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The Statsies: Leevi Meriläinen saves a full goal above expected in Canucks’ win over Flames

Talk about a scrappy game.   WHAT A TILT IN VANCOUVER 💥 📺: Flames vs. Canucks LIVE on Sportsnet pic.twitter.com/UNGm0DsFN3 — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 4, 2026 The Vancouver Canucks fought hard in a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames. It didn’t look really pretty, especially at the start, but the Canucks were able to get…

Canucks' Elias Pettersson Increasing Trade Value With Hot Start

The Vancouver Canucks couldn't give away Elias Pettersson for pennies on the dollar this past offseason, and now after a stellar three-game start to the 2026-27 season, EP40 is turning heads with his strong play. The veteran center has gotten off to a very hot start, scoring two goals, and five points, in three games, but what might be most impressive is the fact he's landed 16 hits, and looks like a completely different play. Pettersson looks engaged, he's physical, and his skating has been v...

Instant Reaction: Guys named Elias Pettersson come up big in Canucks’ comeback win vs. Flames

Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at CanucksArmy where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Vancouver Canucks game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below! It’s Saturday night, it’s the Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames facing off! Let’s dive into the action. Lineup Rossi-EP40-Karlsson Öhgren-Cotter-Boeser Bains-Sasson-Lekkerimäki O’Connor-Räty-Gallagher Buium-Hronek…

Why Marco Rossi on the wing could be the right long-term fit for the rebuilding Canucks

The wildly swinging nature of the Vancouver Canucks’ first two games of the 2026-27 season almost necessitated that their lines be thrown in a blender, and that continued into Friday practice ahead of a weekend back-to-back. Head coach Manny Malhotra tried out some new combinations, and one of the more interesting was a move of Marco Rossi from the…

4 Flames prospects made their AHL debuts in Friday’s Wranglers win over Abbotsford

The Calgary Wranglers opened their 2026-27 regular season on Friday night, defeating the visiting Abbotsford Canucks at the Saddledome. The Wranglers had a disappointing season in 2025-26, and they went through quite a few changes over the off-season. Of the 20 players that donned the Flaming W sweater in the season-opener, nine were playing their…

Buium’s extension with Canucks looks even better after Luneau’s extension with Ducks

There are aggressive bets on young players, and then there is handing $43.2 million to a defenceman who has played 14 NHL games.   The Anaheim Ducks crossed that line Thursday, signing 22-year-old Tristan Luneau to a six-year extension carrying a $7.2 million average annual value beginning in 2027-28. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, it…

Big Trade Update On Canucks' Elias Pettersson

Elias Pettersson's name has circled NHL trade speculation for over a year now, and Elliotte Friedman addressed the situation again this week on The FAN Hockey Show , discussing whether Vancouver could eventually move him. Friedman spoke on how front offices actually approach these situations. Teams would rather make no trade at all than force a bad one just for the sake of doing something, a philosophy that applies to how Vancouver is likely weighing its options with Pettersson right now. Frie...

“An honour and a privilege”: Buium, Karlsson and O’Connor react to being named to the Canucks leadership group

Ahead of the 2026-27 season, the Vancouver Canucks announced their six-player leadership group.   Three of those six were assistant captains last season: Brock Boeser, Filip Hronek, and Elias Pettersson. But there were also three brand-new players sporting an ‘A’ on their sweater this season – none of them being veteran leaders the club added…

ONR: The Oilers are an adventure again at both ends of the rink

It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of in-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ home-and-home against the Canucks, offered their takes on the chaos, the Saturday’s matchup against Seattle, line combinations, and more. We kicked off the…

Scenes from Canucks practice: Malhotra shuffles forward lines ahead of weekend back-to-back

The Vancouver Canucks held practice at UBC on Friday morning ahead of this weekend’s back-to-back home games against the Vegas Golden Knights and Calgary Flames.   Following Thursday night’s goal-fest, head coach Manny Malhotra shuffled up his forward lines at practice. What we saw #Canucks lines rushes at practice: Rossi – Pettersson – KarlssonÖhgren –…