Caleb Malhotra, Vancouver Canucks and NHL Draft
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The Vancouver Canucks enter the 2026 NHL Entry Draft with 10 picks. Leading up to the draft, we at The Hockey News will profile a different prospect who the Canucks could take with each of their picks. Today's prospect is Vancouver Giants right winger Mathis Preston, who Vancouver could select 24th overall.
Preston is one of the most gifted and athletic scoring forwards in the 2026 class, outside of the elite wingers at the apex of the projected draft order. And he’s one of the players who we’ve most frequently heard the Canucks linked to over the course of this week in Buffalo.
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When you talk about a rebuilding team like the Vancouver Canucks, it’s easy to focus on who’s arriving. Prospects, draft picks, new depth pieces — that’s the exciting part.
Malhotra’s hire is the latest example of the growth and influence of people of South Asian heritage within hockey. Sunny Mehta became the first NHL general manager of South Asian descent when the New Jersey Devils hired the former Florida Panthers assistant GM on April 16.