The NHL’s new 84-game schedule hasn’t changed the shape of the 2026-27 season all that much, but it has allowed something that was impossible under the previous 82-game setup: the ability to split the season into even quarters.
There is bad. And then there is whatever this version of the Vancouver Canucks is right now. After Friday’s 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers, the Canucks have dropped seven straight and now have just a single victory in their past 18 games.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: the best thing about the NHL’s new 84-game schedule is that it allows the season to be evenly sliced into 21-game quarters, something that was impossible under the previous 82-game setup.
After three days off, a promising opening period was about all the Vancouver Canucks could muster against the New York Rangers on Friday night, with the wheels coming off over the final 40 minutes.
Halford and Brough: Rick Dhaliwal said that one contending team has zero interest in any Vancouver Canucks players, and unrestricted free agents have little interest in playing for the rebuilding Canucks.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
The Vancouver Canucks had another difficult night Friday, losing 5-1 to the New York Rangers. There wasn’t much to celebrate in the result, but a couple of individual stories were worth looking at.
The Vancouver Canucks were not expected to be a playoff contender this season. But no one really expected them to be THIS bad. And that’s something that the organization’s brass felt needed to be addressed.
The Vancouver Canucks are getting a reinforcement to their lineup, as center Filip Chytil has been activated from injured reserve and is expected to return to the lineup for Friday’s game against the New York Rangers.
Shortly before their upcoming contest against the New York Rangers, the Vancouver Canucks announced they activated forward Filip Chytil from the injured reserve.
The Vancouver Canucks are getting a key centre back before Friday night’s matchup against the New York Rangers. Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson announced prior to game time on Friday that the club placed defenceman Guillaume Brisebois on injured reserve and activated forward Filip Chytil in the same transaction.
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.
The Vancouver Canucks (3-16-1) close out a quick two-game homestand when they host the New York Rangers (11-8-1) at Rogers Arena. Tonight’s game starts at 7 pm PCT.
The New York Rangers (11-8-1) take on the Vancouver Canucks (3-16-1) tonight in an NHL matchup in Vancouver, BC. The Rangers are currently the overwhelming -220 moneyline favorites and the total sits at 6.5 goals (-104o / -118u).
On Thursday’s episode of West Coast Conversation , David Quadrelli and Harman Dayal discussed Daniel and Henrik Sedin’s comments about the Vancouver Canucks’ approach to acquiring draft picks, and what their answers might tell us about the organization’s rebuilding plans.
“We’re not going to trade away players just to get more draft picks,” said Henrik Sedin, the Vancouver Canucks‘ Co-President of Hockey Operations on Thursday.
This article originally appeared on hockeysverige.se and has been translated from Swedish to English. After bouncing between the NHL and AHL over the past few seasons, Jonathan Lekkerimäki is finally starting to establish himself with the Vancouver Canucks.
There was double disappointment at the podium Thursday morning as Daniel and Henrik Sedin met the media for a scheduled quarterly evaluation of the struggling hockey club they oversee.
Ahead of Friday’s matchup with the New York Rangers, the Vancouver Canucks returned to full practice to cap off a rare three-day break between hockey games.
Although the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks might be in similar positions in the NHL standings, their expectations for the 2026-27 season couldn’t have been much different.
The Vancouver Canucks have placed forward Ilya Safonov on unconditional waivers for the purpose of contract termination. This move comes after Safonov left the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks to rejoin the KHL’s Ak Bars Kazan.
The Vancouver Canucks are shaking up their defensive corps. According to a team announcement, the Canucks have claimed defenseman Cameron Crotty from the Minnesota Wild.
The Vancouver Canucks lost 3-1 to the Philadelphia Flyers Monday, and this was one of those games that probably left fans wondering what they had just watched.
Vancouver Canucks fans don’t need anyone to explain that the defence has become a problem. The numbers are ugly, the losses are piling up, and watching opponents find open space around the net has become increasingly familiar.
The losses continue to pile up for the Vancouver Canucks. They lost every game this past week and now sit at an abysmal 3-15-1, good for 32nd in the league.