2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 37th season in the National Hockey League.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
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October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	
1 	October 5 	San Jose 	3–1 	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	0–1–0 	0 	
2 	October 6 	Vancouver 	4–3 	Calgary 	OT 	Luongo 	19,289 	1–1–0 	2 	
3 	October 10 	Philadelphia 	8–2 	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	1–2–0 	2 	
4 	October 12 	Vancouver 	5–2 	Edmonton 	 	Luongo 	16,839 	2–2–0 	4 	
5 	October 13 	Edmonton 	1–4 	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	3–2–0 	6 	
6 	October 15 	San Jose 	4–2 	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	3–3–0 	6 	
7 	October 19 	Los Angeles 	4–2 	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	3–4–0 	6 	
8 	October 21 	Vancouver 	4–1 	Columbus 	 	Sanford 	12,667 	4–4–0 	8 	
9 	October 22 	Vancouver 	1–3 	Carolina 	 	Luongo 	15,532 	4–5–0 	8 	
10 	October 24 	Vancouver 	2–3 	Detroit 	 	Luongo 	17,015 	4–6–0 	8 	
11 	October 26 	Vancouver 	3–2 	Washington 	 	Luongo 	12,705 	5–6–0 	10 	
12 	October 28 	Detroit 	3–2 	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	5–7–0 	10 	
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
 	82	15	61	76 	+6 	56
 	82	29	45	74 	+6 	50
 	82	25	30	55 	-7 	46
 	80	21	16	37 	+1 	79
 	79	16	21	37 	+9 	60
 	82	12	19	31 	+11	179
 	39	9 	16	25 	-3 	18
 	63	8 	17	25 	+8 	38
 	53	9 	15	24 	-1 	79
 	49	9 	12	21 	+1 	2
 	75	8 	12	20 	+6 	42
 	61	7 	9 	16 	-4 	64
 	27	5 	8 	13 	-1 	24
 	59	7 	5 	12 	0 	15
 	34	2 	10	12 	-11	90
 	72	2 	10	12 	+6 	81
 	55	6 	5 	11 	-4 	38
 	71	3 	8 	11 	-10	80
 	39	2 	9 	11 	-3 	36
 	57	1 	8 	9 	-1 	32
 	20	4 	2 	6 	0 	11
 	19	2 	4 	6 	+4 	19
 	22	1 	2 	3 	-5 	41
 	27	2 	0 	2 	+7 	20
 	4 	1 	1 	2 	+1 	0
 	19	1 	0 	1 	-2 	55
 	46	0 	1 	1 	-5 	110
 	55	0 	1 	1 	+1 	33
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	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	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	SV 	Sv% 	SO	G	A	PIM
 	73	4233	35	29	9 	168	2.38	2029	1861	.917	6 	0	3	4
 	16	679 	4 	3 	1 	32 	2.83	313 	281 	.898	0 	0	1	2
 	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 and Canuck 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.
* 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, 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 back 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.
* Alex Edler was selected by the NHL 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.
* Alex 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) 	 	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
2 	33 	Taylor Ellington (D) 	 	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
5 	145	Charles-Antoine Messier (C)	 	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5 	146	Ilya Kablukov (LW) 	 	HC CSKA Moscow (RSL)
6 	176	Taylor Matson (C) 	 	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
7 	206	Dan Gendur (RW) 	 	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.
==See also==
*2007–08 NHL season
==References==
;General
*Player stats: Vancouver Canucks player stats on espn.com
*Game log: Vancouver Canucks game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
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