2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season
| 2009–10 Vancouver Canucks | |
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Northwest Division champions
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| Division | 1st Northwest |
| Conference | 3rd Western |
| 2009–10 record | 49–28–5 |
| Home record | 30–8–3 |
| Road record | 19–20–2 |
| Goals for | 272 |
| Goals against | 222 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Mike Gillis |
| Coach | Alain Vigneault |
| Captain | Roberto Luongo |
| Alternate captains |
Ryan Kesler Willie Mitchell Henrik Sedin |
| Arena | General Motors Place |
| Average attendance | 18,810 (102.1%) |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Alexandre Burrows (35) |
| Assists | Henrik Sedin (83) |
| Points | Henrik Sedin (112) |
| Penalties in minutes | Darcy Hordichuk (142) |
| Plus/minus |
(+): Daniel Sedin (+36) Christian Ehrhoff (+36) (−): Darcy Hordichuk (−7) |
| Wins | Roberto Luongo (40) |
| Goals against average | Andrew Raycroft (2.42) |
The 2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season was the 40th season the Vancouver Canucks franchise has played in the National Hockey League (NHL).
At the 2009 NHL Entry Draft the Vancouver Canucks drafted seven players. The Canucks did not have their own seventh round draft pick as it had previously been traded to the Los Angeles Kings for Jason LaBarbera. The Canucks acquired a sixth round draft pick from the Phoenix Coyotes in return for Shaun Heshka.
On July 1, the Vancouver re-signed Daniel and Henrik Sedin to matching 5-year contracts worth $31 million each. The contracts will pay each Sedin $6.1 million per season.
Mikael Samuelsson was signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 3, 2009. His contract was for three years and worth $2.5 million per season.
However, the team lost free agent Mattias Ohlund, who signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ohlund spent the first eleven seasons of his NHL career with the Canucks. He was offered, and signed, a seven-year contract with the Lightning worth $26.25 million, an offer which the Canucks could not match.
On August 17, 2009, the Canucks signed prospect Sergei Shirokov to a 2-year contract worth $1.75 million. Shirokov was drafted in the sixth round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
On August 28, 2009, Mike Gillis traded prospects centre Patrick White and defenceman Daniel Rahimi to the San Jose Sharks for defencemen Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich.
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