With a new regime at the helm of the Vancouver Canucks, the organization had a new vision for its direction. And with that comes a lot of roster turnover, which we saw new general manager Ryan Johnson and Co. exercise.

There are 16 former Canucks who have departed the team at some point over the last calendar year, with most finding new situations for 2026-27. Now, not all of those departures are from this new regime; however, we should still check in on all of those players, where they are, and how they’re doing in the first week of the new season.

Let’s check in on where these 16 former Canucks landed and how they’re doing through the first week of the season in their new situations:

The latest of the four trades in the Johnson and Sedin era saw Pettersson shipped to the New York Rangers for a conditional 2030 first-round pick. Through his first five games as a Ranger, Pettersson has played on the second pairing with fellow new-comer Sean Durzi, while earning first-unit penalty kill time. The 30-year-old defensive defenceman is still searching for his first point in New York, but is a plus-two rating in 20:25 minutes of average ice time.

Kane is one of two former Canucks from last season that did not find a home for the 2026-27 season. The Vancouver native was not even brought in on a professional tryout contract following his 13-goal, 31-point campaign with the Canucks last season.

Traded at least years NHL Trade Deadline, Myers remains with the Stars, forming a giant bottom pairing with Lian Bichsel. Myers stands at 6’8″ while Bichsel is listed at 6’7″. Myers has seen his ice time dip to just 15 minutes per night in Dallas, but is an important piece to the Stars penalty kill, occupying the backend of second unit with Esa Lindell. Myers does not have a point in his three games this season.

Garland’s deployment with the Blue Jackets is an unfortunate one for Canucks fans to see. The one-time fan favourite in Vancouver has sunk all the way to the fourth line, playing behind an unproven Dmitri Voronkov and tough-guy Mathieu Olivier. On the bright side, Garland is earning second unit power play time, but his deployment is still disappointing, only averaging 12:26 minutes per night. The 5’10” winger is still searching for his first point in 2026-27.

To absolutely no surprise, Sherwood is up to his usual antics, leading the NHL with 20 hits so far this season. His physical impact has never varied, and has some offence to go along with it, scoring in the Sharks’ second game of the season against the Los Angeles Kings. Sherwood started the season on the fourth line with Barclay Goodrow and Zack Ostapchuk, but was elevated to the third line with Alex Wennberg and Tyler Toffoli last game.

After not being able to find an NHL contract, Kämpf went over seas back to his home country, where he’s playing for Litvinov HC of the Czech league. Kämpf is off to an impressive start, scoring three goals and six points through eight games. For a defensive-minded forward in North America, Kämpf is flexing his offensive muscle in the Czech league.

It’s only three games into the season, but this is already looking like a bad trade for the Canucks, even if it was clear the player needed a change of scenery. The first player trade of the Johnson-Sedin era saw them move the 25-year-old winger to the Nashville Predators for a 2029 third-round pick. With the Predators, Höglander has been given top-six deployment on a line with Filip Forsberg and Matthew Wood, and second-unit power play time. And he’s taken advantage of this increased usage, scoring three goals in his first three games as a Predator, which is already more than he had in 38 games for the Canucks last season (two).

Blueger was a valued penalty killer and bottom-six centre depth option in Vancouver, and he’s filling that same role for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. Signing a two-year, $2.5 million AAV contract with the Maple Leafs this summer, Blueger is centring the fourth line between Brandon Duhaime and Bo Groulx, and a first-over-the-boards penalty killer. Known for his defensive prowess, Blueger is still without a point, a minus-one rating, winning just 45.5% of his faceoffs in just 10:39 minutes of ice time.

Joseph signed a one-year, one-way contract with the Hurricanes just before training camp began in September. The 27-year-old defenceman lost the sixth/seventh defenceman role to Juuso Valimaki and Mike Reilly and was placed and cleared waivers. Through two games with the Hurricanes’ AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves, Joseph has one assist.

The trade that officially sent the Canucks into their rebuild last December saw Hughes dealt to the Minnesota Wild. Hughes was paired with Brock Faber on the blueline, a duo viewed as one of the best pairings across the entire NHL. Unfortunately, Faber fractured his skull in the preseason and is out indefinitely. However, that hasn’t slowed Hughes down, picking up points in all three of the Wild’s contests so far, totalling four points while averaging 26:28 minutes per night. Despite the loss of Faber and the depleted forward depth in Minnesota, all the talk around the Wild seems to be revolving around Hughes and whether he’s going to stay or go – something Canucks fans are all too familiar with.

Douglas signed a two-year, $1.25 million contract with the Kraken this offseason. The enforcer made the team out of training camp, but has not been an everyday regular. The 6’9″ winger has played in just two of the Kraken’s four games this season – both against the Calgary Flames, likely to keep Adam Klapka in check. He played just 5:58 and 7:46 minutes in each game, respectively, zero points and zero penalty minutes thus far.

After getting traded to the Boston Bruins at the NHL Trade Deadline last season, Reichel extended with the Bruins this offseason, signing a one-year, $950,000 one-way contract. He did not do enough in training camp to make the big club, and has been held without a point in two AHL games this season.

After missing all but two games in the 2025-26 regular season, Forbort signed an AHL professional tryout contract with the Calgary Wranglers on October 1. He did not suit up in either game against the Abbotsford Canucks over last weekend. We’ll see if he gets into game action on Friday night against the Bakersfield Condors.

Like Kämpf, Aman was not able to earn himself another look in North America and decided to return to his home country of Sweden to play. Signing with Djurgårdens IF of the SHL, Aman has one goal and three points with a minus-nine rating in six games this season.

After being claimed by the Bruins back in 2024, they clearly still had interest in the netminder, offering him a one-year, two-way contract this offseason. He lost the competition for the backup job to another former Canucks goaltender Mikey DiPietro, and is playing with Reichel for the Providence Bruins. In his lone appearance this season, Patera finished with a 2.06 goals against average and a .917 save percentage.

Like Kane, LaBate is also without a contract for the 2026-27 season. At 33 years old and just 20 NHL games under his belt, if he were to get signed, it’s likely on an American League deal.