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‘Important to stay together’: Gallagher leaning on togetherness amid Canucks’ losing streak

As the Vancouver Canucks return home from their two-week road trip, the team finds themselves with as many wins as when they hit the road: two. That’s right, they dropped all six contests during their trip out East.

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Scenes from practice: Canucks promote Linus Karlsson to top line; Rossi absent due to illness

For the first time in almost two weeks, the Vancouver Canucks skated at Rogers Arena on Monday morning. Following the team’s six-game road trip and a day off Sunday, the Canucks were back at practice ahead of a three-game homestand.

Braeden Cootes News / Canucksarmy / October 19

Abbotsford Weekly: Canucks’ Braeden Cootes a point-per-game player through 6 AHL games

The Abbotsford Canucks got some home ice action this past weekend at Rogers Forum, kicking off a four-game homestand with back-to-backs against the Seattle Kraken affiliate Coachella Valley Firebirds. In the team’s home opener on Saturday night, the Canucks put on a show for the Abbotsford fans, finishing the game with a 7-3 win.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 19

Canucks: Why Elias Pettersson is benefitting from playing under Manny Malhotra

The Vancouver Canucks have eclipsed the ten-game mark in the 2026-27 season. Like all rebuilding teams, the Canucks are taking their lumps, having just completed a six-game road trip that left them winless.

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How many of the 22 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?

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Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 19

3 Canucks Stars of the Week: Pettersson and Willander stand out on the blue line

Last week, I asked the question of whether Aatu Räty would ever play consecutive games again or remain in permanent centre purgatory. Well, the answer turned out to be ‘never’ within the Canucks organization, as Räty was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs last week.

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The biggest draft bust for every NHL team

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.

Adam Novotny News / Professor Press Box / October 19

Adam Novotny’s 5-Point Game Gives the Canucks a Reason to Be Patient

Every prospect has nights when everything goes right. The puck finds the net, passes connect, and the box score looks wonderful. The harder question is what happens when the good nights stop coming.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / October 19

Canucks Prospects Report: Novotny, Cootes & Romani Shine Again

The Vancouver Canucks may be mired in a seven-game losing streak, but their prospects, particularly the trio of Adam Novotny, Braeden Cootes and Anthony Romani, continue to provide hope for the future with their play this season so far.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 18

10 statistics that stand out from the first 10 Canucks games

It’s still early in the 2026-27 Vancouver Canucks season and early, too, in the organization’s stated rebuild. But 10 games give us all a limited sample size to start following emerging storylines.

Linus Karlsson News / The Hockey Writers / October 18

Linus Karlsson Is Making the Most of His Ice Time With the Canucks

The last seven games have been brutal for the Vancouver Canucks, going 0-6-1. Even with their recent 3-2 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers on Oct. 25, they are now fourth from the bottom in the NHL.

NHL News / Canucksarmy / October 18

Could the Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators hook up on an in-season forward trade?

The Vancouver Canucks and the Ottawa Senators are two Canadian franchises that have faced somewhat similar circumstances of late. For instance, both had their American captains more or less force their way into an out-of-town trade.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 18

The Statsies: Canucks dominated at 5v5 in 4-2 loss to Lightning

A winless road trip. The Vancouver Canucks struck early, but couldn’t manage to stem the tide for too long as the Tampa Bay Lightning eventually claimed this one 4-2 in regulation.

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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 / The Hockey Writers / October 18

Canucks News & Rumours: Pettersson’s Physical Game and Lankinen’s Losing Streak

The Vancouver Canucks have a couple of problems to sort through, and Saturday’s 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning reminded everyone how difficult things have become.

Vancouver Canucks News / NHL Trade Talk / October 17

Teams Keep Circling Elias Pettersson, Insider on What Canucks Need to Finalize Trade

Elias Pettersson’s name continues to pop up in trade speculation and has for the past couple of seasons. Off to a point-per-game start, this season will likely be no different.

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Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 17

Canucks give up four unanswered goals in 4-2 loss to Lightning

DeBrusk – EP40 – Lekkerimäki Cotter – Chytil – Boeser Öhgren – O’Connor – Karlsson Bains – Sasson – Gallagher EP25 – Hronek Oleksiak – Willander Buium – Mancini No Marco Rossi for this one, as he was feeling under the weather.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 17

Canucks: D Elias Pettersson’s impressive start is more than just passing the eye test

Amid the Vancouver Canucks‘ six-game losing streak, there haven’t been many individual positives to come from it. Of course, Finnish netminder Leevi Meriläinen

Marco Rossi News / Canucksarmy / October 17

What’s behind Marco Rossi’s seven-game scoring drought for the Canucks?

Over the past nine games, the Vancouver Canucks have scored just three goals at five-on-five with Marco Rossi on the ice, who has coincidentally gone seven straight games without a point in the process.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / October 17

Canucks News & Rumours: D-Petey, Öhgren, Willander & Sasson

Tonight, the Vancouver Canucks get another crack at a win in Florida as they play the Tampa Bay Lightning. They came close against the Florida Panthers but didn’t get the result they wanted Thursday night, losing 3-2 in overtime.

NHL News / Canucksarmy / October 17

Canucks Game Day: Looking to close out lengthy road trip with a win vs. Lightning

The Vancouver Canucks (2-6-1) wrap up their six-game road trip this afternoon when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning (5-2) at Benchmark International Arena.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / October 16

Vancouver Canucks practice in Tampa Bay; Abbotsford signs defenceman to PTO

You rarely get slow news days once the NHL season starts, but today was one of them. Today was one of those days when there wasn’t much to report from Vancouver Canucks practice.

NHL News / Field Level Media / October 16

Rebuilding Canucks facing stiff test in Lightning

In a woeful start to the season, the Vancouver Canucks put forth one of their best efforts earlier this week, but even that was not enough. Winless on their six-game road trip through the Eastern Conference, the Canucks will attempt to end the journey on a high note Saturday afternoon against the Tampa Bay Lightning.