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Canucks’ Elias Pettersson to return after missing eight games

The Vancouver Canucks are finally getting their number-one center back. Elias Pettersson will re-enter the Canucks’ lineup for Saturday’s game against the San Jose Sharks after missing Vancouver’s last eight games with an upper-body injury.

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The Quiz of the Day

World Juniors: Canucks’ Cootes and Team Canada avoid upset loss, Sansonnens scores for Switzerland

They say history repeats itself. Team Canada came dangerously close to reliving a painful one-year anniversary nightmare, but managed to avoid another stunning upset.

NHL News / Canucksarmy / December 27

Canucks: The pros and cons of the Quinn Hughes trade, two weeks later

It’s been just over two weeks since the Vancouver Canucks dealt their captain and all-time defenceman scoring leader Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.

Sidney Crosby News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'All-time points leader by NHL team' quiz

Can you name every NHL franchise's all-time leader in points in five minutes?

The 'Maurice Richard Trophy winners' quiz

The 'NHL 1,600 point club' quiz

The 'Team Canada 2025 Four Nations Face-Off roster' quiz

Vancouver Canucks News / Pro Hockey Rumors / December 27

Canucks To Activate Elias Pettersson Off Injured Reserve

The Canucks will get some much-welcomed help down the middle tonight against San Jose. Speaking with reporters after practice today (Twitter link), center Elias Pettersson confirmed that he will make his return to the lineup.

NHL News / Yardbarker

Who is the winningest coach for every NHL franchise?

NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / December 27

Scenes from morning skate: Pettersson returns, Demko starts for Canucks vs. Sharks

After a brief holiday break, the Vancouver Canucks (15-18-3) return to work tonight when they host the San Jose Sharks (17-17-3) at Rogers Arena. The game is set for a 7pm puck drop.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / December 27

Canucks News & Rumours: Hughes, Sherwood, DeBrusk, Allvin & Buium

Tonight’s game against the San Jose Sharks arrives at an odd moment in the Vancouver Canucks’ season — one where clarity hasn’t followed change, but resilience has followed loss.

Elias Pettersson News / Canucksarmy / December 27

How should the Canucks’ lines look when Pettersson returns?

A lot has happened for the Vancouver Canucks since Elias Pettersson was last in the lineup. Pettersson last played on Friday, December 5, against the Utah Mammoth.

Elias Pettersson News / Canucksarmy / December 27

When Brian Burke offered his thoughts on Elias Pettersson and JT Miller: Top 10 Canucks stories of 2025 – #5

What a year 2025 was for the Vancouver Canucks. A captain traded. A rebuild retool retool with a hybrid form. And of course, a feud between two star players, leading to one getting traded.

Braeden Cootes News / Canucksarmy / December 27

World Juniors: Canucks’ Cootes and Team Canada beat Czechia 7-5

The Christmas gifts have been handed out. The turkey dinner has been eaten. Now it’s time to sit back and enjoy one of the most anticipated stretches of hockey on the calendar — the U20 World Junior Championship.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / December 26

What the Canucks Risk Losing if They Tank the Season

For the Vancouver Canucks, the defining moment of their season arrived the day Quinn Hughes was traded. From that point on, pretending this was still a normal season became a kind of polite fiction.

Vancouver Canucks News / Breakaway on SI / December 26

Time for Canucks to Move On From Top Goalie and Forward

The Vancouver Canucks have to embrace the rebuilding process. There's no other way for the franchise to go after moving on from their best player and captain, Quinn Hughes.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / December 26

Canucks: Why Evander Kane’s trade value might be higher than you think

In a post-Hughes world, there’s a certain name we keep hearing at the centre of most Vancouver Canucks-related trade speculation. Rumour-mongers are saying “Sherwood” more than an inventory-taker at a hockey stick factory.