# 2004–05 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2004–05 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 35th season in the NHL. However, the entire season's games were cancelled as a result of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

## Schedule

The Canucks regular season schedule was announced on July 14, 2004. Their preseason schedule was released on August 10, 2004.
2004–05 schedule :
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 24@ Edmonton Oilers
2September 25@ Calgary Flames
3September 26Anaheim Mighty Ducks
4September 30@ San Jose Sharks
5October 3@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
6October 5Edmonton Oilers
7October 7San Jose Sharks
8October 8Calgary Flames :
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 13@ San Jose Sharks
2October 16Detroit Red Wings
3October 19@ Calgary Flames
4October 20St. Louis Blues
5October 22Minnesota Wild
6October 24Columbus Blue Jackets
7October 26Calgary Flames
8October 28@ Minnesota Wild
9October 30@ Colorado Avalanche
10November 2Colorado Avalanche
11November 5Nashville Predators
12November 7Anaheim Mighty Ducks
13November 10@ Colorado Avalanche
14November 11@ Phoenix Coyotes
15November 13@ San Jose Sharks
16November 17Chicago Blackhawks
17November 19Nashville Predators
18November 21Minnesota Wild
19November 23@ Atlanta Thrashers
20November 24@ Tampa Bay Lightning
21November 26@ Florida Panthers
22November 28@ Carolina Hurricanes
23November 30@ Nashville Predators
24December 2Calgary Flames
25December 4Toronto Maple Leafs
26December 6Columbus Blue Jackets
27December 9@ Calgary Flames
28December 10Detroit Red Wings
29December 12@ Columbus Blue Jackets
30December 14@ Pittsburgh Penguins
31December 16@ Detroit Red Wings
32December 18Edmonton Oilers
33December 21Los Angeles Kings
34December 23Phoenix Coyotes
35December 26@ Edmonton Oilers
36December 27Philadelphia Flyers
37December 29Montreal Canadiens
38December 31@ Detroit Red Wings
39January 1@ Buffalo Sabres
40January 4@ St. Louis Blues
41January 6@ Colorado Avalanche
42January 8Dallas Stars
43January 10San Jose Sharks
44January 12Ottawa Senators
45January 14@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
46January 15@ Los Angeles Kings
47January 20@ Minnesota Wild
48January 22@ Edmonton Oilers
49January 23New York Islanders
50January 25New Jersey Devils
51January 27Edmonton Oilers
52January 31Colorado Avalanche
53February 2New York Rangers
54February 5@ Toronto Maple Leafs
55February 7@ Ottawa Senators
56February 8@ Montreal Canadiens
57February 10@ Calgary Flames
58February 15San Jose Sharks
59February 19Calgary Flames
60February 22Boston Bruins
61February 24@ St. Louis Blues
62February 25@ Nashville Predators
63February 27@ Dallas Stars
64March 1Phoenix Coyotes
65March 3@ Phoenix Coyotes
66March 5@ Los Angeles Kings
67March 6@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
68March 8Chicago Blackhawks
69March 10St. Louis Blues
70March 14Minnesota Wild
71March 17@ Chicago Blackhawks
72March 18@ Columbus Blue Jackets
73March 20@ Dallas Stars
74March 22Colorado Avalanche
75March 24Washington Capitals
76March 26Los Angeles Kings
77March 30Dallas Stars
78April 1@ Chicago Blackhawks
79April 2@ Minnesota Wild
80April 4Anaheim Mighty Ducks
81April 7Edmonton Oilers
82April 9@ Edmonton Oilers :

## Transactions

The Canucks were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details | Ref |
| June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26) | To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 2004 | To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 2005 | |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Via |
| July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07) | Johnathan Aitken | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency |
| July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07) | Wade Flaherty | Nashville Predators | Free agency |
| July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07) | Lee Goren | Florida Panthers | Free agency |
| August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19) | Joe DiPenta | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency |
| August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19) | Jeff Heerema | New York Rangers | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 13, 2004 (2004-06-13) | Sergei Varlamov | Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) | Free agency (VI) |
| June 19, 2004 (2004-06-19) | Artem Chubarov | HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| June 28, 2004 (2004-06-28) | Geoff Sanderson | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Marc Bergevin | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Mike Keane | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07) | Brandon Reid | Hamburg Freezers (DEL) | Free agency (II) |
| July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27) | Pat Kavanagh | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (VI) |
| August 1, 2004 (2004-08-01) | Johan Hedberg | Leksands IF (Allsvenskan) | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06) | Magnus Arvedson | Farjestad BK (SHL) | Free agency (III) |
| August 20, 2004 (2004-08-20) | Martin Rucinsky | HC Litvinov (ELH) | Free agency (III) |
| September 17, 2004 (2004-09-17) | Sylvain Blouin | Quebec RadioX (LNAH) | Free agency (UFA) |
| October 21, 2004 (2004-10-21) | Chris Nielsen | San Antonio Rampage (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| January 20, 2005 (2005-01-20) | Mats Lindgren | | Retirement (UFA) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Matt Cooke | | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Brent Sopel | | Re-signing |
| July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27) | Dan Cloutier | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27) | Brendan Morrison | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19) | Nolan Baumgartner | | Re-signing |
| September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) | Alex Auld | multi-year | Re-signing |
| September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) | Daniel Sedin | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) | Henrik Sedin | 1-year | Re-signing |

## Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 26 | Cory Schneider (G) | United States | Phillips Academy (US High School) |
| 3 | 91 | Alexander Edler (D) | Sweden | Jamtland (Sweden) |
| 4 | 125 | Andrew Sarauer (LW) | Canada | Langley Hornets (BCHL) |
| 5 | 159 | Mike Brown (RW) | United States | University of Michigan (CCHA) |
| 6 | 189 | Julien Ellis (G) | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
| 8 | 254 | David Schulz (D) | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 9 | 287 | Jannik Hansen (RW) | Denmark | Malmö Jr. (SJL) |