Do you like the canucks

Answer 1

it is a derogatory word for Canadians.

Some people think it is derogatory - I personally cringe whenever it is used - but then some in Canada actually love the word. Hence the reason Vancouver Canucks.

Go figure eh?

Answer 2

When the Canucks joined the NHL in 1970, they took the team name "Vancouver Canucks" from the already existing WHL team, which had the name previously.

My best guess as to why the team is name the Canucks, is because the term 'Canuck' used to be a slang term for 'Canadian'.

I have always wondered why Vancouver's NHL team has used the name "Canucks" when its image hasn't ever wholly reflected that moniker. In '70-'71 when the team began playing in the NHL, its management discarded the traditional logo that identified the WHL Canucks team i.e. Johnny Canuck -- a French-Canadian " Canuck" logger wearing a toque and armed with a sawed-off hockey stick, menacingly pointed forward. Instead, Vancouver adopted an unimpressive logo featuring a plan view of an arena ice surface, placing across its face what was supposed to be a hockey stick. The stick more closely resembled a bent tongue depressor.

Following several less than impressive seasons, management introduced the "Hallowe'en" uniform (black and orange patterns ), ostensibly to frighten the opposition -- something that never happened. That ridiculous uniform was discarded and eventually replaced by the best uniform the NHL team has ever worn (a winged skate with " Canucks" emblazoned on it). But true to form, the new management couldn't rest content with that sensible combination and chose to introduce the present Orca whale logo -- meaning that Vancouver should probably have changed it's name to the " Vancouver Orcas."

Be sure of one thing : as long as the Vancouver franchise continues to struggle with its identity by employing confusing logos, I predict it will never win the Stanley Cup. They would do better to adopt the Johnny Canuck logo or revert back to the winged skate emblem, thereby more correctly identifying themselves as " Canucks."

Surreyfan

Answer 3

The Vancouver Canucks should be viewed as a hockey team with balance and

capable of besting every other squad in the NHL. But they could hardly be regarded as "awesome." They have never won a Stanley Cup; and in their last Cup final in '10-'11, (though they did take the series to 7 games) were badly outscored by the Boston Bruins. Their goaltending in recent years has not been consistently good enough in the playoffs to warrant the "awesome" descriptive. Maybe with Cory Schneider as their regular backstop, they may have a better shot at winning the Stanley Cup.

Surreyfan

Answer 4

A slang term referring to Canadians.

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Answer 5

a canuck is another word for Canadian and Vancouver is in Canada

Answer 6

A canuck is a Canadian