Gavin McKenna Facing Felony Charge After Incident On January 31
February 4, 2026
Just when you thought the crazy train was over. We’ll see if and how this affects draft rankings.
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Shades of Bieksa, bring him home.
Canucks luck that the year they might get the 1st pick, the 1st overall player turns out to be a criminal 😭
1OA enforcer Gavin mckenna???
Dawg, no one else is reporting this. Crazy work if this is where the news breaks.
Also 0 percent chance this dude ends up in prison, lol.
Kucherov player type with hands? Easy 1OA pick
Knowing the Canucks and their luck, they’ll get #1 overall, pick Gavin and have Gavin end up doing time in jail!
This doesn’t sound like a fight so all the comments joking about additional toughness are missing the mark and a bit tone deaf.
If all the charges are as stated.
Setting the tone early
This is the perfect excuse Allvin & Co. have been looking for to take their Swedish wet dream Stenberg at #1 lmao
Sounds like a bar fight to me.
Probably isn’t going to hurt his value, in fact, some old school GMs are loving it.
Unless it turns out he sucked punched the guy, or broke his jaw after the fight was over, this is going to be an absolute nothing burger over his career.
I’d need to hear some details. There’s lots of reasons to break a dude’s jaw in a bar.
Edit: the details aren’t the best
Meh. I already convinced myself we’re picking Keaton Verhoeff because no way we win first overall lol
But would not be surprised if he moves up
With the 1st OA pick, the Vancouver Canucks are proud to select… from the Pennsylvania maximum security jail… Gavin McKenna. 😭
He also couldn’t control himself in a game of his at the World Juniors. Abuse of officials.
Transferring from Penn state to state pen 🔥🔥
Hear me out. Maybe he just really really doesn’t want to get drafted by the Canucks.
This season is cursed anything to do with the Canucks is cursed this year.
They’re talking about it on 650 right now 😵💫 it sounds crazy
I sent the news story to my dad (life long Canucks fan) and he said “wow, the things people will do just to avoid having to play for the Canucks…”
Jesus fuck
McKenna has bust written ALL over him. Run Away.
Fucking hell
Felony aggravated assault is pretty legit and doesn’t come from a basic bar fight. Wonder what went down.
You can’t get more Canucks than this
See this is why I said I like Stenberg over McKenna back after the JWC, character. Some real pissbaby behavior, again. Its got small pond guy exploding at the big show written all over it. This can be fixed with the right mentoring but geesh.
45 comments
Shades of Bieksa, bring him home.
Canucks luck that the year they might get the 1st pick, the 1st overall player turns out to be a criminal 😭
1OA enforcer Gavin mckenna???
Dawg, no one else is reporting this. Crazy work if this is where the news breaks.
Also 0 percent chance this dude ends up in prison, lol.
Kucherov player type with hands? Easy 1OA pick
Knowing the Canucks and their luck, they’ll get #1 overall, pick Gavin and have Gavin end up doing time in jail!
This doesn’t sound like a fight so all the comments joking about additional toughness are missing the mark and a bit tone deaf.
If all the charges are as stated.
Setting the tone early
This is the perfect excuse Allvin & Co. have been looking for to take their Swedish wet dream Stenberg at #1 lmao
Sounds like a bar fight to me.
Probably isn’t going to hurt his value, in fact, some old school GMs are loving it.
Unless it turns out he sucked punched the guy, or broke his jaw after the fight was over, this is going to be an absolute nothing burger over his career.
I’d need to hear some details. There’s lots of reasons to break a dude’s jaw in a bar.
Edit: the details aren’t the best
Meh. I already convinced myself we’re picking Keaton Verhoeff because no way we win first overall lol
But would not be surprised if he moves up
With the 1st OA pick, the Vancouver Canucks are proud to select… from the Pennsylvania maximum security jail… Gavin McKenna. 😭
He also couldn’t control himself in a game of his at the World Juniors. Abuse of officials.
Transferring from Penn state to state pen 🔥🔥
Hear me out. Maybe he just really really doesn’t want to get drafted by the Canucks.
This season is cursed anything to do with the Canucks is cursed this year.
They’re talking about it on 650 right now 😵💫 it sounds crazy
I sent the news story to my dad (life long Canucks fan) and he said “wow, the things people will do just to avoid having to play for the Canucks…”
Jesus fuck
McKenna has bust written ALL over him. Run Away.
Fucking hell
Felony aggravated assault is pretty legit and doesn’t come from a basic bar fight. Wonder what went down.
You can’t get more Canucks than this
See this is why I said I like Stenberg over McKenna back after the JWC, character. Some real pissbaby behavior, again. Its got small pond guy exploding at the big show written all over it. This can be fixed with the right mentoring but geesh.
This is the most Canuck thing ever.
Tank for Verhoeff!!!!
always hated his attitude tbh
IVAR STENBERG HERE WE COME
Also confirming it’s [legit ](https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Report/MdjCourtSummary?docketNumber=MJ-49201-CR-0000020-2026&dnh=REbpJYNMWtg61YZifYQ0Xg%3D%3D)
Go [here](https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/casesearch), search by participant name, enter today’s date, and his first and last name.
So the year we tank hard and have a real shot at 1st overall. Just Canucks things……*sigh*
Can’t have shit in Vancouver istg
https://preview.redd.it/bnnr96973khg1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d0f72dd359543696f557c8483178cd6d885f23c
He saw that the Canucks could win the draft so he assaulted someone to get out of it
After seeing this team trade for Kane I can say this makes him more likely to be coveted by this organization.
I get a worse crew ever vibes about this guy. So I know we are going to end up with him.
When we drop to 3rd in the draft but so does State Penitentiary resident Gavin McKenna
https://preview.redd.it/zr3k0sww3khg1.jpeg?width=498&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c19991a78e9c481926410a46e460d971741f54fb
Welcome to the Vegas Golden Knights Gavin McKenna!
His stock is falling…
LOL imagine if this came out after Canucks drafted him
He honestly seems like a piece of work and we may dodge a bullet if we go for Stenberg instead
Now Stan Bowman is going to sell the farm to get him
The Canucks were so bad, McKenna committed a crime to avoid being drafted 😛
If it’s true he was just defending his mom, idk man, I don’t really take this whole situation as a “negative” lol
Who knows if that screenshot is real though, also wouldn’t be shocked if it was just some random BS his PR team sent out
https://preview.redd.it/peeje53gakhg1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=b76f7162f0f51d2d3b0d1cb82002fefb94262e1e
He just thought 20 years in prison is better than joining the Canucks.