Vancouver Canucks: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights

Canucks sign goaltender Chris Driedger to a professional tryout contract

Just over a month away from the start of the NHL season, the Vancouver Canucks have added some insurance to their goaltending room. On Thursday morning, Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson announced the club has signed veteran goaltender Chris Driedger to a professional tryout contract.

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31 days, 31 questions: Does Canucks’ Marco Rossi still have 1C potential?

Marco Rossi has been a reasonable success in the NHL so far. He’ll turn 25 in September. And when he does, he’ll have already played 235 NHL regular season games across parts of five seasons and two teams (Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks), with 136 points to show for his efforts.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 27

Canucks: 11 years later, how does Jake DeBrusk stack up to the rest of the 2015 draft class?

It’s been 11 years since the now-infamous 2015 NHL Draft class took place, and many of the best players in the National Hockey League today came from this class.

Elias Pettersson News / NHL Trade Talk / August 27

Is Elias Pettersson’s Contract a Problem Now — Or Just Early?

Buried in the comments on a recent Vancouver Canucks post is a debate that’s honestly more interesting than most of the actual trade rumours floating around.

San Jose Sharks 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

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / August 27

Canucks News & Rumours: Rossi, Buium & Growing What Works

The Vancouver Canucks have given fans plenty of reasons to look at everything that went wrong and wonder whether they should start over. But rebuilding isn’t really about starting from scratch.

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 / Professor Press Box / August 27

The Canucks Veterans' Added Role During a Rebuild

There is something different about the Vancouver Canucks this season, and it isn't simply that the team is rebuilding. It seems the organization is asking its players to think differently about what a successful season actually looks like.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 27

6 UFAs still on the market the Canucks could still sign before training camp

The Vancouver Canucks may not be done adding to their roster. On Wednesday, Postmedia’s Patrick Johnston spoke with Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson about how Vancouver has nothing it needs to accomplish before training camp opens, but the club will continue exploring the market.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 27

Canucks’ Aleksei Medvedev ranked 20th on Daily Faceoff’s top 25 NHL-affiliated goalie prospects list

Despite a down season, many prospect experts still believe in Vancouver Canucks goalie prospect Aleksei Medvedev. On Thursday, Daily Faceoff prospect guru Steven Ellis released his top-25 NHL-affiliated goalie prospects list and ranked Medvedev 20th, down four spots from his 2024-25 ranking.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 26

Canucks hire Sean Finn as amateur scout: report

With the KHL season set to begin on September 5, the Vancouver Canucks have reportedly bolstered their scouting department by hiring someone with ties to the Russian League.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 26

Hockey Canada adopts The Botchford Project for 2027 World Juniors in Edmonton

What started as a local tribute to honour the memory and legacy of popular Vancouver Canucks beat writer Jason Botchford is being elevated to a national stage.

Bo Horvat News / Professor Press Box / August 26

Looking Back at the Bo Horvat Canucks’ Era

In 2013, the Vancouver Canucks drafted Bo Horvat ninth overall in the NHL Entry Draft. He seemed to represent almost everything the organization was trying to become.

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.

Patrik Allvin News / Canucksarmy / August 26

Win, draw or loss: Grading all 35 major Canucks contract signings in the Rutherford-Allvin regime

Last week, we set out to grade every single trade made by the Jim Rutherford-Patrik Allvin Regime in their time at the head of the Vancouver Canucks. They made 41 trades in total, which made for a fairly large undertaking.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / August 26

Reasons for Canucks Fans to Be Optimistic in 2026-27

It’s going to be a long season for the Vancouver Canucks. After finishing with the worst record in the NHL in 2025-26, the team hasn’t made any major win-now moves.