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Jay Beagle on the Canucks adding Braden Holtby and Nate Schmidt to the roster: I get to play with ‘two of my best friends’ again

Over the offseason, the Vancouver Canucks signed Braden Holtby and acquired Nate Schmidt from the Vegas Golden Knights. The two transactions reunited Beagle with two of his former teammates from Washington – one of which he won the Stanley Cup with.

Tuesday, Beagle and Schmidt joined the Sports Celebrities Festival live stream and the veteran center commented for the first time on the Canucks’ prized offseason acquisitions.

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By Ian Oland 2 months ago

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Your good tweets about Nate Schmidt reuniting with Braden Holtby and Jay Beagle in Vancouver

The Vancouver Canucks are collecting popular former Capitals players like Pokémon and Monday, they got themselves a Kyogre. The Canucks dealt a third-round pick to the Vegas Golden Knights to land Nate Schmidt. The deal gave VGK the cap space to sign Alex Pietrangelo to a seven-year deal.

Schmidt is now reunited with former teammates Braden Holtby and Jay Beagle and Capitals Twitter reacted accordingly.

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By Ian Oland 3 months ago

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A Jay Beagle spin move sent a Vegas Golden Knights defenseman head first into the bench

The Vancouver Canucks’ unlikely playoff run continued on Tuesday with a 5-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. The Canucks win evened the second-round series 1-1.

Game Two featured the return of Tyler Toffoli to the lineup (three points) as well as two goals from Bo Horvat, a goal and two assists from Elias Petterson, and 38 saves from goaltender Jacob Markstrom. Late in the game, the Golden Knights looked for retribution and tried to send a message for Game Three.

With minutes remaining, Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud attempted to lay out former Capital Jay Beagle as he entered the Canucks’ offensive zone. Instead, Beags chipped the puck forward and did a spin move (!!!), sending Whitecloud head-first into Vegas’s bench.

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By Ian Oland 5 months ago

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Jay Beagle scored a big big goal

The Vancouver Canucks are one win away from advancing to the second round, and perfect human Jay Beagle is leading the way there.

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By Peter Hassett 5 months ago

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Jay Beagle breaks 42-game goalless streak

Jay Beagle has had an, uh, ruff go of it lately, but the former Capital found the back of the net in the Canucks’ 4-3 shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday.

The goal ended a 42-game goal drought for Beags.

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By Ian Oland 11 months ago

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Jay Beagle gets high-sticked by teammate before game

Jay Beagle is not afraid to take a big hit to make a play – even if it means getting hit in the face for a high five.

The former Capital had the unfortunate luck of getting high-sticked while walking out for for the Canucks-Blackhawks game Wednesday night.

Dan Murphy of Sportsnet has the video.

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By Ian Oland 11 months ago

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Too pure Jay Beagle goes viral for playing street hockey with kids in Vancouver

Jay Beagle is one of the nicest people in hockey. Yet, somehow, the former Capital still manages to find ways to go the extra mile for the hockey community.

On Thursday, Beagle was documented by CTV News playing street hockey with a bunch of kids in downtown Vancouver. Beagle accepted an open invitation to the Canucks organization from the Union Gospel Mission to tour the facility and participate in a game.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Bummer: Jay Beagle will not play today

Here’s a disappointing development: Vancouver Canucks forward and DC fan favorite, Jay Beagle, will not play in today’s game.

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By Peter Hassett 1 year ago

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Jay Beagle gets hero’s welcome, box of Ovi O’s from fans during return to MedStar Capitals Iceplex

The Vancouver Canucks practiced at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Friday ahead of their game against the Washington Capitals Saturday afternoon at Capital One Arena. The practice marked Jay Beagle’s second return back to his former stomping grounds in the nation’s capital.

The Stanley Cup champion received another hero’s welcome. In fact, Beagle got so much attention from a throng of passionate Caps fans that he missed a team meeting and the Canucks’ bus ride back to the team hotel.

He did not mind at all.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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