Six players have seen their chance to make the Vancouver Canucks come to an end after the Vancouver Canucks announced their first round of cuts ahead of tonight’s action against the San Jose Sharks.
Vancouver’s 2016 seventh-round pick Rodrigo Abols will be headed back to the Western Hockey League’s Portland Winterhawks and will look to repeat last season where he led the team in goals. However, he presents the Winterhawks with an interesting situation according to OregonLive.
In June, [GM Mike] Johnston selected 18-year-old Danish forward Joachim Blichfeld and 17-year-old Finnish defenseman Henri Jokiharju in the import draft.