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Calgary Herald
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Vancouver Canucks trade goalie Arturs Silovs to Pittsburgh Penguins
Despite backstopping the AHL Abbotsford Canucks to a title this spring, goalie Arturs Silovs is out of Vancouver. Article content Vancouver Canucks GM Patrik Allvin announced Sunday that the Calder Cup-winning goaltender has been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Article content Article content The Canucks get forward Chase Stillman and a 2027 fourth-round pick in the NHL draft in return. Article content 'We wanted to give him an opportunity elsewhere as we feel we are very well positioned in goal at the NHL, AHL and developmental level,' said Allvin in a statement. 'Acquiring a future pick and depth forward will add to our organizational depth.' Article content Article content Just last week, Allvin hinted that Silovs would be moved soon, despite calling him a 'young and extremely good goalie.' Article content 'We'll see over the next couple of weeks if we carry the goalies to camp or if a decision is made prior to it,' he said on a new Canucks-focused podcast with John Shannon and Landon Ferraro. Article content Article content Stillman is 22 years old, six-foot-one and 185 pounds, and split the 2024-25 season between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Utica Comets. Article content He had three points (one goal, two assists) and 28 penalty minutes in 19 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and nine points (three goals, six assists) and 26 penalty minutes in 46 games in Utica. He also played in two Calder Cup playoff games with the Penguins' AHL affiliate last season. Article content His AHL career with the two teams includes 119 career regular season games with 36 points (18 goals, 18 assists) and 126 penalty minutes. His junior career was split between the OHL Sudbury Wolves and Peterborough Petes. Article content
Edmonton Journal
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Vancouver Canucks trade goalie Arturs Silovs to Pittsburgh Penguins
Despite backstopping the AHL Abbotsford Canucks to a title this spring, goalie Arturs Silovs is out of Vancouver. Article content Vancouver Canucks GM Patrik Allvin announced Sunday that the Calder Cup-winning goaltender has been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Article content Article content The Canucks get forward Chase Stillman and a 2027 fourth-round pick in the NHL draft in return. Article content 'We wanted to give him an opportunity elsewhere as we feel we are very well positioned in goal at the NHL, AHL and developmental level,' said Allvin in a statement. 'Acquiring a future pick and depth forward will add to our organizational depth.' Article content Article content Just last week, Allvin hinted that Silovs would be moved soon, despite calling him a 'young and extremely good goalie.' Article content 'We'll see over the next couple of weeks if we carry the goalies to camp or if a decision is made prior to it,' he said on a new Canucks-focused podcast with John Shannon and Landon Ferraro. Article content Article content Stillman is 22 years old, six-foot-one and 185 pounds, and split the 2024-25 season between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Utica Comets. Article content He had three points (one goal, two assists) and 28 penalty minutes in 19 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and nine points (three goals, six assists) and 26 penalty minutes in 46 games in Utica. He also played in two Calder Cup playoff games with the Penguins' AHL affiliate last season. Article content His AHL career with the two teams includes 119 career regular season games with 36 points (18 goals, 18 assists) and 126 penalty minutes. His junior career was split between the OHL Sudbury Wolves and Peterborough Petes. Article content
Vancouver Sun
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Canucks trade goalie Arturs Silovs to Pittsburgh Penguins
Despite backstopping the AHL Abbotsford Canucks to a title this spring, goalie Arturs Silovs is out of Vancouver. Vancouver Canucks GM Patrik Allvin announced Sunday that the Calder Cup-winning goaltender has been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Canucks get forward Chase Stillman and a 2027 fourth-round pick in the NHL draft in return. 'We wanted to give him an opportunity elsewhere as we feel we are very well positioned in goal at the NHL, AHL and developmental level,' said Allvin in a statement. 'Acquiring a future pick and depth forward will add to our organizational depth.' Silovs had his moments at the NHL level for the Canucks, but found himself falling down the pecking order with the return of injured Thatcher Demko and the emergence of Kevin Lankinen. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Just last week, Allvin hinted that Silovs would be moved soon, despite calling him a 'young and extremely good goalie.' 'We'll see over the next couple of weeks if we carry the goalies to camp or if a decision is made prior to it,' he said on a new Canucks-focused podcast with John Shannon and Landon Ferraro. Stillman is 22 years old, six-foot-one and 185 pounds, and split the 2024-25 season between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Utica Comets. He had three points (one goal, two assists) and 28 penalty minutes in 19 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and nine points (three goals, six assists) and 26 penalty minutes in 46 games in Utica. He also played in two Calder Cup playoff games with the Penguins' AHL affiliate last season. His AHL career with the two teams includes 119 career regular season games with 36 points (18 goals, 18 assists) and 126 penalty minutes. His junior career was split between the OHL Sudbury Wolves and Peterborough Petes. The native of St. Louis was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the first round, 29th overall, in 2021. With files from Patrick Johnston jruttle@
Ottawa Citizen
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Vancouver Canucks trade goalie Arturs Silovs to Pittsburgh Penguins
