Welcome to this edition of THN's Vancouver Canucks 2024-25 Report Card. This recurring 2025 off-season series features a deep ...

The Canucks and Kevin Lankinen have agreed to a five-year, $22.5 million contract extension after the goaltender stepped up for Vancouver in place of the injured Thatcher Demko.

Vancouver Canucks goalie Kevin Lankinen (32) reaches to cover the puck as teammate Brock Boeser (6) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.

Sure, Lankinen has been one of the NHL’s best goalies through two months of the 2024/25 season. But Demko, when healthy, has been considered one of the world’s best for several years running.

In this installment of the Vancouver Canucks 2024–25 report card series, Thatcher Demko will be the Canuck to have his season reviewed. Demko was one of four goaltenders to play in a game for ...

If we project Lankinen’s point shares over an 82-game season, he is on pace to post the most by a rookie goaltender with at least 15 games played in the salary cap era, which started in 2005-06.

Most of the NHL’s projected top rookies have underperformed this season. Lankinen, meanwhile, has gone 5-1-3 with a .933 save percentage, quickly scaling the leaderboard.

Inside Kevin Lankinen’s journey from tireless playoff observer to Blackhawks’ starting goalie For weeks, Lankinen watched in person as the NHL’s best goaltenders played huge playoff games.

Finland is about as hockey-crazy a nation as there is, and Lankinen, a Helsinki native, and his teammates rocketed to celebrity status when they won the 2019 world championship in Slovakia.