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Ahead of free agency on Wednesday, the Vancouver Canucks are making moves to clear roster spots and begin cementing their asset pool for the upcoming 2026-27 season. On Monday, the team announced that left-winger Nils Höglander had been traded to the Nashville Predators in exchange for a third-round pick in 2029. After a disappointing series…
The deal will carry a cap hit of $900,000 at the NHL level.
They say in hockey, things can change with one phone call. And certainly on the eve of National Hockey League free agency, that is more true than ever. But if we hold this moment in time as a photograph and work off the Vancouver Canucks roster as it is currently constructed, here is a remarkably…
The Vancouver Canucks entered the 2026 NHL Draft in Buffalo knowing they had an opportunity they hadn’t enjoyed in nearly three decades. Holding the third overall selection for the first time since selecting Daniel and Henrik Sedin in 1999, Vancouver had its choice from a handful of prospects that many believed could eventually become NHL…
It’s a few days after the 2026 NHL Draft now, and the noise around it has started to settle a bit. That’s usually when you can actually figure out what…
We blinked, and the 2026 NHL Draft is behind us, and free agency officially kicks off tomorrow. Although, it doesn’t project to be as exciting as we’re used to seeing – at least, on the actual free agency front. It could very well be active in the trade market, but given the weak free-agent pool,…
Welcome back to another edition of Meet the New Canucks, our offseason series where we break down management’s latest roster moves and analyze what the new faces bring to the…
The second second-round pick the Vancouver Canucks made in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft was Niklas Aaram-Olsen at 41st overall. It was clear from the three picks ahead of him that the Canucks entered this draft with a plan, a mould for the players that they wanted – and Aaram-Olsen is a swing at the…
Montreal Canadiens News and Notes The Habs trade Brendan Gallagher to the Canucks for future considerations. [ TSN | Canadiens | Montreal Gazette | Radio-Canada | CBC | TVA Sports | The Athletic ] Gallagher is thankful for the time he’s had in Montreal, and for the way the Habs handled his departure. [ TVA Sports | The Athletic | La Presse ] With Gallagher officially headed to Vancouver, the impact he has had on his teammates, the organization, and the fans can be clearly seen...
The Vancouver Canucks traded away another one of their players on Monday as they continue their rebuild. This is because Vancouver traded forward Nils Hoglander to the Nashville Predators in exchange for the Colorado Avalanche’s 2029 third-round pick.Questions about Hoglander’s future with the Canucks had come up for a while. As a result, seeing the […] The post NHL Rumors: 3 Canucks Who Could Be Traded Next appeared first on HEAVY .
In his quest to make the Vancouver Canucks a better, more competitive hockey club next season, new general manager Ryan Johnson figures he took a significant step forward with the acquisition of Brendan Gallagher. Hours after the deal, Johnson met the media via Zoom on Monday afternoon to discuss the addition of the veteran winger….
The Vancouver Canucks announced on Monday that they will not be tendering qualifying offers to five players: P-O Joseph, Nils Aman, Danila Klimovich, Chase Stillman and Jayden Grubbe. That means all five players will be eligible to become unrestricted free agents on July 1st. General Manager Ryan Johnson has announced the following. pic.twitter.com/Qv4LkW7LGc — Vancouver…
Given that the rebuild wasn’t officially announced until partway through last season, the 2026 NHL Entry Draft was the first in a new era of Vancouver Canucks hockey. And now that we’re on the other side of it, one can’t be too displeased about the results. As far as kickstarting a rebuild goes, this was…
There seemed to be a touch of relief in his voice as Brendan Gallagher met the media following his trade Monday morning from Montreal to Vancouver. The idea of the swap had been floating in hockey circles for weeks now, and the 34-year-old winger was finally processing the news that he was on his way…
On Monday, the Vancouver Canucks announced their 2026 development camp roster. The camp will be held at the Rogers Forum in Abbotsford from Tuesday, June 30 through Thursday, July 2, and will feature 25 prospects (17 forwards, five defencemen and three goaltenders. Here is the entire list of all 25 prospects who will be…
On June 30, 2013, the Vancouver Canucks made a franchise-altering trade when they sent Cory Schneider to the New Jersey Devils for the ninth-overall selection in the 2013 NHL Entry…
After 14 years as the heart and soul of the Montreal Canadiens’ locker room, Brendan Gallagher has been traded to the Vancouver Canucks. Montreal used one of its retention slots…
You can preach culture all you want, but until you make changes to it, it doesn’t really matter all that much. Ryan Johnson, Daniel Sedin, and Henrik Sedin have talked plenty about improving the Canucks’ culture since they came aboard, and on Monday, they made a roster move that should do just that. On…
Brendan Gallagher scored seven goals and recorded 16 assists for 23 points for the Montreal Canadiens in 2025-26.
The Nashville Predators have acquired 25-year-old winger Nils Höglander from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a third-round pick in 2029 (acquired from the Colorado Avalanche in the Jack Drury…
The Canucks traded Nils Hoglander to the Predators for a third-round pick and acquired Brendan Gallagher and half his cap hit from the Canadiens for future considerations. Are these moves a rebuilding team should make?
The Montreal Canadiens have officially traded forward Brendan Gallagher to the Vancouver Canucks for future considerations. The Canadiens will retain 50% of his salary for the final year of the 6-year $39 million contract that Gallagher signed in the summer of 2021, meaning the Canucks will have a much more manageable $3.25 million cap hit […] The post Breaking News: Brendan Gallagher Has Been Traded to Vancouver Canucks appeared first on The Sick Podcast .
The NHL draft was this weekend, and even though we had several weeks to get used to the image of Gavin McKenna in a Toronto Maple Leafs hat, the action in the rest of the top 10 was a good mix of unpredictable and intriguing. The Canucks, at No. 3, committed what has the potential to be an all-time goof-up by drafting their brand-new coach's son, Caleb Malhotra. (Anyone want to tell them how long coaches usually last in the NHL?) The Seattle Kraken, drafting at seven, ended up with a possible ...
The Vancouver Canucks have completed a trade for veteran forward Brendan Gallagher, acquiring the longtime Montreal Canadiens winger in exchange for future considerations. The Canadiens are retaining 50 percent of the remaining season on Gallagher’s contract, reducing his $6.5 million cap hit to $3.25 million for the Canucks during the final year of his deal. […] The post Canucks acquire Brendan Gallagher in trade with Canadiens appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Gallagher has spent the entirety of his 14-season NHL career to date with the Canadiens.