The Vancouver Canucks, who feature former Capitals Braden Holtby, Nate Schmidt, and Jay Beagle on their roster, were forced to cancel their practices and workouts on Sunday.
The team explained on Twitter that the “decision was made out of an abundance of caution due to potential exposure of COVID-19.
Well Caps fans, it’s official.
Braden Holtby took the ice with the Vancouver Canucks for their first day of training camp on Monday after signing a two-year, $8.6 deal with the team over the offseason.
Holtby’s iconic red number 70 sweater is gone and has now been replaced by a blue number 49; Canucks forward Tanner Pearson wears number 70 with the team.
By Eliza Kravitz 2 weeks ago
Braden Holtby hasn’t played a game for the Vancouver Canucks yet, but he’s already gone viral for two off-the-ice stories. First, in November, Holtby was trapped behind the US/Canadian border because he didn’t have the proper paperwork for his family’s two tortoises, Honey and Maple. Friday, Holtby’s new thunderbird mask for the Canucks was released by Swedish airbrusher David Gunnarsson. The design was criticized for appropriating First Nations artwork.
Holtby addressed the controversy on Saturday with CTV News and said he will not be wearing the mask next season. Gunnarsson also deleted imagery of the new bucket off his social media pages and did not respond to requests for comment from the news outlet.
“I wanted to make sure I apologize to anyone I had offended,” Holtby said to CTV News. “It was definitely not my intent and I definitely learned a valuable lesson through this all and will make sure I’m better and moving forward, do the things that help the community the most.”
Braden Holtby is a member of the Vancouver Canucks and it’s getting really real now.
On Friday, Holtby’s longtime mask painter, David Gunnarsson, debuted the Holtbeast’s new bucket for his first season in The Couve.
According to Gunnarsson, the design of Holtby’s mask is based “on the myth of the Thunderbird, a Canadian northwest coast myth. The huge Thunderbird is flying over the mountains to the ocean to catch orcas with his huge claws. A totally perfect story to create on a Canucks mask.”
The NHL’s eight Pacific Division teams shared preview images of their upcoming Reverse Retro jerseys on Thursday. And boy, are these jerseys going to be memorable.
The social media push confirms the Vegas Golden Knights’ red jersey that leaked last night and that the Anaheim Ducks are bringing back the Duckbilled Goalie Mask made famous in the Mighty Ducks movies. Some of the jersey designs are a bit different than the animated video the NHL and Adidas shared earlier in the week while also confirming some of the old logos we opined might come back.
Let’s take a closer look!
By Ian Oland 2 months ago
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.
By Ian Oland 2 months ago
Longtime Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby signed a two-year, $8.6 million deal with the Vancouver Canucks on the first day of free agency.
Less than two weeks later, Braden’s two kids, Ben and Belle, already have new Holtby Canucks’ jerseys.
“Hot off the press!” Brandi Holtby wrote on Twitter.
Braden Holtby signed a two-year deal worth $4.3 million per year on the first day of free agency. The Lloydminster, SK native spent parts of 10 seasons in Washington, winning the Vezina Trophy in 2016 and leading the Capitals to the Stanley Cup two years later. But off the ice, Holtby made just as big of an impact. From skipping the team’s White House visit in protest to standing up for equality, Holtby stood with the LGBTQ+ community and always tried to help those most vulnerable.
During his opening interview with Canucks media, Holtby was at times on the verge of tears describing his time in Washington.
I guess it’s jersey number day over at Caps West, a.k.a. the Vancouver Canucks. Just hours ago we learned that Braden Holtby will sport number 49, which is wrong, but whatever. Now we also know that defender Nate Schmidt will remain at number 88.
Vancouver’s number 88 last belonged to RFA forward Adam Gaudette, who has not yet been signed for next season.
By Peter Hassett 3 months ago
Ex-Caps goalie Braden Holtby will wear number 49 for the Vancouver Canucks, according to reporter Irfaan Gaffar.
Holtby’s traditional number 70 was unavailable as forward Tanner Pearson currently wears it.
By Peter Hassett 3 months ago
