The Vancouver Canucks completed 15 roster moves Wednesday, including sending four players to the CHL and placing three on waivers ahead of the 2026-27 season.
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The Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday announced 15 roster moves as the club continues trimming its players ahead of the 2026-27 National Hockey League regular season. The transactions include reassigning four prospects to junior hockey in the Canadian Hockey League and putting three players on waivers, reflecting the ongoing evaluation and roster management typical during the late-preseason period.
Four players were assigned to CHL teams. The Canucks sent Yaroslav Bryzgalov to the Medicine Hat Tigers, Alexei Medvedev to the London Knights, Adam Novotný to the Peterborough Petes and Brooks Rogowski to the Oshawa Generals. The moves reduce the organization’s active depth while continuing player development at the junior level.
In addition to the CHL assignments, the Canucks placed several players with their American Hockey League affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks. The players listed for assignment to Abbotsford were Isaac Belliveau, Ben Berard, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Riley Patterson, Ty Mueller, Sawyer Mynio, Ilya Safonov and Chase Wouters. These reassignments are part of the organization’s structure for keeping prospects and minor-league depth in a competitive environment.
The Canadiens’ roster adjustments also included three waivers placements. Cole Clayton, Trey Fix-Wolansky and Jimmy Schuldt were placed on waivers as part of the Canucks’ effort to further refine their NHL roster group. A player placed on waivers can be claimed by another NHL team, though the specific outcome of these waiver placements was not detailed in the available information.
The set of moves underscores the club’s focus on finalizing its composition for the 2026-27 regular season. With the Canucks continuing to move players between the NHL, AHL and CHL levels, the transactions provide a snapshot of where the organization’s immediate priorities lie: reducing roster numbers, managing player eligibility and ensuring prospects receive playing time in appropriate competitive tiers.
For Vancouver and Canadian hockey followers, the specific junior and AHL assignments offer a clear view of how the Canucks’ development pipeline is being managed going into the next NHL campaign. Prospects returning to major junior teams for the coming season will aim to build roles and consistency, while players sent to Abbotsford will look to translate their preseason evaluations into regular-season form at the AHL level.
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