In the preceding days, CanucksArmy has outlined the reachable milestones for a number of key Vancouver Canucks this season. And while Quinn Hughes, Thatcher Demko, Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser all work their way up the franchise’s all-time ladder in a number of statistical categories, that quartet certainly isn’t alone pursuing significant milestones next season.
Even before playing for his new club, Evander Kane has the 1,000-game mark well within his sights. The veteran winger enters next season having played 930 regular season National Hockey League games split between Atlanta, Winnipeg, Buffalo, San Jose and most recently, Edmonton. If the soon-to-be 34-year-old is able to stay healthy, he will become the latest player to reach the thousand-game mark in a Canucks uniform after Tyler Myers hit the milestone early last season in Philadelphia.
Speaking of Myers, the big blueliner is showing no signs of slowing down. He will start the season within striking distance of a bunch of big round numbers. He is 34 games shy of 1,100 in his distinguished NHL career. Beyond that, he needs one goal for 100, four assists for 300 and any combination of five more points will get him to the 400 mark. So Myers should be able to check all of those off his list in the first half of the season.
Conor Garland, Filip Hronek and Teddy Blueger all have a shot at reaching the 500-game mark next season. Garland needs just 15 games to get there while Hronek starts the new season 49 games shy of 500. Meanwhile, Blueger will need to appear in all 82 games for the Canucks next season to hit 500 on the final night of the schedule.
As long as he stays healthy, Filip Chytil will reach the 400-game milestone by appearing in seven games next season. The Czech centre needs 30 points to reach 200 for his career, and the hope is that he’ll surpass that mark considerably in his first full season in Vancouver.
Jake DeBrusk set a career-high with 28 goals in his first go-round with the Canucks. If he can up the ante and score 34 goals next season, he’ll get to 200 in his time in the NHL.
Kiefer Sherwood made an impact in his first season with the Canucks. Not only did he set an NHL record with 462 hits, but he crushed his career-best scoring 19 goals. Sherwood is sitting with 98 career points, and by hitting the scoresheet twice in the early going next season, will reach the century mark.
Nils Höglander and Drew O’Connor are both closing in on 300 games in their respective careers. Höglander will get there seven games into the new season, while O’Connor still needs to suit up 59 times to achieve the milestone.
And, finally, no one is quite sure how the goaltending workload will be divided, but Kevin Lankinen is closing in on a couple of significant accomplishments. If the Finn appears in 37 games next season, he’ll get to 200 in the NHL. And if he’s able to post 30 victories – and there are scenarios where that could be possible – he will get to 100 for his career. Last season, Lankinen started 49 times, appeared in 51 games and won 25 of them.
