By: Brayden Fengler / March 8, 2026 The clock strikes twelve, and that’s it. There will be no more trades for the Vancouver Canucks this season. Not all suspected or possible moves were made, but there was no doubt that some significant personnel moved around this trade deadline. The quality of the returns and the reality of what has walked out the door are both a mixed bag.
With the team not fully convinced to start moving out veteran players until the Olympic break, it seems like some of these deals likely weren’t in management’s mind only a few weeks ago. Yet here we are, not three months since the major blockbuster Quinn Hughes trade, this is where we’re at in terms of assets gained, and pieces moved out:
| Moved Out | Moved In |
| – Kiefer Sherwood (C) | – Cole Clayton (D) – 2027 2nd Round Pick (SJS) – 2026 2nd Round Pick (SJS) |
| – Tyler Myers (D) (50% retained) | – 2027 2nd Round Pick (DAL) – 2029 4th Round Pick (DAL) |
| – Jett Woo (D) | – Jack Thompson (D) |
| – Conor Garland (RW) | – 2028 2nd Round Pick (CBJ) – 2026 3rd Round Pick (CBJ) |
| – Lukas Reichel (C) | – 2026 6th Round Pick (BOS) |
| – David Kampf (C) | – 2026 6th Round Pick (WSH) |
Are all the names moved out, the ones that fans wanted or counted on seeing by the time deadline day ended? No, but that’s never the case. However, there are certainly names that seemed more likely to move or that seemed to hold value, that still remain on this team.
Forever trade bait, Brock Boeser, is still a Canuck after the deadline, as is Olympian and Pending UFA Teddy Blueger. Two different players that in a bubble should be worth something were left on the table.
The Canucks may have intentions to sign Blueger and that’s disappointing. If this were the 2023-24 trade deadline, sure, sign away, but this is so far from that team.
Then, perhaps the biggest but least surprising player that the team had no choice but to hold on to was Evander Kane. Leading up to the trade deadline, it became clear that interest in Kane was cold. Best-case scenario, Kane was a team’s second or third choice if something else fell through. So either everything must’ve gone peachy for any interested team, or there was no interest in Kane from other teams to begin with. As much as one team wants to move a guy, they can’t create a market where there isn’t one.
The team did move on from Lukas Reichel and David Kampf netting in those deals, just two 6th-round picks on deadline day.
Really, the biggest moves were Garland and Myers in the lead-up to deadline day. In terms of returns, the Garland deal is good but not great, and the Myers strikes a similar chord as well. Both deals involve multiple picks, with the lowest coming in the 4th round. Neither player, with any combination of sweeteners including Myers’ 50% salary retained, was evidently worth a 1st round pick.
Since the Hughes deal, the team hasn’t been able to pick up another pick in the most valuable round. While the volume of picks is great, with eight picked up since the Hughes trade, with the amount of names going out the door, it’s disappointing that the team couldn’t land another first.
My main feeling after deadline day, not looking at the returns, but looking at the personnel out, it’s just sad that two of the guys dealt were guys you know were holding on to this city with their fingernails. In a perfect word they aren’t leaving.
They were not like Quinn (obviously), but they did not want to go, in this climate, yes, it makes sense for the team to deal them, and I’ll be the first to admit that Tyler Myers doesn’t always do exactly what I want him to do out on the ice. But both players have been outspoken about how much they wanted to be Canucks, so to have those players leave, and then the rest of deadline day end with a whimper, it’s a disappointing feeling to say the least.
On the whole, I do feel like the results of deadline day could’ve been worse. Sure, some returns weren’t great, but if it’s a 6th or nothing…. why not scout a little harder, make that extra pick count if that’s what we get.
They didn’t drop all the deadweight, but it’s March 8th, and there were five trades netting the team 6 new draft picks that they didn’t have when the month started. That’s something.