2019–20 Vancouver Canucks season

2019–20 Vancouver Canucks
2019–20 record	32–22–5
Home record	19–7–3
Road record	13–15–2
Goals for	191
Goals against	180
Team information
General Manager	Jim Benning
Coach	Travis Green
Captain	Bo Horvat
Alternate captains	Alexander Edler Brandon Sutter Christopher Tanev
Arena	Rogers Arena
Minor league affiliations	Utica Comets (AHL) Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Elias Pettersson (24)
Assists	Quinn Hughes (37)
Points	Elias Pettersson (58)
Penalties in minutes	Alexander Edler (56)
Plus/minus	Elias Pettersson (+12)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (22)
Goals against average	Jacob Markstrom (2.74)
<2018–19	2020–21>

The 2019–20 Vancouver Canucks season is the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Canucks will attempt to return to the postseason for the first time since the 2014–15 season.

Off-season

The Vancouver Canucks hosted the 2019 NHL Entry Draft on June 21–22, 2019.

Training Camp

The Canucks held their training camp at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, from September 13–15. The following day, they hosted a preseason game against the Calgary Flames in Victoria, which they lost 4–3.

Regular season

October

File:Vancouver Canucks 50th Anniversary centre ice logo (20190917 205453).jpg

Centre ice logo commemorating the Vancouver Canucks 50th season

The Canucks began their season with a 3–2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on October 2. After ending their season-opening two-game road trip with a 3–0 loss to the Calgary Flames, the team returned home for their October 9 home opener against the Los Angeles Kings, the same team the Canucks hosted in their inaugural game exactly 49 years earlier. In a special pre-game ceremony, the Canucks named Bo Horvat the 14th captain in team history. The Canucks defeated the Kings 8–2. The Canucks would get back to .500 in their next game by beating the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 in a shootout, their first shootout of the year. Before the final game of the homestand, Jacob Markstrom left the team for personal reasons, resulting in Thatcher Demko making his first start of the season, where the Canucks won 5–1 over the Detroit Red Wings. The Canucks opened their road trip on October 17 by defeating the defending champion St. Louis Blues 4–3 in a shootout, coming back after being down 3–1 in the game to earn their first road victory of the year. Playing their next two games on back-to-back days, the Canucks were shutout by the New Jersey Devils 1–0, however they rebounded and defeated the New York Rangers 3–2 the following day, which included Bo Horvat scoring his 100th career goal. The Canucks concluded their road trip by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 5–2, with Bo Horvat scoring his first career hat-trick and helping Vancouver overcome a 2–0 deficit in the game. On October 25, back at home facing the Washington Capitals, the Canucks surrendered a 5–1 second period lead and lost the game 6–5 in a shootout. The team rebounded in their next game and beat the Florida Panthers 7–2. To close out the month of October, the Canucks began a three-game California road trip by visiting the Los Angeles Kings. Vancouver earned a 5–3 victory in the October 30 game, which included a Brock Boeser hat-trick.

November

Continuing their road trip, the Canucks opened November with a 2–1 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks. They responded the following day by winning 5–2 over the San Jose Sharks. The Canucks earned five of six points on the road trip, and won their first game in San Jose since March 31, 2016.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The Canucks released their pre-season schedule on June 18, 2019.

2019 pre-season game log: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Vancouver	3–2	Calgary	OT	Bachman	17,465	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 16	Calgary	4–3	Vancouver		McIntyre	7,006	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 17	Edmonton	2–4	Vancouver		Demko	17,738	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 19	Vancouver	6–1	Edmonton		Markstrom	15,789	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 21	Vancouver	5–7	Los Angeles		Bachman	10,014	3–2–0	Recap
6	September 23	Ottawa	4–6	Vancouver		Markstrom	7,046	4–2–0	Recap
7	September 25	Ottawa	6–2	Vancouver		Demko	18,781	4–3–0	Recap
8	September 26	Arizona	4–2	Vancouver		Markstrom	18,528	4–4–0	Recap
Notes: A Indicates split-squad. a Game was played at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. b Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. c Game was played at Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019.

