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Next move Canucks must make after firing head coach Adam Foote

The 2025-26 NHL season turned into an absolute disaster for the Vancouver Canucks, as the club endured one of the bleakest campaigns in franchise history while experiencing several crushing setbacks throughout the year.

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How does Thatcher Demko fit into the Canucks’ rebuild?

The Vancouver Canucks are in the early stage of their self-described rebuild. The team’s urgency to instill youth has left the roster with just six players over the age of 27 under contract for next season.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / May 27

Canucks News & Rumours: Gallagher, Preston & DeBrusk Trade?

The Vancouver Canucks are looking to improve over the next few seasons, and part of that growth is figuring out how to do that. What kind of team do they need to build to take advantage of the potential they already have, and with the wealth of their draft choices?

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 27

The Conference Finalists’ cap strategy the rebuilding Canucks need to emulate

The Conference Finals of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs are on, and in this Vancouver Canucks-centric corner of the internet, it’s been hard not to watch

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The 'Active NHL goal leaders' quiz

How many of the active NHL players with at least 300 goals in their career can you name in six minutes?

The 'Most Stanley Cup Playoff goals' quiz

The 'Stanley Cup Playoff hat-tricks' quiz

The 'Last playoff-goals leader by team' quiz

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 27

Canucks at Worlds: All four Canucks skaters advance to the quarterfinal round

The preliminary round at the 2026 IIHF World Championship wrapped up Tuesday, with all four Vancouver Canucks representatives in action. Aatu Räty and Finland squared off against tournament host Switzerland in a battle between the event’s two undefeated (regulation) teams.

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The 25 greatest rookie seasons in NHL history

There have been successful rookie seasons in NHL history, and there have been superior efforts worth celebrating time and time again. Here's our list of the 25 notable seasons from those with official rookie status, as deemed by the NHL, in reverse chronological order.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / May 27

3 Candidates for Canucks Head Coach

The Vancouver Canucks’ management team, led by Henrik and Daniel Sedin and newly appointed general manager (GM) Ryan Johnson, decided to wipe the coaching staff clean and start fresh and new.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 27

Memorial Cup recap: Canucks’ Chiarot will play in Memorial Cup final after Rangers defeat Saguenéens 3-2

KELOWNA, BC – It’s official. The Kitchener Rangers and Vancouver Canucks prospect Gabe Chiarot will be playing in Sunday’s Memorial Cup final after a 3-2 victory over the Chicoutimi Saguenéens.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 26

Memorial Cup preview: Canucks’ Chiarot and Rangers with a chance to advance to final with win over Saguenéens

KELOWNA, BC – The final two games of the round-robin stage of the 2026 Memorial Cup get started tonight, with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens taking on the Kitchener Rangers.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 26

Canucks Rebuild: How the four 2026 Conference Finalists were built

The Vancouver Canucks are rebuilding. And whenever one is building of any type, even of the re- variety, it’s nice to have a blueprint on hand. As it stands, the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs have reached the third round, meaning we’re currently seeing the remaining four teams duke it out for the Western and Eastern Conference Championships.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 26

The Kevin Bieksa Trade Tree: How a 2015 Canucks deal still impacts the NHL

After 10 seasons and 597 games in Vancouver Canucks colours, popular defenceman Kevin Bieksa realized the time had come for a change of scenery. The Canucks were a few years removed from their back-to-back Presidents’ Trophy-winning seasons, and the veteran wanted a chance to pursue a Stanley Cup championship.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / May 26

Canucks News & Rumours: Johnson, the Sedins, Chiarot & Building Through the Draft

New Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson has made “build through the draft” the phrase of the moment. It is exactly what many fans have been waiting to hear for a long time.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 26

Offer sheets and the Vancouver Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks’ new hockey bosses have a to-do list a mile long. Ryan Johnson and the Sedins need to round out their front office, hire a new head coach in Vancouver, and, if that coach is Manny Malhotra, find his replacement in Abbotsford.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 25

Could the Canucks actually pass on Ivar Stenberg to draft Caleb Malhotra?

