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Grading each of the Canucks’ 9 selections at the 2026 NHL Draft
We blinked, and the 2026 NHL Entry Draft has come and gone. All the speculation and conversation has been put to rest, and the Vancouver Canucks have a fully revamped prospect pool after installing nine new additions. Entering the draft with four picks in the first top-41, the Canucks were in a prime position…
Why size mattered for the Canucks at the 2026 NHL Entry Draft | Wagner’s Weekly
It wasn’t hard to figure out the Vancouver Canucks’ draft strategy at the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. It became pretty clear when the Canucks selected 6’7” centre Brooks Rogowski with the first pick in the second round, then followed that up with a pair of 6’4” wingers and a 6’5” defenceman — size was…
Dave Hall: Notes on the Canucks’ work on day two of the draft, live from Buffalo
BUFFALO, NY — The Vancouver Canucks had the entire board at their disposal on day two of the 2026 NHL Draft. Would they swing on the upside and take the local Vancouver Giant? Would they add another defenceman with several intriguing names still sitting there? Instead, they went in an entirely different direction. Brooks…
The Pavel Dorofeyev contract and its impact on value of Pettersson, Canucks’ other pieces
Amidst all the excitement of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft and coming off a week of blockbuster deals, we got another couple of sizeable trades on Friday evening. And the largest of them was probably the one that sent pending RFA Pavel Dorofeyev from the Vegas Golden Knights to the New York Rangers in exchange…
The impact of Caleb Malhotra on the Canucks’ short-to-medium-term roster decisions
The Vancouver Canucks ended almost two months of intense speculation when they made Caleb Malhotra the third overall selection in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Malhotra almost automatically becomes the Canucks’ top overall prospect, and also the most important player in the entire system – for now, anyway, and pending future draft picks, perhaps….
Todd Harvey says Canucks scouts were directed to prioritize size in 2026 NHL Draft
Without question, there was a theme to this year’s National Hockey League draft for the Vancouver Canucks. They wanted their players to measure up. And the club’s director of amateur scouting, Todd Harvey, feels the hockey club found a solid mix of skill to go along with size in many of its selections. Overall,…
A recap of the 9 prospects the Canucks selected at the 2026 NHL Draft
The 2026 NHL Entry Draft has officially come to an end, and the Vancouver Canucks made nine picks at this year’s draft. We’ll have plenty of in-depth analysis in the days and weeks to come — and wall-to-wall coverage of development camp in just a couple of days — but first, we thought it would…
Canucks select Lucian Bernat at 176th, Samuel Eriksson at 184th of 2026 NHL Draft
The Vancouver Canucks have made what we anticipate will be their final two picks of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. After taking Connor Davis in round five and flipping the 161st overall pick in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Canucks selected Lucian Bernat 176th overall and defenceman Samuel Eriksson at 184th…
Canucks select Connor Davis at 129; trade pick 161 to Leafs for 2027 5th round pick
The Vancouver Canucks have made their next pick at the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. At 129th overall in the fifth round, the Canucks selected overage prospect Connor Davis. Davis put up 26 goals and 29 assists through 59 games with the USHL’s Cedar Rapids Rough Riders. He is committed to the NCAA’s University of North…
Canucks select Yaroslav Bryzgalov at 97th overall in the 2026 NHL Draft
With the 97th overall pick, the Vancouver Canucks have selected Yaroslav Bryzgalov at the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Bryzgalov is a 6’4″, 216-lb left winger out of the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League. He was passed over in last year’s draft after scoring just 10 goals and 17 points in 51…
Canucks select goaltender Dmitri Ivchenko at 78th overall in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft
With their lone pick of the third round, the Vancouver Canucks have selected goaltender Dmitri Ivchenko with the 78th overall selection in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Ivchenko is a 6’3″ Russian goaltender who was a big riser on NHL Central Scouting’s EU Goalies rankings. Ivchenko was ranked 8th among European goaltenders in the…
Canucks allowing Danila Klimovich to head to free agency: report
The Vancouver Canucks won’t be qualifying Danila Klimovich’s contract, allowing the pending restricted free to hit free agency on July 1st. The news broke via Rick Dhaliwal of Donnie and Dhali — The Team on a busy Saturday morning ahead of day two of the NHL Draft. “Agent Dan Milstein tells me that client Danila…
Canucks select Niklas Aaram-Olsen with 41st overall pick at 2026 NHL Draft
