The Vancouver Canucks endured another terrible season and finished second-last in the league. And it still wasn’t enough to win a top-three pick in the draft.
So instead, they’ll select fifth overall for the second year in a row. They’ll miss out on the likes of Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier. But they will still be able to fill their need of a skilled center or high-end defenseman.
With so little consensus about who should be ranked where in the top 10, this is also a chance for super-scout Jim Benning to prove his mettle.