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Scenes from practice: DeBrusk returns, Canucks shake up D pairs in early skate before long road trip

After a full team day off Monday following back-to-back weekend games, the Vancouver Canucks returned to the practice ice at Rogers Arena Tuesday morning.

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Canucks’ Jake DeBrusk to miss game against Flames due to illness

The Vancouver Canucks will be without left winger Jake DeBrusk for their first Saturday night game of the season as they take on the Calgary Flames in

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / September 29

Scenes from Canucks morning skate: DeBrusk good to go for season-opener vs. Oilers

It’s finally a real Vancouver Canucks game day! And that means it’s also time for a real edition of Scenes from morning skate, live from Edmonton! The Canucks take on the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place tonight in Edmonton as both teams kick off their 2026-27 regular seasons.

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Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / September 28

Scenes from practice: DeBrusk skips skate at UBC; Meriläinen joins Canucks for first time

The Vancouver Canucks held their final practice of the preseason on Monday morning at UBC. The team then jetted off to Edmonton, where it will open the new National Hockey League season on Tuesday night.

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Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / September 18

Jake DeBrusk eager to use last Canucks season as a lesson

Jake DeBrusk is done looking in the rearview mirror at last year, but he also doesn’t want his team to forget the lessons learned. DeBrusk and the Vancouver Canucks had a frustrating 2025-26 campaign, to say the least.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / September 12

Vancouver Canucks 2026-27 Player Projections: Jake DeBrusk

The Vancouver Canucks made a huge commitment to Jake DeBrusk when they signed him to a seven-year deal back in 2024. They were also a much different team coming off a second-round appearance against the Edmonton Oilers that left them only a win away from the Western Conference Final.

NHL News / The Hockey Writers / September 11

NHL Rumors: Larkin Returns, Klingberg New Role, DeBrusk Deal

In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Dylan Larkin will return to the Detroit Red Wings for training camp after requesting a trade, but he won’t return as the team’s captain.

Columbus Blue Jackets News / NHL Rumors / September 10

Blue Jackets and Adam Fantilli Talks are Ongoing, and Jake DeBrusk Hasn’t Asked for a Trade

Mark Scheig of The Hockey News: Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell said that talks with Adam Fantilli‘s agent continue, and that he’s 100% certain they’ll get a deal done.

Vancouver Canucks News / Professor Press Box / September 10

DeBrusk Sets the Record Straight on the Canucks

There’s a funny thing about hockey rumours. Sometimes a player says something, everybody latches onto it, and soon the original comment disappears completely.

Vancouver Canucks News / The Hockey Writers / September 10

Canucks News & Rumours: DeBrusk, the Rebuild & a Big Misunderstanding

A pretty interesting Jake DeBrusk story came out this week, and it isn’t about goals or assists. It’s about what happens when a player says something during a miserable season – the quote takes on a life of its own, and suddenly everybody thinks he’s looking for the exit.

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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 / Canucksarmy / September 9

‘I’m falling in love with this city’: Canucks’ Jake DeBrusk says he hasn’t asked for a trade

Jake DeBrusk wants to make one thing clear: he hasn’t asked the Vancouver Canucks for a trade. In conversation with Sportsnet’s Iain MacIntyre, DeBrusk was emphatic in setting the record straight that he hasn’t asked for a trade from the Canucks.

Vancouver Canucks News / NHL Trade Talk / September 7

Canucks Have a Calculated Trade Plan for Jake DeBrusk

NHL insider David Pagnotta was a guest on the Sekeres & Price Podcast and spoke about the future of forward Jake DeBrusk. Suggesting that the plan still seems to be to trade the winger; the Canucks haven’t yet made a move, and it’s not entirely clear when they will.

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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.

NHL News / NHL Trade Talk / August 24

Canadiens have chance to add another bargain deal in trade with Canucks

The Montreal Canadiens are always looking for team-friendly deals and bargain contracts to add to one of the NHL’s most valuable rosters. Known as an organization

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 20

Canucks summer face off: Which is more likely – DeBrusk 30 goals or O’Connor 20 goals?

For the third straight year, we are conducting a late-summer thought exercise. Over the next week, we will present a pair of options and ask you which is more likely to occur this coming season.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / August 8

Scoring more even strength goals is a necessity for Jake DeBrusk in 2026-27

Jake DeBrusk’s 2025-26 season wasn’t ugly, but it wasn’t a Picasso either. On first glance, DeBrusk’s stat line last year doesn’t look all that out of place from any of his other eight NHL seasons.

Vancouver Canucks News / Canucksarmy / July 29

How contracts like Jake DeBrusk’s have gained relative value after another round of free agency

The NHL salary cap has been going through a growth spurt lately. After the cap ceiling had been frozen at $81.5 million for three straight years from 2019-20 through to 2021-22, the league exited the ‘flat cap era’ with a modest increase to $82.5 million as of 2022-23.

NHL News / The Hockey Writers / June 19

Blue Jackets Can Address Needs by Trading for Jake DeBrusk This Offseason

The 2026 free agent market is not going to get the league-wide headlines that free agency so often brings, but the trade market holds all the value this summer.

Vancouver Canucks News / Pro Hockey Rumors / June 13

Multiple Teams Showing Interest In Jake DeBrusk

Jake DeBrusk’s time with Vancouver hasn’t quite gone as planned. He hasn’t been quite as impactful as they were hoping for and the Canucks haven’t been as competitive as he was hoping for. With that in mind, he has been a speculative trade candidate going back to before the trade deadline in March.

NHL News / NHL Trade Talk / June 11

Jake DeBrusk to the Senators Seems Like a Perfect Move

Jake DeBrusk to the Ottawa Senators actually makes a ton of sense. And that’s not just because he’s been popping goals for the Vancouver Canucks even when the rest of that team hasn’t.

Vancouver Canucks News / Professor Press Box / June 10

Jake DeBrusk Might Be the Canucks’ Most Logical Trade Asset

Jake DeBrusk is, by any fair measure, a productive NHL winger. His 20-goal seasons and steady secondary scoring have made him a reliable top-six presence, and his $5.5 million cap hit falls within the middle range where value is usually clear rather than debated.

Vancouver Canucks News / NHL Trade Talk / May 30

Insider suggests Canucks could trade leading goal scorer for absurd reason

It’s not often that you hear about a trade rumor and a player being moved because their individual production was too good.

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NHL News / Oilersnation / May 6

Why Jake DeBrusk is not a solution for the Oilers

Why Jake DeBrusk is not a solution for the Edmonton Oilers For nearly half a decade, trade speculation has linked the Edmonton Oilers to Jake DeBrusk. After he signed long-term with the Canucks in 2024, however, that discussion died down.

Vancouver Canucks News / Larry Brown Sports / January 14

Jake DeBrusk got brutally honest after Canucks’ eighth-straight loss

All the losing is taking a toll on Vancouver Canucks forward Jake DeBrusk. The Canucks are still winless since the calendar flipped to 2026, and their losing streak reached eight games following a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.

NHL News / NHL Trade Talk / January 7

A big-money forward is suddenly being linked to the Oilers

It certainly would make sense that Edmonton would look at an Edmonton-born winger with a history of solid production who is locked in long-term at a reasonable rate.

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