On Thursday night, the Vancouver Canucks dressed very close to their opening-night lineup against an Edmonton Oilers lineup that consisted mostly of AHLers. The Canucks’ roster featured 6,789 games of NHL experience, while the Oilers had 912. In a 2-1 loss, the Canucks outchanced the Oilers’ depleted lineup with 55 shot attempts to 36. The…
Basically every pre-season prediction will have the Vancouver Canucks in 32nd place, so what would success actually look like in what feels like a lost season?
Seemingly every other day this offseason, shockingly enormous contracts are getting handed out in the NHL. From Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson getting $18 million per season for five years after receiving an offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers, to Washington Capitals winger Ryan Leonard and Vancouver Canucks defenseman Zeev Buium signing mammoth eight-year extensions after just one full season of NHL experience, money has been getting thrown around in a way that would make faces melt o...
Marco Rossi joins the podcast on his birthday and talks about how a full training camp and being fully healthy have him excited for a new season. He discusses his time in the OHL, where he played on a powerhouse team, how he had a busy summer, and what he likes about Head Coach Manny Malhotra. If you want to keep up to date with all the latest news, highlights, features, and All-Access Canucks content be sure to subscribe to one or all of our social feeds, which you can find below. #Canucks Su...
The Bakersfield Condors Edmonton Oilers were in Vancouver on Thursday to square off against the Canucks in their third of four tune-up games of the pre-season. And despite the difference in every day NHLers in their respective lineups, the “Oilers” still found a way to not only compete hard but ultimately outclassed the Canucks en route…
The Edmonton Oilers remained undefeated under new head coach Mike Babcock in the 2026 NHL preseason with a 2-1 victory over the host Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on Thursday…
The pre-season rosters iced by the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks were very different on Thursday night. For Edmonton, it was a lineup largely made up of players set to play for their American Hockey League affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors. Combined, 62 NHL goals and 912 games between the 20 players dressed. For the Canucks?…
The Toronto Maple Leafs took a gamble on Dakota Joshua 11 years after they drafted him, when they acquired him from the Vancouver Canucks in Summer 2025. Originally a fifth-round pick of the Maple Leafs, Joshua found his way to the NHL with the St. Louis Blues in 2020-21 before establishing himself as an NHL…
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It’s either going to be a great year in Bakersfield or a very long season in Vancouver, after an AHL-laden Edmonton Oilers roster walked into Rogers Arena and beat the Canucks 2-1 Thursday night. “They worked their butts off,” said Oilers veteran goalie Tristan Jarry, one of only four Oilers players expected to open the season in Edmonton who made the trip to Vancouver. “In the offensive zone, the defensive zone … They were doing everything right. Just everything we’ve been going through in pr...
Another day, another 2-1 victory for the Edmonton Oilers. Taking on the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday evening for the third of four pre-season games, the Oilers managed to defeat their Pacific Division rivals 2-1 to move to 3-0-0 this pre-season. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one! Four minutes into the…
Some players just can’t seem to stay out of harm’s way. Vancouver Canucks forward Filip Chytil was forced to leave Thursday’s preseason game against the Edmonton Oilers after accidentally tripping over the back of referee Riley Brace’s skates and colliding head first into the end boards. The Canucks have since confirmed that Chytil will not return to the game. No update has been provided as to the exact nature or severity of any injury he may have sustained. This bizarre incident is the latest...
We are so back, baby. Okay, not quite, but kinda! Yes, the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers will open the regular season against one another on Tuesday, but first, on Thursday night, the two sides duked it out in preseason action! Lineups Typically, we’d only go over the Canucks’ line combinations, but it’s important to note…
Chytil appeared in just 12 games for Vancouver last season due to injuries.
UPDATE: Manny Malhotra said post game that Filip Chytil will have his shoulder looked at tomorrow. The injury bug has hit the Vancouver Canucks in the preseason. Late in the first period, Canucks forward Filip Chytil collided with a referee’s skate in the offensive zone. The collision sent Chytil into the boards off balance,…
Filip Chytil just can never seem to catch a break. The Vancouver Canucks forward exited Thursday’s pre-season contest against the Edmonton Oilers after an awkward collision. Chytil got tripped up by an official and went shoulder-first into the boards during the first period. He was visibly in discomfort and eventually went back to the locker room, not returning for the start of the second period. The Canucks later announced he was ruled out for the remainder of the contest. The 27-year-old has...
Josh Samanski chats bench-side with Paige Martin ahead of the Oilers preseason game at Rogers Arena against the Canucks
Rob Williams of The Daily Hive drops by as well, with his takes on the Canucks new marketing slogan, Arshdeep Bains’ attempts to make the team, and how the preseason schedule has changed the process of choosing the team. 0:45 Excited about the Canucks again 3:30 Fans are not expecting wins 4:45 Will EP40 be top of mind this season? 9:50 Lekkerimäki and Cootes battling for roster spots 11:45 Which goalies will remain? 14:10 Shortened pre-season changing the way teams evaluate players 16:45 Arsh...
We are now just five days away from the official start of the NHL season. But maybe more importantly for the Vancouver Canucks, we’re just four days away from teams across the NHL having to make their final wave of roster cuts. As we’ve covered, the Canucks have first waiver priority – and will…
Growing has been easy for Vilmer Alriksson to this point in his life, and he feels confident about evolving his game in his second season with the Abbotsford Canucks.
The Vancouver Canucks (0-2) play their first home preseason game tonight, hosting a young Edmonton Oilers squad (2-0) at Rogers Arena. Opening faceoff is set for 6 pm PT. It’s also the launch of the Canucks’ three-day fan fest to close out the exhibition schedule. Players will walk a blue carpet outside the rink upon…
The second-to-last pre-season tune-up for the Edmonton Oilers is set for tonight as they head west and visit the Vancouver Canucks. For a few players, it might be their last chance to make their mark. Isaac Howard Tonight’s game will be crucial for Howard, who hasn’t impressed in the first two pre-season games. He’s played…
Ahead of their first home game of the preseason, the Vancouver Canucks have placed another player on waivers. The Canucks have placed forward Matthew Stienburg on NHL waivers on Thursday morning. All three players the Canucks waived yesterday, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Cole Clayton, and Jimmy Schuldt, have cleared waivers. Stienburg, 25, signed a one-year, $850,000…