2008–09 Vancouver Canucks season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 2008–09 2008 Vancouver Canucks Western 3rd Northwest 1st 45–27–10 24–12–5 21–15–5 246 220 Mike Gillis Alain Vigneault Roberto Luongo Ryan KeslerWillie MitchellMattias Ohlund General Motors Place 18,630 (101.1%)NHL Attendance Report - 2008-09 https://www.espn.com/nhl/?year=2009 ESPN December 20, 2015 Manitoba Moose (AHL)Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL) Daniel Sedin (31) Henrik Sedin (60) Daniel Sedin (82)Henrik Sedin (82) Shane O'Brien (196) Willie Mitchell (+29) Roberto Luongo (33) Roberto Luongo (2.34) Yes The 2008–09 Vancouver Canucks season was the 39th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Season events 2008–09 NHL season Off-season 200px|thumb|right|A collection of items at a makeshift Luc Bourdon memorial outside General Motors Place. On June 17, 2008, the Canucks named Ryan Walter as an assistant coach. He joined head coach Alain Vigneault and assistant coach Rick Bowness on the Canucks' coaching staff.CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Hockey NHL - Vancouver - Canucks hire Walter as assistantApril 2026 medicmedic Walter, 50, played in 1,003 NHL games over 15 seasons with Washington, Montreal, and Vancouver, scoring 264 goals and 382 assists. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1986. A native of New Westminster, British Columbia, Walter was the second overall pick by the Washington Capitals in the 1978 NHL amateur draft. The Canucks lost two key veterans to free agency. Markus Naslund, the Canucks' captain for the previous seven seasons, signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the New York Rangers, while Pitt Meadows native Brendan Morrison signed a one-year, $2.75 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks. The Canucks also lost a promising young defenceman, Luc Bourdon, who died in a motorcycle accident in his hometown of Shippagan, New Brunswick. The Canucks honoured Bourdon with a tribute in the season opener, October 9, against the Calgary Flames. Among the Canucks' roster additions was Steve Bernier, who was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres for a second- and third-round draft pick, and Pavol Demitra, who signed a two-year, $8 million contract. The Canucks announced on September 4, 2008, that they would honour Trevor Linden in a pre-game ceremony on December 17, 2008 before a game against the Edmonton Oilers. His jersey number, 16, was retired by the team, joining former captain Stan Smyl as the second Canuck to have his number retired. Pre-season The Canucks' 2008 pre-season began on September 12 with the opening of their annual prospects training camp. The camp consisted of 22 players and was held in Vancouver, British Columbia at both General Motors Place and the University of British Columbia campus, as well as in Camrose, Alberta.Vancouver Canucks prospects camp opens Friday, September 12 http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=381443&page=NewsPage&service=page Vancouver Canucks 2008-09-08 2008-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080920085339/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=381443&page=NewsPage&service=page 2008-09-20 dead The prospect camp was then followed by the main training camp, held over two days beginning September 20 in Whistler, British Columbia.Pap Elliott Bernier not playing with twins as camp opens in Whistler http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=aa3333f2-1665-4dee-b8a2-beb7954a6b5b The Vancouver Sun 2008-09-20 2008-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080921155624/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=aa3333f2-1665-4dee-b8a2-beb7954a6b5b 2008-09-21 dead On September 30, 2008, the Canucks named Roberto Luongo as the twelfth captain in team history, with Luongo becoming only the seventh goaltender in NHL history to be named team