Editing Vancouver Canucks (section)

===Mike Gillis era (2008–2014)===
====2008–2010: Return to the playoffs====
After Nonis was fired and replaced with former player agent [[Mike Gillis]] in April 2008,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=National Hockey League|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=361395|title=Vancouver Canucks – News: Vancouver Canucks Name Mike Gillis General Manager|access-date=April 25, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630013153/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=361395|archive-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref> longtime Canucks captain [[Markus Naslund]], as well as [[Brendan Morrison]], were let go via free agency.<ref>{{cite news|title=Demitra heads to Vancouver with two-year, $8M deal|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/canucks/2008-07-10-demitra-signs_N.htm|access-date=June 10, 2011|date=July 10, 2008|work=USA Today|last=Allen |first=Kevin}}</ref> Also in the off-season, on May 29, 2008, the Canucks lost defensive prospect [[Luc Bourdon]] to a fatal motorcycle crash near his hometown of [[Shippagan, New Brunswick]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=3417414|title=Canucks rookie Bourdon, 21, killed in motorcycle crash|agency=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=May 29, 2008|access-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Roberto Luongo 03-2009.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Roberto Luongo]] during the [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09 season]], with a C visible on his [[goaltender mask]] denoting his captaincy. He was named captain of the Canucks in September 2008.]]
With Naslund's departure, Gillis announced on September 30, 2008, that [[Roberto Luongo]] had been named team captain, marking the first time since [[Bill Durnan]] of the Montreal Canadiens in [[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48]] that a goaltender had been named the captain of an NHL team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeygoalies.org/awards/captains.html|title=Goaltenders who have served as NHL Captains|publisher=HockeyGoalies.org|access-date=September 30, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921231303/http://www.hockeygoalies.org/awards/captains.html|archive-date=September 21, 2008}}</ref> During the ensuing season, the Canucks retired their second jersey number in team history, hanging Linden's number 16 beside Smyl's number 12 in a pre-game ceremony on December 17, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=398691&navid=DL%7CNHL%7Chome|title=Linden prepares for his big night|access-date=December 17, 2008|publisher=National Hockey League|year=2008|last=Kreiser |first=John}}</ref> Later that month, the Canucks acquired unrestricted free agent [[Mats Sundin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sundin giving Canucks $1.4m discount|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Sundin+giving+Canucks+discount/1096801/story.html|access-date=December 19, 2008|date=December 19, 2008|work=The Vancouver Sun|location=Canada|publisher=Postmedia News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220225841/http://www.vancouversun.com/Sports/Sundin%2Bgiving%2BCanucks%2Bdiscount/1096801/story.html|archive-date=December 20, 2008}}</ref> The arrival of the former [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] captain and 500-goal scorer in the NHL came with high expectations. However, Sundin scored below his usual pace and retired in the subsequent off-season. The team finished the regular season with another Northwest Division title and the third seed in the Western Conference.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008–2009 Regular Season|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?season=20082009&type=con|access-date=June 10, 2011|publisher=National Hockey League}}</ref> In the [[2009 Stanley Cup playoffs|2009 playoffs]], the Canucks swept their first round series against the sixth-seeded [[St. Louis Blues]] (the first four-game sweep in franchise history),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=275983|title=Burrows, Luongo Lead Canucks Sweet of Blues|publisher=The Sports Network|date=April 22, 2009|access-date=December 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011131542/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=275983|archive-date=October 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> but were defeated in six games by the fourth-seeded [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in the second round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=278402|title=Kane's Hat Trick Helps Hawks Eliminate Canucks with 7–5 Win|publisher=The Sports Network|date=May 12, 2009|access-date=December 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011130853/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=278402|archive-date=October 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10 season]], the Canucks faced the longest road trip in NHL history, playing 14 games over six weeks, from January 27 to March 13, 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Olympics put Canucks on record road grind|publisher=CBC Sports|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/olympics-put-canucks-on-record-road-grind-1.819425|date=July 16, 2009|access-date=May 26, 2018|agency=The Canadian Press}}</ref> The schedule was a result of Vancouver hosting the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], which shut down the NHL for two weeks, facilitating General Motors Place's use for [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics|ice hockey during the games]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sekeres|first=Matthew|title=Canucks take one for the Olympic team|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 16, 2009}}</ref> It marked the first time that an NHL market hosted an [[Winter Olympic Games|Olympics]] since the league allowed its players to compete in the games, beginning with the [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Games]] in Nagano. Among the several Canucks players named to their respective national teams, centre [[Ryan Kesler]] of the [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]] and goaltender Roberto Luongo of [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] played against each other in the gold medal game; Luongo and Team Canada emerged with the win.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Luongo silences his critics |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/luongo-silences-his-critics-1.881324 |access-date=June 11, 2011 |date=March 1, 2010 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |agency=The Canadian Press |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305071146/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/hockey/story/2010/02/28/spo-canada-luongo.html |archive-date=March 5, 2010}}</ref>

