{"id":33352,"date":"2018-07-26T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=33352"},"modified":"2018-07-24T23:08:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T03:08:38","slug":"tsp-top-vancouver-canucks-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/07\/26\/tsp-top-vancouver-canucks-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP: Top Vancouver Canucks Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the 2018 Top Shelf Prospects series.\u00a0 As we go through the Summer of 2018 LWOH will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. We will go team by team through the NHL bringing you a look at each Teams Top Prospects. We will be following the order of the first round of the NHL draft (as if there were no traded draft picks) and you can find all the articles here.\u00a0 Since we had an\u00a0extensive NHL Draft preview<\/a>, we will not be reviewing the players who were drafted in the 2018 draft, as there have been no games since then, and our reports on them will not have changed.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"What we will be doing is linking you to those articles, as well as taking a look at prospects that were acquired before this year\u2019s draft; their progress, and their chances of making the 2018-19 roster of the NHL team in question. We will also bring you one sleeper pick \u2013 a player who was either drafted in the 4th-round or later, or was an undrafted free agent signing who we pick as our dark horse to make the NHL. For those wondering, the cut-off for what is or isn\u2019t a prospect is typically about 50 NHL games played (including playoff games) or is 25 years old. These are not hard or fast rules though, and we may make some exceptions depending on the circumstances.
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TSP: Vancouver Canucks Prospects<\/h1>\n

The 2017-18 season will be remembered as one where the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> turned the page. It was a final year for the faces of the franchise Henrik Sedin<\/a><\/strong> and Daniel Sedin<\/a><\/strong>, as the twins retired following the campaign<\/a>. It was also a year that saw a new star emerge in Vancouver as Brock Boeser<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>scored 29 goals in 62 games before his season was cut short by an injury. Boeser finished second in Calder Trophy voting. The message is clear, the Sedin era has ended and Boeser is leading a new era of Canucks into the future.<\/p>\n

The off-season has seen the team bring in veterans to help insulate Boeser, Bo Horvat<\/a><\/strong>, Jake Virtanen<\/a><\/strong> and the rest of the young Canucks team as they grow into the team’s core. The team added<\/a> Antoine Roussel<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and<\/a> Jay Beagle<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to help lead the next group of Canucks prospects.<\/p>\n

2018 Draft Picks:\u00a0\u00a0Quinn Hughes<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Jett Woo<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Tyler Madden<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Toni Utunen<\/strong>,\u00a0Artem Manukyan<\/strong>,\u00a0Matthew Thiessen
\n<\/strong>Graduations: Brock Boeser<\/a><\/strong>, Nikolay Goldobin<\/a><\/strong>, Tyler Motte<\/a><\/strong>, Brendan Leipsic<\/a><\/strong>,<\/p>\n

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Top Prospect: Elias Pettersson<\/h2>\n

Centre — shoots Left
\nBorn November\u00a012th, 1998 —\u00a0Sundsvall, Sweden
\nHeight 6’2″ — Weight 165 lbs [188 cm\/75 kg]
\nDrafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1st round, #5\u00a0overall, at the 2017 NHL Draft<\/p>\n