2002–03_Vancouver_Canucks_season

2002–03 Vancouver Canucks season

NHL hockey team season

The 2002–03 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 33rd NHL season.

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2002–03 Vancouver Canucks
Division	2nd Northwest
Conference	4th Western
2002–03 record	45–23–13–1
Home record	22–13–6–0
Road record	23–10–7–1
Goals for	264
Goals against	208
Team information
General manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Markus Naslund
Alternate captains	Murray Baron Ed Jovanovski Trent Klatt Trevor Linden
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	18,396^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manitoba Moose (AHL) Columbia Inferno (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Markus Naslund (48)
Assists	Markus Naslund (56)
Points	Markus Naslund (104)
Penalty minutes	Todd Bertuzzi (144)
Plus/minus	Marek Malik (+23)
Wins	Dan Cloutier (33)
Goals against average	Alex Auld (1.57)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

As of 2023, the only remaining active member of the 2002–03 Vancouver Canucks is Jan Hlaváč. He is a member of HC Stadion Vrchlabí of the 2nd Czech Republic Hockey League.

Offseason

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Regular season

The Canucks had much success in the regular season as the West Coast Express Line (Brendan Morrison, Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi) played their first full season intact and contributed 67% of the team's goals. The Canucks led all teams in power-play goals scored, with 87.^[2] They also set a franchise record with a 10 game win streak in November 2002. As the season wound down, many expected the Canucks to win the Northwest Division title (due to the slow start by division rivals Colorado Avalanche). Despite the chances, the Canucks failed to clinch the Northwest division on the last day of the regular season with a 2-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings coupled with a win by the Colorado Avalanche. Markus Naslund also lost the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy on the last day of the regular season and missed out on tying fellow Swede Hakan Loob as the only Swedish players who have scored 50 goals in a season. Worse, Peter Forsberg also narrowly beat Naslund for the Art Ross Trophy. Naslund publicly came out to apologize to Canuck fans for "choking".

Final standings

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Northwest Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Colorado Avalanche	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
2	4	Vancouver Canucks	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
3	6	Minnesota Wild	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
4	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
5	12	Calgary Flames	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75

^[3]

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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Western Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Dallas Stars	PA	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	Y- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
3	Y- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
4	X- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
5	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
6	X- Minnesota Wild	NW	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
7	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
8.5
9	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
10	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
11	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75
13	Nashville Predators	CE	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
14	San Jose Sharks	PA	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

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Schedule and results

Regular season

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2002–03 regular season^[4]

October: 3–4–4–0 (home: 1–4–2–0; road: 2–0–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	W	October 10, 2002	3–0	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	1–0–0–0	Recap
2	W	October 12, 2002	5–3	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	2–0–0–0	Recap
3	L	October 14, 2002	2–3	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	2–1–0–0	Recap
4	L	October 16, 2002	3–6	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	2–2–0–0	Recap
5	T	October 18, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	2–2–1–0	Recap
6	T	October 19, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	2–2–2–0	Recap
7	W	October 21, 2002	5–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	3–2–2–0	Recap
8	T	October 24, 2002	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	3–2–3–0	Recap
9	L	October 26, 2002	1–4	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	3–3–3–0	Recap
10	T	October 29, 2002	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	3–3–4–0	Recap
11	L	October 31, 2002	1–5	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	3–4–4–0	Recap

November: 12–1–0–0 (home: 5–0–0–0; road: 7–1–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
12	W	November 2, 2002	4–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	4–4–4–0	Recap
13	W	November 4, 2002	4–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	5–4–4–0	Recap
14	L	November 6, 2002	0–4	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	5–5–4–0	Recap
15	W	November 9, 2002	5–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	6–5–4–0	Recap
16	W	November 12, 2002	6–3	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	7–5–4–0	Recap
17	W	November 14, 2002	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	8–5–4–0	Recap
18	W	November 16, 2002	3–1	New York Rangers (2002–03)	9–5–4–0	Recap
19	W	November 20, 2002	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	10–5–4–0	Recap
20	W	November 22, 2002	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	11–5–4–0	Recap
21	W	November 25, 2002	2–1	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	12–5–4–0	Recap
22	W	November 27, 2002	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	13–5–4–0	Recap
23	W	November 29, 2002	5–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	14–5–4–0	Recap
24	W	November 30, 2002	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	15–5–4–0	Recap

