Vancouver Canucks Braeden Cootes scores against Seatle Kraken goalie Matt Murray Sept. 26, 2025. The 18-year-old remains in the roster mix with the Vancouver Canucks. Photo by Jeff Vinnick / Jeff Vinnick/Vancouver Canucks

Thanks to Braeden Cootes, Petr Nedved’s name keep re-entering chats about the Vancouver Canucks . Article content

Cootes made it one step closer to becoming the first 18-year-old to open the season with the Canucks since Nedved back in 1990-91 when he made it through what looks to be the last batch of cuts before Vancouver has to enter their 23-man opening night roster with the NHL head office Monday at 2 p.m. Article content Article content

Vancouver reassigned defencemen Tom Willander and Victor Mancini to their AHL affiliate in Abbotsford on Sunday afterno

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