As the NHL season resumed, [[Henrik Sedin]] went on to become the first Canucks player to win the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophies as the league's leading scorer and most valuable player, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sekeres |first1=Matthew |title=Henrik Sedin wins scoring title |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/henrik-sedin-wins-scoring-title/article4314490/ |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=November 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922171112/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/henrik-sedin-wins-scoring-title/article4314490/ |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |date=April 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sedin first Canuck to win Hart as NHL MVP |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-awards-2/ |website=Sportsnet.ca |access-date=November 22, 2023 |date=June 23, 2010}}</ref> He achieved the feat with a franchise-record 112 points, surpassing Pavel Bure's mark of 110 set in 1991–92.<ref name="single-season points"/> Vancouver won the Northwest Division title and finished third in the Western Conference for the second-straight year. They opened the playoffs by defeating the sixth-place [[Los Angeles Kings]] in six games, but were once again eliminated by Chicago in six games, who went on to win the Stanley Cup [[2010 Stanley Cup Finals|that year]], the following round in six games.<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 NHL Playoffs Summary|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/NHL_2010.html|access-date=June 11, 2011|publisher=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510085918/http://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/NHL_2010.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====2010–2012: third Stanley Cup Finals run and back-to-back Presidents' Trophies====
[[File:Ryan Kesler Canucks.jpg|thumb|[[Ryan Kesler]] with the Canucks during the 2010 conference quarterfinals. Kesler spent the first 10 seasons of his NHL career with the team.]]
The [[2010–11 NHL season|2010–11 season]] began on October 9, 2010, with a [[pre-game ceremony]] to commemorate the team's 40-year anniversary. [[Henrik Sedin]] was named in the ceremony as the team's new captain, replacing [[Roberto Luongo]], who had relinquished his captaincy in the off-season.<ref name="CaptainHenrik">{{cite web| url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=540121| title=Henrik Sedin named Canucks team captain| work=The Vancouver Canucks Official Web site| publisher=[[National Hockey League]]| date=October 9, 2010| access-date=October 10, 2010| archive-date=October 11, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011211656/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=540121| url-status=dead}}</ref> The Canucks played the [[Los Angeles Kings]], their first opponent in their inaugural season in 1970; both teams wore their original uniforms used in the Canucks' inaugural game. Throughout the season, the Canucks continued to celebrate their 40th anniversary with the creation of the "Ring of Honour", a permanent in-arena display commemorating their most significant players from past years. Four players were inducted during the campaign—Orland Kurtenbach, Kirk McLean, Thomas Gradin and Harold Snepsts. In December 2010, the Canucks also honoured [[Markus Naslund]] by retiring his number 19 jersey. Naslund had retired two years after leaving the Canucks in 2008. The team finished the season first overall in the league for the first time, winning the [[Presidents' Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Canucks+Game+Canucks+clinch+President+Trophy+tonight/4537851/story.html |title=Canucks Game Day: Canucks can clinch Presidents' Trophy tonight |date=March 31, 2011 |work=The Vancouver Sun |access-date=April 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409060012/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Canucks%2BGame%2BCanucks%2Bclinch%2BPresident%2BTrophy%2Btonight/4537851/story.html |archive-date=April 9, 2011}}</ref> Finishing with 54 wins and 117 points, the Canucks broke the previous team records in both categories by significant margins. Individually, numerous players had career years. [[Daniel Sedin]] won the [[Art Ross Trophy]] as the league's top scorer with 104 points, marking the first time in NHL history that two brothers won the award in back-to-back years. Meanwhile, [[Ryan Kesler]] tied Daniel Sedin for the team goal-scoring lead, with 41 goals. In goal, Roberto Luongo and backup [[Cory Schneider]] captured the [[William M. Jennings Trophy]] for allowing the fewest goals against.