December: 7–6–1–0 (home: 3–3–1–0; road: 4–3–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
25	L	December 3, 2002	1–2	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	15–6–4–0	Recap
26	W	December 4, 2002	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	16–6–4–0	Recap
27	L	December 7, 2002	2–4	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	16–7–4–0	Recap
28	L	December 9, 2002	1–2	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	16–8–4–0	Recap
29	W	December 11, 2002	3–1	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	17–8–4–0	Recap
30	W	December 14, 2002	6–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	18–8–4–0	Recap
31	T	December 15, 2002	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	18–8–5–0	Recap
32	L	December 17, 2002	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	18–9–5–0	Recap
33	W	December 19, 2002	3–1	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	19–9–5–0	Recap
34	W	December 21, 2002	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	20–9–5–0	Recap
35	L	December 23, 2002	3–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	20–10–5–0	Recap
36	W	December 26, 2002	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	21–10–5–0	Recap
37	W	December 28, 2002	7–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	22–10–5–0	Recap
38	L	December 31, 2002	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	22–11–5–0	Recap

January: 7–5–2–0 (home: 5–2–2–0; road: 2–3–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
39	W	January 2, 2003	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	23–11–5–0	Recap
40	W	January 4, 2003	3–2	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	24–11–5–0	Recap
41	W	January 8, 2003	6–4	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	25–11–5–0	Recap
42	L	January 10, 2003	2–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	25–12–5–0	Recap
43	L	January 11, 2003	0–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	25–13–5–0	Recap
44	W	January 14, 2003	4–3	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	26–13–5–0	Recap
45	L	January 16, 2003	2–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	26–14–5–0	Recap
46	W	January 17, 2003	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	27–14–5–0	Recap
47	W	January 19, 2003	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	28–14–5–0	Recap
48	L	January 21, 2003	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	28–15–5–0	Recap
49	L	January 24, 2003	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	28–16–5–0	Recap
50	W	January 26, 2003	1–0	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	29–16–5–0	Recap
51	T	January 28, 2003	2–2 OT	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	29–16–6–0	Recap
52	T	January 30, 2003	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	29–16–7–0	Recap

February: 9–1–2–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 5–0–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
53	W	February 4, 2003	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	30–16–7–0	Recap
54	T	February 5, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	30–16–8–0	Recap
55	W	February 7, 2003	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	31–16–8–0	Recap
56	W	February 10, 2003	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	32–16–8–0	Recap
57	W	February 13, 2003	2–1 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	33–16–8–0	Recap
58	T	February 15, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	33–16–9–0	Recap
59	W	February 18, 2003	4–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	34–16–9–0	Recap
60	W	February 20, 2003	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	35–16–9–0	Recap
61	W	February 22, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	36–16–9–0	Recap
62	W	February 23, 2003	7–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	37–16–9–0	Recap
63	W	February 25, 2003	8–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	38–16–9–0	Recap
64	L	February 27, 2003	2–3	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	38–17–9–0	Recap

March: 7–5–3–1 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 3–3–2–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
65	T	March 1, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	38–17–10–0	Recap
66	W	March 3, 2003	6–4	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	39–17–10–0	Recap
67	L	March 4, 2003	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	39–18–10–0	Recap
68	OTL	March 6, 2003	4–5 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	39–18–10–1	Recap
69	T	March 8, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	39–18–11–1	Recap
70	W	March 11, 2003	4–3	New York Islanders (2002–03)	40–18–11–1	Recap
71	T	March 13, 2003	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	40–18–12–1	Recap
72	L	March 15, 2003	0–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	40–19–12–1	Recap
73	W	March 17, 2003	4–2	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	41–19–12–1	Recap
74	L	March 18, 2003	4–6	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	41–20–12–1	Recap
75	W	March 20, 2003	7–3	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	42–20–12–1	Recap
76	W	March 23, 2003	6–0	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	43–20–12–1	Recap
77	L	March 25, 2003	3–4	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	43–21–12–1	Recap
78	W	March 27, 2003	5–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	44–21–12–1	Recap
79	W	March 29, 2003	5–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	45–21–12–1	Recap
80	L	March 30, 2003	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	45–22–12–1	Recap

