Welcome back to another Vancouver Canucks 2024–25 report card. In this series, The Hockey News - Canucks site discusses the 2024–25 seasons of active Canucks who played at least 10 games with Vancouver. Today, we’ll be taking a look at how Victor Mancini performed in the 2024–25 season.
Mancini only played 16 games with Vancouver, but that was enough for the club to be impressed with his showings early on. The right-shot defender was acquired by Vancouver on January 31 as part of the deal that sent J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers. Before arriving in Vancouver, Mancini played in 15 games for the Rangers, scoring a goal and four assists. He spent most of his time with the Hartford Wolf Pack, New York’s AHL affiliate, tallying three goals and seven assists.
Due to lineup shuffles that included Quinn Hughes sitting due to injury and Marcus Pettersson coming in via trade, Mancini didn’t get into his first game with Vancouver until after the 4 Nations Faceoff break, on February 23. During this month of non-NHL play, he joined the Abbotsford Canucks, skating in five of their games and tallying one assist. From then on, he stayed with Vancouver until being sent down towards the end of the season so he could be eligible to play in the 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs. He potted his first point as a Canuck on March 12 against the Calgary Flames and finished the NHL season with a goal and two assists.
In the NHL, Mancini made a positive impact overall, especially considering the fact that this was his first season. In the AHL, however, Mancini was arguably the team’s best defender. Mancini gained Abbotsford head coach Manny Malhotra’s trust early on, becoming a reliable defenceman on all sides of the ice as well as in any situations. Despite only being with the team for a few games, it was clear that Mancini had become a big part of the locker room’s character alongside the leadership group. In Abbotsford’s 24-game Calder Cup win, Mancini scored three goals and five assists and put 30 shots on net.
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Despite the limited NHL sample size, Mancini had a solid season despite moving around both on the NHL and AHL level. He played for a total of four professional teams this year and managed to impress with all of them — all at the age of 23. While he does still have room to grow and improve as a player, Mancini has the time to do so. For this reason, he receives a B+ for the 2024–25 season.
Mancini will be a player to watch come training camp in September. He is one of a few defencemen who could push for a full-time spot on Vancouver’s roster if he has a good pre-season. As a 23-year-old right-shot defenceman who has shown good potential at the NHL level, Mancini is a valuable asset within the organization who could become an important piece to the team’s puzzle in the future.
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