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
Division	Northwest
Conference	Western
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Dave Nonis
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Markus Naslund
Arena	General Motors Place
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manitoba Moose Columbia Inferno
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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 Game Date Opponent 1 September 24 @ Edmonton Oilers 2 September 25 @ Calgary Flames 3 September 26 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4 September 30 @ San Jose Sharks 5 October 3 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 6 October 5 Edmonton Oilers 7 October 7 San Jose Sharks 8 October 8 Calgary Flames
Regular season Game Date Opponent 1 October 13 @ San Jose Sharks 2 October 16 Detroit Red Wings 3 October 19 @ Calgary Flames 4 October 20 St. Louis Blues 5 October 22 Minnesota Wild 6 October 24 Columbus Blue Jackets 7 October 26 Calgary Flames 8 October 28 @ Minnesota Wild 9 October 30 @ Colorado Avalanche 10 November 2 Colorado Avalanche 11 November 5 Nashville Predators 12 November 7 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 13 November 10 @ Colorado Avalanche 14 November 11 @ Phoenix Coyotes 15 November 13 @ San Jose Sharks 16 November 17 Chicago Blackhawks 17 November 19 Nashville Predators 18 November 21 Minnesota Wild 19 November 23 @ Atlanta Thrashers 20 November 24 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 21 November 26 @ Florida Panthers 22 November 28 @ Carolina Hurricanes 23 November 30 @ Nashville Predators 24 December 2 Calgary Flames 25 December 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 26 December 6 Columbus Blue Jackets 27 December 9 @ Calgary Flames 28 December 10 Detroit Red Wings 29 December 12 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 30 December 14 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 31 December 16 @ Detroit Red Wings 32 December 18 Edmonton Oilers 33 December 21 Los Angeles Kings 34 December 23 Phoenix Coyotes 35 December 26 @ Edmonton Oilers 36 December 27 Philadelphia Flyers 37 December 29 Montreal Canadiens 38 December 31 @ Detroit Red Wings 39 January 1 @ Buffalo Sabres 40 January 4 @ St. Louis Blues 41 January 6 @ Colorado Avalanche 42 January 8 Dallas Stars 43 January 10 San Jose Sharks 44 January 12 Ottawa Senators 45 January 14 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 46 January 15 @ Los Angeles Kings 47 January 20 @ Minnesota Wild 48 January 22 @ Edmonton Oilers 49 January 23 New York Islanders 50 January 25 New Jersey Devils 51 January 27 Edmonton Oilers 52 January 31 Colorado Avalanche 53 February 2 New York Rangers 54 February 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 55 February 7 @ Ottawa Senators 56 February 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 57 February 10 @ Calgary Flames 58 February 15 San Jose Sharks 59 February 19 Calgary Flames 60 February 22 Boston Bruins 61 February 24 @ St. Louis Blues 62 February 25 @ Nashville Predators 63 February 27 @ Dallas Stars 64 March 1 Phoenix Coyotes 65 March 3 @ Phoenix Coyotes 66 March 5 @ Los Angeles Kings 67 March 6 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 68 March 8 Chicago Blackhawks 69 March 10 St. Louis Blues 70 March 14 Minnesota Wild 71 March 17 @ Chicago Blackhawks 72 March 18 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 73 March 20 @ Dallas Stars 74 March 22 Colorado Avalanche 75 March 24 Washington Capitals 76 March 26 Los Angeles Kings 77 March 30 Dallas Stars 78 April 1 @ Chicago Blackhawks 79 April 2 @ Minnesota Wild 80 April 4 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 81 April 7 Edmonton Oilers 82 April 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 (2004-06-26)	To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 2004	To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 2005	[5]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07)	Johnathan Aitken	Chicago Blackhawks		Free agency	[6]
	Wade Flaherty	Nashville Predators		Free agency	[6]
	Lee Goren	Florida Panthers		Free agency	[6]
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)	Joe DiPenta	Atlanta Thrashers		Free agency	[7]
	Jeff Heerema	New York Rangers		Free agency	[8]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[lower-alpha 1]	Ref
June 13, 2004 (2004-06-13)	Sergei Varlamov	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	[10]
June 19, 2004 (2004-06-19)	Artem Chubarov	HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL)	Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 2]	[12]
June 28, 2004 (2004-06-28)	Geoff Sanderson	Columbus Blue Jackets	Waivers	[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 Reid	Hamburg Freezers (DEL)	Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 5]	[17]
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)	Pat Kavanagh	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (VI)	[18]
August 1, 2004 (2004-08-01)	Johan Hedberg	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)	Free agency (UFA)	[19]
August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)	Magnus Arvedson	Farjestad BK (SHL)	Free agency (III)	[20]
August 20, 2004 (2004-08-20)	Martin Rucinsky	HC Litvinov (ELH)	Free agency (III)	[21]
September 17, 2004 (2004-09-17)	Sylvain Blouin	Quebec RadioX (LNAH)	Free agency (UFA)	[22]
October 21, 2004 (2004-10-21)	Chris Nielsen	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[23]
January 20, 2005 (2005-01-20)	Mats Lindgren		Retirement (UFA)	[24]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Matt Cooke		Re-signing	[25]
	Brent Sopel		Re-signing	[25]
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)	Dan Cloutier	1-year	Re-signing	[26]
	Brendan Morrison	1-year	Re-signing	[27]
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)	Nolan Baumgartner		Re-signing	[28]
September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)	Alex Auld	multi-year	Re-signing	[29]
	Daniel Sedin	1-year	Re-signing	[30]
	Henrik Sedin	1-year	Re-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]

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