2004–05 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2004–05 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 35th season in the NHL. However, the entire season's games were cancelled as a result of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

2004–05 Vancouver Canucks
DivisionNorthwest
ConferenceWestern
2004–05 recordDid not play
Team information
General managerDave Nonis
CoachMarc Crawford
CaptainMarkus Naslund
ArenaGeneral Motors Place
Minor league affiliate(s)Manitoba Moose
Columbia Inferno

Schedule

The Canucks regular season schedule was announced on July 14, 2004.[1] Their preseason schedule was released on August 10, 2004.[2]

2004–05 schedule[3]
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 24@ Edmonton Oilers
2September 25@ Calgary Flames
3September 26Anaheim Mighty Ducks
4September 30@ San Jose Sharks
5October 3@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
6October 5Edmonton Oilers
7October 7San Jose Sharks
8October 8Calgary Flames
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 13@ San Jose Sharks
2October 16Detroit Red Wings
3October 19@ Calgary Flames
4October 20St. Louis Blues
5October 22Minnesota Wild
6October 24Columbus Blue Jackets
7October 26Calgary Flames
8October 28@ Minnesota Wild
9October 30@ Colorado Avalanche
10November 2Colorado Avalanche
11November 5Nashville Predators
12November 7Anaheim Mighty Ducks
13November 10@ Colorado Avalanche
14November 11@ Phoenix Coyotes
15November 13@ San Jose Sharks
16November 17Chicago Blackhawks
17November 19Nashville Predators
18November 21Minnesota Wild
19November 23@ Atlanta Thrashers
20November 24@ Tampa Bay Lightning
21November 26@ Florida Panthers
22November 28@ Carolina Hurricanes
23November 30@ Nashville Predators
24December 2Calgary Flames
25December 4Toronto Maple Leafs
26December 6Columbus Blue Jackets
27December 9@ Calgary Flames
28December 10Detroit Red Wings
29December 12@ Columbus Blue Jackets
30December 14@ Pittsburgh Penguins
31December 16@ Detroit Red Wings
32December 18Edmonton Oilers
33December 21Los Angeles Kings
34December 23Phoenix Coyotes
35December 26@ Edmonton Oilers
36December 27Philadelphia Flyers
37December 29Montreal Canadiens
38December 31@ Detroit Red Wings
39January 1@ Buffalo Sabres
40January 4@ St. Louis Blues
41January 6@ Colorado Avalanche
42January 8Dallas Stars
43January 10San Jose Sharks
44January 12Ottawa Senators
45January 14@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
46January 15@ Los Angeles Kings
47January 20@ Minnesota Wild
48January 22@ Edmonton Oilers
49January 23New York Islanders
50January 25New Jersey Devils
51January 27Edmonton Oilers
52January 31Colorado Avalanche
53February 2New York Rangers
54February 5@ Toronto Maple Leafs
55February 7@ Ottawa Senators
56February 8@ Montreal Canadiens
57February 10@ Calgary Flames
58February 15San Jose Sharks
59February 19Calgary Flames
60February 22Boston Bruins
61February 24@ St. Louis Blues
62February 25@ Nashville Predators
63February 27@ Dallas Stars
64March 1Phoenix Coyotes
65March 3@ Phoenix Coyotes
66March 5@ Los Angeles Kings
67March 6@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
68March 8Chicago Blackhawks
69March 10St. Louis Blues
70March 14Minnesota Wild
71March 17@ Chicago Blackhawks
72March 18@ Columbus Blue Jackets
73March 20@ Dallas Stars
74March 22Colorado Avalanche
75March 24Washington Capitals
76March 26Los Angeles Kings
77March 30Dallas Stars
78April 1@ Chicago Blackhawks
79April 2@ Minnesota Wild
80April 4Anaheim Mighty Ducks
81April 7Edmonton Oilers
82April 9@ Edmonton Oilers

Transactions

The Canucks were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.[4]

Trades
Date Details Ref
June 26, 2004 To Vancouver Canucks
3rd-round pick in 2004		 To Dallas Stars
3rd-round pick in 2005		 [5]

Players acquired
DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07)Johnathan AitkenChicago BlackhawksFree agency[6]
Wade FlahertyNashville PredatorsFree agency[6]
Lee GorenFlorida PanthersFree agency[6]
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)Joe DiPentaAtlanta ThrashersFree agency[7]
Jeff HeeremaNew York RangersFree agency[8]

Players lost
DatePlayerNew teamVia[lower-alpha 1]Ref
June 13, 2004 (2004-06-13)Sergei VarlamovAk Bars Kazan (RSL)Free agency (VI)[10]
June 19, 2004 (2004-06-19)Artem ChubarovHC Dynamo Moscow (RSL)Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 2][12]
June 28, 2004 (2004-06-28)Geoff SandersonColumbus Blue JacketsWaivers[13]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)Marc Bergevin[lower-alpha 3]Contract expiration (III)[9]
Mike Keane[lower-alpha 4]Contract expiration (III)[9]
July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07)Brandon ReidHamburg Freezers (DEL)Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 5][17]
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)Pat KavanaghOttawa SenatorsFree agency (VI)[18]
August 1, 2004 (2004-08-01)Johan HedbergLeksands IF (Allsvenskan)Free agency (UFA)[19]
August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)Magnus ArvedsonFarjestad BK (SHL)Free agency (III)[20]
August 20, 2004 (2004-08-20)Martin RucinskyHC Litvinov (ELH)Free agency (III)[21]
September 17, 2004 (2004-09-17)Sylvain BlouinQuebec RadioX (LNAH)Free agency (UFA)[22]
October 21, 2004 (2004-10-21)Chris NielsenSan Antonio Rampage (AHL)Free agency (UFA)[23]
January 20, 2005 (2005-01-20)Mats LindgrenRetirement (UFA)[24]

Signings
DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)Matt CookeRe-signing[25]
Brent SopelRe-signing[25]
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)Dan Cloutier1-yearRe-signing[26]
Brendan Morrison1-yearRe-signing[27]
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)Nolan BaumgartnerRe-signing[28]
September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)Alex Auldmulti-yearRe-signing[29]
Daniel Sedin1-yearRe-signing[30]
Henrik Sedin1-yearRe-signing[30]

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.[31]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 26 Cory Schneider (G)  United States Phillips Academy (US High School)
3 91 Alexander Edler (D)  Sweden Jamtland (Sweden)
4 125 Andrew Sarauer (LW)  Canada Langley Hornets (BCHL)
5 159 Mike Brown (RW)  United States University of Michigan (CCHA)
6 189 Julien Ellis (G)  Canada Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
8 254 David Schulz (D)  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9 287 Jannik Hansen (RW)  Denmark Malmö Jr. (SJL)

Notes
  1. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[9]
  2. The Canucks retained Chubarov’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.[11]
  3. Bergevin retired.[14]
  4. Keane was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[15]
  5. Vancouver retained Reid’s NHL rights and re-signed him on June 19, 2006.[16]

References
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  21. Martin Rucinsky at Hockey-Reference.com, retrieved April 28, 2022
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  27. "Canucks Re-Sign Morrison To One Year Deal". Vancouver Canucks. July 27, 2004. Archived from the original on August 3, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  28. "Canucks Agree To Terms With Nolan Baumgartner". Vancouver Canucks. August 19, 2004. Archived from the original on October 22, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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  30. "Canucks Re-Sign Daniel And Henrik Sedin". Vancouver Canucks. September 10, 2004. Archived from the original on October 23, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  31. "2004 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
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