Two-in-Ten (21%) Think Canucks Will Win Stanley Cup
Roberto Luongo Chosen as Regular Season MVP and Fan Favourite
Team Gets Overall “B” Grade for Performance this Season
Vancouver, BC – With the puck about to drop on the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, a new Ipsos Reid poll among Vancouver Canucks fans in British Columbia (defined as those who follow the Vancouver Canucks either “very closely” or “somewhat closely”) reveals that fans believe their team is a contender. While there is no parade planned yet, two-in-ten (21%) think the Canucks will win the 2009 Stanley Cup, more than any other NHL team. Other teams picked by Canucks fans to lift Lord Stanley’s cup this year include the Detroit Red Wings (17%), the San Jose Sharks (15%), the Boston Bruins (10%), and the Calgary Flames (7%). No other team is selected by more than 2% of Canucks fans to contend for the Stanley Cup this year.
While 21% of fans believe the Vancouver Canucks will go “all the way” another 7% think they’ll make it to the Stanley Cup final, but finish in second. Fully one-third (35%) think they’ll make it to the conference final, another 28% think they’ll make it to the conference semi-final, and only 9% think they won’t make it past the first round.
Nearly half (45%) of Vancouver Canucks fans chose captain Roberto Luongo as the team’s most valuable player for the 2008/09 regular season, with Alexandre Burrows clinching second place as fully one-quarter (25%) of fans think he should be named MVP. And with the retirement of Trevor Linden, Roberto Luongo wins the favourite Canuck award (27%) with Alexandre Burrows (20%) not too far behind. In fact, among “avid” Canucks fans (defined as those who follow the Vancouver Canucks “very closely”), Burrows is named as the “fan favourite” ahead of Luongo (31% vs. 24%, respectively).
In terms of the Canucks performance in the 2008/09 regular season, fans give the team an overall “B” grade. The Vancouver Canucks goaltending gets the highest grade – an “A-“ – for the goaltenders’ performance between the pipes. The Canucks forwards get a “B” grade, while both the Canucks defence and coaching staff receive a “B-“ for their performance this year.
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