The Vancouver Canucks are no longer the only rebuilding show in Western Canada. The Calgary Flames have been stuck in a bit of a competitive no-man’s land for the past couple of seasons, not terribly dissimilar to the Canucks.
When Kiefer Sherwood signed a two-year, $3 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks in 2024, he was supposed to be one of the last depth pieces on a growing playoff contender.
Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson is one of the biggest names in the rumor mill right now. With the Canucks entering a rebuild, the 27-year-old center has been creating plenty of chatter as a trade candidate.
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The talk around the Vancouver Canucks has intensified over the last several weeks. It started with the trade that sent defenceman Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
The struggling Vancouver Canucks are not going to get any sympathy from the visiting Washington Capitals when the teams meet on Wednesday night. While the Canucks have lost 11 straight games (0-9-2) and sit at the bottom of the NHL standings, the Capitals have lost three straight and are 2-5-0 in their past seven games.
As much as some Vancouver Canucks fans – and perhaps team management, too – would like to be able to simply press a button and shoot the team’s entire roster into outer space right now, the fact of the matter is it’s not that simple to completely strip down a National Hockey League lineup.
The Kiefer Sherwood Era is over in Vancouver. He was, fittingly enough, a big hit for the Canucks. In just a season-and-a-half, Sherwood proved incredibly popular.
With the NHL trade market beginning to shake loose ahead of the Olympic break, the pace of significant moves has picked up quickly — and the league may not be done with blockbusters just yet.
The Vancouver Canucks are heading toward another rebuild, not the “hybrid retool” GM Patrik Allvin discussed after the team traded Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.
Franchise records are being broken! The Vancouver Canucks lost 4-3 to the New York Islanders in a decent enough battle. They didn’t roll over and give up, actually managing to put up a fight.
The San Jose Sharks added Kiefer Sherwood to their roster on Monday, and the timing of the trade is intriguing. Many insiders, including Jeff Marek of The Sheet, wondered why the Vancouver Canucks made this trade now.
This season has been a struggle for the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks entered the season with renewed expectations. The team named Adam Foote as its new head coach, but the new campaign quickly soured.
The San Jose Sharks are battling for a playoff spot as the NHL season nears the Olympic break. As a result, San Jose elected to fortify its roster for the first time under general manager Mike Grier.
The Vancouver Canucks have had some dark years in their 55 seasons without a Stanley Cup, but they’ve never had a losing streak like this. After dropping
Could the departure of top Vancouver Canucks centreman Elias Pettersson be coming sooner than anyone thought possible? Amidst the Canucks’ rapid pivot to a rebuild, one thing is becoming clear: the team is open to offers on any of their core players if the price is right.
It’s a matter of when, not if, the Vancouver Canucks are going to sell off their valuable players to add assets for the long haul. That deal was sealed when they sent franchise player Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild for draft picks and young players including Marco Rossi and Zeev Buium.
The Vancouver Canucks get another crack at the New York Islanders on Monday night, and at this point, they’ll take any chance they get to reset the narrative.
The Vancouver Canucks have officially moved Kiefer Sherwood ahead of the trade deadline. Elliotte Friedman was first to report the deal, which sends the veteran forward to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a pair of second-round picks and defenseman Cole Clayton.
As the Vancouver Canucks look to retool their roster, speculation has begun to grow surrounding the availability of forward Elias Pettersson. Speaking on Sportsnet’s Canucks Central last week, Frank Seravalli reported that the Detroit Red Wings are one of the interested teams if Vancouver becomes serious about moving Pettersson.
The Canucks have made some shakeups to their roster heading into tomorrow’s game against the Islanders. The team announced (Twitter link) that they’ve recalled goaltender Jiri Patera and defenseman Elias N.
The Vancouver Canucks are having one of their worst seasons in recent memory and appear to be on the road to a rebuild, or at the very least, a retool.
As the Vancouver Canucks consider all possibilities to help reshape their club and build a future Stanley Cup contender, one name that has emerged as a potential key trade candidate is defenseman Filip Hronek.