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3 Canucks Stars of the Week: Marco Rossi is clicking, Hronek and Boeser are leading
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Arielle Lalande
Mar 15, 2026, 21:00 EDTUpdated: Mar 15, 2026, 20:48 EDT
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Welcome back to Stars of the Week at CanucksArmy! Every week, we’ll be bringing you our Top Three best and brightest performers on the Vancouver Canucks that week. Disagree with our picks or have your own stars to nominate? Let us know in the comments below!
The Vancouver Canucks have won four entire hockey games in 2026, and it cannot be clearer that that is a success in every way. Despite only having one win on the books this week – a 4-3 shootout win against the Nashville Predators – a 2-0 shutout loss against the Ottawa Senators, and a 5-2 loss against the Seattle Kraken, it is still a welcome improvement compared to a team still putting on airs of composure despite facing deep dysfunction. The new era has truly begun. 
This time last year, one of the sentiments shared by many Canucks fans was, “What could have been if everything had gone right for the team this season,” in terms of injuries and off-ice drama. This year, the question is “How would this team play if everything can and did go wrong, but it just doesn’t matter anymore?” There is no single answer yet, but the Canucks are becoming watchable again. When wins, or at least not devastating losses, are in reach again, there is something to keep fans coming back. Well, if you’re a Canucks fan, there was already something that kept you coming back, either way. One man’s “dedication” is another’s “toxic, possibly codependent relationship with a hockey team.” I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

Rock Bottom Stats Corner

Games played this week(s): 3
Games won this week(s): 1
Goals scored this week(s): 6
Goals against this week(s): 10
Total points gained this week(s): 2
Games since last win: 1
Games won in 2026: 4
Goals scored in 2026: 58
Goals against in 2026: 110
Players traded in 2026: 7, as the Canucks swapped minor league forwards with Edmonton, swapping Josh Bloom for Jayden Grubbe ahead of the AHL trade deadline on March 13th.

Marco Rossi

Rossi has been an absolute pleasure to watch over the last few weeks, hopefully eroding any lingering skepticism anyone might have after he was acquired in December. It’s well-known that the Canucks had been chasing after Rossi like Pepe Le Pew in a Looney Tunes cartoon since at least last summer. Now that he’s actually on the team, you can start to see why. His chemistry alongside Brock Boeser and Liam Öhgren has been palpable through all three games this week, especially against Nashville, where Rossi put up 2 goals and an assist. All three points factored in either Boeser or Öhgren. Again against Seattle, Rossi made a noble effort despite the Canucks showing little chance of dominance from early on, scoring in the closing minute of the game, assisted by none other than Boeser. Or, take his rebound pick-up on Öhgren that began the Canucks’ comeback against the Predators after being down 3-1. 
To say the Bröline is working – Rossi’s own favoured line nickname, even if it sounds like the name of an IKEA dresser – is an understatement. With Filip Chytil’s future questionable, to say the very least, Rossi could be the 2C who is here to stay. 
Remember what it was like when the Canucks were a solid team down the middle? It’s starting to feel like a historical reenactment of that era…or maybe a biopic. Not quite the original thing quite yet, but a commendable effort to recreate it.
If I were putting together reels for the Canucks Academy Awards, this would definitely be Rossi’s “Best Actor” clip this week.

Brock Boeser

Boeser has 3 Stars honours for the second week in a row, which is a throwback to better times. Another throwback to better times was Boeser’s showing against Nashville, whom he figuratively beat the wheels off of in the 2024 playoffs while they tried to literally beat the wheels off the entire Canucks roster – we miss you, Kiefer Sherwood. 
Boeser has seven points since the league returned from the Olympic break, possibly the best stretch of games he has had all season. The team, in general, seems to have taken a proverbial chill pill since the trade deadline passed, including Boeser, who once again emerged from the deadline unscathed despite the rumour mill, which is an annual tradition at this point. 
Some of this could very well be Boeser having a consistent centre and line again. With all due respect to Elias Pettersson, who also had a solid game against Nashville, Boeser has struggled to reach the same offensive heights since the Lotto Line fell apart – a net positive for the team, in retrospect. Still, it’s hard to forget what Boeser looks like when he’s firing on all cylinders.

Filip Hronek

Filip Hronek may be a permanent mainstay for 3 Stars for the remainder of the season. I apologize in advance.
The Canucks defence corps looked collectively better this week – Tom Willander and Marcus Pettersson worked well together, and Zeev Buium looked sharp. Still, Hronek is the current heart of the blue line and the entire team. He continues to undeniably be the team’s offensive driver at even-strength, while also consistently playing top minutes on both the power play and penalty kill. 
Hronek’s game-tying goal against Nashville that led to a shootout win for Vancouver was a triumphant moment in a season with so few. The team’s reaction says it all. 
It’s important to note that you cannot win games on good vibes alone. I cannot emphasize that enough. But they certainly do not hurt. The coming years will be as much about the Canucks’ locker room atmosphere being rebuilt brick by brick as about the roster rebuild itself.
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