The Vancouver Canucks began day two of the 2026 NHL Draft by selecting massive 6’7 right-shot centre Brooks Rogowski with the 33rd overall pick. They were back on the clock just eight picks later, and with pick 41, the Canucks selected Niklas Aaram-Olsen. Here is what we wrote about Niklas Aaram-Olsen in a recent…
Canucks select 6’7″ centre Brooks Rogowski at 33rd overall at 2026 NHL Entry Draft
With the first pick of the second round, the Vancouver Canucks have selected towering centreman Brooks Rogowski at the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Rogowski is a 6’7″, 236-lb centreman born in Brighton, Michigan. The American spent the previous two seasons with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League. In his rookie year in…
Names to keep an eye out from rounds 3 and beyond at 2026 NHL Draft
Day One of the 2026 NHL Draft has come and gone, and the Vancouver Canucks made away like bandits with their two picks. Already shoring up their centre pipeline with Caleb Malhotra at Third Overall, the club struck tremendous value with Adam Novotny with pick 24. Incredibly, the Canucks hold eight more picks to…
10 prospects the Canucks could select with picks 33 and 41 of the NHL draft
The Vancouver Canucks added two significant pieces to their prospect pool Friday, selecting centre Caleb Malhotra third overall before taking winger Adam Novotny at No. 24. Their work at the 2026 NHL Draft, however, is far from finished. Vancouver holds the opening selection of Saturday’s second round at No. 33, followed by another pick at…
Ryan Johnson pleased with work Canucks did on first night of NHL Draft
Optimism abounds every year at the end of the first day of the National Hockey League draft. Every team feels like it got the player or players it wanted, and on Friday night, the Vancouver Canucks were no exception. First year general manager Ryan Johnson couldn’t contain his excitement after selecting Caleb Malhotra with the…
2026 NHL Draft notebook: Canucks grab solid value with Caleb Malhotra and Adam Novotny
BUFFALO, NY — The NHL Draft floor is a wild place to be. Everyone is talking. Everyone is hearing something. Every conversation seems to point in a different direction, and by the time a pick is announced, half the rumoured moves don’t come to fruition. That was certainly the case for the Vancouver Canucks. Earlier…
Caleb Malhotra insists he had no prior knowledge he’d be Canucks’ top draft pick
Caleb Malhotra swears he had no insider information that the Vancouver Canucks were using the third overall pick in the National Hockey League Draft to take him. Despite his father Manny being named head coach of the hockey club recently and all the chatter surrounding a potential family reunion, the younger Malhotra insists he first…
Canucks select Adam Novotny 24th overall at 2026 NHL Entry Draft
There were a good number of trades in the lead-up to the pick, but the Vancouver Canucks have made their second first-round pick of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. With the 24th overall selection, the Canucks selected sharpshooting winger Adam Novotny. Novotny tallied 34 goals and 31 assists through 58 games with the OHL’s Peterborough…
Canucks fans react to drafting Caleb Malhotra third overall
It’s official: Caleb Malhotra is a Vancouver Canuck. On Friday, the Canucks used their third overall pick at the 2026 NHL Entry Draft to select the Brantford Bulldogs centreman. Malhotra is also the son of new Canucks head coach Manny Malhotra. It’s no doubt a thrilling night for Malhotra, his father, and all of…
Canucks select centre Caleb Malhotra third overall at 2026 NHL Draft
The Vancouver Canucks have selected centre Caleb Malhotra with the third overall pick of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Malhotra, the son of new Canucks head coach Manny Malhotra, put up 84 points through 67 regular-season games with the OHL’s Brantford Bulldogs, before adding 26 points through 15 playoff games. Here is what we wrote…
Vancouver Canucks 2026 NHL Draft first round live blog: Order of picks, instant analysis, and more
Welcome to our live blog of the first round of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft! Throughout the evening, we will be bringing you live updates, breakdowns of each pick, and much more throughout the night. And since this is CanucksArmy, we will also be providing you with analysis of what some of the picks mean for the…
Vancouver Canucks 2026 NHL Draft primer
We made it, Vancouver Canucks fans. We are mere hours away from the 2026 NHL Draft, where we’ll see the Canucks select twice in the first round (third and 24th overall) for the first time since the 2014 NHL Draft. While those selections, Jake Virtanen and Jared McCann, did not provide much in terms…
With NHL trade market hot leading into draft and free agency, Canucks’ front office faces its first real test
Analyzing the winners and losers of NHL trades is a tale as old as time. As soon as any kind of transaction is announced, it usually only takes a matter of minutes for a fan to reply on social media with the classic phrase “fleeced,” which starts endless debates online about the value of the…
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