The Canuck Way begins a new series, looking at the best Vancouver Canucks to wear a particular jersey number. We start off, well, No. 1.
No. 1 is primarily a goalie number and that that’s how it goes with the Vancouver Canucks. Looking at the list of Canucks to wear the number, two stuck out. Those goalies were Kirk McLean and Roberto Luongo. While McLean was a huge part of the Canucks run of success in the 1990s, we have to go with Luongo here.
Acquired from the Florida Panthers in the off-season prior to the 2005-06 season in a blockbuster deal that sent Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan Allen and Alex Auld, provided instant stability in the net.