2019–20 game log
October: 8–3–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 Vancouver 2–3 Edmonton Markstrom 18,347 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 5 Vancouver 0–3 Calgary Markstrom 19,005 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 9 Los Angeles 2–8 Vancouver Markstrom 18,955 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 12 Philadelphia 2–3 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,652 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 15 Detroit 1–5 Vancouver Demko 18,183 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 17 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis SO Demko 18,096 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 19 Vancouver 0–1 New Jersey Demko 13,818 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 October 20 Vancouver 3–2 NY Rangers Markstrom 17,030 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 October 22 Vancouver 5–2 Detroit Markstrom 18,455 6–3–0 12 Recap 10 October 25 Washington 6–5 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,871 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 October 28 Florida 2–7 Vancouver Demko 17,864 7–3–1 15 Recap 12 October 30 Vancouver 5–3 Los Angeles Markstrom 15,565 8–3–1 17 Recap
November: 5–7–3 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 4–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Vancouver 1–2 Anaheim OT Markstrom 15,173 8–3–2 18 Recap 14 November 2 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Demko 16,480 9–3–2 20 Recap 15 November 5 St. Louis 2–1 Vancouver OT Markstrom 17,789 9–3–3 21 Recap 16 November 7 Vancouver 2–5 Chicago Markstrom 21,418 9–4–3 21 Recap 17 November 8 Vancouver 1–4 Winnipeg Demko 15,325 9–5–3 21 Recap 18 November 10 New Jersey 2–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 9–6–3 21 Recap 19 November 12 Nashville 3–5 Vancouver Demko 18,233 10–6–3 23 Recap 20 November 14 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,642 10–7–3 23 Recap 21 November 16 Colorado 5–4 Vancouver OT Demko 18,409 10–7–4 24 Recap 22 November 19 Vancouver 1–6 Dallas Markstrom 18,198 10–8–4 24 Recap 23 November 21 Vancouver 6–3 Nashville Markstrom 17,168 11–8–4 26 Recap 24 November 23 Vancouver 2–1 Washington SO Markstrom 18,573 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 November 25 Vancouver 1–2 Philadelphia Demko 17,083 12–9–4 28 Recap 26 November 27 Vancouver 6–8 Pittsburgh Demko 18,465 12–10–4 28 Recap 27 November 30 Vancouver 5–2 Edmonton Markstrom 18,035 13–10–4 30 Recap
December: 8–5–0 (Home: 7–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 1 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 13–11–4 30 Recap 29 December 3 Ottawa 2–5 Vancouver Demko 18,559 14–11–4 32 Recap 30 December 7 Buffalo 5–6 Vancouver OT Demko 18,871 15–11–4 34 Recap 31 December 10 Toronto 4–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,290 15–12–4 34 Recap 32 December 12 Carolina 0–1 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,626 16–12–4 36 Recap 33 December 14 Vancouver 2–4 San Jose Markstrom 16,242 16–13–4 36 Recap 34 December 15 Vancouver 3–6 Vegas Markstrom 18,066 16–14–4 36 Recap 35 December 17 Montreal 3–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,788 16–15–4 36 Recap 36 December 19 Vegas 4–5 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,871 17–15–4 38 Recap 37 December 21 Pittsburgh 1–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,285 18–15–4 40 Recap 38 December 23 Edmonton 2–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,851 19–15–4 42 Recap 39 December 28 Los Angeles 2–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,837 20–15–4 44 Recap 40 December 29 Vancouver 5–2 Calgary Demko 19,289 21–15–4 46 Recap
