# 2016–17 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2016–17 Vancouver Canucks season was the 47th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. For the third consecutive season, they opened the season with a match against the Calgary Flames. The team finished with the lowest-scoring season in franchise history, scoring just 182 goals. The day after the Canucks' season-ending game, head coach Willie Desjardins was fired, along with assistant coaches Doug Lidster and Perry Pearn. The Canucks overall missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

## Off-season

The Canucks made their first off-season move while the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs were still in action, sending centre Jared McCann and second and fourth round picks to the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenceman Erik Gudbranson and a fifth-round pick. On June 27, two days after the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, the Canucks placed winger Chris Higgins on unconditional waivers and subsequently bought out the final year of his contract.

### Training camp

Vancouver's 2016 training camp was held in Whistler, British Columbia, on September 22–26, 2016.

## Regular season

During the team bye week in February, many Canucks players experienced mumps symptoms, with some being diagnosed with the disease. Compounded with ongoing injuries to other players at the time, the Canucks played their following game with 11 regulars out of the lineup, where they lost to the San Jose Sharks 4–1.
Preceding the 2017 NHL trade deadline, the Canucks traded long-time forward Alex Burrows to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for prospect Jonathan Dahlen on February 27, 2017. The following night, they traded another long-time forward, Jannik Hansen, to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Nikolay Goldobin and a conditional fourth-round pick at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
The Canucks finished their season with 69 points and had the second-best odds for the draft lottery of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 46 | 23 | 13 | 43 | 223 | 200 | +23 | 105 |
| 2 | x – Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 47 | 26 | 9 | 43 | 247 | 212 | +35 | 103 |
| 3 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 221 | 201 | +20 | 99 |
| 4 | x – Calgary Flames | 82 | 45 | 33 | 4 | 41 | 226 | 221 | +5 | 94 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 37 | 201 | 205 | −4 | 86 |
| 6 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 30 | 42 | 10 | 24 | 197 | 260 | −63 | 70 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 26 | 182 | 243 | −61 | 69 |
Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PA | x – Calgary Flames | 82 | 45 | 33 | 4 | 41 | 226 | 221 | +5 | 94 |
| 2 | CE | x – Nashville Predators | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 39 | 240 | 224 | +16 | 94 |
| 3 | CE | Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 37 | 249 | 256 | −7 | 87 |
| 4 | PA | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 37 | 201 | 205 | −4 | 86 |
| 5 | CE | Dallas Stars | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 33 | 223 | 262 | −39 | 79 |
| 6 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 30 | 42 | 10 | 24 | 197 | 260 | −63 | 70 |
| 7 | PA | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 26 | 182 | 243 | −61 | 69 |
| 8 | CE | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 22 | 56 | 4 | 21 | 166 | 278 | −112 | 48 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2016–17 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Detailed records

Western Conference :
| Central Division |||||||
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pts. | Goals scored | Goals allowed |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–1 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Dallas Stars | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–2–0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Minnesota Wild | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–1–0 | 4 | 11 | 12 |
| Nashville Predators | 1–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 1–1–1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| St. Louis Blues | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–2–0 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–2–0 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Total | 6–3–1 | 4–6–1 | 10–9–2 | 22 | 54 | 62 |
| Pacific Division |||||||
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pts. | Goals scored | Goals allowed |
| Anaheim Ducks | 1–2–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–3–0 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| Arizona Coyotes | 2–0–0 | 1–2–0 | 3–2–0 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
| Calgary Flames | 3–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 3–2–0 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 0–2–0 | 1–2–0 | 1–4–0 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 1–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 2–1–1 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| San Jose Sharks | 0–3–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–5–0 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| Vancouver Canucks | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 7–8–0 | 4–9–1 | 11–17–1 | 23 | 51 | 75 |
Eastern Conference :
| Atlantic Division |||||||
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pts. | Goals scored | Goals allowed |
| Boston Bruins | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Florida Panthers | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ottawa Senators | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Total | 4–2–2 | 2–6–0 | 6–8–2 | 14 | 34 | 44 |
| Metropolitan Division |||||||
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pts. | Goals scored | Goals allowed |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 10 | 11 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 0–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| New Jersey Devils | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| New York Islanders | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| New York Rangers | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Washington Capitals | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Total | 1–4–3 | 2–5–1 | 3–9–4 | 10 | 39 | 60 |

