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By Andew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter

October 24, 2025

Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin has confirmed that the club has acquired forward Lukas Reichel from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Entry Draft. The fourth-round pick originally belonged to Chicago and was previously acquired by Vancouver on June 26, 2024.

Can Create Scoring Opportunities

“Lukas is an exciting young player and someone we feel can help improve our forward group,” said Allvin.

“He is a talented playmaker who can create scoring opportunities with his offensive ability. We like the way he moves on the ice and his overall work ethic and feel our coaching staff can help him become a better and more consistent hockey player.”

Patrik Allvin, Vancouver Canucks GM

Reichel Extremely Talented, High-Upside Player

Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson, was recently quoted in TheAthletic on September 25, 2025 concerning Reichel:

“It’s been an up-and-down couple of years for him. But we still see Lukas as an extremely talented, high-upside player that has just as good a shot as anyone as breaking camp with this team. But he’s got to earn it just like everyone else. And he’s gotta find that niche.

Where you gonna find yourself, where you gonna line up in the roster? That’s up to him to perform in camp and then coaches to deliver feedback and have that give-and-take to make sure he’s got all the information necessary to make this team.”

It remains to be seen if a change of scenery will make all the difference to light a fire under Reichel.

“He’s been the fresh first-round prospect with all eyes on him but little immediate expectation. He’s been the young player with a chance to make the team out of camp. He’s been the young player who is not only expected to make the team but given a top-six opportunity. Over the last two years, his role and those expectations have swung the other way. He was a healthy scratch out of camp in the season opener in 2024 and played mostly on the fourth line last season.”

Scott Powers, TheAthletic

Vancouver feels they got the experienced center they were looking for, with all the upside just waiting to be unleashed in the right team environment and culture.

Lukas Reichel 411

Reichel, 23, has appeared in five games with Chicago this season, registering four points (2-2-4), two penalty minutes, and a +1 plus/minus rating. His four points are t-6th on the Blackhawks, while his two goals are t-4th on the team.

The 6’0”, 170lbs forward has appeared in 174 games in his career, all with Chicago, recording 58 points (22-36-58) and 32 penalty minutes. He has also skated in 121 games for the Rockford IceHogs (AHL), posting 116 points (42-74-116) and 22 penalty minutes, and was named to the 2023 AHL All-Star Game.

A native of Nurnberg, GER, Reichel has represented Germany internationally on multiple occasions, including the 2020 World Junior Hockey Championships, and the 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 World Championships.

Reichel was originally selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round, 17th overall, in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.

Source: Vancouver Canucks

By Matthias Ek mattias@hockeynews.se

August 7, 2023

STOCKHOLM-Djurgården has signed Canadian center Zach Magwood to be one of the top offensive players. The right-handed shooter from Cambridge, Ontario, trades Krefeld in the German second division for play in the Hockeyallsvenskan.

He has moved into an apartment on Söder in Stockholm and is already enjoying himself.

I’m alone here, no wife, no children, but family and friends will come to visit and I’m looking forward to that, says Magwood to HockeyNews.se after one of the ice training sessions at Hovet.

When he received an offer from Djurgården, he jumped right in.

You know, the club showed a lot of interest and of course Stockholm and this association speak for themselves. When the opportunity came, I jumped at it right away. I’m really looking forward to getting started and the guys have been great and the coaching staff and the staff and they’ve made it easy for me.

What do you know about the league and the game?

I know that it goes fast and that there is a lot of skating. That the players are skilled. It goes without saying that Swedish players are very skilled hockey players. You can see it on the ice at our practices. There are a lot of guys who are skilled and work hard. I’m looking forward to this and love the challenge. I want to succeed here.

In Krefeld, Magwood scored 52 points (26 goals, 26 assists) in 50 games. And he had a good season in many ways.

Germany is of course a beautiful country. The club was very good to me too. But Swedish hockey, you don’t have to say it, but it’s good and it seems to get better every year that goes by. I’m looking forward to it and adding some new things to my game and learning new things on top of that.

Zach Magwood has been playing junior hockey at home in Ontario with Swedish defenders Rasmus Andersson (Calgary) and Tom Hedberg (AIK) in Barrie.

I have had many friends over the years who have played in Sweden, so I contacted some of them. Like Tom Hedberg in AIK. Jack Kopacka, he’s in Brynäs, and some older guys. And I have played with some Swedish guys in the junior team back home in North America. They have talked warmly about playing in Sweden regardless of whether it is the SHL or the Allsvenskan.

How well do you know Tom Hedberg?

We played junior hockey together in Barrie. He was there for a year.

And now he is also in Stockholm just like you?

– Yes, as soon as I had signed, he sent a congratulatory SMS and wished me welcome. It was very nice.

So do you have any interesting derbies against AIK to look forward to?

Oh yes, I’ve heard all about it and I’m looking forward to playing in the big rink (Avicii Arena). This arena is also big and I have heard a lot about the fans, that they are very passionate.

Have you had time to talk about your upcoming role in Djurgården?

I bring with me a good work ethic above all. Wherever the coaching staff wants me, whether it’s in the power play or the box play. I see myself as a playmaker and I’ve been told I’m a shooter so you know, it goes back and forth a bit. Sometimes I try to fit a little too much, sometimes I shoot too much. But I’m working hard and hope to shoot a lot score a lot.

Zach Magwood was one of the players at Djurgårdsträningen who kept going a little extra afterwards with the shooting.

There will be many shots after training. I think I shot 200 rounds just now so my arms are tired now, hehe. Even if we are not up to full speed, there are still many who drive hard. It’s great to see that level of competition.

Zach Magwood was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario, but lives in the neighboring city of Kitchener, which is a real hockey town outside of Toronto. Färjestad’s Axel Bergkvist, Skellefteå’s Rickard Hugg and BIK Karlskoga’s Gustaf Franzén are the latest Swedes to have played junior hockey there. Gabriel Landeskog is the most well-known.

Last year I lived in my hometown, where we have many professional players. And the summer before that I lived in Toronto. There are hockey players everywhere. It’s Canada so there’s no shortage of ice and there’s no shortage of talent. It is good. I had a good summer. Many Swedes have played in Kitchener and I have had many friends in that team. They texted me too and I talked to some of them.

And now Zach Magwood is installing himself at Hovet, which is an over 60-year-old arena that is singing its last verse before demolition in 2025.

For being an old arena, it’s great. It doesn’t look old at all. Everything here looks new and I’m looking forward to seeing the Avicii Arena and I’ve heard it’s nice too,” says Magwood, smiling.

Source: https://hockeynews.se/articles/29906/