The Vancouver Canucks have made their first move on NHL trade deadline day.

However, it wasn’t a trade at all.

The Canucks claimed the NHL’s tallest player, Curtis Douglas, off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Douglas is a 26-year-old forward who stands at 6-foot-9, 242 pounds. Only one other forward in the NHL this season stands at 6-foot-9, which is New York Rangers pugilist Matt Rempe.

He has no goals and two assists in 29 NHL games this season. But of course, the Canucks didn’t acquire him for his scoring prowess.

Douglas is second in the NHL this season with eight fighting majors, second only to Ross Johnston of the Anaheim Ducks.

Not only that, but Douglas has more fights this season than the entire Canucks roster. In 2025-26, the Canucks have had seven fighting majors. Here’s who’s dropped the mitts for Vancouver this season, according to HockeyFights.

Marcus Pettersson: 2
Evander Kane: 2
Conor Garland: 2
Victor Mancini: 1

On a Canucks team that lacks much in the good vibes department, adding a player like Douglas to the team makes sense.

“I’m just honestly living the dream right now, and I’m so excited about what’s to come and really not looking to let the opportunity pass me by,” Douglas said to NHL.com’s Benjamin Pierce before playing his first NHL game back in October.

And, true to his reputation, he got into a fight with Kurtis MacDermid of the Ottawa Senators just seconds into his first NHL shift.

For Douglas, this is his first season in the NHL after a long career in the minors.

The Oakville, Ontario, native played 261 career AHL games before finally getting a crack at NHL minutes in Tampa Bay this season.

He was originally drafted in the fourth round by the Dallas Stars in 2018.

After going unsigned, he joined the Ottawa Senators’ minor-league affiliate on an AHL-only deal in 2021.

Douglas was then signed to a two-way contract by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2022. He was traded later that year to the Arizona Coyotes for defenceman Conor Timmins.

After moving with the Coyotes to Utah, the hulking winger finally played in the NHL with Tampa Bay, his fifth NHL organization after being drafted. Sixth, if you count the relocation to Utah.

Douglas is in the last year of his contract, paying him $775,000 at the NHL level. He will be an unrestricted free agent after this season.