April: 0–1–1–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 0–0–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
81	T	April 2, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	45–22–13–1	Recap
82	L	April 6, 2003	0–2	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	45–23–13–1	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2003 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) St. Louis Blues: Canucks won 4–3

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 10	St. Louis	6–0	Vancouver	Cloutier	18,514	Blues lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 12	St. Louis	1–2	Vancouver	Cloutier	18,514	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	April 14	Vancouver	1–3	St. Louis	Cloutier	19,699	Blues lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 16	Vancouver	1–4	St. Louis	Cloutier	19,936	Blues lead 3–1	Recap
5	April 18	St. Louis	3–5	Vancouver	Cloutier	18,514	Blues lead 3–2	Recap
6	April 20	Vancouver	4–3	St. Louis	Cloutier	19,522	Series tied 3–3	Recap
7	April 22	St. Louis	1–4	Vancouver	Cloutier	18,514	Canucks win 4–3	Recap

Western Conference Semifinals vs. (6) Minnesota Wild: Wild won 4–3

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 25	Minnesota	3–4	Vancouver	OT	Cloutier	18,514	Canucks lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 27	Minnesota	3–2	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	April 29	Vancouver	3–2	Minnesota		Cloutier	19,394	Canucks lead 2–1	Recap
4	May 2	Vancouver	3–2	Minnesota	OT	Cloutier	19,386	Canucks lead 3–1	Recap
5	May 5	Minnesota	7–2	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	Canucks lead 3–2	Recap
6	May 7	Vancouver	1–5	Minnesota		Cloutier	19,350	Series tied 3–3	Recap
7	May 8	Minnesota	4–2	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	Wild win 4–3	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

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			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Markus Naslund	LW	82	48	56	104	6	52	14	5	9	14	−6	18
44	Todd Bertuzzi	RW	82	46	51	97	2	144	14	2	4	6	−3	60
7	Brendan Morrison	C	82	25	46	71	18	36	14	4	7	11	−4	18
55	Ed Jovanovski	D	67	6	40	46	19	113	14	7	1	8	−5	22
24	Matt Cooke	LW	82	15	27	42	21	82	14	2	1	3	3	12
16	Trevor Linden	C	71	19	22	41	−1	30	14	1	2	3	−4	10
33	Henrik Sedin	C	78	8	31	39	9	38	14	3	2	5	−2	8
3	Brent Sopel	D	81	7	30	37	−15	23	14	2	6	8	−2	4
22	Daniel Sedin	LW	79	14	17	31	8	34	14	1	5	6	−2	8
6	Sami Salo	D	79	9	21	30	9	10	12	1	3	4	−2	0
26	Trent Klatt	RW	82	16	13	29	10	8	14	2	4	6	1	2
2	Mattias Ohlund	D	59	2	27	29	1	42	13	3	4	7	1	12
10	Trevor Letowski	RW	78	11	14	25	8	36	6	0	1	1	−1	0
13	Artem Chubarov	C	62	7	13	20	4	6	14	0	2	2	−2	4
8	Marek Malik†	D	69	7	11	18	23	52	14	1	1	2	−7	10
25	Mats Lindgren†	C	54	5	9	14	−2	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Todd Warriner‡	LW	30	4	6	10	0	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Bryan Allen	D	48	5	3	8	8	73	1	0	0	0	−2	2
23	Murray Baron	D	78	2	4	6	13	62	14	0	4	4	0	10
14	Brandon Reid	C	7	2	3	5	4	0	9	0	1	1	0	0
37	Jarkko Ruutu	RW	36	2	2	4	−7	66	13	0	2	2	1	14
4	Nolan Baumgartner	D	8	1	2	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
39	Dan Cloutier	G	57	0	3	3		24	14	0	0	0		8
9	Harold Druken‡	C	3	1	1	2	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Jan Hlavac‡	LW	9	1	1	2	−1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Jason King	C	8	0	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Pat Kavanagh	RW	3	1	0	1	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
81	Fedor Fedorov	LW	7	0	1	1	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Peter Skudra	G	23	0	1	1		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Darren Langdon†	LW	45	0	1	1	−2	143	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Mikko Jokela†	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Zenith Komarniski	LW	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Tyler Moss	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Bryan Helmer	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Brad May†	LW	3	0	0	0	1	10	14	0	0	0	−5	15
35	Alex Auld	G	7	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