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Bo Horvat | 81 | 20 | 32 | 52 | −7 | 27 |
| Henrik Sedin | 82 | 15 | 35 | 50 | −27 | 28 |
| Daniel Sedin | 82 | 15 | 29 | 44 | −16 | 32 |
| Sven Baertschi | 68 | 18 | 17 | 35 | −6 | 8 |
| Brandon Sutter | 81 | 17 | 17 | 34 | −20 | 12 |
| Markus Granlund | 69 | 19 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 14 |
| Loui Eriksson | 65 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −9 | 8 |
| Troy Stecher | 71 | 3 | 21 | 24 | −16 | 25 |
| Alexander Edler | 68 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −20 | 36 |
| Alex Burrows$^‡$ | 55 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −3 | 53 |
| Ben Hutton | 71 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −22 | 31 |
| Jannik Hansen$^‡$ | 28 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| Luca Sbisa | 82 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −1 | 40 |
| Christopher Tanev | 53 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| Jack Skille | 55 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Michael Chaput | 68 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −12 | 29 |
| Nikita Tryamkin | 66 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −7 | 64 |
| Jayson Megna | 58 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 |
| Reid Boucher$^†$ | 27 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −7 | 6 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 30 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −14 | 18 |
| Philip Larsen | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −8 | 4 |
| Brock Boeser | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gaunce | 57 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −2 | 33 |
| Derek Dorsett | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −6 | 33 |
| Nikolay Goldobin$^†$ | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Biega | 36 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 18 |
| Drew Shore | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
| Anton Rodin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Virtanen | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Borna Rendulic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan McEneny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Mike Zalewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Alexandre Grenier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Griffen Molino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Joseph Cramarossa$^†$ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 |
| Joseph LaBate | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 21 |
| Totals | 82 | 178 | 292 | 470 | −233 | 638 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jacob Markstrom | 26 | 23 | 1416:58 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 62 | 2.63 | 692 | .910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Miller | 54 | 54 | 3211:51 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 150 | 2.80 | 1737 | .914 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Richard Bachman | 5 | 5 | 295:11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2.64 | 162 | .920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 82 | 4924:59 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 225 | 2.74 | 2,591 | 0.913 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
$^†$Acquired by Canucks mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only. $^‡$Acquired by another team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

## Awards and honours
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Bo Horvat | NHL All-Star Game selection | January 10, 2017 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Date |
| Brendan Gaunce | 1st career NHL assist | October 16, 2016 |
| Jannik Hansen | 100th career NHL goal | October 20, 2016 |
| Christopher Tanev | 300th career NHL game | October 22, 2016 |
| Troy Stecher | 1st career NHL game | October 25, 2016 |
| Brandon Sutter | 200th career NHL point | November 5, 2016 |
| Troy Stecher | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 5, 2016 |
| Troy Stecher | 1st career NHL goal | November 13, 2016 |
| Luca Sbisa | 400th career NHL game | November 15, 2016 |
| Joseph LaBate | 1st career NHL game | November 23, 2016 |
| Ben Hutton | 100th career NHL game | December 3, 2016 |
| Jacob Markstrom | 100th career NHL game | December 13, 2016 |
| Brandon Sutter | 100th career NHL assist | December 13, 2016 |
| Loui Eriksson | 300th career NHL assist | December 16, 2016 |
| Henrik Sedin | 1200th career NHL game | December 22, 2016 |
| Anton Rodin | 1st career NHL game | December 23, 2016 |
| Alex Burrows | 800th career NHL game | December 30, 2016 |
| Anton Rodin | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | January 2, 2017 |
| Daniel Sedin | 600th career NHL assist | January 2, 2017 |
| Henrik Sedin | 1,000th career NHL point | January 20, 2017 |
| Bo Horvat | 200th career NHL game | January 26, 2017 |
| Michael Chaput | 100th career NHL game | February 9, 2017 |
| Bo Horvat | 100th career NHL point | February 11, 2017 |
| Daniel Sedin | 1,200th career NHL game | February 14, 2017 |
| Evan McEneny | 1st career NHL game | February 25, 2017 |
| Jayson Megna | 100th career NHL game | March 5, 2017 |
| Ryan Miller | 700th career NHL game | March 13, 2017 |
| Reid Boucher | 100th career NHL game | March 16, 2017 |
| Sven Baertschi | 200th career NHL game | March 25, 2017 |
| Brock Boeser | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | March 25, 2017 |
| Griffen Molino | 1st career NHL game | March 31, 2017 |
| Brock Boeser | 1st career NHL assist | April 4, 2017 |
| Ryan Miller | 700th career NHL start | April 6, 2017 |
| Alexander Edler | 300th career NHL point | April 8, 2017 |

