The Vancouver Canucks finished the 2025-26 season at 25-49-8 with 58 points, the worst record in the NHL and a stunning fall from the team that went 50-23-9 just two seasons ago.
A season that was already difficult became a roster liquidation exercise as the year wore on.
Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland, Tyler Myers, David Kampf, and Lukas Reichel were all moved before the trade deadline, and coach Rick Tocchet has been vocal about wanting less roster turnover this summer rather than more.
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On April 19th in 2010, Vancouver Canucks forward Daniel Sedin deflected a puck off his skate and past Los Angeles Kings netminder Jonathan Quick in Game 3 of the opening round of the 2010 playoffs, pulling his team within a goal three minutes into the third period.
Ruled a good goal by on-ice referee Steve Kozari, NHL SVP Mike Murphy and the off-ice video review crew overturned the ruling after
The Vancouver Canucks will be a team to watch very closely during the offseason. With the Canucks in the middle of a rebuild and finishing this season as the NHL's worst team, it is very possible that they will move on from more of their players during the offseason. The Jets, meanwhile, should be looking to add to their roster after underperforming this campaign and missing the playoffs in the weak Western Conference. One of their biggest needs is a top-six winger, as they have never found a ...
Elias Pettersson heard the trade rumors all season long during his disappointing year with the Vancouver Canucks, and even though the team finished dead last, Pettersson isn't interested in waiving his no-movement clause. The 27-year-old center spoke to the media at his end-of-season media availability, and reiterated the fact he's committed to the Canucks, and isn't interested waiving his trade protection to facilitate a deal. Pettersson is signed through the 2032 season at $11.6 million AAV,...
Following last night’s 6-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, the Vancouver Canucks have fired general manager Patrik Allvin, Jim Rutherford announced. Allvin was hired by Rutherford in 2022, and was the general manager for the organization when the Canucks faced the Oilers in a well-contested seven-game series in 2023. The two seasons since, however, have…
Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford has always been completely honest with the media, sometimes to a fault. When he said after last season that Quinn Hughes might want to leave one day and go play with his brothers, it set off a whirlwind of chaos around the team, leading up to the inevitable trade to Minnesota midway through this season. Now, in his open and transparent meeting with the media Friday afternoon, Rutherford is offering up even more 'hard truths'...
There were rumblings out of Sweden overnight, then it was confirmed very early in the morning, B.C. time: The Vancouver Canucks are moving on from general manager Patrik Allvin. Jim Rutherford, President, Hockey Operations, announced today that Patrik Allvin has been relieved of his duties as General Manager. — Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) April 17, 2026 The Canucks had a disastrous 2025-26 season, finishing with the worst record in the NHL by 14 points, and were forced to trade superstar defe...
The Edmonton Oilers‘ first-round playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks will begin on Monday. The full NHL playoff schedule is now out, with games beginning as early as Saturday. After defeating the Vancouver Canucks 6-1 on Thursday night, the Oilers secured home ice advantage in round one. The Ducks clinched the three-seed in the Pacific Division…
The Oilers took care of business in their regular-season finale on Thursday, hammering the Canucks 6-1 at Rogers Place to clinch second in the Pacific Division. Edmonton finished the campaign with a 41-30-11 record and will now host Anaheim in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It was the exact type of performance…
The Edmonton Oilers had one last game to play before the playoffs started, but as it turns out, game 82 ended up having greater stakes than any of us likely imagined when we kicked things off back in October. Yet, with a job to do and an awful Vancouver Canucks team in town to wrap…
The Edmonton Oilers’ regular season is now over, which means the real thing begins now. Game 82 was a home contest against the Vancouver Canucks, with the Oilers coming away with a 6-1 victory. It was an important game, as a win would clinch home ice, while a loss and wins from the Anaheim Ducks…
On April 15th in 2010, Canucks netminder Roberto Luongo lodged his goalie stick into the back of his pads after making a spectacular overtime save against the Kings' Jack Johnson in Game 1 of the Western Conference Quarter-finals.