captain. NHL rules prevent goaltenders from physically wearing the captain's letter "C", however, they do not prevent goaltenders from being named captain. The Canucks also named Willie Mitchell, Mattias Ohlund, and Ryan Kesler as alternate captains. Mitchell assumed the duties of dealing with officials during games, while Ohlund took faceoffs and performed other ceremonial duties.Canucks name goaltender Luongo as team captain https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=251272&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main TSN 2008-09-30 2008-10-01 2008 Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 22 Vancouver 4–3 Edmonton SO Schneider 16,839 1–0–0 2 September 23 Edmonton 1–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 2–0–0 3 September 27 Vancouver 3–2 San Jose Luongo 16,721 3–0–0 4 September 28 Vancouver 5–4 Anaheim SO Sanford 16,481 4–0–0 5 October 1 Calgary 1–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 5–0–0 6 October 2 San Jose 2–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 6–0–0 7 October 5 Anaheim 4–3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 6–0–1 Standings Divisional standings VAN Conference standings VAN Schedule and results Regular season 2008–09 Game log October: 6–5–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Calgary 0–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–0–0 2 2 October 11 Vancouver 5–4 Calgary OT Luongo 19,289 2–0–0 4 3 October 13 Vancouver 1–5 Washington Luongo 16,847 2–1–0 4 4 October 16 Vancouver 4–3 Detroit OT Luongo 19,011 3–1–0 6 5 October 17 Vancouver 2–5 Buffalo Sanford 18,449 3–2–0 6 6 October 19 Vancouver 2–4 Chicago Luongo 21,193 3–3–0 6 7 October 21 Vancouver 2–4 Columbus Luongo 12,057 3–4–0 6 8 October 25 Edmonton 3–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 4–4–0 8 9 October 28 Boston 1–0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 4–5–0 8 10 October 30 Vancouver 4–0 Los Angeles Luongo 13,652 5–5–0 10 11 October 31 Vancouver 7–6 Anaheim SO Luongo 16,704 6–5–0 12 November: 8–3–2 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 6–6–0 12 13 November 4 Nashville 0–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 7–6–0 14 14 November 6 Phoenix 0–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–6–0 16 15 November 8 Minnesota 0–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 9–6–0 18 16 November 12 Colorado 2–1 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 9–6–1 19 17 November 15 Toronto 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 10–6–1 21 18 November 17 Vancouver 1–2 NY Islanders SO Luongo 11,299 10–6–2 22 19 November 19 Vancouver 6–3 NY Rangers Luongo 18,200 11–6–2 24 20 November 20 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota Sanford 18,568 12–6–2 26 21 November 22 Vancouver 3–1 Pittsburgh Sanford 17,040 13–6–2 28 22 November 24 Detroit 2–3 Vancouver OT Sanford 18,630 14–6–2 30 23 November 27 Calgary 4–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 14–7–2 30 24 November 29 Vancouver 1–3 Calgary Schneider 19,289 14–8–2 30 December: 6–7–1 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Vancouver 2–3 Columbus Schneider 13,299 14–9–2 30 26 December 4 Vancouver 5–6 Detroit Sanford 19,116 14–10–2 30 27 December 5 Vancouver 2–1 Minnesota Schneider 18,568 15–10–2 32 28 December 7 Vancouver 4–5 Colorado SO Schneider 13,411 15–10–3 33 29 December 9 Vancouver 3–1 Nashville Sanford 12,441 16–10–3 35 30 December 13 Vancouver 0–3 Edmonton Sanford 16,839 16–11–3 35 31 December 14 Florida 3–5 Vancouver Schneider 18,630 17–11–3 37 32 December 17 Edmonton 2–4 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 18–11–3 39 33 December 20 Chicago 3–1 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 18–12–3 39 34 December 22 Anaheim 3–4 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 19–12–3 41 35 December 23 Vancouver 0–5 San Jose Schneider 17,496 19–13–3 41 36 December 