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Vancouver-born and longtime Canucks fan Macklin Celebrini just got paid. On Wednesday morning, news broke that the San Jose Sharks had inked their 20-year-old superstar centre to a five-year contract extension worth $18.8 million annually. That’s a total of $94 million, and yes, it’ll be paid in USD. Celebrini has one season remaining on…
The Vancouver Canucks are entering an important stage of their roster building. The organization is focused on developing young talent, creating internal competition, and finding players who can grow into…
Braeden Cootes and Caleb Malhotra arrived at Canada’s World Junior Summer Showcase from different starting points. One is returning to the national program with tournament experience, a bronze medal, and an appetite for a larger role this time around. The other pulled a Canadian jersey over his head for the first time this week and…
The Vancouver Canucks are coming off a really rough season. One of the worst in franchise history. Unfortunately, while the Canucks didn’t and don’t have a good roster, part of…
Three former Vancouver Canucks are still looking for places to play next season with six weeks to go before National Hockey League training camps open. Winger Evander Kane, along with defencemen Derek Forbort and Pierre-Olivier Joseph, are all unrestricted free agents and have been on the open market since July 1st. It’s quite possible…
Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens! Canucks broadcasts will be available on two different platforms for the next 12 years, as Prime Video and Sportsnet announced a new partnership to sublicense NHL national…
The trade that brought Linus Karlsson to the Vancouver Canucks is pretty straightforward and has proven to be a solid transaction for the hockey club. In February 2019, the Canucks acquired the now 26-year-old right-winger from San Jose in a one-for-one swap for Jonathan Dahlen. Now, Dahlen was supposed to be a prized piece…
Welcome back to our collective CanucksArmy top 20 Vancouver Canucks summer prospect rankings. Today, we have our 8th-ranked prospect, Niklas Aaram-Olsen. Niklas Aaram-Olsen Team: Orebro HK Jr. | Age: 18 | Position: LW | Height: 6’1″ | Weight: 183 lbs | Shoots: Left | Drafted: Second round, 41st overall, 2026 | Mid-season rank: N/A…
The Vancouver Canucks are in an interesting spot right now. They are not starting from scratch, but they are also not simply trying to repeat what they have done over…
We’ve hit the point in the offseason at which we’re fewer than two months from seeing the Vancouver Canucks hit the ice again. As of now, however, the exact shape of the team and their lineup is a little uncertain. Training Camp 2026 opens up on September 17 in Penticton, and there will be a…
The NHL is set to have five new head coaches for the 2026-27 season, with Ryan Craig (Vegas Golden Knights), Jim Hiller (Toronto Maple Leafs), Mike Babcock (Edmonton Oilers), Manny Malhotra (Vancouver Canucks), and Peter Laviolette (Los Angeles Kings) all taking over new teams.
Brooks Rogowski has wasted little time introducing himself to USA Hockey’s World Junior decision-makers. The Vancouver Canucks prospect has scored in consecutive games for USA Blue at the World Junior Summer Showcase, collecting two goals and an assist in victories over Sweden and Finland. The tournament represents the first formal evaluation stage ahead of…
Welcome back to Memorabilia Monday! Today, we take a journey through the history of Vancouver Canucks team calendars! For over half a century, the start of a new Canucks season could be marked by the arrival of the official team calendar, chock-full of photos and game schedules found at your local pharmacy. Shoppers Drug Mart…
The Vancouver Canucks might not score as many goals these days as they have in years past. But they do have goals these days, and that’s probably more important in the long run. One of the Canucks’ stated goals has been to get both tougher to play against and just plain tougher in general. This…
Happy Monday, folks. It’s a new week, and we’re kicking it off with another installment of the CanucksArmy collective top 20 Vancouver Canucks summer prospect rankings. Today we’re looking at one of the best defensive prospects who has to crack the NHL lineup in the Canucks organization. Sawyer Mynio Team: Abbotsford Canucks | Age:…
As much-needed rain fell in parts of the province over the weekend, it sort of felt like hockey season for a moment. Of course, it’s not hockey season yet. But every day that goes by is another day closer to the start of Vancouver Canucks training camp. And with news this week that the team…
The Vancouver Canucks are entering what feels like an important season. After taking a step backward, the organization is entering a transition period. As part of that process, it is…
This past week, we found out that a few Vancouver Canucks players will be changing their numbers heading into next season. Marco Rossi will be taking up Alex Edler’s old number 23. Zeev Buium will nab the number 8 that was most recently worn by Conor Garland and once belonged to Chris Tanev. Filip Chytil…
It’s difficult to judge the contract values on a team like the Vancouver Canucks that is firmly in a rebuild phase and thus is possibly the worst team in the…
The Vancouver Canucks were one of the busier teams early in the offseason. First, they added Brendan Gallagher from the Montreal Canadiens and traded Nils Hoglander to the Nashville Predators…
One of the more interesting storylines heading into the Vancouver Canucks‘ 2026-27 season is that the organization may finally have something every team wants: young players pushing established players for…
Even in a rebuild when the pressure isn’t nearly as high as it will be when the Vancouver Canucks are competitive again, there will still be a handful of players feeling the heat to perform next season. That’s simply the nature of the beast in professional sports. And so here is a look at four…
Whenever the Vancouver Canucks step up to the draft podium, there is a distinct and familiar blueprint for the goalies they like to target, and 2026 third-round pick Dmitri Ivchenko certainly follows that blueprint. He comes in at number 11 on our top 20 ranking of Canucks prospects. Dmitri Ivchenko Team: Omskie Yastreby | Age:…
A dazzling skill set makes Zeev Buium hard to miss. And as the Vancouver Canucks look to turn the page on a miserable season, he’s poised to help lead them into the future
It’s the middle of summer, but this is the time of year when organizations start finding out if all those draft-day speeches and scouting reports actually mean something. The Vancouver…