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What the Canucks’ Rebuild Is Still Missing (feat. DeanerHD)
Episode 5
Wednesday, 26 August, 2026

In this video, DeanerHD joins me to figure out which players in the Vancouver Canucks organization could become major pieces of the next great Canucks team—and what that team is still missing. We project a potential future core built around Caleb Malhotra, Zeev Buium, Braeden Cootes, Tom Willander, and Adam Novotný; discuss the importance of this season for Jonathan Lekkerimäki; and debate whether Cootes should develop in Abbotsford or begin receiving NHL minutes. We also look at what Vancouver can learn from the San Jose Sharks’ rebuild, why the Canucks may still need a true number-one centre and elite top-line wingers, and how aggressively they should bet on young players like Buium and Liam Öhgren before they fully prove themselves.– Nuckhead