With a jampacked Abbotsford Centre spinning towels and supporting their local team, the Abbotsford Canucks punched their ticket into the third round of the AHL playoffs with a commanding 2-0 win last Friday night.

In this edition of Vancouver Canucks News and Rumours, the search for Rick Tocchet’s successor is over as it was announced on Wednesday that Adam Foote has been promoted from assistant to head coach.

The 2025 off-season could be the summer of offer sheets. With a shallow unrestricted free agent class, teams around the league could be looking at some restricted free agents to help improve their roster for the 2025-26 season.

Those additions, a new coach and potentially some roster adjustments have Garland confident the Canucks will trend back toward being a playoff team. The 29-year-old had 50 points (19 goals, 31 assists) in 81 games this season, his fourth with Vancouver.

The Willander Watch is over. What was believed to be a disagreement over performance bonuses turned out to be exactly that, as Tom Willander’s camp and the Vancouver Canucks’ front office met in the middle to sign an ELC with slightly higher bonuses than last year’s 11th overall received – but only slightly.

On the third day of the 2025 IIHF World Championship, it was Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland who stole the show for Team USA. As well as Garland, two other Canucks took part in today's World Championship matchups.

The rising salary cap should provide the Canucks flexibility to work with this summer, but their purchasing power isn't quite so robust.

After a lengthy contract dispute, the Vancouver Canucks have signed star prospect Tom Willander to an entry-level deal. The three-year deal begins in the 2025-26 regular season and includes $800,000 worth of bonuses.