The Vancouver Canucks couldn't give away Elias Pettersson for pennies on the dollar this past offseason, and now after a stellar three-game start to the 2026-27 season, EP40 is turning heads with his strong play. The veteran center has gotten off to a very hot start, scoring two goals, and five points, in three games, but what might be most impressive is the fact he's landed 16 hits, and looks like a completely different play. Pettersson looks engaged, he's physical, and his skating has been v...
Welcome to Instant Reaction, where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Calgary Flames game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below! After a pretty ugly outing in their season-opener on home ice on Thursday, the Calgary Flames headed to the coast to visit the Vancouver Canucks looking…
Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at CanucksArmy where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Vancouver Canucks game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below! It’s Saturday night, it’s the Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames facing off! Let’s dive into the action. Lineup Rossi-EP40-Karlsson Öhgren-Cotter-Boeser Bains-Sasson-Lekkerimäki O’Connor-Räty-Gallagher Buium-Hronek…
The Calgary Flames have made a pair of lineup changes ahead of their 2026-27 road opener against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. After falling 6-1 to the Seattle Kraken at the Saddledome on Thursday, the Flames clearly needed to make some adjustments — and now they have, with Brennan Othmann and Joel Hanley set…
So far, neither Edmonton Oilers goalie has looked good. Who should start Saturday night against the Seattle Kraken? On Tuesday, Tristan Jarry let in six goals, then Devon Levi let in seven goals on Thursday. It couldn’t have started worse for Edmonton’s goaltending tandem against the Vancouver Canucks. Levi has the worst save percentage in…
The Vancouver Canucks have started this season with a lot of offence and not much defence, throwing themselves back into the 80s with a 6-5 win and a 9-7 loss…
The Canucks will be without one of their top offensive options for their first Saturday night game of the season.
The Vancouver Canucks (1-1) look to rebound from a wild 9-7 loss to the Edmonton Oilers in Thursday’s home opener when they host the Calgary Flames (0-1) tonight at Rogers Arena. Game time is 7 pm PT. Jake DeBrusk arrived at the rink this morning, but was sent home due to illness. The veteran…
After a pretty poor first outing, the Calgary Flames (0-1-0, 0 points) are hitting the road for a weekend back-to-back set. First up, they’ll visit the Vancouver Canucks (1-1-0, 2 points), a team that endured a pair of track meets against Edmonton to open the season. Can the Flames bounce back? Can the Canucks play a low-scoring…
The wildly swinging nature of the Vancouver Canucks’ first two games of the 2026-27 season almost necessitated that their lines be thrown in a blender, and that continued into Friday practice ahead of a weekend back-to-back. Head coach Manny Malhotra tried out some new combinations, and one of the more interesting was a move of Marco Rossi from the…
The Calgary Wranglers opened their 2026-27 regular season on Friday night, defeating the visiting Abbotsford Canucks at the Saddledome. The Wranglers had a disappointing season in 2025-26, and they went through quite a few changes over the off-season. Of the 20 players that donned the Flaming W sweater in the season-opener, nine were playing their…
There are a lot of ways to read the Vancouver Canucks’ decision to name six assistant captains for the 2026-27 season. Three of them—Brock Boeser, Filip Hronek and Elias Pettersson—wore…
There are aggressive bets on young players, and then there is handing $43.2 million to a defenceman who has played 14 NHL games. The Anaheim Ducks crossed that line Thursday, signing 22-year-old Tristan Luneau to a six-year extension carrying a $7.2 million average annual value beginning in 2027-28. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, it…
The Calgary Wranglers kicked off the 2026-27 season with a home game against the Abbotsford Canucks. Calgary didn’t have a lot of luck against them in their pre-season series but the home opener had a significantly better vibe about it and result. The Wranglers scored the first three goals of the game before giving one…
Elias Pettersson's name has circled NHL trade speculation for over a year now, and Elliotte Friedman addressed the situation again this week on The FAN Hockey Show , discussing whether Vancouver could eventually move him. Friedman spoke on how front offices actually approach these situations. Teams would rather make no trade at all than force a bad one just for the sake of doing something, a philosophy that applies to how Vancouver is likely weighing its options with Pettersson right now. Frie...
Ahead of the 2026-27 season, the Vancouver Canucks announced their six-player leadership group. Three of those six were assistant captains last season: Brock Boeser, Filip Hronek, and Elias Pettersson. But there were also three brand-new players sporting an ‘A’ on their sweater this season – none of them being veteran leaders the club added…
It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of in-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ home-and-home against the Canucks, offered their takes on the chaos, the Saturday’s matchup against Seattle, line combinations, and more. We kicked off the…
The Vancouver Canucks held practice at UBC on Friday morning ahead of this weekend’s back-to-back home games against the Vegas Golden Knights and Calgary Flames. Following Thursday night’s goal-fest, head coach Manny Malhotra shuffled up his forward lines at practice. What we saw #Canucks lines rushes at practice: Rossi – Pettersson – KarlssonÖhgren –…
The Edmonton Oilers enter tonight’s rematch against the Vancouver Canucks with a decision to make in goal: does Tristan Jarry get another opportunity, or do they change starters after Tuesday’s…
The Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers apparently decided that one ridiculous season opener wasn’t enough. After combining for 11 goals in Edmonton, they went one better (or worse, depending on…
The Vancouver Canucks started off the 2026-27 season with a bang against the Edmonton Oilers. Through two games, both teams combined for 27 goals. The Canucks won 6-5 in overtime…
A familiar face will be in Abbotsford this season. On Friday, the Abbotsford Canucks announced that they had signed forward Kole Lind to a one-year AHL contract, along with 25-year-old forward Sean Chisholm. The club also announced their opening night roster. Lind, who turns 28 this month, was the Canucks’ 33rd overall selection at…
The Edmonton Oilers left Vancouver with their first win of the season on Thursday night. However, a 9-7 victory in a rematch with the Canucks hardly provided the reassurance normally…
When the Edmonton Oilers’ schedule was released for the 2026-27 season, Vasily Podkolzin’s eyes must’ve lit up. He was probably excited to see that the first two games of the season were against his former team, the Vancouver Canucks, because he was likely eager to show them all the skills he worked on this past…
That was a fun game to watch. Canucks need to chill before they force the Oilers to trade for Hellebuyck. — Taj (@taj1944) October 2, 2026 The Vancouver Canucks dropped a 9-7 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, losing in a goal-bonanza fashion. Honestly, there’s not much to be tremendously unhappy about, except that the team…