Let’s call this year two of the Vancouver Canucks rebuild, because it was only April of last year where former team president Trevor Linden finally confessed that they were going to restart once and for all.
The Canucks have pieced together the best cupboard of prospects and young talent in their history. Brock Boeser was a Calder Trophy nomination last season. Bo Horvat has reached the 20-goal mark in two consecutive seasons. And yet, Elias Pettersson, Jonathan Dahlen, Olli Juolevi and Quinn Hughes haven’t played a minute in the NHL yet.