Overview
- The Canucks announced the eight-year deal on Friday, agreeing to a roughly $75.04 million total contract that will take effect after Buium’s final entry-level season.
- Reporting and PuckPedia say the contract carries a full no-movement clause and a modified 15-team no-trade list in the final three seasons, giving Buium roster stability and the team predictable control.
- Buium, the No. 12 pick in 2024, played 76 NHL games in 2025–26 with six goals and 26 points split between Minnesota and Vancouver, and the club says he is a key piece of its young core.
- Vancouver moved before a Sept. 15 CBA change that will limit future extensions to seven years, a timing play that preserves an extra year of team control but raises the risk of a large cap hit for an unproven 20-year-old.
- The deal is framed as a bet that rising salary-cap ceilings and Buium’s upside will make the contract manageable over time, and Buium has said he made the decision easily because he wants to stay in Vancouver.