2015–16 Vancouver Canucks season

A few days later, long-time Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016.

[6] Jim Benning continued by signing various free agents, including former Boston Bruins defenceman Matt Bartkowski[7] and prospects Taylor Fedun[8] and Richard Bachman,[9] coming from the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers, respectively.

The following day, Hockey Operations Staff Laurence Gilman, Lorne Henning and Eric Crawford were released by the Canucks.

[12] The Canucks held their training camp at CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, from September 18–20.

While Desjardins wanted to be in attendance, the Canucks medical staff was unable to give him clearance to head to Prince George.

The preseason came to an interesting end when the Canucks placed centre Linden Vey and defensemen Alex Biega and Frank Corrado on waivers in favour of defenceman Ben Hutton and forwards Jake Virtanen and Jared McCann.

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015, at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.