January: 8–3–0 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Chicago 5–7 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 22–15–4 48 Recap 42 January 4 NY Rangers 1–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 23–15–4 50 Recap 43 January 7 Vancouver 2–9 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 23–16–4 50 Recap 44 January 9 Vancouver 2–5 Florida Demko 12,648 23–17–4 50 Recap 45 January 11 Vancouver 6–3 Buffalo Markstrom 18,509 24–17–4 52 Recap 46 January 12 Vancouver 4–1 Minnesota Markstrom 17,348 25–17–4 54 Recap 47 January 14 Vancouver 0–4 Winnipeg Markstrom 15,325 25–18–4 54 Recap 48 January 16 Arizona 1–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 26–18–4 56 Recap 49 January 18 San Jose 1–4 Vancouver Demko 18,786 27–18–4 58 Recap 50 January 27 St. Louis 1–3 Vancouver Demko 18,871 28–18–4 60 Recap 51 January 29 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Markstrom 16,024 29–18–4 62 Recap
February: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Vancouver 4–3 NY Islanders OT Markstrom 14,862 30–18–4 64 Recap 53 February 2 Vancouver 3–4 Carolina SO Demko 15,767 30–18–5 65 Recap 54 February 4 Vancouver 0–4 Boston Markstrom 17,850 30–19–5 65 Recap 55 February 6 Vancouver 2–4 Minnesota Markstrom 17,191 30–20–5 65 Recap 56 February 8 Calgary 6–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 30–21–5 65 Recap 57 February 10 Nashville 2–6 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 31–21–5 67 Recap 58 February 12 Chicago 0–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 32–21–5 69 Recap 59 February 16 Anaheim 5–1 Vancouver Demko 18,871 32–22–5 69 Recap 60 February 19 Minnesota Vancouver 61 February 22 Boston Vancouver 62 February 25 Vancouver Montreal 63 February 27 Vancouver Ottawa 64 February 29 Vancouver Toronto
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 Vancouver Columbus 66 March 4 Arizona Vancouver 67 March 6 Colorado Vancouver 68 March 8 Columbus Vancouver 69 March 10 NY Islanders Vancouver 70 March 12 Vancouver Arizona 71 March 13 Vancouver Colorado 72 March 15 Winnipeg Vancouver 73 March 18 Tampa Bay Vancouver 74 March 20 Vancouver Anaheim 75 March 21 Vancouver Los Angeles 76 March 23 Vancouver Vegas 77 March 25 San Jose Vancouver 78 March 27 Calgary Vancouver 79 March 28 Anaheim Vancouver 80 March 30 Vancouver Dallas
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 81 April 2 Vancouver Arizona 82 April 4 Vegas Vancouver
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Western Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts	GF	GA
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	2–0–0	0–1–0	2–1–0	4	12	10
Colorado Avalanche	0–0–1	0–0–0	0–0–1	1	4	5
Dallas Stars	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	3	10
Minnesota Wild	0–0–0	1–1–0	1–1–0	2	6	5
Nashville Predators	2–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	6	17	8
St. Louis Blues	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	8	6
Winnipeg Jets	0–0–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0	1	8
Total	5–1–2	3–5–0	8–6–2	18	51	52
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–1–1	1	2	7
Arizona Coyotes	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0	2	3	1
Calgary Flames	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–2–0	2	7	11
Edmonton Oilers	1–1–0	1–1–0	2–2–0	4	13	10
Los Angeles Kings	2–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	6	16	7
San Jose Sharks	1–0–0	2–1–0	3–1–0	6	16	9
Vancouver Canucks	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vegas Golden Knights	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	8	10
Total	6–3–0	5–4–1	11–7–1	23	65	55

