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Canucks notebook: Cotter’s keeping receipts, Elias Pettersson says he’s ‘having a lot of fun’

Welcome back to the little series on our site where we highlight Vancouver Canucks stories you might have missed! Okay, really, it’s an excuse for me to blog casually instead of having to be a Big J Journalist all the time.

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Scenes from morning skate: Canucks healthy scratch Schenn and Gallagher against Stanley Cup champs in Carolina

The Vancouver Canucks (2-2) face the reigning Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes (2-1-1) at Lenovo Center in Raleigh. Puck drop is set for 4 pm PT. It’s the opener of a six-game road trip that will continue with three games in the New York area and conclude with two games in Florida.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / October 8

Canucks News & Rumours: Räty, Mancini, Schenn, DeBrusk & Waiver Question

The Vancouver Canucks are only a few games into the season, but some interesting lineup questions are already developing. This is the part of the season when coaches are still moving pieces around, trying to figure out which players fit their system and which combinations give them what they need on a particular night.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 8

How many roster spots might the Canucks need to open up between now and next season?

The Vancouver Canucks have barely begun the 2026-27 season, and so it might seem more than early to be talking about next year. But the nature of a rebuild means that our eyes must always be fixed at least a little bit down the road.

Alexander Ovechkin News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'Most goals in NHL history' quiz

How many of the 22 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?

The 'Conn Smythe Trophy winners' quiz

The '2026-27 NHL captains' quiz

The ''EA NHL,'' covers since 2000' quiz

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 7

Checking in on 16 former Canucks one week into 2026-27 season

With a new regime at the helm of the Vancouver Canucks, the organization had a new vision for its direction. And with that comes a lot of roster turnover, which we saw new general manager Ryan Johnson and Co.

NHL News / Yardbarker

The best and worst NHL free agency deals since 2000

The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.

NHL News / Field Level Media / October 7

Canucks open six-game eastern swing against champion Hurricanes

The Vancouver Canucks and Carolina Hurricanes didn't have much in common entering the season. Now in the second week of the schedule, they've both experienced similar doses of successes and failures.

Paul Cotter News / Professor Press Box / October 7

Is Paul Cotter More Valuable to the Canucks Than a 1st-Round Pick?

The Vancouver Canucks probably didn't sign Paul Cotter thinking he'd become one of the early stories of their season. But four games in, he's got four goals and two assists.

Victor Mancini News / Canucksarmy / October 7

Scenes from practice: Mancini appears set to make season debut as Canucks start road trip in Carolina

The Vancouver Canucks appear ready to make a change on their blueline as they begin a six-game road trip in Carolina on Thursday. For the second straight day, Victor Mancini has had a regular spot in the team’s top six defencemen.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 7

What a $127.5 million NHL salary cap could mean for the Canucks in 2028-29

Prior to the start of the current 2026-27 season, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that the NHL salary cap will rise to $127.5 million starting in the 2028-29 season.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / October 7

Canucks May Have Another Kiefer Sherwood in Paul Cotter

Something about Paul Cotter reminds me of Kiefer Sherwood. I don’t mean they are identical players. But watching Cotter’s first four games with the Vancouver Canucks, I keep thinking about what Sherwood brought to the team for a couple of seasons.

NHL News / Yardbarker

The defining figure for every NHL franchise

People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 7

Breaking down how the Canucks have had so much success on the counterattack

Not many fan bases have enjoyed their first week of the NHL regular season more than the Vancouver Canucks. With the Canucks finally entering a rebuild, new yet familiar faces in management, and a sense of direction for the future, fans are no longer worried about winning today; they know effort and development now will lead to success tomorrow.

Paul Cotter News / Canucksarmy / October 6

‘It’s on us to prove them wrong’: Cotter embracing critics viewing Canucks as underdogs for 2026-27

Critics around the National Hockey League were not shy to share their opinions on how terrible the Vancouver Canucks were going to be this season – and the players are keeping receipts.

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The 'NFL most receiving-1st downs' quiz

The 'Last 2-rushing-TD duos by team' quiz

The 'Most TD's through four games' quiz

The 'NFL RB TD-catch leaders' quiz

Manny Malhotra News / Canucksarmy / October 6

Canucks: Why size and speed matter so much at centre in Manny Malhotra’s system

Manny Malhotra has made one thing increasingly clear with his deployment of the Vancouver Canucks’ centres: size and speed matter. Through the early part of the season, Elias Pettersson has unsurprisingly taken the most 5-on-5 shifts down the middle, playing 36:50 at centre, according to Natural Stat Trick.

Jake Debrusk News / Canucksarmy / October 6

Scenes from practice: DeBrusk returns, Canucks shake up D pairs in early skate before long road trip

After a full team day off Monday following back-to-back weekend games, the Vancouver Canucks returned to the practice ice at Rogers Arena Tuesday morning.

Arshdeep Bains News / Professor Press Box / October 6

Arshdeep Bains Earns the Canucks 5 Times His Salary?

I came across an interesting study from UBC Okanagan that made me stop and think about something we don't always bring up in the hockey conversation. The research question was “What is a hometown player actually worth to an NHL team?” Worth wasn’t about his goals, his expected goals, or whatever number we're using this week.

Paul Cotter News / The Hockey Writers / October 6

Canucks News & Rumours: Cotter, Lekkerimäki & Reading 4-Game Samples

We are only four games into the Vancouver Canucks season, so I’m trying not to get too carried away. Four games can make a player look like a genius, a disaster or something in between.

Vancouver Canucks News / Professor Press Box / October 6

Did Lekkerimäki Just Need the Canucks to Believe?

The Vancouver Canucks could have taken the easy road with Jonathan Lekkerimäki. He hadn't established himself in the NHL. He had played only 37 games over two seasons.

NHL News / Canucksarmy / October 6

Could the Canucks get involved in a Simon Edvinsson trade?

In most years, Simon Edvinsson would be the biggest name to hit the trade market in the NHL. But this is 2026, the year of the wildest offseason in league history, and so, of course, Edvinsson isn’t even the only unsigned 25-and-under RFA holdout LD with top-pairing potential on the market right now.