Canucks sign Mackenzie MacEachern, Joseph LaBate and Jimmy Schuldt to deals

The team signed MacEachern to a two-year, two-way contract, LaBate to a one-year, two-way contract and Schuldt to a two-year, two-way deal.

The 31-year-old MacEachern spent the 2024-25 season with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds, scoring 12 goals and 20 assists for 32 points in 40 games. Through eight AHL seasons, MacEachern has 61 goals and 82 assists for 143 points in 202 career AHL regular-season games with the Thunderbirds, Chicago Wolves and San Antonio Rampage.

MacEachern scored 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points in 123 career regular-season games.

LaBate, 32, spent 2024-25 with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, scoring eight goals and 13 assists for 21 points. He also appeared in six NHL games with the Columbus Blue Jackets, recording one assist.

In 11 AHL seasons, LaBate recorded 71 goals and 83 assists for 154 points in 456 career regular-season games with the Monsters, Wolves, Milwaukee Admirals, Belleville Senators and Utica Comets. In 19 career NHL games, he has one assist with the Blue Jackets and Canucks.

LaBate was originally selected in the fourth round by Vancouver in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

Schuldt, 30, played eight games with the San Jose Sharks in 2024-25, along with one game with the Vegas Golden Knights in 2018-19. Last season, Schuldt had six goals and 15 assists for 24 points in 64 regular-season games.

In seven AHL seasons, Schuldt has 36 goals and 93 assists for 129 points in 354 career AHL regular-season games.