## Transactions

The Canucks been involved in the following transactions:

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) | To Vancouver Canucks:Erik Gudbranson NYI's 5th-round pick in 2016 | To Florida Panthers:Jared McCann 2nd-round pick in 2016 4th-round pick in 2016 |
| February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27) | To Vancouver Canucks:Jonathan Dahlen | To Ottawa Senators:Alex Burrows |
| February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28) | To Vancouver Canucks:Nikolay Goldobin Conditional 4th-round pick in 2017 | To San Jose Sharks:Jannik Hansen |

### Player signings

| Player | Date | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| Anton Rodin | March 22, 2016 (2016-03-22) | 1 year, $950,000 |
| Thatcher Demko | April 20, 2016 (2016-04-20) | 3-year, $925,000 entry-level contract |
| Sven Baertschi | June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16) | 2 years, $3.7 million |
| Emerson Etem | June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27) | 1 year, $775,000 |
| Philip Larsen | July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) | 1 year, $1.025 million |
| Jacob Markstrom | July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07) | 3-year, $11 million contract extension |
| Olli Juolevi | August 5, 2016 (2016-08-05) | 3-year, $925,000 entry-level contract |
| Ben Hutton | November 24, 2016 (2016-11-24) | 2-year, $5.6 million contract extension |
| Brock Boeser | March 25, 2017 (2017-03-25) | 3-year, $925,000 entry-level contract |
| Jayson Megna | April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02) | 1 year, $675,000 contract extension |
| Jonathan Dahlen | April 21, 2017 (2017-04-21) | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level |
| Andrey Pedan | May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03) | 1 year, $750,000 contract extension |
| Erik Gudbranson | June 15, 2017 (2017-06-15) | 1 year, $3.5 million contract extension |

## Draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 5 | Olli Juolevi | D | Finland | London Knights (OHL) |
| 3 | 64 | William Lockwood | RW | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
| 5 | 140 | Cole Candella | D | Canada | Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) |
| 6 | 154 | Jakob Stukel | LW | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
| 7 | 184 | Rodrigo Abols | C | Latvia | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
| 7 | 194 | Brett McKenzie | C | Canada | North Bay Battalion (OHL) |

### Draft notes

* The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent Mark Pysyk, a second-round pick and St. Louis' third-round pick both in 2016 (38th and 89th overall) to Florida in exchange for Dmitri Kulikov and this pick. Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on May 25, 2016, that sent Erik Gudbranson and the Islanders' fifth-round pick in 2016 to Vancouver in exchange for Jared McCann, a fourth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
* The Vancouver Canucks' fourth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on May 25, 2016, that sent Erik Gudbranson and the Islanders' fifth-round pick in 2016 to Vancouver in exchange for Jared McCann, a second-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
* The Vancouver Canucks' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on July 1, 2015, that sent Brandon Prust to Vancouver in exchange for Zack Kassian and this pick.
* $^a$ The New York Islanders' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on May 25, 2016, that sent Jared McCann, a second and fourth-round pick both in 2016 to Florida in exchange for Erik Gudbranson and this pick. Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015, that sent Montreal's fifth-round pick in 2015 to New York in exchange for this pick.
* $^b$ The Carolina Hurricanes' seventh-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015, that sent Eddie Lack to Carolina in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.