2008–09 Vancouver Canucks season

NHL hockey team season

2008–09 Vancouver Canucks
Northwest Division champions
Division1st Northwest
Conference3rd Western
2008–09 record45–27–10
Home record24–12–5
Road record21–15–5
Goals for246
Goals against220
Team information
General managerMike Gillis
CoachAlain Vigneault
CaptainRoberto Luongo
Alternate captainsRyan Kesler
Willie Mitchell
Mattias Ohlund
ArenaGeneral Motors Place
Average attendance18,630 (101.1%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsDaniel Sedin (31)
AssistsHenrik Sedin (60)
PointsDaniel Sedin (82)
Henrik Sedin (82)
Penalty minutesShane O'Brien (196)
Plus/minusWillie Mitchell (+29)
WinsRoberto Luongo (33)
Goals against averageRoberto Luongo (2.34)

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

Season events

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.[2] 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.[3] The prospect camp was then followed by the main training camp, held over two days beginning September 20 in Whistler, British Columbia.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]
  • Roberto Luongo was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending November 9, 2008.[7]
  • Henrik Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the week for the week ending November 23, 2008.[8]
  • Roberto Luongo was named to the Western Conference roster for the 57th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Montreal.[9]
  • Daniel Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the week for the week ending March 29, 2009.[10]
  • Henrik Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the month for March.[11]
  • Roberto Luongo was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending April 12, 2009.[12]

Records

  • Roberto Luongo set a franchise record for consecutive shutout minutes with 242:36 on November 12, 2008 versus the Colorado Avalanche.[13]
  • The Canucks set a franchise record for consecutive home losses with 7 on January 18, 2009 versus the Columbus Blue Jackets.[14]
  • 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.[15]
  • 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

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

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.

References

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  6. ^ Sports Network (October 13, 2008). "Sedin, Booth, Brodeur selected as NHL's Three Stars". TSN. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
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  11. ^ NHL (April 1, 2009). "Ward, Sedin and Nash named 'Three Stars' for March". NHL. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
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