While it’s been a decade of darkness on the ice, the Vancouver Canucks have had a few bright spots when it comes to the National Hockey League Draft. It stands to reason, considering the Canucks have selected in the top 10 in four of the past 10 drafts and will again next week. Looking…
Earlier this week, we wrote a piece congratulating CanucksArmy alumnus Rhys Jessop on winning the Stanley Cup as a part of the Carolina Hurricanes’ front office. In that article, we brought up Sham Sharron — the fictional “summer intern who doesn’t watch hockey” that Jessop and fellow ex-CanucksArmy writer-turned-NHL front-office member Josh Weissbock created…
Welcome back to WWYDW, the only hockey column on the internet still broadcast on UHF. Speaking of UHF, another initialism that starts with a ‘U’ is UFA, as in unrestricted free agency. The upcoming NHL Entry Draft is taking up most of the airspace in Vancouver right now, and with good reason, but less than…
Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens! The 2026 Stanley Cup has been awarded, and news around the entire NHL has started to pick up. We have four news bits to discuss today….
After signing Jack Thompson on Saturday, Vancouver Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson announced another depth defenceman signing, agreeing to terms with Cole Clayton on a one-year, two-way contract. General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the #Canucks have agreed to terms with defenceman Cole Clayton on a one-year, two-way contract. DETAILS | https://t.co/ac3vIRT7zf pic.twitter.com/hXaoMss9It…
The offseason has officially begun, and there are already some rumours swirling and agents coming to the defence of their clients. On Friday, San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng mentioned that he believes Vancouver Canucks defenceman Marcus Pettersson might be eager to move: “I’m just saying Pettersson is motivated to move, I think,” said…
On Monday’s episode of Canucks Conversation, David Quadrelli and Harman Dayal discussed what the Vancouver Canucks can learn from the Carolina Hurricanes’ organizational model before turning their attention to a potential draft-day trade with the Calgary Flames. Quads pointed to Carolina as an example of what true organizational alignment looks like. “If you want…
Former Vancouver Canucks head coach Adam Foote may be on his way to finding his next NHL home. According to a report from Rick Dhaliwal of Donnie and Dhali — The Team, Foote and the Utah Mammoth are “trying to get a deal done.” "There's interest in Foote from the Mammoth, and I do…
The annual Free Agent Frenzy is nearly upon us. As a rebuilding franchise, the Vancouver Canucks are primarily focused on building through the draft, and so the majority of the focus from fans and media has been on the 2026 NHL Entry Draft, scheduled to begin on June 26, 2026. But less than a week…
For whatever reason, when it comes to the National Hockey League draft, the Vancouver Canucks have seemingly ignored the British Columbia teams in the Western Hockey League over the past quarter-century. Dating back to the Year 2000, the Canucks have selected just four players from what is essentially their ‘backyard,’ and only one of them…
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Now that the 2026 Stanley Cup has been handed out, the focus around the NHL now shifts to the draft and the upcoming offseason. All 31 other NHL teams will be looking at the Carolina Hurricanes and trying to emulate some of their strategies in hopes of reaching the top of the hockey mountain. …
Who says bloggers know nothing about hockey?! On Sunday night, the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Six of the Stanley Cup Final. And with it, ex-CanucksArmy writer and editor Rhys Jessop is the first alumnus from this website to win the Cup. Jessop was a key figure in moving our site…
The Carolina Hurricanes are your 2026 Stanley Cup Champions. And they might not be done there. The Hurricanes will head into their summer with nearly $12 million in cap space and only really Alexander Nikishin and Frederik Andersen (if they choose) to re-sign from their championship roster. It’s an enviable position to be in,…
On Saturday night, a new chapter in Vancouver’s sports legacy was written as the city welcomed the FIFA Men’s World Cup for the first time, with BC Place hosting Australia vs. Türkiye in the first of seven matches over the next month and a half. In one of the first upsets of the tournament, the…
The Stanley Cup has been presented, and now the focus of the hockey world turns to the National Hockey League Draft at the end of next week. For the Vancouver Canucks, the next three weeks will provide us with the first real insight into how the new management regime plans to attack the rebuild. There…
Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens! After swirling in a 20-year-long hurricane, waiting at the eye of the storm for Carolina was another Stanley Cup. The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Vegas Golden…
Until it finally happened, there was always an open question of how the Vancouver fanbase would react to the Canucks entering into an actual, official, self-declared rebuild. And along the way, the fans’ potential reaction to a rebuild was often held up as a reason not to rebuild, with many suggesting that a fanbase this…
Every fan loves the idea of landing the next star late in the first round. And we already covered a few names that could fit that bill in and around the 24th overall pick. The reality, however, is that successful organizations aren’t built exclusively through home-run swings. Stanley Cup contenders are often supported by…
The Vancouver Canucks have done plenty of promoting from within to overhaul their hockey operations and coaching staff. Their new co-presidents of hockey operations, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, have been part of the Canucks’ staff for five seasons, along with their 17 seasons as players. Their new general manager, Ryan Johnson, has been on…
In recent years, there’s been plenty of talk about the Vancouver Canucks needing to acquire more Canadian players, and yes, more players born in British Columbia. Whether that be via trade, free agency, or the draft, many fans have wanted to see the Canucks acquire players who grew up Canucks fans. But since Macklin Celebrini…
Come every June, when the Stanley Cup final matchup is set, teams around the league will look at the road the two finalists took to get hockey’s greatest challenge. And we don’t mean road in terms of who they beat to get to the final, but from the start, how did they build the team…
In hiring Richard Seeley as the newest assistant General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks and the man who will oversee the day-to-day operation of the Abbotsford Canucks, Ryan Johnson surely saw some of himself. Seeley joins the Canucks organization after a long and successful run in charge of the Los Angeles Kings’ top minor league…
The NHL unveiled the results for the 2025-26 All-Rookie Team, and while no Vancouver Canucks found themselves on the team, two players received votes: Zeev Buium and Linus Karlsson. Zeev Buium and Linus Karlsson received votes for the All-Rookie Team#Canucks pic.twitter.com/LCwWck1YFA — Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) June 12, 2026 Ivan Demidov, Beckett Sennecke, Jimmy Snuggerud,…
After locking up Ilya Safonov earlier this month, Ryan Johnson has made his second signing as Vancouver Canucks general manager. On Friday afternoon, Johnson announced the Canucks have agreed to terms with defenceman Jack Thompson on a one-year, two-way contract. General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the #Canucks have agreed to terms with…