The Vancouver Canucks have been pretty quiet this summer. In fact, they’ve been so quiet that it is tempting to wonder whether general manager Ryan Johnson is finished adding players…
The Vancouver Canucks‘ prospect pool saw a massive makeover in June after the organization made nine selections in the 2026 NHL Draft, the most since the 2019 draft, held in Vancouver. With the new installment of youth, the Canucks’ prospect pool got a massive boost in Daily Faceoff’s prospect pool rankings. On Tuesday, Daily…
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 taking a look at what Jim Rutherford’s legacy as President of Hockey Operations will be now that he has stepped away…
For the third straight year, we are conducting a late-summer thought exercise. Over the next week, we will present a pair of options and ask you which is more likely to occur for the Vancouver Canucks this season. Without the benefit of a crystal ball, of course, it’s impossible to know how things will go….
There is something different about the Vancouver Canucks this summer. It isn’t that the team is suddenly good. It isn’t that Ryan Johnson and Manny Malhotra have already proved they…
To say that fans of the Vancouver Canucks have any real fears about the upcoming 2026-27 campaign is probably inaccurate. It’s tough to muster up any genuine terror about a season in which the goal and the odds-on most likely outcome is a bottom-three finish. But this is a notoriously nervous fanbase, and if…
Brendan Gallagher is back where his hockey story began, looking to prove there is still plenty left in the tank after 14 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens. The Vancouver Canucks acquired Gallagher from Montreal in June for future considerations, with the Canadiens retaining 50% of the final year of his $6.5-million contract. Vancouver is…
Over the 2026 offseason, we went through 2026 Draft targets for the Vancouver Canucks at third and 24th overall. They have a nice history of selecting third, as they secured…
After a one-week absence, the Monday mailbag returns. By this time next month, the Vancouver Canucks will have conducted training camp and will already be halfway through their four-game National Hockey League preseason. So we’re certainly getting closer to hockey season. And when the team hits the ice, we’ll start to get some answers about…
The Pacific Division in 2026-27 is a top-heavy division made up of two groups: the Haves and the Have-Nots. The gap between the best and worst has never been larger, and the Vancouver Canucks sit firmly at the bottom. Seven teams stand in their way on the path back to contention, and we’re going to…
It’s been a quiet month for the Vancouver Canucks, but in only a few weeks, we will be watching some of the top prospects battle it out against the Seattle…
The Vancouver Canucks kept fairly quiet on the first day of free agency and have been positively silent in the subsequent two months. The Canucks added just three bona fide NHL players in free agency — defencemen Jamie Oleksiak and Luke Schenn, and bottom-six forward Paul Cotter — as well as a smidgen of…
Filip Chytil has had a difficult time over the last few years, both before he joined the Vancouver Canucks and in the 18 months since. That is as factual as it gets. The Czechia-born forward turns 27 in September, but his nine years of playing time in North America have been interrupted time and…
With the rise of analytics, a new CBA in place, and salary-cap growth showing no signs of slowing down, the NHL is evolving faster than ever before. Macklin Celebrini’s NHL-record $18.8-million AAV contract effectively closed the book on one of the wildest offseasons in recent memory. Record-setting offer sheets, a surge in restricted free…
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! We all knew expansion was at the top of the NHL’s priority list, and we have further confirmation of a time frame and location after what…
For the third straight year, we are conducting a late-summer thought exercise. Over the next week, we will present a pair of options for the upcoming Vancouver Canucks season and ask you which is more likely to occur. Without the benefit of a crystal ball, of course, it’s impossible to know how things will go….
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 looking into what the Canucks should feel good about heading into next season. When the curtain closed on the Vancouver Canucks’…
As part of TheHockeyNews.com's current series ranking the off-seasons of every NHL team, we're focusing today's article on team No. 13 – the Vancouver Canucks.
The career path of Victor Mancini is really a wild one. He started in the USHL before heading to the Swedish Junior ranks for his 17-year-old season in 2019-20, an unusual move for an American-born prospect. That was his first year of draft eligibility, but Mancini went unselected. Due to some complications with COVID…
Connor Bedard is chasing a Stanley Cup, but history shows it's no easy feat. Only 19 of 64 NHL first overall picks have ever lifted hockey's ultimate prize.
It seems all but guaranteed that the long-term legacy of the front office led by Jim Rutherford and Patrik Allvin will be a mixed one. On the one hand, Rutherford and Allvin did not succeed at the job they set out to do, which was to turn the Vancouver Canucks into a competitive team….
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 looking into what the Canucks should be concerned about heading into next season. After finishing last in the NHL during the…
These 5 NHL teams are built to make the playoffs this season after missing out a year ago.
On Thursday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced four players/team executives/contributors for its Hall of Fame class of 2026, which included a current member of the Vancouver Canucks staff. The Penguins inducted Former Canucks President of Hockey Operations and current Canucks Senior Advisor Jim Rutherford into their Hall of Fame. A well-earned place among the greats….
After flipping Marcus Pettersson on free agency day, the Vancouver Canucks didn’t have many experienced defencemen options on the roster heading into 2026-27. That changed after they signed Jamie Oleksiak to a two-year, $5 million AAV deal to bolster the back end. It’s a tidy contract, given where the cap picture is at this point,…