Yesterday, we wrote about the relatively small handful of true, blue top-six centres still available on the trade market. With GM Patrik Allvin and Co. of the Vancouver Canucks said to be on the summer-long lookout for additional centre depth, it’s a reasonable thing to be thinking about.   But if we’re talking in terms…

Now that he’s signed his first National Hockey League contract, does Braeden Cootes suddenly become an option at centre ice to start next season for the Vancouver Canucks? The 18-year-old put pen to paper on a standard three-year entry level deal on Wednesday – less than two weeks after he was selected 15th overall by…