And for towering Vancouver Canucks goaltender Nikita Tolopilo, it now carries more meaning. His long road to the NHL from Belarus as an undrafted and undaunted dreamer got shorter Sunday when Arturs Silovs was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for winger Chase Stillman and a fourth-round selection in the 2027 NHL Draft.

There will be no more Arty Parties for the Vancouver Canucks. On Sunday, the Canucks announced that they'd traded away Artūrs Šilovs.

Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the club has acquired forward Chase Stillman and a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Entry Draft from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for goaltender Artūrs Šilovs.

The Vancouver Canucks missed the playoffs this past season in what was a frustrating year all around. For the ninth time in the past 12 years, the team fell

The Canucks are largely returning the same lineup, which includes a very solid goaltending tandem, a high-end defence corps and a forward group that is very much a work in progress. While the model prefers Suter to Kane, especially on the defensive side of the puck, it also views Kane as a somewhat significant offensive upgrade for Vancouver.

When free agency opened on July 1, the Vancouver Canucks shocked everyone when they re-signed star winger Brock Boeser to a seven-year contract extension.