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Canucks say Demko ‘cautiously progressing’ but will start season on injured reserve
This much we know for sure: Thatcher Demko will begin the new hockey season on the injured list. Beyond that, however, very little is certain when it comes to the Vancouver Canucks netminder, who continues to recover from double hip surgery last February. The club insists the 30-year-old puckstopper continues to make progress, but…
Canucks: What the fallout of a Filip Chytil injury could mean for Sasson, Räty, and Cootes
Filip Chytil’s latest injury could force the Vancouver Canucks to significantly adjust their plans down the middle just days before the start of the regular season. Chytil left Thursday’s preseason game against the Edmonton Oilers after colliding with referee Riley Brace and crashing into the end boards. He was ruled out for the remainder…
September 25 NHL waiver targets for the #1 priority Canucks
We are now just four days away from the official start of the NHL season. But maybe more importantly for the Vancouver Canucks, we’re just three days away from teams across the NHL having to make their final wave of roster cuts. As we’ve covered, the Canucks have first waiver priority – and will…
GM Johnson says Meriläinen was a ‘target’ for Canucks if placed on NHL waivers
The Vancouver Canucks used their top waiver priority to claim goaltender Leevi Meriläinen from the Ottawa Senators. The 24-year-old Finnish goaltender has played 34 career NHL games with the Senators and has split time between the NHL and AHL over the past two seasons. Following the transaction, Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson spoke to…
Scenes from practice: Lekkerimäki to top line, Cotter to centre as Canucks prepare for preseason finale
With a crowd of a couple of thousand on hand for an open practice as part of the club’s Fan Fest, the Vancouver Canucks took to the ice at Rogers Arena on Friday afternoon. After assigning Braeden Cootes to Abbotsford and placing Filip Chytil on injured reserve, the Canucks had 13 forwards, eight defencemen and…
Canucks place forward Filip Chytil on injured reserve; Johnson says ‘week-to-week’
The 2026-27 regular season is still four days away, and the injury bug has already bitten the Vancouver Canucks. On Friday afternoon, Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson announced that forward Filip Chytil has been placed on injured reserve, retroactive to September 24. General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that F Filip Chytil has been…
Canucks cut Braeden Cootes from preseason roster; assigned to AHL Abbotsford
With the regular season opener just four days away, the Vancouver Canucks whittled down their preseason roster even further by cutting two more players on Friday. General Manager Ryan Johnson announced that the organization has cut forwards Braeden Cootes and Matthew Stienburg. General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the #Canucks have reduced their…
Canucks’ Adam Novotný has massive 4-point night in return to OHL
Whatever the Vancouver Canucks taught Adam Novotný during the prospect showcase, training camp, and preseason clearly stuck with him, as he exploded offensively in his season debut for the Peterborough Petes. Trailing 1-0 in the first period, Novotný equalized the game in style. Playing high up in the defensive zone, Novotný was in perfect…
Canucks claim goaltender Leevi Meriläinen off NHL waivers
The Vancouver Canucks have made their first waiver claim of the season. On Friday, GM Ryan Johnson announced that the club has claimed goaltender Leevi Meriläinen off waivers from the Ottawa Senators. Meriläinen, 24, was a third-round pick of the Senators in the 2020 NHL Draft and split his time between the AHL and…
3 standouts from Canucks’ preseason loss to Oilers
On Thursday night, the Vancouver Canucks dressed very close to their opening-night lineup against an Edmonton Oilers lineup that consisted mostly of AHLers. The Canucks’ roster featured 6,789 games of NHL experience, while the Oilers had 912. In a 2-1 loss, the Canucks outchanced the Oilers’ depleted lineup with 55 shot attempts to 36. The…
NHL salary cap expected to rise to staggering $127.5 million in 2028-29: report
The upper limit of the NHL salary cap is expected to rise quite steeply by 2028-29, according to a report from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. According to Friedman, the salary cap will rise all the way up to $127.5 million in the 2028-29 season. Here is some of what Friedman wrote: “The NHL gave its first…
Instant Reaction: Canucks lose 2-1 to inexperienced Oilers’ lineup
We are so back, baby. Okay, not quite, but kinda! Yes, the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers will open the regular season against one another on Tuesday, but first, on Thursday night, the two sides duked it out in preseason action! Lineups Typically, we’d only go over the Canucks’ line combinations, but it’s important to note…
Canucks’ Chytil will not return after exiting first period vs. Oilers
