31-Year-Old Vancouver Canucks Forward Suddenly Leaves the Organization After Signing New Contract

July 1st was a busy day for not only the Vancouver Canucks, but some of their former players too as Noah Juulsen officially left the team to sign with the Philadelphia Flyers, while 2025 Stanley Cup champion Nate Schmidt landed a three-year contract with the Utah Mammoth.

On Wednesday, the second day of the National Hockey League's free agency period, another member of the Vancouver Canucks organization decided it was time to move on, but he'll be remaining in Canada for the 2025-26 campaign.

In a post on social media, PuckPedia revealed that Vancouver Canucks forward Phil Di Giuseppe, who helped the AHL's Abbotsford Canucks to a Calder Cup championship last month, has agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contract with the Winnipeg Jets.

According to PuckPedia, Di Giuseppe's contract will pay him the league minimum of $775,000 at the NHL level and $450,000 if he's in the American Hockey League with the Manitoba Moose.

This morning, the Winnipeg Jets confirmed the signing of Phil Di Giuseppe, along with four others - Isaac Poulter, Kale Clague, Walker Duehr and Samuel Fagemo.

Di Giuseppe, a native of Toronto, Ontario, joined the Vancouver Canucks organization as an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2021 after two seasons with the New York Rangers.

After spending the entire first year in the American Hockey League, the 31-year-old bounced up and down between the Vancouver Canucks and the minors over the last three seasons, appearing in 101 NHL games where he registered 28 points (12 goals, 16 assists), 54 penalty minutes and was a minus-four.