Fans of the Vancouver Canucks are forming strong opinions after a win over the New York Islanders. The discussion centers on the Dec. 12 trade that sent defenseman Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.

While Vancouver has potential building blocks on the blueline (Buium, Willander, Pettersson) and some intriguing up-and-coming goaltenders (2025 second-round pick Aleksei Medvedev, Nikita Tolopilo and Ty Young), the forward group is still desperately devoid of elite talent.

The Vancouver Canucks look to continue their winning ways as they head to Boston to battle with the Bruins in the fourth game of their five-game road trip. Following a clean sweep of the three New York-area teams,

Andrew Peeke tied it with less than four minutes left in regulation, but Boston couldn't score in the shootout.

The NHL's 2025-26 roster freeze will go into place at midnight on Dec. 20 and last until Dec. 28. Here's how it implicates the Vancouver Canucks in particular.

Filip Hronek and Marcus Pettersson have generally handled toughs, being deployed in as hard a match as Canucks assistant coach Kevin Dean was able to manage on the road against Nico Hischier’s line with Jesper Bratt on Sunday and against Mika Zibanejad’s line with Artemi Panarin on Tuesday.

The Bruins' first line will have a new look, as Marat Khusnutdinov is expected to form a trio with Elias Lindholm and David Pastrnak. With this, Morgan Geekie is expected to now play on the second line with Casey Mittelstadt and Pavel Zacha.