The Vancouver Canucks are days away from activating forward Filip Chytil (muscular shoulder strain) from the injured reserve. To activate Chytil, the Canucks needed to create roster space and made a peculiar roster move to do so.
A couple of notable names are hitting the wire in the middle of the week. On Wednesday, the Vancouver Canucks placed forward Aatu Raty on waivers, and the San Jose Sharks center Alex Barre-Boulet also being made available to the other 31 teams in the NHL.
The Edmonton Oilers are continuing their search for talent from Europe with a signing announced on Monday morning. The team has agreed to terms with Finnish forward Aku Raty, signing him to a one-year, two-way contract worth $850k.
One of the interesting developments around the Vancouver Canucks right now is that the organization may already be laying the foundation for its next roster.
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.
Saturday was a busy night for Canada’s NHL teams, and a few made statements that go a long way in both the standings and in building team confidence. The Edmonton Oilers have found their offense and reminded everyone why Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are the league’s most deadly duo.
With the 2025 NHL Draft and the initial free agency frenzy in the books, we now turn to previewing the 2025-26 season for the Vancouver Canucks. Instead of doing report cards, I thought I would change things up and do previews instead.
The deck chairs are certainly rearranged, but are the Canucks ready to sail back to the playoffs? The ever-mercurial soap opera of Canucks hockey remains a roller coaster, now with Adam Foote promoted to head coach.
After the Canucks made another piece of offseason business in trading goaltender Arturs Silovs to the Penguins over the weekend, The Athletic’s Thomas Drance took a deep dive into the roster math that lies ahead and what other moves could be coming.
The Canucks have re-upped depth center Max Sasson on a one-year, one-way contract worth $775,000, per PuckPedia. The deal was first announced by his agent, Gold Star Hockey’s Dan Milstein.
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.
Aatu Raty is on his way back to the Vancouver Canucks. According to Canucks Army reporter Jeff Paterson, Raty’s name is now on the Canucks’ roster on their website, indicating that he has been recalled from their AHL affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks.
Following their two trades from Friday night, the Canucks continue to tinker with their roster. The team announced (Twitter link) that they have placed winger Phillip Di Giuseppe on waivers.
Boston took a 4-0 lead after two periods, with another goal coming less than 30 seconds into the final frame, while rookie forward Max Sasson scored his first NHL goal later on in the third period.
Afternoon games are weird, usually. The Vancouver Canucks dropped a 4-2 decision to the Tampa Bay Lighting, where the missing high-end talent from their roster became very glaringly apparent.
Aatu Raty's play so far this season in both the National Hockey League and down in Abbotsford has drawn praise from his head coach, Rick Tocchet. 22-year-old Aatu Raty has taken big strides in his game so far during the 2024-25 campaign, and it began with a strong showing during training camp and in the pre-season.
Less than 12 hours before puck drops on the second game of their California road trip, the Vancouver Canucks have decided to make a roster move that features Aatu Raty, who they acquired in the Bo Horvat trade back in 2023.
We’re back! The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Seattle Kraken 3-1 at home to open their preseason. It was the first chance for all of us to look at what the team’s systems will look like, and how they would stack up against NHL competition.
The NHL trade deadline is tomorrow, and the rumours are circulating about the Vancouver Canucks wanting to add a top-six winger. While it was never believed