[1] They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The Canucks joined the NHL in 1970 as an expansion team alongside the Buffalo Sabres.
[2] In the Canucks' 54-year NHL history,[3] the team has advanced three times to the Stanley Cup Finals.
[4] The Canucks selected Dale Tallon, a defenceman from the Toronto Marlboros, with their first pick, second overall in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft.
The Canucks also drafted Trevor Linden from the Medicine Hat Tigers in 1988.