The Devils are reportedly gauging Jacob Markstrom's value in the trade market. Meanwhile, Blues right winger Jordan Kyrou and Canucks left winger Jake DeBrusk have surfaced again in the rumor mill.
The Stanley Cup has been handed out, the champagne has dried, and the NHL quietly shifts from celebration mode into decision mode. For the Vancouver Canucks, that transition feels a…
Just a few short seasons ago, the Vancouver Canucks finished atop the Pacific Division, and with a deep team full of superstars, the expectation was that they could compete for a Stanley Cup in the coming seasons.Unfortunately, things have completely fallen apart for the team since then, and after trading star defenseman and captain Quinn […]
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On Saturday night, a new chapter in Vancouver’s sports legacy was written as the city welcomed the FIFA Men’s World Cup for the first time, with BC Place hosting Australia vs. Türkiye in the first of seven matches over the next month and a half. In one of the first upsets of the tournament, the…
The Stanley Cup has been presented, and now the focus of the hockey world turns to the National Hockey League Draft at the end of next week. For the Vancouver Canucks, the next three weeks will provide us with the first real insight into how the new management regime plans to attack the rebuild. There…
The Vancouver Canucks signed defenceman Jack Thompson to a one-year, two-way contract extension for the 2026-27 season, general manager Ryan Johnson announced on Friday. Thompson was approaching restricted free agency at the end of the current campaign before agreeing to remain with the organization. The 24-year-old was acquired by the Canucks from the San Jose […]
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Until it finally happened, there was always an open question of how the Vancouver fanbase would react to the Canucks entering into an actual, official, self-declared rebuild. And along the way, the fans’ potential reaction to a rebuild was often held up as a reason not to rebuild, with many suggesting that a fanbase this…
Every fan loves the idea of landing the next star late in the first round. And we already covered a few names that could fit that bill in and around the 24th overall pick. The reality, however, is that successful organizations aren’t built exclusively through home-run swings. Stanley Cup contenders are often supported by…
This past week, the Vancouver Canucks made a couple of quiet depth signings. They might not move the needle in July, but they tend to matter more in November when…
The Vancouver Canucks’ most expensive center could be on the move ahead of the 2026-27 NHL season.
It was an extremely difficult season for the Vancouver Canucks, who came nowhere close to achieving a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and finished with the worst overall record of not only any club in the Pacific Division, but the Western Conference as a whole.And afterward, the Canucks wasted no time in making several […]
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The Vancouver Canucks have done plenty of promoting from within to overhaul their hockey operations and coaching staff. Their new co-presidents of hockey operations, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, have been part of the Canucks’ staff for five seasons, along with their 17 seasons as players. Their new general manager, Ryan Johnson, has been on…
Morgan Rielly is on the move this summer. The longest-tenured Toronto Maple Leaf isn't expected to be back with the hockey club next season, and there's been lots of speculation brewing lately that Rielly recently submitted a list of five teams he'd be open to being traded to. The list is rumored to be the Seattle Kraken, Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, and San Jose Sharks. Leafs GM John Chayka is looking to reshape his blueline this summer and Rielly's name has been making ...
The Vancouver Canucks could find themselves in an intriguing scenario in which they could land Gavin McKenna.
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In recent years, there’s been plenty of talk about the Vancouver Canucks needing to acquire more Canadian players, and yes, more players born in British Columbia. Whether that be via trade, free agency, or the draft, many fans have wanted to see the Canucks acquire players who grew up Canucks fans. But since Macklin Celebrini…
The Vancouver Canucks rebuild is more complicated than it seems on paper. The direction is obvious enough: get younger, get cheaper, and let time do the heavy lifting. In practice,…
Imagine Sam Dickinson on the Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov on the Vancouver Canucks, or Zayne Parekh on the Edmonton Oilers.
The Vancouver Canucks are going to be a team to watch incredibly closely this summer. With the Canucks being in a rebuild, there is an expectation that they will continue to trade away their veteran players this summer.One of the Canucks’ top offseason trade candidates is forward Jake DeBrusk. The 2015 first-round pick was the […]
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In hiring Richard Seeley as the newest assistant General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks and the man who will oversee the day-to-day operation of the Abbotsford Canucks, Ryan Johnson surely saw some of himself. Seeley joins the Canucks organization after a long and successful run in charge of the Los Angeles Kings’ top minor league…
The NHL unveiled the results for the 2025-26 All-Rookie Team, and while no Vancouver Canucks found themselves on the team, two players received votes: Zeev Buium and Linus Karlsson. Zeev Buium and Linus Karlsson received votes for the All-Rookie Team#Canucks pic.twitter.com/LCwWck1YFA — Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) June 12, 2026 Ivan Demidov, Beckett Sennecke, Jimmy Snuggerud,…
After locking up Ilya Safonov earlier this month, Ryan Johnson has made his second signing as Vancouver Canucks general manager. On Friday afternoon, Johnson announced the Canucks have agreed to terms with defenceman Jack Thompson on a one-year, two-way contract. General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the #Canucks have agreed to terms with…
Fair warning, this isn’t going to have much to do with the Vancouver Canucks. Aside from the “Tortorella coached the Canucks for one season and tried to fight Bob Hartley in an intermission yadda yadda yadda.” On Thursday night, the Carolina Hurricanes pulled within one game of becoming Stanley Cup Champions when they took…
There are two very different conversations happening around the Vancouver Canucks right now, but they both point toward the same underlying theme: identity. On the one hand, there are decisions…
Let’s get one thing straight right off the rip here. No one, and we mean no one, is going to be suggesting that trading for Darnell Nurse is a good decision as far as maintaining a good hockey team is concerned. He is, with little argument, the most overpaid player in the entire NHL. Any…
Curtis Douglas made a quick impression after arriving in Vancouver. Claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning in March, the 6-foot-9 forward gave the Vancouver Canucks something they had been missing for much of last season: size, snarl and a willingness to make opponents answer physically. On a roster that had grown younger…