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		Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
39	Dan Cloutier	57	57	33	16	7	1477	136	2.42	.908	2	3376	14	14	7	7	341	45	3.24	.868	0	833
1	Peter Skudra	23	20	9	5	6	522	54	2.72	.897	1	1192	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Alex Auld	7	5	3	3	0	165	10	1.57	.939	1	382	1	0	0	0	5	1	3.00	.800	0	20
30	Tyler Moss	1	0	0	0	0	14	1	2.67	.929	0	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Lester B. Pearson Award	Markus Naslund	^[5]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Todd Bertuzzi (Right wing)	^[6]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Markus Naslund (Left wing)	^[6]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Todd Bertuzzi	^[7]
		Marc Crawford (Coach)
		Ed Jovanovski
		Markus Naslund
	NHL Player of the Month	Dan Cloutier (November)	^[8]
	NHL Player of the Week	Dan Cloutier (February 17)	^[9]
		Brendan Morrison (February 24)	^[10]
		Todd Bertuzzi (March 24)	^[11]
Team	Babe Pratt Trophy	Ed Jovanovski	^[12]
	Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Markus Naslund	^[12]
	Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Markus Naslund	^[12]
	Fred J. Hume Award	Matt Cooke	^[12]
	Molson Cup	Markus Naslund	^[12]
	Most Exciting Player Award	Todd Bertuzzi	^[12]

