He started the season down in the AHL. Now, he’s about to play with the highest-paid wingers on the Vancouver Canucks.
Despite an impressive training camp and preseason, Max Sasson was sent to the minors, while the team chose to start Braeden Cootes with the big club.
The 18-year-old lasted three games before the Canucks sent him back to the WHL, and Sasson was immediately recalled.
Now, entering his fifth game after being called up to the NHL, Sasson will centre a line with the Canucks’ highest-paid wingers, Brock Boeser and Jake DeBrusk.
Sasson has made the most of his opportunity since coming back to the Canucks. It’s not just the fact that he scored in his first two games, but he centred a line, along with Arshdeep Bains and Linus Karlsson, that legitimately saved the Canucks from losing two games on the road last week.
Sasson’s stick stays HOT 🔥 pic.twitter.com/M2TeJwBtFM
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) October 18, 2025
However, it certainly helps that he’s one of only four Canucks players in the lineup who have scored more than a goal this season.
One of the other players, Boeser, will begin the game on his line. Kiefer Sherwood (4) and Conor Garand (2) are the other two healthy Canucks who have scored more than a goal through the first seven games.
Sasson was originally signed by the Canucks as an undrafted free agent in March of 2023. Dating back to last season, he now has five goals and nine points in 33 career NHL games.
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