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Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at Daily Faceoff Vancouver where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens! After what was a busy July for news around the National Hockey League, it’s been quite a slow August for hockey fans. However, two…
Unless the Vancouver Canucks are willing to make a salary-cap sacrifice, trade talks revolving around Elias Pettersson will head nowhere. The Vancouver Canucks continue to explore their options with Elias Pettersson . Frankly, they don’t have many cards on the table, and the final say belongs to the Swedish center. Still, reports around the NHL indicate the Canucks are testing the waters around Pettersson. However, trade talks will be headed for a cul-de-sac if the organization doesn’t eat u...
At the start of March 2025, the Vancouver Canucks had unplugged the life support on their season. They were firmly at the bottom of the NHL standings, the word “rebuild” had finally been uttered by then-President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford after trading Quinn Hughes, and overall, at that point, the organization did not have…
If you think that the Vancouver Canucks are going to have some elite scorers on their squad in 2026-27, you should temper your expectations. They are likely to be one…
Last Friday, Daily Faceoff prospect expert Steven Ellis released his Vancouver Canucks 2026-27 prospect pool breakdown. In the piece, Ellis shared the Canucks’ biggest strengths and weaknesses in their newly revamped prospect pool. And at the end, he provided his top-10 Canucks prospect rankings. While Daily Faceoff Vancouver provided their top-20 prospect countdown throughout July,…
The defenceman Elias Pettersson suffered a sophomore slump in his 2025-26 season; however, it’s impossible to say if that’s solely on him as a player after the poor season the Vancouver Canucks had as a whole. His game regressed all-around, but one can start to understand why that is given the play around him and…
Everyone knows which direction the Vancouver Canucks are moving in. They not only announced and committed to a rebuild, they’ve lived that commitment ever since. Going back to January, the Canucks have dealt away all of Quinn Hughes, Kiefer Sherwood, Tyler Myers, Conor Garland, David Kampf, Nils Höglander, and Marcus Pettersson. In return, they’ve…
According to sources close to the Vancouver Canucks management team, expect to see Elias Pettersson starting next season as a Canuck. Pettersson has struggled these past couple of seasons and has been linked to multiple trade destinations over the course of the last 24 months, however, the Canucks haven't even approached the player about a list of teams he'd approve a trade to. Pettersson is inked through the 2032 season at $11.6 million, and owns a full no-movement clause. The Canucks were op...
A couple of weeks ago, Rick Dhaliwal joined Harman Dayal and me on an episode of Canucks Conversation. It was a great interview, filled with multiple nuggets and interesting bits of Vancouver Canucks information. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can do so by clicking here. One thing Dhaliwal mentioned was that the…
Welcome to a new series here at CanucksArmy, where over the month of August we’ll ask a new question each day about the Vancouver Canucks. We’re calling it “31 days, 31 questions”. Today, we’re examining which of the Canucks’ offseason acquisitions will have the biggest impact on the team. Out with the old, in with…
There are a couple of interesting things happening around the Vancouver Canucks that don’t necessarily involve the big names. That’s just one of the things that makes this stage of…
It’s true that Aatu Räty was drafted more than five years ago, at 52nd overall in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. It’s true that he’s since played 114 NHL games spread over parts of three seasons for the New York Islanders and the Vancouver Canucks. But at the same time, it also feels true that…
The Vancouver Canucks open training camp in Penticton next month, but a sizeable portion of their prospect pool will already be scattered across North America and Europe, including the most important prospect in the organization. Caleb Malhotra, the top-rated prospect in the pipeline by Daily Faceoff Vancouver, is headed to Boston University and won’t…
With the Vancouver Canucks in full rebuild mode for the 2026-27 season and the foreseeable future, it’s an opportunity for young players to show what they’ve got and to prove they can be a part of the Canucks when they become contenders. Jonathan Lekkerimäki is one of the Canucks’ young prospects who looks like he…
The Vancouver Canucks have a huge decision to make in the crease heading into the 2026-27 season. Do they keep the trio of Thatcher Demko, Kevin Lankinen and Nikita Tolopilo…
The most important part of a rebuild is nailing your top-end draft picks, particularly those in the top ten. Vancouver Canucks fans are all too aware of how that can go wrong, as the team’s previous attempt at a rebuild was hindered by a couple of high-profile missteps. It is, of course, also nice…
Welcome to a new series here at CanucksArmy, where over the month of August we’ll ask a new question each day about the Vancouver Canucks. We’re calling it “31 days, 31 questions”. Today, we’re examining whether Canucks defenceman Victor Mancini is poised for a breakout season in 2026-27. When an organization is rebuilding, player…
Fresh off the Hlinka Gretzky, the buzz has already started around some of the 2027 NHL draft prospects. The obvious top names this year begin with Landon DuPont, who’s headed for the University of Michigan, as well as Russian forward Nazar Privalov and Canadian centreman Alexis Joseph, who will be returning to the QMJHL this…
The offseason has now entered the real dog days of summer: August, when everything seems to hit a standstill. Actually, if you think about it, it’s been this way since…
I may be dating myself here, but when I was growing up in the Fraser Valley, getting to watch the Vancouver Canucks on TV was a relative rarity. In the mid-1990s, less than half of the Canucks’ schedule was broadcast on TV, with games split between BCTV, CHEK, CBC, and TSN. If you wanted…
The Vancouver Canucks are entertaining the possibility of bringing back an old hand from their blueline, and one who now has a Stanley Cup ring. Per Vancouver insider Rick Dhaliwal , speaking on Canucks Conversation, the team has reached out to unrestricted free agent Ben Hutton. Agents are calling Vancouver on some of the UFAs left. The Canucks are not biting yet... Maybe some of those guys get a PTO, I don't know. But Ben Hutton to me, is interesting. I did hear there have been some c...
For the first time in a while, the Vancouver Canucks are entering a season without expectations of making the playoffs. In fact, almost everyone expects them to finish near the…
The Vancouver Canucks may not be finished adding to their roster just yet. At this point in the summer, there aren’t many obvious bargains sitting around, but this is usually…
On Friday’s episode of Canucks Conversation, David Quadrelli and Harman Dayal were joined by Rick Dhaliwal to discuss the latest on Zeev Buium, Ben Hutton as a potential returnee to Vancouver, Jonathan Lekkerimäki’s upcoming season, Thatcher Demko’s recovery, and the Canucks’ long-awaited practice facility. Dhaliwal began with the latest on Buium and Ohgren, noting…
Welcome to a new series here at CanucksArmy, where over the month of August, we’ll ask a new question each day about the Vancouver Canucks. We’re calling it “31 days, 31 questions”. Today, on August 9th, a look at the optimal power play units for the Canucks Before looking ahead and attempting to answer this…