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Vancouver Canucks 2026-27 Player Projections: Braeden Cootes

It’s been a quiet month for the Vancouver Canucks, but in only a few weeks, we will be watching some of the top prospects battle it out against the Seattle Kraken in a two-day showcase.

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The Quiz of the Day

31 days, 31 questions: Which defencemen will handle Canucks penalty killing duties next season?

Welcome to a new series here at CanucksArmy , where over the month of August we’ll ask a new question each day about the Vancouver Canucks . We’re calling it “31 days, 31 questions”.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 23

Should the Canucks consider signing another free agent? | Wagner’s Weekly

The Vancouver Canucks kept fairly quiet on the first day of free agency and have been positively silent in the subsequent two months. The Canucks added

Filip Chytil News / Canucksarmy / August 23

Canucks: Staying healthy is Filip Chytil’s priority for 2026-27

Filip Chytil has had a difficult time over the last few years, both before he joined the Vancouver Canucks and in the 18 months since. That is as factual as it gets.

Macklin Celebrini News / Yardbarker Quizzes

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

How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"

The 'First-overall NHL Draft picks' quiz

The 'Conn Smythe Trophy winners' quiz

The 'Most NHL goals all-time' quiz

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.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / August 23

Canucks News & Rumours: Johnson, Malhotra, Pettersson & No More Pretending

There is something different about the Vancouver Canucks this summer. It isn’t that the team is suddenly good. It isn’t that Ryan Johnson and Manny Malhotra have already proved they can build a Stanley Cup contender.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 23

3 lessons the Canucks can learn from the NHL’s changing landscape

With the rise of analytics, a new CBA in place, and salary-cap growth showing no signs of slowing down, the NHL is evolving faster than ever before. Macklin Celebrini’s NHL-record $18.8-million AAV contract effectively closed the book on one of the wildest offseasons in recent memory.

Filip Chytil News / Canucksarmy / August 22

Canucks summer faceoff: Which is more likely – Lekkerimäki scores 20 goals or Chytil plays 50 games?

For the third straight year, we are conducting a late-summer thought exercise. Over the next week, we will present a pair of options for the upcoming Vancouver Canucks season and ask you which is more likely to occur.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 22

31 days, 31 questions: What should the Canucks feel good about heading into 2026-27?

Welcome to a new series here at CanucksArmy, where over the month of August we’ll ask a new question each day about the Vancouver Canucks. We’re calling it “31 days, 31 questions”.

Victor Mancini News / Canucksarmy / August 22

The 2026-27 season has to be the one where Victor Mancini makes an impact on the Canucks roster

The career path of Victor Mancini is really a wild one. He started in the USHL before heading to the Swedish Junior ranks for his 17-year-old season in 2019-20, an unusual move for an American-born prospect.

Vancouver Canucks News / NHL Trade Talk / August 22

Can Good Goaltending Help the Canucks Turn the Corner?

The Vancouver Canucks are rebuilding. That part’s pretty obvious at this point. But this isn’t one of those rebuilds where you look at the roster and wonder if there’s anyone worth building around.

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 / August 22

Win, draw or loss: Grading all 41 Canucks trades in the Rutherford-Allvin regime

It seems all but guaranteed that the long-term legacy of the front office led by Jim Rutherford and Patrik Allvin will be a mixed one. On the one hand, Rutherford and Allvin did not succeed at the job they set out to do, which was to turn the Vancouver Canucks into a competitive team.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 21

31 days, 31 questions: What should the Canucks be concerned about heading into 2026-27?

Welcome to a new series here at CanucksArmy, where over the month of August we’ll ask a new question each day about the Vancouver Canucks. We’re calling it “31 days, 31 questions”.