UPDATE: Manny Malhotra said post game that Filip Chytil will have his shoulder looked at tomorrow. The injury bug has hit the Vancouver Canucks in the preseason. Late in the first period, Canucks forward Filip Chytil collided with a referee’s skate in the offensive zone. The collision sent Chytil into the boards off balance,…
September 24 NHL waiver targets for the #1 priority Canucks
We are now just five days away from the official start of the NHL season. But maybe more importantly for the Vancouver Canucks, we’re just four days away from teams across the NHL having to make their final wave of roster cuts. As we’ve covered, the Canucks have first waiver priority – and will…
Scenes from morning skate: Cootes, Lekkerimäki, Mancini in spotlight as Canucks face young Oilers lineup
The Vancouver Canucks (0-2) play their first home preseason game tonight, hosting a young Edmonton Oilers squad (2-0) at Rogers Arena. Opening faceoff is set for 6 pm PT. It’s also the launch of the Canucks’ three-day fan fest to close out the exhibition schedule. Players will walk a blue carpet outside the rink upon…
Canucks place Matthew Stienburg on NHL waivers; Fix-Wolansky, Clayton and Schuldt clear
Ahead of their first home game of the preseason, the Vancouver Canucks have placed another player on waivers. The Canucks have placed forward Matthew Stienburg on NHL waivers on Thursday morning. All three players the Canucks waived yesterday, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Cole Clayton, and Jimmy Schuldt, have cleared waivers. Stienburg, 25, signed a one-year, $850,000…
Former Canucks forward Andrei Kuzmenko’s father killed in bear attack
A tragic story. On Thursday, reports circulated that former Vancouver Canucks forward Andrei Kuzmenko’s father, Alexander, had been killed in a bear attack in Russia. Russian network REN TV was among those who reported the news. In their article, translated from Russian, they wrote: “The tourist who died after a bear attack in Tuva was…
What the latest round of cuts tells us about the Canucks’ opening night roster
The Vancouver Canucks, as of Tuesday, had played half of their four preseason games for the 2026-27 season. As of Wednesday morning, they’d completed about half of their required cuts before opening night. The Canucks started Training Camp 2026 with a roster of 57 players. After Wednesday’s round of cuts, that number was already…
How Aatu Räty solidified his NHL role in Canucks’ loss to Flames
If you’re going through the standouts from Tuesday night’s Vancouver Canucks preseason game, you might get a couple of names in before you reach Aatu Räty. However, arguably no other Canucks skater did more to make their case to the coaching staff that they deserve a spot in the everyday lineup than Räty did….
September 23 NHL waiver targets for the #1 priority Canucks
After finishing the 2025-26 season with the worst record in the National Hockey League, the Vancouver Canucks have the upper hand on the rest of the league on the waiver wire. Because of last year’s last-place finish in the NHL standings, the Canucks have first priority on the waiver wire to begin this season….
Scenes from practice: Canucks showing first looks at power play units
After paring their roster at the midway mark of the preseason, the Vancouver Canucks got down in numbers and skated as one group on Wednesday morning at Rogers Arena. The Canucks had 26 players on the ice – 15 forwards, eight defencemen and three goalies. Max Sasson was excused from practice for personal reasons. What…
3 Canucks standouts in preseason loss to Flames
The Vancouver Canucks’ first preseason game against the Seattle Kraken looked like two teams shaking off more than four months of rust. Their second game against the Calgary Flames looked much different. The Canucks were limited to just nine shots on goal in a 3-1 loss on Tuesday, two fewer than their lowest total…
Canucks place 3 players on NHL waivers, make 15 more roster cuts
Two days after their first wave of roster cuts, the Vancouver Canucks cut another 15 players, including three players placed on NHL waivers. Ty Mueller, Riley Patterson, Ilya Safonov, Chase Wouters, Kirill Kudryavtsev, and Sawyer Mynio have all been assigned to AHL Abbotsford. Ben Berard and Isaac Belliveau were released from their PTOs and…
The first Sekeres and Price Donnie and Dhali crossover did not disappoint
More media coverage of Vancouver sports is a good thing for all of us. And that’s what you’ll be getting every Tuesday at noon, when Matt Sekeres and Blake Price of Sekeres and Price crossover with Don Taylor and Rick Dhaliwal of Donnie and Dhali — The Team. The two shows announced the collaborative effort on Monday,…
How the Canucks might be able to use NHL waivers to upgrade their goaltending depth
Waivers seem to be a key part of the Vancouver Canucks’ strategy early on in the 2026-27 season. And we don’t mean medical waivers, though these Canucks might be so bad that you could reasonably need to sign one before watching them. No, we mean the transactional form of waivers. The Canucks finished in…
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