If Ivar Stenberg falls to third in this year’s NHL draft, could the Vancouver Canucks really pass up on the opportunity to take him? That’s the opinion from six NHL scouts and executives surveyed by The Athletic’s Corey Pronman this week.

Manny Malhotra News / Professor Press Box / May 25

Caleb Malhotra Is the Logical Canucks Pick, Regardless

When you start asking around the draft community about the Vancouver Canucks and their potential direction, one name keeps popping up more than most: Caleb Malhotra.

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The 'Active playoff double-doubles' quiz

The '3 3-pointer, 3-block Playoff games' quiz

The 'Most 30-point playoff games by team' quiz

The 'NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 winners' quiz

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 25

Friedman: ‘No doubt’ Canucks are negotiating with Manny Malhotra for head coaching job

As expected, it looks like Manny Malhotra is the frontrunner to take over as head coach for the Vancouver Canucks. On Monday’s edition of Donnie and Dhali

Vancouver Canucks News / NHL Trade Talk / May 25

The Canucks' coaching story is suddenly getting complicated

The core question facing the Vancouver Canucks is what could blow up the seemingly perfect fit between the team and Manny Malhotra?

Golden Knights make franchise history with comeback win over Avalanche

Avalanche's chances of coming back against Golden Knights may have evaporated after Game 3 collapse

Winners, losers from Sunday's Stanley Cup playoffs: Vegas stuns Avalanche for 3-0 series lead

Can you name every player selected in the Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft?

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / May 25

Canucks News & Rumours: Hronek, Pettersson, Chytil, Demko & Tolopilo

The Vancouver Canucks are in limbo right now, waiting on a new head coach and trying to figure out what the next version of the franchise will look like.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 25

Canucks 2026 NHL Draft: A recent history of the 33rd overall pick

The Vancouver Canucks will head toward Draft Weekend 2026 with two first round picks, slotted in at third and 24th overall. They’ll also have another pick, at 33rd overall, that is almost a first round pick.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 25

Canucks at Worlds: Räty extends point streak, as Finland defeats Austria to remain perfect at the tournament

Day 9 at the 2026 IIHF World Championship featured a lighter schedule for the Vancouver Canucks’ representatives, with only Aatu Räty in action. Taking on Austria, Finland continued its dominant tournament run with another victory, remaining one of just two undefeated teams at the event.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 24

3 Canucks who increased their trade value in 2025-26

In case you’ve been living under a rock, it wasn’t a great season for the Vancouver Canucks. The club finished dead last in the NHL standings, was forced to trade captain Quinn Hughes in December, and dove into a rebuild, selling off multiple veteran players ahead of the trade deadline.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / May 24

What ‘building through the draft’ should actually mean for the Canucks: Wagner’s Weekly

New Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson has been saying all the right things to a fanbase desperate for a new direction. The Canucks have spent over a decade spinning their wheels in off-road shortcuts, but Johnson wants to get the team back on track.

Vancouver Canucks News / Professor Press Box / May 24

Will the Sedins Build a Team Like Them or One That Can Beat Them?

There’s something really interesting going on in Vancouver right now, even if it’s not always talked about out loud. The Canucks are still being shaped, in some way, by two of the most important players in franchise history — Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin.

Patrik Allvin News / Daily Faceoff / May 20

Ex-GM Patrik Allvin officially leaves Canucks

Patrik Allvin had already been relieved of his duties as the Vancouver Canucks‘ general manager, and now he will be leaving the organization entirely. According the Darren Dreger, Allvin is officially parting ways with the Canucks despite there having been some thought that he would remain with Vancouver in another capacity.

Vancouver Canucks News / Daily Faceoff / May 20

Canucks have chance to establish culture during rebuild with new coach

The Vancouver Canucks are doing everything they can to put their disastrous 2025-26 season behind them. After letting go of former general manager Patrik

Vancouver Canucks News / Pro Hockey Rumors / May 19