0 [91] 3 April 19 Vancouver 3–2 St. Louis Luongo 19,500 3–0 [92] 4 April 21 Vancouver 3–2 St. Louis OT Luongo 19,250 4–0 [93]
Western Conference semi-final vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks: Chicago won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 30 Chicago 3–5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–0 [94] 2 May 2 Chicago 6–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–1 [95] 3 May 5 Vancouver 3–1 Chicago Luongo 22,659 2–1 [96] 4 May 7 Vancouver 1–2 Chicago OT Luongo 22,682 2–2 [97] 5 May 9 Chicago 4–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 2–3 [98] 6 May 11 Vancouver 5–7 Chicago Luongo 22,687 2–4 [99] Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Daniel Sedin 82 31 51 82 +24 36 Henrik Sedin 82 22 60 82 +22 48 Ryan Kesler 82 26 33 59 +8 61 Pavol Demitra 69 20 33 53 +6 20 Alex Burrows 82 28 23 51 +23 150 Kevin Bieksa 72 11 32 43 -4 97 Alexander Edler 80 10 27 37 +11 54 Steve Bernier 81 15 17 32 +4 27 Mats Sundin 41 9 19 28 -5 28 Kyle Wellwood 74 18 9 27 +2 4 Mattias Ohlund 82 6 19 25 +14 105 Sami Salo 60 5 20 25 +5 26 Mason Raymond 72 11 12 23 +2 24 Willie Mitchell 82 3 20 23 +29 59 Jannik Hansen 55 6 15 21 +5 37 Taylor Pyatt 69 10 9 19 0 43 Shane O'Brien† 76 0 10 10 +6 196 Ryan Johnson 62 2 7 9 +1 12 Darcy Hordichuk 73 4 1 5 +1 109 Jason Jaffray 14 2 2 4 -2 14 Rick Rypien 12 3 0 3 -3 19 Rob Davison 23 0 2 2 -4 51 Jason Krog 4 1 0 1 0 2 Ossi Vaananen† 3 0 1 1 +1 0 Alexandre Bolduc 7 0 1 1 +1 4 Lawrence Nycholat‡ 14 0 1 1 +3 6 Mike Brown‡ 20 0 1 1 -5 85 Michel Ouellet 3 0 0 0 +1 0

Playoffs

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Henrik Sedin 10 4 6 10 +2 2 Daniel Sedin 10 4 6 10 +4 8 Mats Sundin 8 3 5 8 -1 2 Alexander Edler 10 1 7 8 -2 6 Sami Salo 7 3 4 7 0 2 Kyle Wellwood 10 1 5 6 -1 0 Kevin Bieksa 10 0 5 5 +3 14 Alex Burrows 10 3 1 4 +3 20 Steve Bernier 10 2 2 4 -1 7 Ryan Kesler 10 2 2 4 -2 14 Mason Raymond 10 2 1 3 -2 2 Pavol Demitra 6 1 2 3 -2 2 Mattias Ohlund 10 1 2 3 +5 6 Ryan Johnson 10 1 1 2 0 2 Shane O'Brien 10 1 1 2 -3 24 Willie Mitchell 10 0 2 2 -2 22 Rick Rypien 10 0 2 2 -1 40 Darcy Hordichuk 10 1 0 1 +1 14 Jannik Hansen 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ossi Vaananen 3 0 0 0 0 2 Taylor Pyatt 4 0 0 0 -3 2

Goaltenders

Note:  Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Roberto Luongo 54 3181 33 13 7 124 2.34 1542 1418 .920 9 Curtis Sanford 19 973 7 8 0 42 2.59 448 406 .906 1 Jason LaBarbera† 9 451 3 2 2 20 2.66 235 215 .915 0 Cory Schneider 8 355 2 4 1 20 3.38 162 142 .877 0

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Roberto Luongo 10 618 6 4 26 2.52 304 278 .914 1

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
^‡Denotes player no longer with the team. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Awards and records

Awards

• Daniel Sedin was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending October 12, 2008.
• Roberto Luongo was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending November 9, 2008.
• Henrik Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the week for the week ending November 23, 2008.
• Roberto Luongo was named to the Western Conference roster for the 57th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Montreal.
• Daniel Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the week for the week ending March 29, 2009.
• Henrik Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the month for March.
• Roberto Luongo was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending April 12, 2009.

Records

• Roberto Luongo set a franchise record for consecutive shutout minutes with 242:36 on November 12, 2008 versus the Colorado Avalanche.
• The Canucks set a franchise record for consecutive home losses with 7 on January 18, 2009 versus the Columbus Blue Jackets.
• Mattias Ohlund set a franchise record for the most points scored by a defenceman with 322 points on March 15, 2009 versus the Colorado Avalanche.
• The Canucks set a franchise record for consecutive home wins with 11 on March 19, 2009 versus the St. Louis Blues.
• Roberto Luongo set a franchise record for most shutouts in a season with 8 on April 9, 2009 versus the Los Angeles Kings, and ended the season with one more, for a total of 9 shutouts and tying Kirk McLean for the all-time franchise lead in shutouts.