Eastern Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts	GF	GA
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins	0–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0	0	4
Buffalo Sabres	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	12	8
Detroit Red Wings	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	10	3
Florida Panthers	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	9	7
Montreal Canadiens	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0	0	1	3
Ottawa Senators	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0	2	5	2
Tampa Bay Lightning	0–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0	2	9
Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0	0	1	4
Total	4–2–0	2–3–0	6–5–0	12	40	40
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes	1–0–0	0–0–1	1–0–1	3	4	4
Columbus Blue Jackets	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
New Jersey Devils	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	1	3
New York Islanders	0–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2	4	3
New York Rangers	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	5	3
Philadelphia Flyers	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	4	4
Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	10	9
Washington Capitals	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	7	7
Total	4–1–1	3–3–1	7–4–2	16	35	33

Player statistics

As of February 6, 2020

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Elias Pettersson	54	23	32	55	12	12
J. T. Miller	55	21	33	54	9	36
Brock Boeser	55	16	29	45	6	14
Bo Horvat	55	17	27	44	−8	14
Quinn Hughes	54	8	32	40	−4	14
Tanner Pearson	55	15	24	39	1	22
Jake Virtanen	55	15	16	31	0	29
Adam Gaudette	45	8	15	23	−6	26
Alexander Edler	45	4	18	22	4	56
Josh Leivo	36	7	12	19	0	4
Christopher Tanev	55	2	17	19	5	30
Tyler Myers	55	6	12	18	−1	28
Brandon Sutter	30	6	5	11	6	21
Loui Eriksson	36	5	5	10	1	12
Antoine Roussel	27	6	3	9	−1	23
Troy Stecher	55	3	6	9	5	30
Tim Schaller‡	49	5	1	6	−12	14
Jordie Benn	38	0	6	6	−5	17
Tyler Motte	24	3	2	5	−4	10
Jay Beagle	46	1	4	5	−9	38
Micheal Ferland	14	1	4	5	−3	7
Oscar Fantenberg	27	1	3	4	−4	6
Tyler Graovac	8	2	0	2	−2	2
Zack MacEwen	9	1	1	2	2	9
Sven Baertschi	6	0	2	2	−2	4
Nikolay Goldobin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ashton Sautner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jacob Markstrom	38	38	2,250:02	20	15	3	104	2.77	1,237	.916	1	0	1	2
Thatcher Demko	18	17	1,046:21	10	5	2	51	2.92	559	.909	0	0	0	0
Michael DiPietro	1	0	8:23	0	0	0	1	7.16	7	.857	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canucks. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated October 1, 2021

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
95		Justin Bailey	RW	R	29	2019	Buffalo, New York
6		Brock Boeser	RW	R	28	2015	Burnsville, Minnesota
4		Madison Bowey	D	R	29	2021	Winnipeg, Manitoba
55		Guillaume Brisebois	D	L	27	2015	Longueuil, Quebec
44		Kyle Burroughs	D	R	29	2021	Vancouver, British Columbia
35		Thatcher Demko	G	L	29	2014	San Diego, California
18		Jason Dickinson	C/LW	L	29	2021	Georgetown, Ontario
34		Phillip Di Giuseppe	LW	L	31	2021	Maple, Ontario
65		Michael DiPietro	G	L	25	2017	Windsor, Ontario
73		Justin Dowling	C	L	34	2021	Calgary, Alberta
23		Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	L	33	2021	Karlskrona, Sweden
79		Micheal Ferland Injured Reserve	LW	L	32	2019	Swan River, Manitoba
8		Conor Garland	RW	R	29	2021	Scituate, Massachusetts
41		Jaroslav Halak	G	L	39	2021	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
27		Travis Hamonic	D	R	34	2021	St. Malo, Manitoba
15		Matthew Highmore	C	L	29	2021	Halifax, Nova Scotia
21		Nils Hoglander	LW	L	24	2019	Bockträsk, Sorsele Municipality, Sweden
53		Bo Horvat (C)	C	L	29	2013	Rodney, Ontario
43		Quinn Hughes	D	L	25	2018	Orlando, Florida
77		Brad Hunt	D	L	36	2021	Maple Ridge, British Columbia
48		Olli Juolevi	D	L	26	2016	Helsinki, Finland
25		Brady Keeper	D	R	28	2021	Cross Lake, Manitoba
71		Zack MacEwen	C/RW	R	28	2017	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9		J. T. Miller	C/RW	L	32	2019	East Palestine, Ohio
64		Tyler Motte	C/LW	L	30	2018	Port Huron, Michigan
57		Tyler Myers	D	R	35	2019	Houston, Texas
70		Tanner Pearson	LW	L	32	2019	Kitchener, Ontario
40		Elias Pettersson	C	L	26	2017	Sundsvall, Sweden
92		Vasily Podkolzin	RW	L	23	2019	Moscow, Russia
5		Tucker Poolman	D	R	31	2021	East Grand Forks, Minnesota
2		Luke Schenn	D	R	35	2021	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
20		Brandon Sutter (A)	C	R	36	2015	Huntington, New York

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Elias Pettersson	NHL First Star of the Week	November 4, 2019
Elias Pettersson	NHL All-Star game selection	December 30, 2019
Jacob Markstrom	NHL All-Star game selection	January 3, 2020
Quinn Hughes	NHL All-Star game selection	January 11, 2020
J.T. Miller	NHL Third Star of the Week	February 3, 2020

