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JPat’s Monday Mailbag: Is there a prospect that could shock at Canucks training camp?
It feels like the Vancouver Canucks have done the bulk of their heavy offseason lifting. And, as expected, it really wasn’t all that heavy. Oh, there may be a signing or two still to come and it’s always possible trade winds will blow. But as the roster building slows down for the remainder of summer,…
The arrival of offer sheets is a double-pronged warning for the Canucks to lock up their key RFAs
Just when we thought this offseason couldn’t get any zanier… The Philadelphia Flyers shocked the entire NHL, but especially the Anaheim Ducks, when they made a five-year, $90 million offer sheet to 21-year-old centre Leo Carlsson. The offer sheet, whether it stays with the Flyers or is matched by the Ducks, will give Carlsson…
Why the Canucks’ bizarre right-shot centre drought might be ending: Wagner’s Weekly
Here’s an odd thing: the Vancouver Canucks have gone two full seasons without a right-shot centre in their lineup, with one very brief exception. Last season, all of the Canucks’ centres were sinister in the classic sense: they all shot left-handed. Elias Pettersson, Filip Chytil, Marco Rossi, Teddy Blueger, Max Sasson, Aatu Räty, and…
What the Vancouver Canucks are getting in Adam Novotný
It’s not often that a player falls far enough in the 2026 NHL Draft for a selection to immediately feel like a home run. Yet when Adam Novotný was still available at 24th overall, that was the sentiment among those familiar with his game. Whether it ultimately becomes one of the steals of the…
Who were the last Canucks to wear Gallagher, Oleksiak, Schenn, and Cotter’s new jersey numbers?
The Vancouver Canucks unveiled the jersey numbers for four of their new players on Saturday afternoon. Naturally, we thought it most appropriate to ask, who were the last Canucks to wear their numbers? Brendan Gallagher – Number 7 Although technically not a free agent signing, Brendan Gallagher had to pick a new number when the…
Teddy Blueger calls final season with Canucks ‘a learning experience’ and speaks about culture
On Friday, former Vancouver Canucks centre Teddy Blueger met with Toronto media after signing a two-year contract worth $2.5 million annually with the Maple Leafs in NHL free agency earlier this week. Blueger spent the past three seasons with the Canucks after signing a one-year deal with the club ahead of the 2023-24 season, and…
NHL Notebook: Flyers make Ducks’ Leo Carlsson highest paid player with $18M AAV offer sheet
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! Every year it seems there is some sort of threat that this summer may be the summer of offer sheets, but that speculation never really lives…
With the dust settled on NHL free agency, do the Canucks still need to move more players this offseason?
We’re still a long way off from the start of the 2026-27 season – more than three months, as of this writing – but the majority of the happenings in the 2026 offseason have already happened. The 2026 NHL Entry Draft is in the books. The first few days, and first couple hundred signings, of…
‘I lost my game a bit’: Canucks goalie prospect Aleksei Medvedev reflects on difficult season
Aleksei Medvedev is still only 18 years old, but he’s grown significantly as an athlete since being drafted by the Vancouver Canucks last year. And he’s found real positive life lessons in a season with the London Knights that pushed him to his limits. Talking to CanucksArmy on the opening day of development camp in…
Grading each of the Canucks’ free agent signings and trades
It was a busier July 1st than most expected it would be for the Vancouver Canucks. As expected, they made their depth signings, added some veteran leadership, but the real savvy move and what ultimately has everyone looking favourably on Ryan Johnson’s work on July 1st, 2026 is the Marcus Pettersson trade, and the…
Where each ex-Canuck signed in NHL free agency
With July 1st now come and gone, the first two days of frenzy of NHL free agency have wrapped up. The Vancouver Canucks elected to pass on making any big splashes with UFA’s or trades, but they made a handful of moves to position themselves in the midst of their current rebuild. Vancouver played…
Breaking down the Canucks’ prospect pool post-2026 NHL Draft
The Vancouver Canucks made nine selections last week in the 2026 NHL Draft. Seven of those picks were used to bolster their forward group, adding one defenceman and goaltender as well. Coming into this year’s draft, the biggest need in the Canucks prospect pool was the centre position. Though they used their first-round pick…
Ryan Johnson’s first moves as Canucks GM a refreshing shift in asset management
Let’s just come right out and say it. The Vancouver Canucks have not always been well-managed over the past decade or so. And if there’s been a particular weakness of the last two managerial regimes, led by the Jims Benning and Rutherford, it’s been asset management. The Canucks faithful are all too familiar with…
