16. Vancouver Canucks: The Canucks easily led the league in internal strife and Petterssons last year. A healthy Thatcher ...

One of the unique, and unexpected, trends over the past few seasons in the NHL has seen 100-point teams miss the playoff the ...

So we’d keep Skinner, a 26-year-old youngster who makes just $2.6 million, and add a Scott Wedgewood, Darcy Kuemper-level guy — whomever that name turns out to be.

On top of that, Kuemper was a pending UFA, just as Demko is now. Those two factors should have conspired to limit Kuemper’s trade value, but they didn’t.

Vancouver: The Canucks likely thought Thatcher Demko was their no-doubt goalie of the present and future a few years ago. The situation has changed due to injury and inconsistent performance.

Logan Thompson, Darcy Kuemper, Anthony Stolarz, and Mackenzie Blackwood finished in the top 10 in save percentage after changing teams during the summer or early in the season (Blackwood). Even ...

Logan Thompson, Darcy Kuemper, Anthony Stolarz, and Mackenzie Blackwood finished in the top 10 in save percentage after changing teams during the summer or early in the season (Blackwood).

Starting individual season evaluations in net with goaltender Darcy Kuemper. Off all the potential question marks entering the season, Kuemper was perhaps the biggest answer given. Kuemper had a ...

Thatcher Demko Demko is the bigger question mark, while also being the more intriguing option for another team. The American netminder is just one season removed from his runner-up Vezina campaign.

This is why Thatcher Demko is such a huge X-factor for the Canucks. Demko staying healthy and bouncing back to a Vezina-calibre form would immediately raise the Canucks’ ceiling, especially with ...

Kuemper stopped five goals on 28 shots in Thursday's 6-4 loss to the Oilers in Game 6. The sixth goal was an empty-netter.

Kuemper will guard the cage on the road for Game 6 versus Edmonton, LA Kings' Insider Zach Dooley reports. Kuemper has lost three straight games after giving Los Angeles a 2-0 lead to open the ...