26 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 19–14–3 41 37 December 28 Ottawa 0–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 20–14–3 43 38 December 30 Philadelphia 3–2 Vancouver Schneider 18,630 20–15–3 43 January: 2–5–5 (Home: 0–5–3; Road: 2–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 1 Vancouver 2–1 Nashville LaBarbera 16,502 21–15–3 45 40 January 2 Vancouver 3–4 Atlanta SO LaBarbera 14,902 21–15–4 46 41 January 4 Dallas 3–2 Vancouver SO LaBarbera 18,630 21–15–5 47 42 January 7 Vancouver 4–2 Edmonton LaBarbera 16,839 22–15–5 49 43 January 9 St. Louis 6–4 Vancouver LaBarbera 18,630 22–16–5 49 44 January 10 San Jose 4–2 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 22–17–5 49 45 January 13 New Jersey 5–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 22–18–5 49 46 January 15 Phoenix 4–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 22–19–5 49 47 January 18 Columbus 6–5 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 22–19–6 50 48 January 20 Vancouver 1–2 San Jose OT Luongo 17,496 22–19–7 51 49 January 28 Nashville 5–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 22–20–7 51 50 January 31 Minnesota 4–3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 22–20–8 52 February: 9–2–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 3 Carolina 3–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 23–20–8 54 52 February 7 Chicago 3–7 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 24–20–8 56 53 February 10 Vancouver 6–4 St. Louis Luongo 16,431 25–20–8 58 54 February 12 Vancouver 4–3 Phoenix Luongo 14,872 26–20–8 60 55 February 13 Vancouver 1–2 Dallas LaBarbera 18,532 26–21–8 60 56 February 15 Montreal 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 27–21–8 62 57 February 17 Vancouver 4–3 Calgary SO Luongo 19,289 28–21–8 64 58 February 19 Vancouver 5–2 Ottawa Luongo 19,716 29–21–8 66 59 February 21 Vancouver 3–2 Toronto SO Luongo 19,504 30–21–8 68 60 February 24 Vancouver 0–3 Montreal Luongo 21,273 30–22–8 68 61 February 27 Tampa Bay 1–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 31–22–8 70 March: 11–3–1 (Home: 7–0–0; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 Columbus 1–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 32–22–8 72 63 March 3 Minnesota 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 33–22–8 74 64 March 7 San Jose 1–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 34–22–8 76 65 March 9 Vancouver 2–3 Los Angeles Luongo 16,995 34–23–8 76 66 March 11 Vancouver 3–4 Anaheim OT Luongo 16,967 34–23–9 77 67 March 13 Los Angeles 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 35–23–9 79 68 March 15 Colorado 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 36–23–9 81 69 March 17 Dallas 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 37–23–9 83 70 March 19 St. Louis 0–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 38–23–9 85 71 March 21 Vancouver 1–5 Phoenix Luongo 17,125 38–24–9 85 72 March 24 Vancouver 5–2 Dallas Luongo 17,276 39–24–9 87 73 March 26 Vancouver 2–4 St. Louis Luongo 19,250 39–25–9 87 74 March 27 Vancouver 4–1 Colorado LaBarbera 16,177 40–25–9 89 75 March 29 Vancouver 4–0 Chicago Luongo 21,673 41–25–9 91 76 March 31 Vancouver 2–1 Minnesota OT Luongo 18,568 42–25–9 93 April: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Anaheim 6–5 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 42–25–10 94 78 April 4 Vancouver 3–5 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 42–26–10 94 79 April 5 Colorado 4–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 42–27–10 94 80 April 7 Calgary 1–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 43–27–10 96 81 April 9 Los Angeles 0–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 44–27–10 98 82 April 11 Vancouver 1–0 Colorado OT Luongo 13,397 45–27–10 100 Legend: #ccffcc Win (2 points) 1px solid #ccffcc #ffcccc Loss (0 points) 1px solid #ffcccc #ffffff Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) 1px solid #AAAAAA Playoffs 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference quarter-final vs. (6) St. Louis Blues: Vancouver won series 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 St. Louis 1–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–0 2 April 17 St. Louis 0–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 2–0 3 April 19 Vancouver 3–2 St. Louis Luongo 19,500 3–0 4 April 21 Vancouver 3–2 St. Louis OT Luongo 19,250 4–0 Western Conference semi-final vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks: Chicago won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 30 Chicago 3–5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–0 2 May 2 Chicago 6–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–1 3 May 5 Vancouver 3–1 Chicago Luongo 22,659 2–1 4 May 7 Vancouver 1–2 Chicago OT Luongo 22,682 2–2 5 May 9 Chicago 4–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 2–3 6 May 11 Vancouver 5–7 Chicago Luongo 22,687 2–4 Legend: #ccffcc Win 1px solid #ccffcc #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #ffcccc 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 +/- PIMDaniel Sedin 82 31 51 82 +24 36Henrik Sedin 82 22 60 82 +22 48Ryan Kesler 82 26 33 59 +8 61Pavol Demitra 69 20 33 53 +6 20Alex Burrows 82 28 23 51 +23 150Kevin Bieksa 72 11 32 43 -4 97Alexander Edler 80 10 27 37 +11 54Steve Bernier 81 15 17 32 +4 27Mats Sundin 41 9 19 28 -5 28Kyle Wellwood 74 18 9 27 +2 4Mattias Ohlund Mattias Öhlund 82 6 19 25 +14 105Sami Salo 60 5 20 25 +5 26Mason Raymond 72 11 12 23 +2 24Willie Mitchell Willie Mitchell (ice hockey) 82 3 20 23 +29 59Jannik Hansen 55 6 15 21 +5 37Taylor Pyatt 69 10 9 19 0 43Shane O'Brien Shane O'Brien (ice hockey)† 76 0 10 10 +6 196Ryan Johnson Ryan Johnson (ice hockey, born 1976) 62 2 7 9 +1 12Darcy Hordichuk 73 4 1 5 +1 109Jason Jaffray 14 2 2 4 -2 14Rick Rypien 12 3 0 3 -3 19Rob Davison 23 0 2 2 -4 51Jason Krog 4 1 0 1 0 2Ossi Vaananen Ossi Väänänen† 3 0 1 1 +1 0Alexandre Bolduc 7 0 1 1 +1 4Lawrence Nycholat‡ 14 0 1 1 +3 6Mike Brown Mike Brown (ice hockey, born 1985)‡ 20 0 1 1 -5 85Michel Ouellet 3 0 0 0 +1 0 Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIMHenrik Sedin 10 4 6 10 +2 2Daniel Sedin 10 4 6 10 +4 8Mats Sundin 8 3 5 8 -1 2Alexander Edler 10 1 7 8 -2 6Sami Salo 7 3 4 7 0 2Kyle Wellwood 10 1 5 6 -1 0Kevin Bieksa 10 0 5 5 +3 14Alex Burrows 10 3 1 4 +3 20Steve Bernier 10 2 2 4 -1 7Ryan Kesler 10 2 2 4 -2 14Mason Raymond 10 2 1 3 -2 2Pavol Demitra 6 1 2 3 -2 2Mattias Ohlund Mattias Öhlund 10 1 2 3 +5 6Ryan Johnson Ryan Johnson (ice hockey, born 1976) 10 1 1 2 0 2Shane O'Brien Shane O'Brien (ice hockey) 10 1 1 2 -3 24Willie Mitchell Willie Mitchell (ice hockey) 10 0 2 2 -2 22Rick Rypien 10 0 2 2 -1 40Darcy Hordichuk 10 1 0 1 +1 14Jannik Hansen 2 0 0 0 0 0Ossi Vaananen Ossi Väänänen 3 0 0 0 0 2Taylor Pyatt 4 0 0 0 -3 2 Goaltenders goalie Regular season Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Roberto Luongo 54 3181 33 13 7 124 2.34 1542 1418 .920 9 Curtis Sanford 19 973 7 8 0 42 2.59 448 406 .906 1 Jason LaBarbera† 9 451 3 2 2 20 2.66 235 215 .915 0 Cory Schneider 8 355 2 4 1 20 3.38 162 142 .877 0 Playoffs Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Roberto Luongo 10 618 6 4 26 2.52 304 278 .914 1 †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 Awards Daniel Sedin was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending October 12, 2008.Sports Network Sedin, Booth, Brodeur selected as NHL's Three Stars https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=252541 TSN 2008-10-13 2009-01-21 Roberto Luongo was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending November 9, 2008.Ziemer Brad Luongo sets 'good example' with NHL star of the week honours http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/canucks/story.html?id=08a797a4-4d61-4b75-85d1-02efad9f6c19 The Vancouver Sun 2008-11-10 