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Quinn Hughes	1st career NHL goal	October 9, 2019
Christopher Tanev	100th career NHL point	October 12, 2019
Bo Horvat	100th career NHL goal	October 20, 2019
Bo Horvat	1st career NHL hat-trick	October 22, 2019
J. T. Miller	100th career NHL goal	October 28, 2019
Tanner Pearson	400th career NHL game	October 30, 2019
Brandon Sutter	700th career NHL game	November 8, 2019
Bo Horvat	400th career NHL game	November 21, 2019
Jordie Benn	500th career NHL game	November 30, 2019
Elias Pettersson	100th career NHL game	December 3, 2019
Zack MacEwen	1st career NHL goal	December 3, 2019
Elias Pettersson	100th career NHL point	December 12, 2019
Antoine Roussel	100th career NHL assist	December 21, 2019
Tyler Myers	200th career NHL assist	December 21, 2019
Oscar Fantenberg	100th career NHL game	December 28, 2019
Jacob Markstrom	100th career NHL win	December 28, 2019
Tanner Pearson	100th career NHL assist	January 2, 2020
Tanner Pearson	200th career NHL point	January 2, 2020
Tanner Pearson	100th career NHL goal	January 16, 2020
Adam Gaudette	100th career NHL game	January 18, 2020
Antoine Roussel	500th career NHL game	January 27, 2020
Christopher Tanev	500th career NHL game	February 6, 2020

Records

Player	Record	Date
Alexander Edler	Most assists by Canucks defenceman	January 16, 2020

Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Marek Mazanec 3rd-round pick in 2019 conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Vancouver Canucks J. T. Miller
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Buffalo Sabres 4th-round pick in 2019	To Vancouver Canucks SJS's 4th-round pick in 2019 WPG's 6th-round pick in 2019
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To San Jose Sharks Tom Pyatt 6th-round pick in 2019	To Vancouver Canucks Francis Perron 7th-round pick in 2019
October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)	To Detroit Red Wings Alex Biega	To Vancouver Canucks David Pope

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Jordie Benn	from Montreal Canadiens	2-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Oscar Fantenberg	from Calgary Flames	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Brendan Gaunce	to Boston Bruins	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Markus Granlund	to Edmonton Oilers	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tyler Graovac	from Calgary Flames	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tanner Kero	to Dallas Stars	2-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Zane McIntyre	from Boston Bruins	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tyler Myers	from Winnipeg Jets	5-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Derrick Pouliot	to St. Louis Blues	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Luke Schenn	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year
July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)	Justin Bailey	from Philadelphia Flyers	1-year
July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)	Micheal Ferland	from Carolina Hurricanes	4-year
September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)	Ben Hutton	to Los Angeles Kings	1-year

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
		from/to

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30)	Ryan Spooner	Buyout

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
October 7, 2019 (2019-10-07)	Michael Leighton

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Tyler Motte	1-year
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Josh Leivo	1-year
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Francis Perron	1-year
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Reid Boucher	1-year
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Brogan Rafferty	2-year
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Josh Teves	2-year
August 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)	Arturs Silovs	3-year
September 4, 2019 (2019-09-04)	Nikolay Goldobin	1-year
September 16, 2019 (2019-09-16)	Brock Boeser	3-year

Draft picks

See also: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks

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The 2019 NHL Entry Draft prior to the Vancouver Canucks selecting Ethan Keppen at 122nd overall.

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	10	Vasili Podkolzin	RW	Russia	SKA-Neva (VHL)
2	40	Nils Hoglander	LW	Sweden	Rögle BK (SHL)
4	1221	Ethan Keppen	LW	Canada	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
5	133	Carson Focht	C	Canada	Calgary Hitman (WHL)
6	1562	Arturs Silovs	G	Latvia	HK Rīga (MHL)
6	1753	Karel Plasek	RW	Czech Republic	Kometa Brno (ELH)
6	1804	Jack Malone	RW	United States	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
7	195	Aidan McDonough	LW	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
7	2155	Arvid Costmar	C	Sweden	Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit)

Notes:

1. The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2019 (102nd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for Winnipeg's sixth-round pick in 2019 (175th overall) and this pick.
2. The Ottawa Senators' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on January 2, 2019, that sent Anders Nilsson and Darren Archibald to Ottawa in exchange for Mike McKenna, Tom Pyatt and this pick.
3. The Winnipeg Jets' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2019 (102nd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for San Jose's fourth-round pick in 2019 (122nd overall) and this pick.
4. The Washington Capitals' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2018 to Washington in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2018 and this pick.
5. The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Tom Pyatt and a sixth-round pick in 2019 (164th overall) to San Jose in exchange for Francis Perron and this pick.