Despite backstopping the AHL Abbotsford Canucks to a title this spring, goalie Arturs Silovs is out of Vancouver. Article content Vancouver Canucks GM Patrik Allvin announced Sunday that the Calder Cup-winning goaltender has been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Article content Article content The Canucks get forward Chase Stillman and a 2027 fourth-round pick in the NHL draft in return. Article content 'We wanted to give him an opportunity elsewhere as we feel we are very well positioned in goal at the NHL, AHL and developmental level,' said Allvin in a statement. 'Acquiring a future pick and depth forward will add to our organizational depth.' Article content Article content Just last week, Allvin hinted that Silovs would be moved soon, despite calling him a 'young and extremely good goalie.' Article content 'We'll see over the next couple of weeks if we carry the goalies to camp or if a decision is made prior to it,' he said on a new Canucks-focused podcast with John Shannon and Landon Ferraro. Article content Article content Stillman is 22 years old, six-foot-one and 185 pounds, and split the 2024-25 season between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Utica Comets. Article content He had three points (one goal, two assists) and 28 penalty minutes in 19 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and nine points (three goals, six assists) and 26 penalty minutes in 46 games in Utica. He also played in two Calder Cup playoff games with the Penguins' AHL affiliate last season. Article content His AHL career with the two teams includes 119 career regular season games with 36 points (18 goals, 18 assists) and 126 penalty minutes. His junior career was split between the OHL Sudbury Wolves and Peterborough Petes. Article content
Vancouver Sun
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
Canucks: Arturs Silovs' future is cloudier than ever
Arturs Silovs ' future as a Vancouver Canuck could be decided within a matter of weeks. So claimed general manager Patrik Allvin on a podcast this week. Speaking with John Shannon and Landon Ferraro on the new 100% Canucks podcast — and making his podcast debut, it would seem — Allvin acknowledged that Silovs' performance in this spring's Calder Cup playoffs put him back near the front of the conversation. 'Arty is a young and extremely good goalie,' Allvin said. 'He was just the MVP in the American League playoffs, outstanding. He's played at the highest stage for Latvia and will be on their Olympic roster. We'll see over the next couple of weeks if we carry the goalies to camp or if a decision is made prior to it.' Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. This feels a little like déjà vu. To repeat: After Thatcher Demko and then Casey DeSmith were injured during the first round of the 2024 playoffs, Silovs stepped in, mostly played really well and helped guide the Canucks to Game 7 of the second-round series against Edmonton, putting himself into the conversation heading into the 2024-25 season. But then it turned out that Demko wouldn't be ready to start the season — it did take the Canucks until training camp to publicly admit this — and there was just no way the team would start the season with Silovs as their lead goalie. Plus, there were internal concerns about Silovs' long-term viability, given known flaws in his game. And so the Canucks, despite a late-summer scramble, landed on Kevin Lankinen to be the experienced second hand in a planned tandem to start the season. And when Demko was ready, the Canucks were ready to carry three goalies on the NHL roster. But Silovs struggled, and Lankinen put on a clinic. Silovs slid down the pecking order, to the point where he passed through waivers and was sent to the minors. He didn't play great in the AHL, with prospect Nikita Tolopilo playing at least as well as him, and at times out-playing him. Still, Silovs landed three more late-season starts as the Canucks faded from the playoff race. He was never that convincing and his only two NHL wins in 2024-25 came against the woeful Chicago Blackhawks. Back in the AHL, Silovs did find his game and had an epic run in the playoffs, leading his team to their first-ever Calder Cup, the first professional championship trophy won by a B.C. team since the 1970 Western Hockey League Canucks. He is surely back on other NHL teams' radar. How strong his radar signal is a tough question. In the playoffs the past two years, both NHL and AHL, plus his brilliant performance for Latvia at the 2023 World Championships, he has shown himself to be a big-game performer. He still has issues in his game, such as tracking long shots, so there are doubts about how much more he can be. And in Vancouver, he's clearly back to being No. 3 again, now that Demko has signed a contract extension. The plan in goal, for the near future anyway, is to have Demko and Lankinen sharing the Canucks' crease, leaving Silovs sitting behind a logjam. In a sport where shooters are ascendant, there are a great many goalies who have shown themselves to be good, but not great. Given how he struggled in the 2024-25 regular season, whatever enthusiasm he has re-energized around himself will still be somewhat muted. Goalies with a longer NHL CV than his, like Vitek Vanacek or Kaapo Kähkönen, draw only mid-round draft picks in trade — or like Kähkönen simply move on waivers — so Silovs' trade value likely isn't huge. Whatever value in trade Silovs might have will be at its maximum coming out of training camp. Another team may have a need for a goalie because of an injury and won't want to wait to see what other goalies might be exposed on waivers. Don't forget that last year's initial No. 3 goalie in Vancouver, Jiri Patera, was claimed by the Boston Bruins on Oct. 2 but was then reclaimed on waivers by the Canucks five days later. Injury limited Patera to just seven games with Abbotsford last season. He wasn't the only goalie claimed on waivers last season. James Reimer and Kähkönen both found new teams through waivers. Both, though, had longer NHL track records than Silovs. In other words, maybe Silovs just ends up clearing waivers this fall and finds himself back in the AHL again. There are still more than two months until training camp. pjohnston@
