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What the Vancouver Canucks are getting in Adam Novotný

It’s not often that a player falls far enough in the 2026 NHL Draft for a selection to immediately feel like a home run. Yet when Adam Novotný was still available at 24th overall, that was the sentiment among those familiar with his game.

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Why the Canucks’ bizarre right-shot centre drought might be ending: Wagner’s Weekly

Here’s an odd thing: the Vancouver Canucks have gone two full seasons without a right-shot centre in their lineup, with one very brief exception. Last season, all of the Canucks’ centres were sinister in the classic sense: they all shot left-handed.

NHL News / Pro Hockey Rumors / July 4

Avalanche Sign Christian Wolanin To Two-Way Deal

The Avalanche have inked left-shot defenseman Christian Wolanin to a two-way deal, PuckPedia reports. He’ll earn the league-minimum $850K NHL salary in the upcoming season with a relatively hefty $400K AHL salary under it.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 4

Teddy Blueger calls final season with Canucks ‘a learning experience’ and speaks about culture

On Friday, former Vancouver Canucks centre Teddy Blueger met with Toronto media after signing a two-year contract worth $2.5 million annually with the Maple Leafs in NHL free agency earlier this week.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'First-overall NHL Draft picks' quiz

In the history of the NHL Draft, 64 players have been selected No. 1 overall. How many of the can you name in eight minutes?

The 'Conn Smythe Trophy winners' quiz

The 'Single-playoff goal leaders' quiz

The 'NHL saves leaders since 1995-96' quiz

Vancouver Canucks News / Professor Press Box / July 4

Teddy Blueger’s Reflection—and the Canucks’ Reality

There’s something interesting about the way players talk when a difficult season is finally behind them. The tone shifts. The frustration is still there, but it gets filtered through perspective.

NHL News / Yardbarker

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 / The Hockey Writers / July 4

Canucks News & Rumours: Strengths, Problems to Fix & Sneaky Possibilities

There are two ways to look at the Vancouver Canucks right now, and they don’t exactly line up neatly. On one hand, this is a team coming off a brutally poor season, the kind that normally puts you firmly in the “rebuild” conversation without much debate.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 4

With the dust settled on NHL free agency, do the Canucks still need to move more players this offseason?

We’re still a long way off from the start of the 2026-27 season – more than three months, as of this writing – but the majority of the happenings in the 2026 offseason have already happened.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 4

‘I lost my game a bit’: Canucks goalie prospect Aleksei Medvedev reflects on difficult season

Aleksei Medvedev is still only 18 years old, but he’s grown significantly as an athlete since being drafted by the Vancouver Canucks last year. And he’s found real positive life lessons in a season with the London Knights that pushed him to his limits.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 3

Grading each of the Canucks’ free agent signings and trades

It was a busier July 1st than most expected it would be for the Vancouver Canucks. As expected, they made their depth signings, added some veteran leadership,

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 3

Where each ex-Canuck signed in NHL free agency

With July 1st now come and gone, the first two days of frenzy of NHL free agency have wrapped up. The Vancouver Canucks elected to pass on making any big splashes with UFA’s or trades, but they made a handful of moves to position themselves in the midst of their current rebuild.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 3

Breaking down the Canucks’ prospect pool post-2026 NHL Draft

The Vancouver Canucks made nine selections last week in the 2026 NHL Draft. Seven of those picks were used to bolster their forward group, adding one defenceman and goaltender as well.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 3

Ryan Johnson’s first moves as Canucks GM a refreshing shift in asset management

Let’s just come right out and say it. The Vancouver Canucks have not always been well-managed over the past decade or so. And if there’s been a particular weakness of the last two managerial regimes, led by the Jims Benning and Rutherford, it’s been asset management.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 3

Caleb Malhotra reflects on wild week of NHL Draft and attending first Canucks development camp

The past eight days may have been the busiest of young Caleb Malhotra’s life. Since being selected third overall by the Vancouver Canucks in last Friday’s

Braeden Cootes News / Canucksarmy / July 2

Cootes and Novotný shine in Canucks development camp scrimmages

It stands to reason that two of the three Vancouver Canucks first-rounders in attendance were among the best players in Thursday’s end-of-summer development camp scrimmages at Rogers Forum in Abbotsford.

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The 'Wimbledon men's champions' quiz

The 'NBA Playoff-3's leaders' quiz

The '2018-19 PPG leaders by team' quiz

The 'NBA Rookies of the Year' quiz

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 2

Game Tape: A look at goaltending prospect Dmitri Ivchenko and how he fits the Canucks’ goalie mould

Whenever the Vancouver Canucks draft a goaltender, they usually follow a couple of key patterns. History often shows they pick 2-3 goalies over a few years, take a couple of seasons off, and then repeat.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 2

An attempt at an early July depth chart for the 2026-27 Vancouver Canucks

What a difference a week can make. The 2026 NHL Entry Draft and the 2026 Free Agent Frenzy happened within days of one another, and represented the first opportunities for GM Ryan Johnson and co-POHOs Henrik and Daniel Sedin to make their mark on the team.