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Pavol Demitra	700th point	October 11, 2008
Alexander Edler	100th game	October 13, 2008
Jannik Hansen	1st goal	October 16, 2008
Roberto Luongo	200th win	October 16, 2008
Alain Vigneault	200th win	October 16, 2008
Jason Krog	200th game	October 25, 2008
Roberto Luongo	500th game	October 31, 2008
Mattias Ohlund	700th game	November 2, 2008
Henrik Sedin	300th assist	November 4, 2008
Kyle Wellwood	200th game	November 12, 2008
Rob Davison	200th game	November 20, 2008
Daniel Sedin	400th point	November 24, 2008
Alexandre Bolduc	1st game	November 27, 2008
Henrik Sedin	400th point	November 27, 2008
Steve Bernier	200th game	November 29, 2008
Cory Schneider	1st game	November 29, 2008
Steve Bernier	100th point	December 4, 2008
Cory Schneider	1st win	December 5, 2008
Curtis Sanford	100th game	December 17, 2008
Ryan Kesler	100th point	December 22, 2008
Henrik Sedin	600th game	December 26, 2008
Jason LaBarbera	100th game	January 2, 2009
Daniel Sedin	600th game	January 2, 2009
Alexandre Bolduc	1st point 1st assist	January 4, 2009
Shane O'Brien	200th game	January 7, 2009
Willie Mitchell	500th game	January 10, 2009
Taylor Pyatt	500th game	January 13, 2009
Willie Mitchell	100th point	January 18, 2009
Henrik Sedin	100th goal	March 13, 2009
Alain Vigneault	500th game	March 19, 2009
Pavol Demitra	300th goal	March 31, 2009
Alex Burrows	100th point	April 2, 2009

Transactions

See also: 2008–09 NHL transactions

Trades

June 4, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Steve Bernier	To Buffalo Sabres 3rd-round pick in 2009 – Brayden McNabb 2nd-round pick in 2010 – Petr Straka
September 2, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Lawrence Nycholat	To Ottawa Senators Ryan Shannon
October 6, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Shane O'Brien Michel Ouellet	To Tampa Bay Lightning Lukas Krajicek Juraj Simek
December 9, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Conditional pick in 2009	To Chicago Blackhawks Jimmy Sharrow
December 30, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Jason LaBarbera	To Los Angeles Kings 7th-round pick in 2009 – Jordan Samuels-Thomas
February 4, 2009	To Vancouver Canucks Nathan McIver	To Anaheim Ducks Mike Brown

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Darcy Hordichuk	Carolina Hurricanes	Three-year, $2.25-million
Ryan Johnson	St. Louis Blues	Two-year, $2.3-million
Nolan Baumgartner	Dallas Stars	Two-way deal, $1.2-million
Mark Cullen	Detroit Red Wings	One-year, $500,000
Pavol Demitra	Minnesota Wild	Two-year, $8-million
Rob Davison	New York Islanders	One-year, $560,000
Jason Krog	Atlanta Thrashers	One-year, $700,000
Mats Sundin	Toronto Maple Leafs	One-year, $5-million

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract Terms
Drew MacIntyre	Nashville Predators
Markus Naslund	New York Rangers	Two-year, $8-million
Brendan Morrison	Anaheim Ducks	One-year, $2.75-million
Mike Weaver	St. Louis Blues
Brad Isbister	Ottawa Senators	Two-way deal
Trevor Linden		Retired

Received from waivers

Player	From
Kyle Wellwood	Toronto Maple Leafs
Ossi Vaananen	Philadelphia Flyers

Lost on waivers

Player	New Team
Nathan McIver	Anaheim Ducks
Matt Pettinger	Tampa Bay Lightning
Lawrence Nycholat	Calgary Flames

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Cody Hodgson (C)	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
2	41	Yann Sauve (D)	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
5	131	Prab Rai (C)	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
6	161	Mats Frøshaug (C)	Norway	Linköpings HC Jr. (Sweden)
7	191	Morgan Clark (G)	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)

7th Canuck

On October 25, 2008, the Canucks retired the jersey number '7' in honour of the fans, the "seventh Canuck". Originally, the plan was to have a randomly selected season ticket holder unveil the banner before every home game and have it raised to the rafters, but after the first game it was abandoned.

Farm teams

Manitoba Moose

The Canucks' AHL affiliate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Moose' home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000–01 AHL season.

Victoria Salmon Kings

The Canucks' ECHL affiliate based in Victoria, British Columbia. The Salmon Kings' home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2006–07 ECHL season.

External links

• Vancouver Canucks official website