Vancouver Canucks: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights

Which U-23 Canucks Can Make The Most Impact This Season?

The Vancouver Canucks will be a team in deeper waters next season. That notion comes from their lackluster track record in recent years, which culminated in a full teardown last season.

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Chris Driedger Gives the Canucks’ Goalie Room an Interesting Problem

Chris Driedger signing a professional tryout with the Vancouver Canucks isn't exactly the kind of move that gets anybody excited in August. It's a PTO.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Canuck Way / August 27

Vancouver Canucks’ 3 Best Contracts for 2026-27

Throughout most of the "best and worst week" at The Canuck Way and FanSided NHL, we have focused on the five best players and jerseys of all time, along with the three worst contracts in Vancouver Canucks history.

Chris Driedger News / Pro Hockey Rumors / August 27

Canucks Sign Chris Driedger To PTO

The Vancouver Canucks are bringing a netminder back from Russia to see if he can offer additional goaltending depth for the 2026-27 season. According to a team announcement, the Canucks have signed Chris Driedger to a professional tryout agreement.

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The ''EA NHL,'' covers since 2000' quiz

How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"

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The 'Conn Smythe Trophy winners' quiz

The 'Most NHL goals all-time' quiz

NHL News / Canucksarmy / August 27

Canucks sign goaltender Chris Driedger to a professional tryout contract

Just over a month away from the start of the NHL season, the Vancouver Canucks have added some insurance to their goaltending room. On Thursday morning, Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson announced the club has signed veteran goaltender Chris Driedger to a professional tryout contract.

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The best and worst NHL free agency deals since 2000

The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.

Marco Rossi News / Canucksarmy / August 27

31 days, 31 questions: Does Canucks’ Marco Rossi still have 1C potential?

Marco Rossi has been a reasonable success in the NHL so far. He’ll turn 25 in September. And when he does, he’ll have already played 235 NHL regular season games across parts of five seasons and two teams (Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks), with 136 points to show for his efforts.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 27

Canucks: 11 years later, how does Jake DeBrusk stack up to the rest of the 2015 draft class?

It’s been 11 years since the now-infamous 2015 NHL Draft class took place, and many of the best players in the National Hockey League today came from this class.

Elias Pettersson News / NHL Trade Talk / August 27

Is Elias Pettersson’s Contract a Problem Now — Or Just Early?

Buried in the comments on a recent Vancouver Canucks post is a debate that’s honestly more interesting than most of the actual trade rumours floating around.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / August 27

Canucks News & Rumours: Rossi, Buium & Growing What Works

The Vancouver Canucks have given fans plenty of reasons to look at everything that went wrong and wonder whether they should start over. But rebuilding isn’t really about starting from scratch.

Vancouver Canucks News / Professor Press Box / August 27

The Canucks Veterans' Added Role During a Rebuild

There is something different about the Vancouver Canucks this season, and it isn't simply that the team is rebuilding. It seems the organization is asking its players to think differently about what a successful season actually looks like.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 27

6 UFAs still on the market the Canucks could still sign before training camp

The Vancouver Canucks may not be done adding to their roster. On Wednesday, Postmedia’s Patrick Johnston spoke with Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson about how Vancouver has nothing it needs to accomplish before training camp opens, but the club will continue exploring the market.

NHL News / Yardbarker

The defining figure for every NHL franchise

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.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 27

Canucks’ Aleksei Medvedev ranked 20th on Daily Faceoff’s top 25 NHL-affiliated goalie prospects list

Despite a down season, many prospect experts still believe in Vancouver Canucks goalie prospect Aleksei Medvedev. On Thursday, Daily Faceoff prospect guru Steven Ellis released his top-25 NHL-affiliated goalie prospects list and ranked Medvedev 20th, down four spots from his 2024-25 ranking.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Canuck Way / August 26

The 3 worst contracts in Vancouver Canucks history

As we continue our "best and worst week" series at The Canuck Way and FanSided NHL, we will move on from the best jerseys and players of all time with the Vancouver Canucks.