Pre Free Agent Frenzy Depth Chart DeBrusk Pettersson Karlsson Ohgren Rossi Boeser O’Connor Chytil Gallagher Sasson Raty Lekkerimaki Mueller Abbotsford: Baines Cootes Patterson Alriksson Safonov Wouters MacEachern Schimek Chiarot Ravinski Brimmer Buium Hronek E. Pettersson Willander M. Pettersson M ...

Can’t wait until 2029 to get a third. I guess the third round in 2027 and 2028 is expected to be weak? Nashville has two pick in the third round in 2027 and 2028, only one in 2029, so the 2029 pick must be more valuable? Is 2029 a particularly deep draft and RJ is already targeting someone in the t ...

Rogowski Is likely years away. I think he’ll need a long stint in Abbotsford. He sounds like a swing for the fences, who has the potential to be a difference maker if he develops, but might be the next Klimovich.

“ Round 5: #129 Overall — Connor Davis (RW, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders – USHL) Size: 6-foot-0, 188 lbs Skill Set: An energetic, high-motor overage forward who went undrafted last year but exploded for 26 goals and 55 points this season. Davis is a gritty, dual-threat scorer who thrives on extended puck ...

They just let Klimovich go to free agency, Bryzgalov taking his project slot?

AI says “At #97 overall, the Canucks grabbed Yaroslav Bryzgalov from the Medicine Hat Tigers, and he is a total powerhouse of a pick. Yaroslav is a massive 6-foot-4, 216-pound left winger. He had a massive draft-year statement in the WHL after transitioning from the USHL. Here is what makes him such ...

AI told me: At #78 overall in the third round, the Canucks did exactly what they love to do: they went straight to the crease and took Russian goaltender Dmitri Ivchenko from Omskie Yastreby (MHL). He is an incredibly fascinating addition to Ian Clark's developmental pipeline. Here is the quick book ...

There are sooooo many trades this draft. Really weird, but makes the draft better.

He was ranked 13 in my draft mag.
Big, skates well and scored some, looks like a god pick.

In 20 years when Matthew Schaefer retires from hockey, he’s got a career in broadcasting. Kid is killing it.

Damn SJ won the draft.

Makes me feel better about drafting Malhotra when Reid, Carels, and Verhoeff all dropped a bit more than some projected.

Just draft people I like. I’d rather watch players I like fail to win the cup than players I don’t like fail to win the cup.

I’m thinking they’re drafting Malhotra and the Ruck twins and hiring Willie D as Manny’s assistant coach.

Gallagher and Schenn looking to retire on the coast. That’s nice for them, but doesn’t help the Canucks. They both know they’re done and no contender will want them. They will have very little trade value, and take up minutes better used by the kids. Unless the Canucks are getting a first rounder wit ...