Gavin McKenna is once again beginning to emerge as the #1 draft choice. For months, everyone’s been circling the edges of this draft class, kicking tires on Ivar Stenberg or Keaton Verhoeff, wondering if one of them might sneak into the top spot.
Coming back from the Olympics is always a little rough in any NHL city. You ride a wave of emotion for two weeks, watch games that make your pulse race, and then suddenly you’re back in the grind of 25 regular-season matches that feel like they could stretch on forever.
The 2026 Men’s Hockey Olympic Tournament has come and gone, and the NHL trade freeze has officially been lifted. This means that the rumours surrounding Vancouver Canucks players have picked back up.
The Canucks announced Monday that they’ve reassigned goaltender Aku Koskenvuo to AHL Abbotsford and recalled fellow netminder Nikita Tolopilo in his place.
After two weeks of watching some of the best hockey of all time, fans of the Vancouver Canucks are about to experience one of the worst comedowns ever.
In the lore of the NHL, it's the Stanley Cup-winning teams that are remembered the most from seasons past. Yet, when looking back on the best of the best
The Vancouver Canucks are expected to be busy once the NHL’s Olympic trade freeze lifts Sunday night, even if nothing is imminent. According to Thomas Drance of The Athletic, Vancouver does not currently have a deal lined up to be announced when the freeze ends at 8:59 p.m.
Daily Faceoff: Irf Gaffar and David Pagnotta talk about the Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, and Elias Pettersson trade speculation. It may not make sense from either side.
Some weeks are chaos, and some weeks are more of a slow roll where a few storylines pop up and give you a good sense of where things are heading. This one leans toward the second type.
One of the five NHL players the Vancouver Canucks sent to the Olympics is coming home with some hardware. Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen has captured
It has been a bit of a tough season for Canucks winger Jonathan Lekkerimaki. He dealt with an early-season injury and has bounced around between Vancouver and AHL Abbotsford. Now, his campaign is coming to a premature end as CHEK’s Rick Dhaliwal reports (Twitter link) that Lekkerimaki is set to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery.
In a season that has become about getting experience for young players and resetting for next year, the Vancouver Canucks have lost one of their most promising young forwards.
Some weeks around the Vancouver Canucks feel like a snapshot of the entire organization in miniature — a little bit of bad luck, a little bit of promise, and a reminder that their depth chart is always a living, moving thing.
Here’s a neat thing about that headline you just read. Whether you want to read the “100” portion as “100 points” or as “100 percent,” they both mean essentially the same thing for Elias Pettersson.
There’s something satisfying about watching a player who’s been sent down to the minors refuse to miss a beat, and that’s exactly what Arshdeep Bains has been doing with the American Hockey League (AHL) Abbotsford Canucks (the AHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks).
Vancouver Canucks forward Jonathan Lekkerimäki will miss the remainder of the season and requires shoulder surgery, according to a report from Rick Dhaliwal of Donnie and Dhali.
Welcome to another edition of NHL rumours, here at Last Word On Hockey. In this edition, the latest on the Los Angeles Kings and their interest in another centre will be the focus.
Filip Chytil cannot catch a break, as the Vancouver Canucks center will be out indefinitely with a facial fracture. According to Canucks’ head coach Adam Foote, Chytil needs to see another specialist before deciding on if surgery is required for the injury.
There’s a certain magic in finding value where nobody’s really looking. For the Vancouver Canucks, that magic has been quietly at work in the seventh round of the draft, and no one embodies it better than Kirill Kudryavtsev.
Just over two years ago, the Vancouver Canucks were basically trying to shove Conor Garland out the side door. They even let his agent poke around the league to see if anyone wanted him.