# 2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 38th season in the National Hockey League. For the second time in three years, the Canucks failed to qualify for the playoffs.

## Divisional standings

Northwest Division :
| | | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | y – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 223 | 218 | 98 |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 231 | 219 | 95 |
| 3 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 229 | 227 | 94 |
| 4 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 235 | 251 | 88 |
| 5 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 213 | 215 | 88 |

## Conference standings

Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 54 | 21 | 7 | 257 | 184 | 115 |
| 2 | y – San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 49 | 23 | 10 | 222 | 193 | 108 |
| 3 | y – Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 223 | 218 | 98 |
| 4 | Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 47 | 27 | 8 | 205 | 191 | 102 |
| 5 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 242 | 207 | 97 |
| 6 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 231 | 219 | 95 |
| 7 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 229 | 227 | 94 |
| 8 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 230 | 229 | 91 |
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| 9 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 235 | 251 | 88 |
| 10 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 239 | 235 | 88 |
| 11 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 213 | 215 | 88 |
| 12 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 214 | 231 | 83 |
| 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 193 | 218 | 80 |
| 14 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 205 | 237 | 79 |
| 15 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 231 | 266 | 71 |
Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2007–08 Game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## 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 |
| Henrik Sedin | 82 | 15 | 61 | 76 | +6 | 56 |
| Daniel Sedin | 82 | 29 | 45 | 74 | +6 | 50 |
| Markus Naslund | 82 | 25 | 30 | 55 | -7 | 46 |
| Ryan Kesler | 80 | 21 | 16 | 37 | +1 | 79 |
| Taylor Pyatt | 79 | 16 | 21 | 37 | +9 | 60 |
| Alexandre Burrows | 82 | 12 | 19 | 31 | +11 | 179 |
| Brendan Morrison | 39 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -3 | 18 |
| Sami Salo | 63 | 8 | 17 | 25 | +8 | 38 |
| Mattias Ohlund | 53 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -1 | 79 |
| Mason Raymond | 49 | 9 | 12 | 21 | +1 | 2 |
| Alexander Edler | 75 | 8 | 12 | 20 | +6 | 42 |
| Matt Cooke$^‡$ | 61 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 64 |
| Ryan Shannon | 27 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| Trevor Linden | 59 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| Kevin Bieksa | 34 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -11 | 90 |
| Willie Mitchell | 72 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +6 | 81 |
| Brad Isbister | 55 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 38 |
| Byron Ritchie | 71 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 80 |
| Lukas Krajicek | 39 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 36 |
| Aaron Miller | 57 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 32 |
| Matt Pettinger$^†$ | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| Jason Jaffray | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +4 | 19 |
| Rick Rypien | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 41 |
| Luc Bourdon | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +7 | 20 |
| Kris Beech$^{†‡}$ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 |
| Mike Brown | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 55 |
| Jeff Cowan | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 110 |
| Mike Weaver | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 33 |
| Zack Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jannik Hansen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan McIver | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 52 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Roberto Luongo | 73 | 4233 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 168 | 2.38 | 2029 | 1861 | .917 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Curtis Sanford | 16 | 679 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 2.83 | 313 | 281 | .898 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Drew MacIntyre | 2 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.95 | 22 | 19 | .864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$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
### 2008 Canuck Awards winners

* Molson Cup - Roberto Luongo
* Cyclone Taylor Trophy - Roberto Luongo
* Cyrus H. McLean Trophy - Henrik Sedin
* Babe Pratt Trophy - Willie Mitchell
* Fred J. Hume Award - Alexandre Burrows
* Most Exciting Player Award - Alexandre Burrows

#### Markus Naslund

* Recorded his 500th career point as Canuck captain on October 26, 2007, at Washington.
* Recorded his 11th career NHL hat trick on November 21, 2007, at Minnesota. With the hat trick Naslund is tied with Tony Tanti for the most hat tricks by a Canuck player with 10.
* Recorded a four-game point streak November 16–21, scoring 6–2–8.
* Recorded an assist on December 5, 2007, at Chicago to become the all-time franchise leader with 725 points.
* Surpassed 800 career NHL points on December 27, 2007, vs. Calgary.
* Played in his 1,000th career NHL game on January 17, 2008, at Detroit.

#### Roberto Luongo

* Made 26 saves and established a club record by registering his third consecutive shutout on November 29, 2007, vs. Columbus.
* Was named the NHL's Second Star for November 2007, posting an 8–2–2 record, 1.56 GAA, .940 save percentage and four shutouts.
* Was named the NHL's first star of the week on December 3, 2007, after he posted a 2–1–0 record with a 0.67 goals-against average, a .976 save percentage and two shutouts from November 28-December 2.
* Was voted in by the fans to represent the Western Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta, as the starting goaltender. Eventually, Luongo decided to skip the All-Star Game to spend time with his pregnant wife in Florida.

