In the sixth round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, the Vancouver Canucks drafted a defensively sound Russian centre who also possesses a knack for creating offence. That player is Dmitri Zlodeyev. Since his draft day, Zlodeyev has been catching the eyes of Canucks fans with his highlight-reel goals and strong back-checks overseas in the…
Although the Vancouver Canucks have not had a lot of news lately, their prospects currently playing overseas have a few busy weeks coming their way. Let’s look at some of the recent stories of the Canucks’ top prospects. Nils Höglander As I reported last Thursday, Nils Höglander’s team in the SHL has had a COVID-19…
There’s a lot to like about what the Vancouver Canucks did in the late rounds of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. I’ve talked about how Viktor Persson was the perfect seventh-round pick for the Canucks at this year’s draft. He is a tall right-shot defenceman who has serious power in his skating stride and is…
The Vancouver Canucks have a bevy of young defencemen who are on the cusp of being NHL players and one or two will be on the opening night roster. Most of the players in the mix were roster players for the Utica Comets last season but there is one wild card in Jack Rathbone who…
Another week, another mailbag. After Quadrelli went on and on about goaltenders last week, I vow to not talk about those pillow carriers at all in this article. That’s right, I’m covering for Dave as he is probably busy getting gunned out of the air by Adam Gaudette in Call of Duty again. Here’s the…
Even with two defencemen still remaining on our countdown of the top prospects in the Vancouver Canucks organization, Brogan Rafferty is the most NHL-ready defence prospect of them all. Coming off of his first professional season in the AHL where he was named to the All-Star team and ranked third in scoring among defencemen, Rafferty…
Some say that the first step is always the hardest, but for Kole Lind, the final step is going to be pretty tough. Lind saw an improvement in every aspect of his game during his second professional season. He more than doubled his point production from his rookie season with the Utica Comets of the…
After a busy morning for Canucks prospects, Nils Höglander wanted to be the cherry on top of a great day for overseas prospects. Fellow Canucks prospects Vasili Podkolzin and Dmitri Zlodeyev had two points each in earlier games today. Höglander wanted in on the scoring action and did just that as he notched two points…
Thursday was a good day for Canucks prospects. Vasili Podkolzin found himself on SKA’s first line as he made his return from the Karjala Cup. He made the most of his opportunity and had his second multi point game of the KHL season. The extra ice time and added confidence from the Karjala Cup looked…
Nicknamed “Done-zo” by his childhood buddy Jack Rathbone, Aidan McDonough is a 6’2 winger with a rocket of a shot and a level of physicality to be desired from a potential bottom-six scorer. Unranked on last year’s list, Aidan McDonough went off as a freshman at Northeastern and is now number nine on our top…
Dmitri Zlodeyev is the second half of the Vancouver Canucks’ potential late round steals at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Many NHL scouts had their eyes on Dynamo Moskva’s Bogdan Trineyev during the draft. Trineyev is a 6’2″ winger/centre who ended up being drafted in the fourth round by the Washington Capitals. Those who were…
A leader through and through who is going to be steadily in our top 15 rankings for the next couple of years. At just 20 years old, Toni Utunen has played in almost 100 professional games in the top Finnish league. He has been a captain for Finland in international play and is just beginning…
