The Vancouver Canucks made their first splash of the year in the college free agent market by signing Richmond-native defenceman Troy Stecher to a two-year entry level contract. Then the whole of Vancouver just forgot about him despite the fact that nothing else is going on in Van City.
This is a very opportune signing for Jim Benning and his club. For how many years has Vancouver mourned the lack of a young puck-moving defenceman? Great for the team’s future — that’s what you may have thought last week.
But now that the dust has settled, the true beauty of this acquisition has me at awe.