Everyone knows the Vancouver Canucks don’t have much to offer to free agents who can pick any one of the NHL’s 30 teams. Hence, fans were extremely happy to hear that defenceman Troy Stecher of the University of North Dakota would join Canada’s most western club.
An undrafted free agent, Stecher was expected to start the year with the AHL Utica Comets. With a little bit of luck, he would be ready for the big club in the second half of the season. But instead, Stecher decided to surprise everyone.
In preseason, he was paired with veteran Alex Edler and was one of the biggest standouts.