Canucks Extend Mancini to Two-Year $1M Deal

The Vancouver Canucks secured a key piece of their defensive future on Friday by signing defenceman Victor Mancini to a two-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $1 million US.

The 23-year-old American from Hancock, Michigan, has shown steady progress since joining the organization midway through the 2024-25 season. This year, Mancini has appeared in 18 National Hockey League games for the Canucks, averaging 13 minutes and 50 seconds of ice time per contest while accumulating five penalty minutes. He has also spent significant time developing with the club's American Hockey League affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks, where he played 33 games and recorded four goals and eight assists for 12 points.

Mancini entered the league as a fifth-round pick, 159th overall, by the New York Rangers in the 2022 NHL Draft. He made his NHL debut on October 9, 2024, and played 15 games with the Rangers before the teams executed a blockbuster trade on January 31, 2025. In that deal, Vancouver acquired Mancini and forward Filip Chytil in exchange for centre J.T. Miller, who returned to New York. Over his 49 NHL games split between the two clubs, Mancini has tallied two goals and...