SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY - JULY 23: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman opens the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft at the NHL Network studios on July 23, 2021 in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Vancouver Canucks made some intriguing draft choices this offseason.
For the second straight year, the team did not have a first round pick. As many fans know, their 2020 selection was given to the Tampa Bay Lightning as part of the J.T. Miller trade, while this year’s pick was packaged with a handful of veteran contracts and sent to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Conor Garland.