Transactions

The Canucks were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.^[13]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)	To Vancouver Canucks: Jeff Farkas	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Josh Holden	^[14]
June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)	To Vancouver Canucks: Future considerations^{[lower-alpha 1]}	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Ryan Bonni	^[15]
September 4, 2002 (2002-09-04)	To Vancouver Canucks: Tomas Mojzis	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Brad Leeb	^[16]
September 21, 2002 (2002-09-21)	To Vancouver Canucks: Sami Salo	To Ottawa Senators: Peter Schaefer	^[17]
November 1, 2002 (2002-11-01)	To Vancouver Canucks: Darren Langdon Marek Malik	To Carolina Hurricanes: Harold Druken Jan Hlavac	^[18]
January 20, 2003 (2003-01-20)	To Vancouver Canucks: Chris Herperger Chris Nielsen	To Atlanta Thrashers: Jeff Farkas	^[19]
January 24, 2003 (2003-01-24)	To Vancouver Canucks: Mikko Jokela	To New Jersey Devils: Steve Kariya	^[20]
February 5, 2003 (2003-02-05)	To Vancouver Canucks: Future considerations	To Philadelphia Flyers: Todd Warriner	^[21]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	To Vancouver Canucks: Brad May	To Phoenix Coyotes: 2nd or 3rd-round pick in 2003^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[22]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
July 5, 2002 (2002-07-05)	Tyler Moss	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency	^[23]
July 10, 2002 (2002-07-10)	Jaroslav Obsut	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency	^[24]
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Nolan Baumgartner	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency	^[25]
October 24, 2002 (2002-10-24)	John Craighead	Revier Lions (DEL)	Free agency	^[26]
November 3, 2002 (2002-11-03)	Mats Lindgren	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	Free agency	^[27]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Ref
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)	Alexei Tezikov		Retirement (UFA)	^[29]
July 4, 2002 (2002-07-04)	Scott Lachance	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (V)	^[30]
July 4, 2002 (2002-07-04)	Andre Savage	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (VI)	^[31]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Jason Strudwick	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
August 15, 2002 (2002-08-15)	Andrew Cassels	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (III)	^[33]
October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11)	Mike Brown	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Waivers	^[34]
October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11)	Alfie Michaud	Peoria Rivermen (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[35]
October 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)	Martin Brochu	Verdun Dragons (QSPHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[36]
May 31, 2003 (2003-05-31)	Peter Skudra	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	Free agency	^[37]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 14, 2002 (2002-06-14)	Tim Smith		Entry-level	^[38]
June 27, 2002 (2002-06-27)	Zenith Komarniski	1-year	Option exercised	^[39]
	Trevor Letowski	1-year	Option exercised	^[39]
	Peter Skudra	1-year	Option exercised	^[39]
July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31)	Artem Chubarov	1-year	Re-signing	^[40]
July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31)	Harold Druken	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
August 3, 2002 (2002-08-03)	Brendan Morrison	2-year	Arbitration award	^[42]
September 4, 2002 (2002-09-04)	Steve Kariya		Re-signing	^[43]
September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)	Herberts Vasiļjevs		Re-signing	^[44]
September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12)	Bryan Helmer	1-year	Re-signing	^[45]
September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12)	Pat Kavanagh		Re-signing	^[46]
September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)	Jeff Farkas		Re-signing	^[47]
September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)	Ryan Ready		Re-signing	^[48]
October 3, 2002 (2002-10-03)	Todd Warriner		Re-signing	^[49]
October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11)	Jason King		Entry-level	^[50]
January 27, 2003 (2003-01-27)	Ed Jovanovski	3-year	Extension	^[51]
January 27, 2003 (2003-01-27)	Trevor Linden	3-year	Extension	^[52]

Draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft which was held on June 22–23, 2002 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.^[53]

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Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	49	Kirill Koltsov	D	Russia	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
2	55^[a]	Denis Grot	D	Russia	Elemach Elektrostal (Russia-2)
3	68^[b]	Brett Skinner	D	Canada	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
3	83^[c]	Lukas Mensator	G	Czech Republic	HC Karlovy Vary U20 (Czech U20)
4	114	John Laliberte	LW	United States	New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL)
5	151	Rob McVicar	G	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7	214	Marc-Andre Roy	LW	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7	223^[d]	Ilya Krikunov	LW	Russia	Elemach Elektrostal (Russia-2)
8	247	Matt Violin	G	Canada	Lake Superior State Lakers (CCHA)
9	277	Thomas Nussli	C	Switzerland	EV Zug (NLA)
9	278^[e]	Matt Gens	RW	United States	St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA)

Draft notes^[54]

The Canucks' first-round pick was involved in the trade detailed in Note A.^[a]
^a The New York Islanders' second-round pick (previously acquired by the Washington Capitals) went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on November 10, 2001 that sent the Canucks' 2002 first-round pick and 2003 third-round pick to Washington in exchange for Trevor Linden and this pick.
^b The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick (previously acquired by the Philadelphia Flyers) went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on December 17, 2001 that sent Donald Brashear and the Canucks' 2002 sixth-round pick to Philadelphia in exchange for Jan Hlavac and this pick.
The Canucks' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on May 31, 2001 that sent Alex Auld to Vancouver in exchange for the Canucks' 2001 second-round pick and this pick.
^c The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on February 15, 2001 that sent Felix Potvin to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.
The Canucks' sixth-round pick was involved in the trade detailed in Note B.^[b]
^d The Canucks received a seventh-round pick from the National Hockey League as compensation for Group III free agent Bob Essensa.
^e The Canucks received a ninth-round pick from the National Hockey League as compensation for Group III free agent Greg Hawgood.

Notes

8th-round pick in 2003
Phoenix received the 3rd-rounder.
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[28]

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"Vancouver Canucks 2002-03 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
"2002-03 Vancouver Canucks Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.

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