Canucks 2026-27 Roster Projection 1.0: Gallagher, Cotter, Oleksiak & Schenn Added
The Vancouver Canucks were busy on July 1, not only in the free agent market, but in the trade market, too. In total, they signed five players: Paul Cotter, Jamie…
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Why the Canucks’ bizarre right-shot centre drought might be ending: Wagner’s Weekly
Here’s an odd thing: the Vancouver Canucks have gone two full seasons without a right-shot centre in their lineup, with one very brief exception. Last season, all of the Canucks’ centres were sinister in the classic sense: they all shot left-handed. Elias Pettersson, Filip Chytil, Marco Rossi, Teddy Blueger, Max Sasson, Aatu Räty, and…
What the Vancouver Canucks are getting in Adam Novotný
It’s not often that a player falls far enough in the 2026 NHL Draft for a selection to immediately feel like a home run. Yet when Adam Novotný was still available at 24th overall, that was the sentiment among those familiar with his game. Whether it ultimately becomes one of the steals of the…
Canucks News & Rumours: Cotter Added, Kuzmenko Finds Another Home & Roster Planning
There’s a certain rhythm to NHL offseason building when you look at it closely enough. The contending teams don’t always swing for the fences in July. More often than not,…
Who were the last Canucks to wear Gallagher, Oleksiak, Schenn, and Cotter’s new jersey numbers?
The Vancouver Canucks unveiled the jersey numbers for four of their new players on Saturday afternoon. Naturally, we thought it most appropriate to ask, who were the last Canucks to wear their numbers? Brendan Gallagher – Number 7 Although technically not a free agent signing, Brendan Gallagher had to pick a new number when the…
Teddy Blueger calls final season with Canucks ‘a learning experience’ and speaks about culture
On Friday, former Vancouver Canucks centre Teddy Blueger met with Toronto media after signing a two-year contract worth $2.5 million annually with the Maple Leafs in NHL free agency earlier this week. Blueger spent the past three seasons with the Canucks after signing a one-year deal with the club ahead of the 2023-24 season, and…
Intriguing Team Now Linked To Hurricanes' Alexander Nikishin
The Carolina Hurricanes have a big decision to make on rookie RFA defenseman Alexander Nikishin. Do they sign him to the massive contract he's looking for, or deal him? For now, they have made him available to other teams . The big Russian blueliner is not eligible for an offer sheet, but the Stanley Cup champs are willing to listen to trade offers. There are a number of teams that have been linked to the 6'3" rearguard, like the NY Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, but another team wit...
Canucks News & Rumours: Strengths, Problems to Fix & Sneaky Possibilities
There are two ways to look at the Vancouver Canucks right now, and they don’t exactly line up neatly. On one hand, this is a team coming off a brutally…
With the dust settled on NHL free agency, do the Canucks still need to move more players this offseason?
We’re still a long way off from the start of the 2026-27 season – more than three months, as of this writing – but the majority of the happenings in the 2026 offseason have already happened. The 2026 NHL Entry Draft is in the books. The first few days, and first couple hundred signings, of…
Trade Idea Sees Oilers Acquiring $38.5M Scoring Winger From Rival
The Edmonton Oilers are looking to add more offense to their lineup and could look to acquire it through a trade.Heavy.com has a trade idea that sees the Oilers acquiring Jake DeBrusk from the Vancouver Canucks in a three-player deal to bolster their offense.Oilers acquire: Jake DeBrusk Canucks acquire: Mattias Janmark Spencer Stastney The Oilers […] The post Trade Idea Sees Oilers Acquiring $38.5M Scoring Winger From Rival appeared first on HEAVY .
‘I lost my game a bit’: Canucks goalie prospect Aleksei Medvedev reflects on difficult season
Aleksei Medvedev is still only 18 years old, but he’s grown significantly as an athlete since being drafted by the Vancouver Canucks last year. And he’s found real positive life lessons in a season with the London Knights that pushed him to his limits. Talking to CanucksArmy on the opening day of development camp in…
Canucks Might Want to Think Twice about Trading Veteran Wingers
The Vancouver Canucks might want to think twice about trading two veteran wingers, even with the team going through a rebuild. The post Canucks Might Want to Think Twice about Trading Veteran Wingers appeared first on HEAVY .
