In the salary cap era, the 30-goal scorer has become less and less common. Last season, 26 players scored 30 or more goals. That is a fraction of the 60 players who achieved the same feat in the 1983-84 season. Scoring 30 goals puts a player in an elite group. This type of player is a hot commodity around the league.
It has been a while since the Vancouver Canucks had a 30-goal scorer. The last player to do it was Radim Vrbata. He scored 31 goals in the 2014-15 season that led to a trip to the playoffs against Calgary.