Vancouver Canucks News and Rumors
Canucks prospect Jonathan Lekkerimäki dazzles in Five Nation’s debut with Team Sweden
The Five Nations U20 tournament opened on Wednesday, with Team Sweden hitting the ice for their first game on Thursday morning. Unfortunately for Vancouver Canucks fans, both Jonathan Lekkerimäki and Elias Pettersson found themselves as healthy scra
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Published: 1 year ago
Canucks’ 5 Best-Case Scenarios for 2025-26
The Vancouver Canucks are one of those maddening franchises that seem to be forever caught between promise and collapse. Last season proved the point—what started with a Pacific Division title…
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Published: 1 week ago
Jonathan Lekkerimäki should be both on the Canucks’ roster and in their top-six
Preseason is a great time to see who had the best offseason. Whether a player has spent the summer bulking up or vegging out, it will show in the early going. After the incredibly disappointing start that the 2024-25 season got off to, the Vancouv
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NHL cheat sheet: Everything you need to know for 2025-26 season
The 2025-26 National Hockey League season gets underway Tuesday with a tripleheader. The campaign kicks off at 5 p.m. ET with the defending-champion Florida Panthers hosting Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks. Here's everything you need to
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Published: 1 week ago
A curated ranking of the Canucks’ new official 25-26 player GIFs
On Thursday, October 2nd, the Vancouver Canucks, a world-renowned and celebrated ice hockey franchise that participates in the National Hockey League, dropped a proverbial bombshell on the entire hockey world. In what may end up being the first of ma
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NHL Injuries: Sabres, Flames, Canes, Blackhawks, Candiens, Devils, Islanders, Rangers, Sens, Pens, Caps and Jets
Bryan Rust out at least two weeks. Alex Ovechkin and Martin Fehervary get into their first preseason game. J.T. Miller back on the ice.
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Published: 1 week ago
NHL Injuries: Sabres, Flames, Canes, Blackhawks, Candiens, Devils, Islanders, Rangers, Sens, Pens, Caps and Jets
Bryan Rust out at least two weeks. Alex Ovechkin and Martin Fehervary get into their first preseason game. J.T. Miller back on the ice.
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Published: 1 week ago
Fully healthy Thatcher Demko embracing greater leadership role with Canucks
Now fully healthy and fully empowered by new head coach Adam Foote to take a greater role in leadership, Demko feels ready to help lead the team into what players plan on making a redemptive season.
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Published: 1 week ago
Scenes from practice: Cootes slides to 3C, Räty to the wing as Canucks skate at UBC
There was plenty of line-up movement as the Vancouver Canucks practiced at UBC on Thursday morning. There may have been more than a few clues about what the team is thinking as it moves towards Monday’s 2pm PT deadline to set its season opening ros
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‘It should give us a lot of confidence’: Brock Boeser sees the improvements in the Canucks and himself after 8-1 win
Since the Vancouver Canucks began training camp, it’s seemed like Brock Boeser has been rounding out his game in real time. In Wednesday’s 8-1 drubbing of the Calgary Flames, he showed the kind of 200-foot player he can be. Boeser notched a go
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Woman alleges former NHL player Willie Mitchell sexually assaulted her in 2022
A woman has filed a lawsuit against former NHL player Willie Mitchell and a resort in Tofino, B.C., alleging she was sexually assaulted by ex-defenceman while she was “extremely intoxicated.” The plaintiff, who isn’t named in the lawsuit, says
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J.T. Miller should hold the Rangers accountable this season
Miller scored 35 points in 32 games with the Rangers in 2024-25.
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Canucks place forward Vitali Kravtsov on NHL waivers
The Vancouver Canucks have placed forward Vitali Kravtsov on waivers. General manager Patrik Allvin made the announcement on Thursday morning ahead of the club’s practice at UBC. The Canucks signed Kravtsov, 25, to a one-year deal with an NHL cap h
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