#### Trevor Linden

* Recorded his 412th career Canuck assist on November 8, 2007, at Calgary to become the all-time franchise assists leader. Linden surpassed the previous record of 411 that was held by Stan Smyl.
* Played in his 1,100th game in a Canucks uniform on December 5, 2007, at Chicago.
* Was awarded the NHL Foundation Player Award on May 22, 2008, along with Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier.

#### Henrik Sedin

* Played in his 500th career NHL and Canuck game on November 16, 2007, vs. Minnesota.
* Was selected by the NHL to represent the Western Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta.

#### Brendan Morrison

* Recorded his 300th career assist on October 6, 2007, at Calgary.
* Sustained a wrist injury, which ended his current NHL Ironman streak at 542 games. His franchise leading Ironman streak stopped at 534 games on December 12, 2007.

#### Mattias Ohlund

* Recorded his 200th career NHL and Canuck assist on November 3, 2007, at Colorado.
* Scored a goal on December 15, 2007, at Edmonton to surpass Jyrki Lumme to become the all-time leader in goal scoring by a Canucks defenceman with 84 career goals.

##### Others

* Taylor Pyatt played in his 400th career game on November 9, 2007, vs. Colorado.
* Willie Mitchell played in his 400th career game on November 9, 2007, vs. Colorado.
* Brad Isbister played in his 500th career NHL game on November 16, 2007, vs. Minnesota.
* Daniel Sedin played in his 500th career NHL and Canuck game on November 23, 2007, at St. Louis.
* Jason Jaffray recorded his first career goal and assist in his NHL debut and was named third star of the game on December 12, 2007, at Anaheim.
* Alexander Edler was selected to represent the Western Conference at the 2008 YoungStars Game in Atlanta.
* Matt Cooke recorded an assist to earn his 200th career NHL and Canuck point on February 1, 2008, at Florida.
* Alexandre Burrows played in his 200th career NHL and Canuck game on March 25, 2008, at Calgary.

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 23, 2007 | To Vancouver Canucks Ryan Shannon | To Anaheim Ducks Jason King Conditional pick in 2009 |
| June 23, 2007 | To Vancouver Canucks Jim Sharrow | To Atlanta Thrashers Jesse Schultz |
| August 1, 2007 | To Vancouver Canucks Zack Fitzgerald | To St. Louis Blues Francois-Pierre Guenette |
| February 26, 2008 | To Vancouver Canucks Matt Pettinger | To Washington Capitals Matt Cooke |

### Free agents acquired

| Player | Former team | Contract terms |
| F Brad Isbister | New York Rangers | 1 year, $525,000 |
| F Byron Ritchie | Calgary Flames | 1 year, $675,000 |
| G Curtis Sanford | St. Louis Blues | 1 year, $600,000 |
| D Aaron Miller | Los Angeles Kings | 1 year, $1.5 million |

### Free agents lost

| Player | New team | Contract Terms |
| G Dany Sabourin | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 years, $1.025 million |
| F Bryan Smolinski | Montreal Canadiens | 1 year, $2 million |
| G Wade Flaherty | Chicago Blackhawks | |
| D Prestin Ryan | Chicago Blackhawks | |
| F Nathan Smith | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 year, $500,000 |
| D Brent Sopel | Chicago Blackhawks | 1 year, $1.5 million |
| D Rory Fitzpatrick | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 year, $550,000 |

### Received from waivers

| Player | From |
| D Mike Weaver | Los Angeles Kings |
| C Kris Beech | Columbus Blue Jackets |

### Placed on waivers

| Player | New Team |
| C Kris Beech | Washington Capitals |

### Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 25 | Patrick White (C) | United States | Tri-City Storm (USHL) |
| 2 | 33 | Taylor Ellington (D) | Canada | Everett Silvertips (WHL) |
| 5 | 145 | Charles-Antoine Messier (C) | Canada | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 146 | Ilya Kablukov (LW) | Russia | CKSA Moscow (RSL) |
| 6 | 176 | Taylor Matson (C) | United States | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
| 7 | 206 | Dan Gendur (RW) | Canada | Everett Silvertips (WHL) |

## Farm teams
### Manitoba Moose

AHL affiliate that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and their home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000–01 AHL season.

### Victoria Salmon Kings

ECHL affiliate that is based in Victoria, British Columbia and their home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2006–07 ECHL season.