[[File:Henrik Sedin Campbell Bowl.jpg|thumb|left|[[Henrik Sedin]] accepts the [[Clarence S. Campbell Bowl]] on behalf of the Canucks as the 2011 Western Conference champions.]]
Entering the opening round of the [[2011 Stanley Cup playoffs]], the Canucks played the defending Stanley Cup champions and eighth-seeded [[Chicago Blackhawks]], who had eliminated Vancouver in the previous two years in six games in the second round. While Vancouver initially took a 3–0 lead in the series, Chicago came back to win three straight games 7–2, 5–0 and 4–3, respectively to force a seventh game in the series. Forced into overtime in game seven, winger [[Alexandre Burrows]] scored his second goal of the game in overtime on Blackhawks goaltender [[Corey Crawford]] following a failed clearing attempt by Chicago defenceman [[Chris Campoli]] to win the game 2–1 and the series 4–3. The Canucks played the fifth-seeded [[Nashville Predators]] in the second round, defeating the Predators in six games to clinch a spot in the conference finals for the first time since 1994. Facing the second seeded [[San Jose Sharks]] in the conference finals, Vancouver won in five games against the second-seeded Sharks with [[Kevin Bieksa]] scoring the winning goal in overtime against Sharks' goaltender [[Antti Niemi (ice hockey)|Antti Niemi]]. Advancing to the [[2011 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]] for the first time since 1994, the Canucks won the first two games of the series on [[Rogers Arena|home ice]] against the third-seeded [[Boston Bruins]] 1–0 and 3–2, respectively, with Boston winning the next two in Boston 8–1 and 4–0, respectively. Vancouver won game 5 at home 1–0, giving them a 3–2 series lead and a chance to capture the Stanley Cup in game 6 in Boston. The Bruins, however, won game 6 in Boston 5–2 to force a game 7 and then the deciding game 7 in Vancouver 4–0 to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972. After the game, [[2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot|riots and looting]] broke out in downtown Vancouver, repeating the events of 17 years earlier.<ref>{{cite news|title=Krawalle überschatten Vancouvers Finalpleite|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/article13432974/Krawalle-ueberschatten-Vancouvers-Finalpleite.html|access-date=June 18, 2011|newspaper=[[Die Welt]]|date=June 16, 2011|language=de}}</ref>

[[File:2014 Heritage Classic Anthem.jpg|thumb|The Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators participated in the [[2014 Heritage Classic]] at BC Place.]]
During the season-opening game on October 6, 2011 against the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], a ceremony was held to honour [[Rick Rypien]], who died by suicide during the 2011 off-season. For the rest of the season, the players wore decals on their helmets saying "37 RYP." The Canucks were strong contenders for much of the 2011–12 season, and clinched Presidents' Trophy, for the second consecutive year and second time in franchise history altogether. Despite projections for another Stanley Cup run at the outset of the [[2012 Stanley Cup playoffs|2012 playoffs]], the Canucks were eliminated in five games by the eighth-seeded and eventual Cup champion Los Angeles Kings.

====2012–2014: End of the Gillis era====
Prior to the start of the [[2012–13 NHL season|2012–13 season]], the league's [[collective bargaining agreement]] (CBA) expired. Unable to agree on a new CBA, the NHL enacted a [[2012–13 NHL lockout|lockout]] on September 15, 2012. The lockout continued on for {{age in days|2012|9|15|2013|1|12}} days, which resulted a 48-game shortened season.<ref name="SI-over">{{cite news| last = Hackel| first = Stu| title = Tentative deal reached to end lockout| date =January 6, 2013| url = http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2013/01/06/tentative-deal-reached-to-end-lockout/| access-date =January 6, 2013| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130108111201/http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2013/01/06/tentative-deal-reached-to-end-lockout/| archive-date =January 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?date=01%2F13%2F2013 |title=2012–13 NHL regular season schedule |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=January 13, 2013}}</ref> The Canucks wore Vancouver Millionaires replica jerseys on March 16, 2013, to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Millionaires.

Vancouver finished the year winning their fifth consecutive Northwest Division title and the third seed in the West, but were swept in the first round of the [[2013 Stanley Cup playoffs|2013 playoffs]] by the sixth-seeded [[San Jose Sharks]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Canucks take Northwest title again|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/vancouver-canucks-beat-chicago-blackhawks-to-win-fifth-straight-northwest-division-title-042213|work=[[Fox Sports]]|date=April 23, 2013|access-date=June 26, 2013}}</ref> Vigneault and his coaching staff were fired at the end of the season, and replaced by [[John Tortorella]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/canucks-hire-fired-rangers-coach-john-tortorella-163913195.html|title=Canucks hire fired Rangers coach John Tortorella|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=June 25, 2013|access-date=June 26, 2013}}</ref>

The Canucks participated in their first outdoor NHL game on March 2, 2014, a match against the [[Ottawa Senators]] at [[BC Place]]. The event was titled the [[2014 Heritage Classic]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Senators score four unanswered goals to beat Canucks at Heritage Classic|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/senators-score-four-unanswered-goals-to-beat-canucks-at-heritage-classic/article17187821/|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=March 2, 2014|access-date=May 31, 2015|last=Ebner|first=David}}</ref> Luongo was traded back to the [[Florida Panthers]] late in the season, while the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time in six years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roberto Luongo says Heritage Classic snub led to Vancouver exit|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/roberto-luongo-says-heritage-classic-snub-led-to-vancouver-exit-1.2891973|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=May 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks-at-a-crossroads-after-first-playoff-miss-in-six-years/article17847942/ | title=Ebner: Canucks at a crossroads after first playoff miss in six years | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=April 6, 2014 | last=Ebner | first=David}}</ref> This saw Gillis fired and Linden named president of hockey operations; Tortorella was also relieved as coach after his one season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tortorella & Sullivan relieved of coaching duties|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=717522|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-date=May 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002018/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=717522|url-status=dead}}</ref>