Michael Bublé. Also very high on the “celebrity status vs. hockey fanatic” scale, Bublé co-owns the WHL’s Vancouver Giants, and often gives his opinions on the Canucks: “We’re closer to being better than people think,” he told The Hockey News recently.

While the Canucks weren’t doing phenomenally before it, their 11-game losing streak didn’t exactly help their team statistics. Vancouver now ranks 32nd in the NHL in exactly half of these particular team stats.

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Chytil, 26, has appeared in just 72 combined games across the past two and a half seasons, dating back to the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs. With one year remaining on his contract and a $4.4375 million cap hit, Chytil will have to demonstrate that he’s going to be able to stay in the lineup to be moveable at this juncture.

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Linus Karlsson collected a goal and an assist, rookie defenseman Zeev Buium scored his first goal in 18 games and Blueger also tallied. "Just take what's given, use my feet and try to make a play," Buium said. "We got a couple picks, so it makes it easy for me to kind of attack downhill, and then also create net-front presence."

The Vancouver Canucks traded right winger Kiefer Sherwood to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick, a 2027 second-round pick and defenseman Cole Clayton. Seeing Sherwood get traded was not surprising in the slightest. The pending UFA forward was the subject of trade rumors for months as the Canucks sit in the league basement.

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At least in terms of what the club is projecting about its intentions, the Canucks are now comfortable noting both publicly and in trade talks with various teams that they’re willing to listen on veteran players, even those with term who have recently committed to the organization.

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