Iain Macintyre

In a week when another American star on a Canadian team orchestrated his trade back to the United States, Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson said Thursday he won’t be influenced by nationality when he picks third in the National Hockey League draft.

Caleb hugged his family members, including famous Uncle Steve, at the draft in Buffalo when the Canucks, under new general manager Ryan Johnson, ignored convention by selecting their coach's son to be a foundational piece of the rebuilding team.

VANCOUVER — Only eight times in National Hockey League history has a father coached his son, but this will not be the first time Manny Malhotra coaches his oldest boy, Caleb. Joann Malhotra, wife and mother, remembers the first time. “When Caleb was...

While it'll likely be years before new Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson fully rebuilds the team, the construction of the team's culture is well underway, Iain MacIntyre writes.

Not only is Cootes a better player now, but the landscape for him — or any young player — to make the Canucks this fall is more inviting.

VANCOUVER — In about the time the World Cup of soccer has been on, new Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson hired a head coach, hired an

Under new general manager Ryan Johnson and co-presidents Henrik and Daniel Sedin, the Canucks have placed a massive, calculated bet on Buium, who was the centrepiece in the haul of assets Vancouver received last December for trading superstar defenceman Quinn Hughes to Minnesota.

VANCOUVER – For a 32 nd -place team whose prospects of winning anything but another draft-lottery spot this season are dim, the Vancouver Canucks have emerged from summer with a remarkable amount of apparent positivity.

VANCOUVER – For a 32nd-place team whose prospects of winning anything but another draft-lottery spot this season are dim, the Vancouver Canucks have emerged from summer with a remarkable amount of apparent positivity. The entire roster has reported to Vancouver before Labour Day and participated this week in lively “captain's skates”, even though the National Hockey League team is without an actual captain. And although the quick turnaround between a late Labour Day and the start of training camp in Penticton, B.C. on Sept. 17 spurred the early arrivals, players also encouraged each other to re-assemble this week. The energy…

VANCOUVER — Jake DeBrusk went to eight weddings this summer. The funeral felt like last season.