Vancouver Canucks
History 1971-2021 (51 seasons)

Teams Vancouver Canucks

The Canucks joined the league in 1970 as an expansion team along with the Buffalo Sabres. In its NHL history, the team has advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals three times, losing to the New York Islanders in 1982, the New York Rangers in 1994 and the Boston Bruins in 2011. They have won the Presidents' Trophy in back-to-back seasons as the team with the league's best regular-season record in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. They won three division titles as a member of the Smythe Division from 1974 to 1993, and seven titles as a member of the Northwest Division from 1998 to 2013. The Canucks, along with the Sabres, are the two oldest teams to have never won the Stanley Cup. The Canucks have retired six players' jerseys in their history—Pavel Bure (10), Stan Smyl (12), Trevor Linden (16), Markus Naslund (19), Daniel Sedin (22) and Henrik Sedin (33); all but Bure and Daniel Sedin have served as team captain. All but Näslund were on one of the three Stanley Cup Finals rosters. Smyl has the distinction of being the only Canuck to have his jersey number retired at their former arena, the Pacific Coliseum.

The Canucks joined the league in 1970 as an expansion team along with the Buffalo Sabres. In its NHL history, the team has advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals three times, losing to the New York Islanders in 1982, the New York Rangers in 1994 and the Boston Bruins in 2011. They have won the Presidents' Trophy in back-to-back seasons as the team with the league's best regular-season record in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. They won three division titles as a member of the Smythe Division from 1974 to 1993, and seven titles as a member of the Northwest Division from 1998 to 2013. The Canucks, along with the Sabres, are the two oldest teams to have never won the Stanley Cup. The Canucks have retired six players' jerseys in their history—Pavel Bure (10), Stan Smyl (12), Trevor Linden (16), Markus Naslund (19), Daniel Sedin (22) and Henrik Sedin (33); all but Bure and Daniel Sedin have served as team captain. All but Näslund were on one of the three Stanley Cup Finals rosters. Smyl has the distinction of being the only Canuck to have his jersey number retired at their former arena, the Pacific Coliseum.

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1971-2021 (51 seasons)

Vancouver Canucks Team History

All-time franchise record

1649-1746 (.486)

0 championships in 3 appearances

Top Seasons

Year Record Result

2013 26-15 Lost Conference Quarterfinals

2012 51-22 Lost Conference Quarterfinals

2011 54-19 Lost Stanley Cup Finals

1994 41-40 Lost Stanley Cup Finals

1982 30-33 Lost Stanley Cup Finals

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Last 5 Seasons

Year Record Result

2021 23-29 Missed Playoffs

2020 36-27 Lost Second Round

2019 35-36 Missed Playoffs

2018 31-40 Missed Playoffs

2017 30-43 Missed Playoffs

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1st Round Draft Picks

Year Rd/Pick Player

2019 1 / 10 Vasily Podkolzin RW

2018 1 / 7 Quinn Hughes D

2017 1 / 5 Elias Pettersson C

2016 1 / 5 Olli Juolevi D

2015 1 / 23 Brock Boeser R

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Longest Serving GM's

Tenure Years General Manager

1988-97 10 Pat Quinn

1998-04 7 Brian Burke

2015-21 7 Jim Benning

2009-14 6 Mike Gillis

1977-82 6 Jake Milford

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Team Owners

Tenure Years Owner

2004-21 18 Francesco Aquilini

1998-06 9 John McCaw, Jr.

1989-97 9 Arthur Griffiths

1975-88 14 Frank Griffiths

1971-74 4 Thomas Scallen

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