We’re just about a month into the 2024–25 regular season now, which means that key additions — and subtractions — from the Vancouver Canucks’ roster have had a chance to get settled into their respective teams. We saw Jake DeBrusk score his first goal of the season last Saturday night, but how are some of our beloved ex-Canucks doing? Let’s take a look.
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Casey DeSmith
Dallas Stars
2.03 GAA, .922 SV%, 4 GP
HISTORY 👀
-Casey DeSmith is the 3rd goalie in Dallas history to post a shutout in his team debut.
-Oettinger and DeSmith are the first goalie duo in franchise history to post shutouts on back-to-back nights.
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— Josh Clark (@Josh_Clark02) October 14, 2024
Casey DeSmith was a solid backup in his season-long tenure for the Canucks. Now, as he finds a spot behind Jake Oettinger in Dallas, it looks as though DeSmith will be building on his successes with Vancouver. He started his 2024–25 season off with a 25-save shutout against the Seattle Kraken, kicking off his current two-win, two-loss record. As of November 8th, he’s ninth in goals saved above expected with 3.7 and seventh in goals saved above expected per 60 with 0.937. In high-danger, unblocked shot attempt saves, he’s third in the league with 0.929. Of course, this is only over the span of four games, so the likelihood of these stellar stats continuing throughout the season is slim.
Elias Lindholm
Boston Bruins
2–7–9, 15 GP
Elias Lindholm has had a less-than-ideal start to his season in Boston. The Swedish forward found success with Conor Garland and Dakota Joshua throughout the 2023–24 playoffs but hasn’t quite hit that point with the Bruins yet. Lindholm was brought into a Bruins system that has been desparate for Centre depth — a problem they seemed to believe could be solved by Lindholm. While he’s put up reasonable stats in his time in Boston (nine points in 13 games), it’s hard to live up to expectations when you’re being compared to Patrice Bergeron.
Ian Cole
Utah Hockey Club
1–5–6, 14 GP
The departure of Ian Cole from the Canucks may be the most overlooked…