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Latest News
Team-specific updates for the Vancouver Canucks.
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Canucks Ownership Wants Payroll Cut by Up to $20 Million, Per Postmedia Report
League sources tell The Province’s Patrick Johnston that Canucks ownership wants player payroll reduced by as much as $20 million — and Vancouver is only $12 million of the way there.
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Alex Edler Rejoins Canucks in Player Development Role
The longest-tenured defenseman in franchise history is back in the organization, joining Vancouver’s player development department to work with the club’s prospects.
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Canucks Name Ryan Papaioannou Head Coach of AHL Abbotsford
Vancouver hired Ryan Papaioannou as the fourth head coach in Abbotsford’s history on Friday after first choice Jussi Ahokas turned the job down and landed with AHL Colorado.
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Shane Wright’s Preferred Trade Destination Is Vancouver, Postmedia Reports
Ben Kuzma reports Vancouver sits atop Shane Wright’s list “because of what the club could become in a few years” — but Seattle’s asking price hasn’t moved.
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Canucks Reportedly View Marco Rossi, Not Elias Pettersson, as Their First-Line Center
The Athletic’s Thomas Drance reports Vancouver considers Marco Rossi its No. 1 center heading into next season — a depth-chart call with real contract consequences for both pivots.
Around the NHL
League-wide NHL coverage from the newsroom.
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Golden Knights trade Dorofeyev to Rangers, extend Andersson
Vegas dealt its 37-goal right wing to free cap space for defenseman Rasmus Andersson's extension.
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Sharks re-sign Graf to 3-year deal
San Jose locks in its 23-year-old right wing after a 21-goal, 46-point breakout season.
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Sharks Pursue Extension With Will Smith
San Jose looks to lock in its second young center after securing Celebrini long-term.
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Matt Rempe still working back from hand injury
The Rangers center missed most of 2025-26 with a hand injury requiring two surgeries and is not yet at full health.
Team Snapshot
Standings
Western Conference
25-49-8
#15 in Western Conference
Upcoming Schedule
No upcoming games returned right now.
Rafters Player Value Leaders
- 1 Filip Hronek D · #17 · Holding 64 Needs 2 days
- 2 Brock Boeser RW · #6 · Holding 60 Needs 2 days
- 3 Elias Pettersson C · #40 · Holding 59 Needs 2 days
- 4 Kevin Lankinen G · #32 · Holding 58 Needs 2 days
- 5 Jake DeBrusk LW · #74 · Holding 57 Needs 2 days
No upcoming game is currently attached to this team page, so these values lean on season context and roster evidence until the next scheduled matchup appears.
No verified team movers today. Risers and fallers appear once this roster has a prior day of scores to compare against.
Roster
Centers
- Nils Aman — C, #88
- Filip Chytil — C, #72
- Braeden Cootes — C, #80
- Linus Karlsson — C, #94
- Elias Pettersson — C, #40
- Aatu Raty — C, #54
- Marco Rossi — C, #93
- Ilya Safonov — C
- Max Sasson — C, #63
- Matt Stienburg — C, #36
- Akil Thomas — C
Left Wings
- Jake DeBrusk — LW, #74
- Evander Kane — LW, #91
- Drew O'Connor — LW, #18
- Liam Ohgren — LW, #92
Right Wings
- Brock Boeser — RW, #6
- Trey Fix-Wolansky — RW
Defense
- Zeev Buium — D, #24
- Cole Clayton — D, #34
- Derek Forbort — D, #27
- Filip Hronek — D, #17
- Pierre-Olivier Joseph — D, #7
- Victor Mancini — D, #90
- Elias N. Pettersson — D, #25
- Tom Willander — D, #5
Goalies
- Thatcher Demko — G, #35
- Kevin Lankinen — G, #32
- Nikita Tolopilo — G, #60