Grading each of the Canucks’ free agent signings and trades
It was a busier July 1st than most expected it would be for the Vancouver Canucks. As expected, they made their depth signings, added some veteran leadership, but the real savvy move and what ultimately has everyone looking favourably on Ryan Johnson’s work on July 1st, 2026 is the Marcus Pettersson trade, and the…
Where each ex-Canuck signed in NHL free agency
With July 1st now come and gone, the first two days of frenzy of NHL free agency have wrapped up. The Vancouver Canucks elected to pass on making any big splashes with UFA’s or trades, but they made a handful of moves to position themselves in the midst of their current rebuild. Vancouver played…
Breaking down the Canucks’ prospect pool post-2026 NHL Draft
The Vancouver Canucks made nine selections last week in the 2026 NHL Draft. Seven of those picks were used to bolster their forward group, adding one defenceman and goaltender as well. Coming into this year’s draft, the biggest need in the Canucks prospect pool was the centre position. Though they used their first-round pick…
Canucks News & Rumours: Oleksiak, Stienburg, Schenn & the Plan Taking Shape
The Vancouver Canucks are not making a splash so much as they are stitching together roles, habits, and redundancies. In their latest set of moves, they have made it pretty…
Ryan Johnson’s first moves as Canucks GM a refreshing shift in asset management
Let’s just come right out and say it. The Vancouver Canucks have not always been well-managed over the past decade or so. And if there’s been a particular weakness of the last two managerial regimes, led by the Jims Benning and Rutherford, it’s been asset management. The Canucks faithful are all too familiar with…
Caleb Malhotra reflects on wild week of NHL Draft and attending first Canucks development camp
The past eight days may have been the busiest of young Caleb Malhotra’s life. Since being selected third overall by the Vancouver Canucks in last Friday’s National Hockey League draft, Malhotra has flown cross-continent, gone whitewater rafting, spent time helping out at a food bank, heard presentations from members of the Canucks front office, and…
Canucks Might Find Interesting Trade Partner for Demko
The Vancouver Canucks could find an interesting trade partner for veteran goaltender Thatcher Demko this offseason. The post Canucks Might Find Interesting Trade Partner for Demko appeared first on HEAVY .
Cootes and Novotný shine in Canucks development camp scrimmages
It stands to reason that two of the three Vancouver Canucks first-rounders in attendance were among the best players in Thursday’s end-of-summer development camp scrimmages at Rogers Forum in Abbotsford. Braeden Cootes was by far the best player on the ice while Adam Novotný separated himself from the pack, as well. Cootes, the club’s…
Game Tape: A look at goaltending prospect Dmitri Ivchenko and how he fits the Canucks’ goalie mould
Whenever the Vancouver Canucks draft a goaltender, they usually follow a couple of key patterns. History often shows they pick 2-3 goalies over a few years, take a couple of seasons off, and then repeat. Those goalies are usually tall with a major emphasis on technique and structure, all pillars of the Ian Clark…
An attempt at an early July depth chart for the 2026-27 Vancouver Canucks
What a difference a week can make. The 2026 NHL Entry Draft and the 2026 Free Agent Frenzy happened within days of one another, and represented the first opportunities for GM Ryan Johnson and co-POHOs Henrik and Daniel Sedin to make their mark on the team. So far, most would say, so good. Johnson and…
Canucks sign forward Matthew Stienburg to one-year, two-way contract
The Vancouver Canucks have made their first signing of day two of NHL free agency and their fifth overall signing since the period opened. General manager Ryan Johnson announced that the organization has signed forward Matthew Stienburg to a one-year, two-way contract. According to PuckPedia, Stienburg will earn $850,000 in the NHL and $160,000…
WDYTT: What grade would you give Ryan Johnson and the Sedins so far?
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet that’s somehow still managing. Speaking of managing, there are some different folks doing it for the Vancouver Canucks these days. New GM Ryan Johnson and co-POHOs Henrik and Daniel Sedin have now been on the job for about a month, and it’s been…
Canucks News & Rumours: Pettersson, Oleksiak, Gallagher, Schenn & Secondary Coaches
There are moments in a rebuild when the future stops feeling theoretical and starts feeling almost uncomfortably distant. The Vancouver Canucks had one of those moments this week. In the…
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