2009-01-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20121106022210/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/canucks/story.html?id=08a797a4-4d61-4b75-85d1-02efad9f6c19 2012-11-06 dead Henrik Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the week for the week ending November 23, 2008.Associated Press Savard, Henrik Sedin, Khabibulin are Three Stars http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/hockey/nhl/11/24/stars.of.week/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110622114402/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/hockey/nhl/11/24/stars.of.week/index.html dead June 22, 2011 Sports Illustrated 2008-11-24 2009-01-21 Roberto Luongo was named to the Western Conference roster for the 57th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Montreal.Luongo only Canuck all-star https://vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Luongo+only+Canuck+star/1151526/story.html The Vancouver Sun 2009-01-07 2009-01-21 Daniel Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the week for the week ending March 29, 2009.NHL Chris Mason, Daniel Sedin and Cam Ward named NHL's stars of the week http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=415945#&navid=nhl-search https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161926/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=415945#&navid=nhl-search dead June 4, 2011 NHL 2009-03-30 2009-03-31 Henrik Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the month for March.NHL Ward, Sedin and Nash named 'Three Stars' for March http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=416194 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403024605/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=416194 dead April 3, 2009 NHL 2009-04-01 2009-04-01 Roberto Luongo was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending April 12, 2009.NHL Canucks' Luongo NHL's first star of the week https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-luongo-nhl-s-first-star-of-the-week-1.845632 CBC Sports 2009-04-13 2009-04-14 Records Roberto Luongo set a franchise record for consecutive shutout minutes with 242:36 on November 12, 2008 versus the Colorado Avalanche.The Canadian Press Luongo's shutout streak snapped as Avs edge Canucks https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=255713 TSN 2008-11-13 2008-11-14 The Canucks set a franchise record for consecutive home losses with 7 on January 18, 2009 versus the Columbus Blue Jackets.The Canadian Press Blue Jackets shootout victory adds to Canucks home woes https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=263848 TSN 2009-01-19 2009-01-20 Mattias Ohlund set a franchise record for the most points scored by a defenceman with 322 points on March 15, 2009 versus the Colorado Avalanche.https://vancouversun.com/sports/Ohlund+real+stats/1392989/story.html Ohlund is a 'real stats boy' Vancouver Sun 2009-03-15 2009-03-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090318144706/http://www.vancouversun.com/Sports/Ohlund%2Breal%2Bstats/1392989/story.html 2009-03-18 The Canucks set a franchise record for consecutive home wins with 11 on March 19, 2009 versus the St. Louis Blues. Roberto Luongo set a franchise record for most shutouts in a season with 8 on April 9, 2009 versus the Los Angeles Kings, and ended the season with one more, for a total of 9 shutouts and tying Kirk McLean for the all-time franchise lead in shutouts. Milestones Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Pavol Demitra 700th point October 11, 2008 Alexander Edler 100th game October 13, 2008 Jannik Hansen 1st goal October 16, 2008 Roberto Luongo 200th win October 16, 2008 Alain Vigneault 200th win October 16, 2008 Jason Krog 200th game October 25, 2008 Roberto Luongo 500th game October 31, 2008 Mattias Ohlund 700th game November 2, 2008 Henrik Sedin 300th assist November 4, 2008 Kyle Wellwood 200th game November 12, 