On June 1st, it was reported that Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher named the Vancouver Canucks as one of his preferred destinations if he becomes a trade piece. The day was somber for the long-time Habs player who has played all 14 seasons of his career in Montreal. While it was his " choice" to leave the team, Gallagher addressed his future in the NHL with reporters. It sounded like there were outside forces applying pressure on the veteran to exit the organization. “It is ...
It was 10 years ago last month that the Vancouver Canucks shipped Jared McCann and a pair of draft picks to the Florida Panthers for Erik Gudbranson. The Canucks needed size and toughness on their blueline, and then general manager Jim Benning walked right into the trap the Panthers had set for him. Gudbranson…
On Thursday’s episode of Canucks Conversation, David Quadrelli and Harman Dayal were joined by Oilersnation’s Baggedmilk to discuss the Edmonton Oilers’ reported interest in Mike Babcock and why the potential hire has left many fans scratching their heads. Baggedmilk admitted he shouldn’t have been surprised by the development, but that didn’t make it any…
Emma Lingan, Michael Augello and Jim Parsons discuss Darnell Nurse's trade request, a potential trade fit for Jake DeBrusk, Patrik Allvin's new job with Seattle and much more.
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! With the rising cap to come over the next few years, the NHL’s flat-cap era is officially behind us. As a result, we don’t see a…
The Vancouver Canucks are in a slow period of evaluation, trying to imagine what a reshaped roster might eventually look like. The team isn’t inactive, but it is operating in…
It seems that even when someone moves on, the conversation about the Vancouver Canucks‘ practice facility – or, better yet, the lack thereof – persists. On Thursday, Seattle Kraken general manager Jason Botterill announced that the team has hired former Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin to serve as one of the team’s assistant general managers. In…
After what was truly a miserable 2025-26 NHL campaign, the Vancouver Canucks made multiple changes at their executive leadership positions, starting with the termination of general manager Patrik Allvin. Allvin had executed several major trades for the Canucks during the season, the most notable of which was dealing captain and former Norris Trophy winner Quinn […]
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It did not take long for former Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin to find his next job as an NHL executive. On Thursday morning, the Seattle Kraken announced they have hired Patrik Allvin as an assistant general manager. In the same announcement, the Kraken hired Pascal Vincent as an assistant coach on Lane…
Allvin had recently been relieved of his role as GM of the Canucks, while Vincent had been a head coach with AHL Laval.
The Vancouver Canucks enter the 2026 NHL Draft with a top-three selection, and with it comes a level of certainty that simply doesn’t exist later in that same round. The names at the top of the board are familiar, and teams are generally splitting hairs from the same handful of players. But once you…
The Vancouver Canucks finished in dead last in the NHL last season, forcing a coaching change. With former AHL head coach Manny Malhotra in charge and Quinn Hughes out the door, more trades could be coming. The Canucks could trade Elias Pettersson this offseason, and Ben Kuzma of The Province thinks that two teams should […]
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Welcome back to the Vancouver Canucks Notebook. Following a challenging last-place finish, the architectural blueprint for the Canucks’ future is officially hitting the drafting table. Last week, the organizational hierarchy…
Dread it, run from it, another expansion draft arrives, all the same. There has been speculation about the next round of NHL expansion ever since the last round concluded with the introduction of the Seattle Kraken. And while many would prefer that the league stick at 32 teams – or that it had never…
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet with a surplus of exclamation marks! Speaking of surpluses, if the Vancouver Canucks have a surplus of anything, it’s players named Elias Pettersson. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re selling them. Obviously, the question of what to do with the senior Elias…
It has been a busy first month on the job for new Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson, who has had to find executives to work alongside him and identify the team’s next head coach. He will then have to worry about the draft, and after that, what to do with some of the veteran…
There’s never been a bad time for a Troy from Richmond reunion. But the perfect time might be now. The last time Troy Stecher played for the Vancouver Canucks, he was an up-and-coming defender repping his hometown. Now, he’s a 32-year-old veteran with loads of NHL experience. His career has taken him to stops…
It was an awful season for the Vancouver Canucks, who came nowhere close to claiming a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and were the lowest ranked team in their respective division.The club also made several major, and quite frankly, difficult changes during the season, not the least of which was the trade of captain […]
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You’ve read and heard plenty about the Vancouver Canucks‘ youngsters. When the rebuild truly began following the Quinn Hughes trade, the Canucks added three players under the age of 25 to their roster, including two players who were first-round picks not that long ago: Zeev Buium and Liam Öhgren. The Canucks gave Öhgren penalty…
Brendan Gallagher‘s future with the Montreal Canadiens has become one of the more intriguing storylines of the offseason. After spending his entire NHL career in Montreal and becoming one of…
A lot of the talk centred on the Vancouver Canucks’ offseason has been about the future of Elias Pettersson. Given that a new regime has taken over, the team is in the early stages of a rebuild, and two straight disappointing seasons from their supposed star player. The question has been, what does the future…
Caleb Malhotra said he's most proud of his dad, Manny Malhotra, for getting the Vancouver Canucks' coaching job. The big drama surrounding the prospect will come on draft day, but he's his own guy, wherever he goes.
With all the changes happening within the Vancouver Canucks organization, suddenly rumours start to take on lives of their own. Some are meaningful, most are noise, and a few sit…
Troy Stecher knows the Vancouver Canucks’ new leadership group better than most unrestricted free agents. The Richmond-born defenceman broke into the NHL with the Canucks in 2016 after signing as an undrafted free agent out of the University of North Dakota. Now, with Stecher set to hit free agency this summer, the 32-year-old made…
If you were watching the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, you remember it wasn’t just a battle on the ice — it was a war of words, ego, and goaltending philosophy.…