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Names to keep an eye out from rounds 3 and beyond at 2026 NHL Draft

Day One of the 2026 NHL Draft has come and gone, and the Vancouver Canucks made away like bandits with their two picks. Already shoring up their centre pipeline with Caleb Malhotra at Third Overall, the club struck tremendous value with Adam Novotny with pick 24.

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10 prospects the Canucks could select with picks 33 and 41 of the NHL draft

The Vancouver Canucks added two significant pieces to their prospect pool Friday, selecting centre Caleb Malhotra third overall before taking winger Adam Novotny at No.

Vancouver Canucks News / Professor Press Box / June 27

Canucks Draft Novotny at 24: 2 Positives & Two Questions

The Vancouver Canucks used the 24th overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft to select Adam Novotny, a fast, physical winger who brings a pretty clear identity: straight-line speed, heavy forecheck, and a willingness to go to the dirty areas.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / June 27

Ryan Johnson pleased with work Canucks did on first night of NHL Draft

Optimism abounds every year at the end of the first day of the National Hockey League draft. Every team feels like it got the player or players it wanted, and on Friday night, the Vancouver Canucks were no exception.

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Manny Malhotra News / Canucksarmy / June 27

2026 NHL Draft notebook: Canucks grab solid value with Caleb Malhotra and Adam Novotny

BUFFALO, NY — The NHL Draft floor is a wild place to be. Everyone is talking. Everyone is hearing something. Every conversation seems to point in a different direction, and by the time a pick is announced, half the rumoured moves don’t come to fruition.

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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 / Canucksarmy / June 27

Caleb Malhotra insists he had no prior knowledge he’d be Canucks’ top draft pick

Caleb Malhotra swears he had no insider information that the Vancouver Canucks were using the third overall pick in the National Hockey League Draft to take him.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / June 26

Canucks select Adam Novotny 24th overall at 2026 NHL Entry Draft

There were a good number of trades in the lead-up to the pick, but the Vancouver Canucks have made their second first-round pick of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.

Vancouver Canucks News / Daily Faceoff / June 26

Canucks select Adam Novotny No. 24 overall at the 2026 NHL Draft

The Vancouver Canucks have selected winger Adam Novotny with the No. 24 overall selection of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Novotny was projected to be selected around 15th overall on average across all of the main draft rankings, going as high as 10th and as low as 23rd.

Manny Malhotra News / Daily Faceoff / June 27

Caleb, Manny Malhotra had no idea Canucks were taking Caleb No. 3 overall in 2026 Draft

It’s officially a family affair in Vancouver, as first-year head coach Manny Malhotra will get the chance to coach his son in the NHL, as the Canucks used the No.

Vancouver Canucks News / NHL Rumors / June 26

Three Players the Vancouver Canucks Could Look to Move

Daily Faceoff: Irfaan Gaffar, on what the Vancouver Canucks could do this offseason. Who they should be looking to move? Tyler Yaremchuk: “What’s your best guess on what they get up to over the next three to five days here?

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / June 26

Canucks News & Rumours: The Core, the Contracts & the Questions?

There’s a certain feel to the Vancouver Canucks right now that’s a little different than your classic “tear-it-down” offseason chatter. The word rebuild gets tossed around, sure, but the actions coming out of the front office don’t quite match that tone.

Elias Pettersson News / NHL Trade Talk / June 26

Why Pettersson Is the Canucks’ Most Complicated Roster Question

Elias Pettersson was supposed to be the easy part of the Vancouver Canucks’ future. Drafted as a franchise centre, developed into a high-end playmaker, and paid like a cornerstone at $11.6 million for six more seasons, he was meant to be the stable axis around which everything else rotated.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / June 26

Canucks 2026 NHL Draft Guide & Predictions For First 2 Rounds

We are only hours away from the Vancouver Canucks adding at least two new blue-chip prospects to their farm system through the 2026 NHL Draft. If they can somehow pull off a trade involving Elias Pettersson, Jake DeBrusk or Brock Boeser before the first round wraps up, they might even add more.

Braeden Cootes News / Professor Press Box / June 25

Canucks' Braeden Cootes and the Confidence Shift

There’s a moment in almost every young player’s career where the dream stops being abstract and starts becoming something you have to actually live inside.

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Free-agent focus: Vancouver Canucks

Free agency is just a week away, and teams are looking ahead to when it opens. Even with the UFA crop being thinned out in recent months, there will be some quality veterans set to hit the open market in July, while many teams also have key restricted free agents to re-sign.

Vancouver Canucks News / Professor Press Box / June 24

Canucks Pettersson, DeBrusk, Hronek & Boeser: Trade or Not?

There’s a growing sense around the Vancouver Canucks that this offseason might be more than just small tweaks around the edges. When the same core names

Vancouver Canucks News / NHL Trade Talk / June 24

The NHL Trade Market Is On Fire — And the Canucks Can’t Just Watch

There is a sense of desperation and urgency sweeping through the NHL trade market right now. Cap space is being burned, wild and unexpected deals are going down, and teams are taking risks they wouldn’t dare consider in a quieter offseason.