2008 Rob Davison 200th game November 20, 2008 Daniel Sedin 400th point November 24, 2008 Alexandre Bolduc 1st game November 27, 2008 Henrik Sedin 400th point November 27, 2008 Steve Bernier 200th game November 29, 2008 Cory Schneider 1st game November 29, 2008 Steve Bernier 100th point December 4, 2008 Cory Schneider 1st win December 5, 2008 Curtis Sanford 100th game December 17, 2008 Ryan Kesler 100th point December 22, 2008 Henrik Sedin 600th game December 26, 2008 Jason LaBarbera 100th game January 2, 2009 Daniel Sedin 600th game January 2, 2009 Alexandre Bolduc 1st point1st assist January 4, 2009 Shane O'Brien 200th game January 7, 2009 Willie Mitchell 500th game January 10, 2009 Taylor Pyatt 500th game January 13, 2009 Willie Mitchell 100th point January 18, 2009 Henrik Sedin 100th goal March 13, 2009 Alain Vigneault 500th game March 19, 2009 Pavol Demitra 300th goal March 31, 2009 Alex Burrows 100th point April 2, 2009 Transactions 2008–09 NHL transactions Trades June 4, 2008 To Vancouver CanucksSteve Bernier To Buffalo Sabres3rd-round pick in 2009 – Brayden McNabb2nd-round pick in 2010 – Petr Straka September 2, 2008 To Vancouver CanucksLawrence Nycholat To Ottawa SenatorsRyan Shannon October 6, 2008 To Vancouver CanucksShane O'BrienMichel Ouellet To Tampa Bay LightningLukas KrajicekJuraj Simek December 9, 2008 To Vancouver CanucksConditional pick in 2009 To Chicago BlackhawksJimmy Sharrow December 30, 2008 To Vancouver CanucksJason LaBarbera To Los Angeles Kings7th-round pick in 2009 – Jordan Samuels-Thomas February 4, 2009 To Vancouver CanucksNathan McIver To Anaheim DucksMike Brown Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Darcy Hordichuk Carolina Hurricanes Three-year, $2.25-million Ryan Johnson St. Louis Blues Two-year, $2.3-million Nolan Baumgartner Dallas Stars Two-way deal, $1.2-million Mark Cullen Detroit Red Wings One-year, $500,000 Pavol Demitra Minnesota Wild Two-year, $8-million Rob Davison New York Islanders One-year, $560,000 Jason Krog Atlanta Thrashers One-year, $700,000 Mats Sundin Toronto Maple Leafs One-year, $5-millionFree agents lost Player New team Contract Terms Drew MacIntyre Nashville Predators Markus Naslund New York Rangers Two-year, $8-million Brendan Morrison Anaheim Ducks One-year, $2.75-million Mike Weaver St. Louis Blues Brad Isbister Ottawa Senators Two-way deal Trevor Linden Retired Received from waivers Player From Kyle Wellwood Toronto Maple Leafs Ossi Vaananen Philadelphia FlyersLost on waivers Player New Team Nathan McIver Anaheim Ducks Matt Pettinger Tampa Bay Lightning Lawrence Nycholat Calgary Flames Draft picks Vancouver's picks at the 2008 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 10 Cody Hodgson (C) Canada Brampton Battalion (OHL) 2 41 Yann Sauve (D) Canada Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) 5 131 Prab Rai (C) Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 6 161 Mats Frøshaug (C) Linköpings HC Jr. (Sweden) 7 191 Morgan Clark (G) Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL) 7th Canuck On October 25, 2008, the Canucks retired the jersey number '7' in honour of the fans, the "seventh Canuck". Originally, the plan was to have a randomly selected season ticket holder unveil the banner before every home game and have it raised to the rafters, but after the first game it was abandoned. Farm teams Manitoba Moose The Canucks' AHL affiliate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Moose' home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000–01 AHL season. Victoria Salmon Kings The Canucks' ECHL affiliate based in Victoria, British Columbia. The Salmon Kings' home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2006–07 ECHL season. References External links Vancouver Canucks official website Category:Vancouver Canucks seasons Vancouver Canucks season, 2008-09 Vancouver Vancouver Canucks, 2008-09 Vancouver Canucks, 2008-09 Canucks Season Canucks Season