Caleb Malhotra reflects on wild week of NHL Draft and attending first Canucks development camp
The past eight days may have been the busiest of young Caleb Malhotra’s life. Since being selected third overall by the Vancouver Canucks in last Friday’s National Hockey League draft, Malhotra has flown cross-continent, gone whitewater rafting, spent time helping out at a food bank, heard presentations from members of the Canucks front office, and…
Cootes and Novotný shine in Canucks development camp scrimmages
It stands to reason that two of the three Vancouver Canucks first-rounders in attendance were among the best players in Thursday’s end-of-summer development camp scrimmages at Rogers Forum in Abbotsford. Braeden Cootes was by far the best player on the ice while Adam Novotný separated himself from the pack, as well. Cootes, the club’s…
Game Tape: A look at goaltending prospect Dmitri Ivchenko and how he fits the Canucks’ goalie mould
Whenever the Vancouver Canucks draft a goaltender, they usually follow a couple of key patterns. History often shows they pick 2-3 goalies over a few years, take a couple of seasons off, and then repeat. Those goalies are usually tall with a major emphasis on technique and structure, all pillars of the Ian Clark…
An attempt at an early July depth chart for the 2026-27 Vancouver Canucks
What a difference a week can make. The 2026 NHL Entry Draft and the 2026 Free Agent Frenzy happened within days of one another, and represented the first opportunities for GM Ryan Johnson and co-POHOs Henrik and Daniel Sedin to make their mark on the team. So far, most would say, so good. Johnson and…
Canucks sign forward Matthew Stienburg to one-year, two-way contract
The Vancouver Canucks have made their first signing of day two of NHL free agency and their fifth overall signing since the period opened. General manager Ryan Johnson announced that the organization has signed forward Matthew Stienburg to a one-year, two-way contract. According to PuckPedia, Stienburg will earn $850,000 in the NHL and $160,000…
WDYTT: What grade would you give Ryan Johnson and the Sedins so far?
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet that’s somehow still managing. Speaking of managing, there are some different folks doing it for the Vancouver Canucks these days. New GM Ryan Johnson and co-POHOs Henrik and Daniel Sedin have now been on the job for about a month, and it’s been…
3 thoughts on the Canucks’ moves on Day 1 of NHL free agency
In what was believed to be a dud of an opening day of NHL free agency, there was surprisingly more action than expected – especially for the Vancouver Canucks. In Ryan Johnson’s first free-agent period as an NHL general manager, he made four free-agent signings and one trade involving a veteran with full trade…
‘I truly care about what’s taking place here’: Luke Schenn details why he signed with Canucks
For Luke Schenn, this is personal. The rugged blueliner is returning for an unprecedented third tour of duty with the Vancouver Canucks after signing a one-year, $2.25M contract early in free agency Wednesday. Schenn made it clear he is fully on board with the organization’s rebuild and wants to do everything in his power to…
Canucks GM Ryan Johnson recaps first day of NHL free agency
Ryan Johnson accomplished a lot on his first crack at National Hockey League free agency. The new Vancouver Canucks general manager held firm to his stated goals of patience and strategic vision for the organization, handing out a trio of low-risk, short-term contracts to veterans who want to be a part of what the…
Canucks sign defenceman Jamie Oleksiak to a two-year, $5M AAV contract
After signing Paul Cotter, Luke Schenn, Akil Thomas, and Trey Fix-Wolansky on opening day of free agency, Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson was not done there. Johnson announced that the organization has signed defenceman Jamie Oleksiak to a two-year, $5 million AAV contract. General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the #Canucks have…
Canucks trade Marcus Pettersson to Rangers for 1st round pick in 2030
The Vancouver Canucks have traded defenceman Marcus Pettersson to the New York Rangers in exchange for a 2030 first-round pick. Daily Faceoff Insider David Pagnotta first broke the news on Daily Faceoff’s free agency live special. A few hours later, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman had the return. 2030 first-rounder (top-10 protected) https://t.co/Jx4ZjqFgQ9 — Elliotte Friedman…
Pagnotta: Canucks and Rangers working on a Marcus Pettersson trade
It appears the Vancouver Canucks may start selling off some of their veteran players with term. According to David Pagnotta on the Daily Faceoff Free Agency special live show, the Canucks and New York Rangers are working on a trade that would send defenceman Marcus Pettersson out East. “The New York Rangers and the…
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