Since arriving to the Canucks, Buium has seen a jump in minutes from 18:28 to 20:18, a significant amount of ice time per game for a 20 year old defenceman.
Buium has been on the Canucks second defensive pairing alongside Tyler Myers, but more importantly has been quarterbacking the Canucks power play as the only defenceman on the top unit.
Buium will be given plenty of runway at an opportunity to become the Canucks top defenceman long term given his draft pedigree and offensive abilities from the point. It has been a decent start with the Canucks for Buium, as he has posted three points in seven games, including two power play points.