After a 15 second struggle, Luongo untangled the lumber in time to stop a shot from Brad Richardson as play returned to his end. Vancouver went on to beat Los Angeles
Of the two possible problems for the Edmonton Oilers, the one they currently have is the preferred option, I reckon. Would you rather the Oilers be scoring at will, but struggling to suppress goals against? Well, we’ve seen that, and it hasn’t been a long-term winning strategy. The Oilers know it too, and there’s a…
After a horrible 2025-26 season, the Vancouver Canucks should continue to make changes to their roster during the summer. Nils Hoglander could be a trade candidate to watch from the Canucks, as he has come up in the rumor mill before and could use a change of scenery. Because of this, let's look at three teams that could target Hoglander during the offseason. Pittsburgh Penguins The Penguins have made it clear that they are not afraid to take chances on young players who need fresh start...
Zach Hyman has been cleared to join the Edmonton Oilers lineup on Thursday against the Vancouver Canucks. Hyman has missed the four games with a lingering injury issue that hasn’t been revealed publicly. With him out of the lineup, the Oilers have gone 1-1-2. His addition back into the Oilers’ forward group comes as the…
The verdict is in, and it isn't close. In an anonymous poll of NHL player agents conducted by The Athletic , the Vancouver Canucks were voted the worst-run franchise in the league, pulling seven of 22 votes, more than the next three teams combined. The New York Rangers were a distant second with four. One agent kept it simple: "They're a mess." Another was only slightly more elaborate: "I don't know what their plan is." The Canucks also ranked second in hardest front office t...
It was revealed today that the Vancouver Canucks were voted by agents around the NHL as far and away the worst-run team in the league . Dead-last in the entire NHL with a dreadful 56 points, it's not too surprising. They've started the rebuild process with the blockbuster Quinn Hughes trade and moving out a few other pieces, but there's one huge outstanding issue to deal with this summer. It's the $92.8 million elephant in the room, called Elias Pettersson. The one-time 100-point m...
However, they concede on an extra time goal to fall in Vancouver
With two games remaining, the Oilers still have everything left to play for. Edmonton will host the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Avalanche on Monday before closing out the regular season on Thursday against the last-place Canucks. Win both, and the Pacific Division title is within reach. Lose both, and the Oilers could fall into a wild-card spot….
The San Jose Sharks faced off against conference rival, the Vancouver Canucks, in what was a chaotic way to finish the Sharks’ regular season at home. The SAP Center was lively during fan appreciation night, but the result was evidently not what was wanted. The game featured three tying goals from the Canucks, sending it into overtime, and then three extra rounds of shootouts, where Vancouver eventually came out victorious, 4-3.
While this game should have been an easy win for the Sharks,...
On April 11th in 1970, Trevor Linden was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Fresh off consecutive Memorial Cup wins, the Canucks selected him second overall in the 1988 NHL Draft. Linden would play 16 of his 19 NHL seasons with the club earning the nickname Captain Canuck for his on-ice efforts and community contributions.
In his first season, Linden scored 30 regular season goals and added seven
On April 8th in 2013, Phoenix Coyotes forward Antoine Vermette fired a pass from the Vancouver Canucks goal line, past its intended recipient Keith Yandle, the entire length of the ice into Phoenix's empty net with one minute remaining in the third period trailing 1-0.
The own goal, credited to Canucks defenseman Dan Hamhuis, came during a two man-advantage thanks to a
On April 5th in 2008, the Calgary Flames displayed the sportsmanship that makes NHL hockey special, putting aside their bitter divisional rivalry to salute Vancouver Canucks legend Trevor Linden in his final NHL game.
With fans applauding the Alberta-born center prior to the final period of his career, Calgary players retreated from the faceoff circle allowing players and fans alike to
On March 26th in 1996, the Vancouver Canucks acquired Markus Naslund from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Alex Stojanov resulting in each team trading their first round selection from the 1991 NHL Entry Draft (16th for 7th, respectively).
Stojanov skated in 45 games for Pittsburgh over the next two seasons amassing six points (2G, 4A) in the process. He spent the remainder of his career
On March 24th in 1998, John Shorthouse called his first NHL game as a paid play-by-play announcer for the Vancouver Canucks filling in for Hall of Famer Jim Robson and working alongside Tom Larscheid. Eighteen months later he inherited the full-time role and his mug has remained behind the microphone ever since.
Shorthouse's debut saw the return of recently traded fan favorites Trevor Linden and