Canucks reveal 22 players on their opening-night roster
Ladies and gentlemen, your Vancouver Canucks.
The Canucks have revealed their opening-night roster, with 22 players named to the team.
Minutes before they were required to set their roster at 2 pm PT, the Canucks made a pair of transactions that appear to have a complex salary-cap reasoning behind them. Vasily Podkolzin was called up from the AHL, while Akito Hirose and Cole McWard were sent down. None of the players involved in the move require waivers, and it’s not expected that Podkolzin will actually start the season in Vancouver.
Nils Aman, who is also waiver-exempt, was sent down to the AHL yesterday. He could swap places with Podkolzin after the season starts.
Here’s an explanation of the salary cap gymnastics from PuckPedia:
No players can be called up before Wednesday, but additional players can be added to LTIR and players can be called up
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) October 9, 2023
Among the players not listed is Ilya Mikheyev, who is still recovering from ACL surgery last January. The 28-year-old Russian has been skating with the team recently, but won’t start the season on time. Carson Soucy, who was injured during Vancouver’s final preseason game on Friday, is listed on the roster despite being expected to be out “week to week.”
Jack Studnicka and Christian Wolanin both cleared waivers this morning, and will start in Abbotsford. They were sent down after the Canucks acquired Sam Lafferty in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Lafferty will wear No. 18 with his new team, and is on today’s roster.
Canucks 2023-24 opening-night roster
Forwards (13)
- Brock Boeser
- Conor Garland
- J.T. Miller
- Sam Lafferty
- Nils Höglander
- Pius Suter
- Phil Di Giuseppe
- Elias Pettersson
- Teddy Blueger
- Anthony Beauvillier
- Dakota Joshua
- Vasily Podkolzin
- Andrei Kuzmenko
Defencemen (7)
- Carson Soucy
- Filip Hronek
- Quinn Hughes
- Noah Juulsen
- Guillaume Brisebois
- Tyler Myers
- Ian Cole
Goaltenders (2)
- Casey DeSmith
- Thatcher Demko
Vancouver #Canucks roster is set:
Cap hit: $86.0M
Cap Space: $0 (LTIR)
Roster size: 22 (13F – 7D – 2G – 1IR – 1LTIR)
Contracts: 46/50They have an excellent ACSL: only $28,333 from maximum LTIR reliefhttps://t.co/P4OC1YunVq
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) October 9, 2023
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