Vancouver Canucks select LHD Basile Sansonnens with their final pick of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft

The Vancouver Canucks have officially assembled their 2024 NHL Entry Draft class.

With their final pick at 221 overall, the Canucks selected Swiss left-shot defenceman Basile Sansonnens.

There’s not much info out there about Sansonnens, a 6’4 rearguard who spend last season with Gotteron of the U20 Swiss league. There, he tallied a goal and two assists through 40 games played. He recorded one goal and three assists through nine playoff games.

Here’s what draft analyst Daniel Gee noted about Bassonens on Twitter: Young for the draft (late August B-day), Sansonnens played four games in the National League this season– the top-tier league in the Swiss league system.

To recap, the Canucks selected high-scoring Swedish winger Melvin Fernstrom at 93rd overall; OHL centre Riley Patterson at 125th; OHL goal-scoring leader Anthony Romani at 162nd, local product and shutdown right-shot defenceman Parker Alcos at 189th overall, and finally, Sansonnens.

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