The Vancouver Canucks have a good prospect pool. But there is one glaring weakness that is often brought up: the blue line. Drafting Quinn Hughes has certainly helped since he has top-pairing potential, especially since we had to reset our expectations for Olli Juolevi (or not depending on how much you knew about him in 2016).
This week, we have a trio of defencemen taking over the top three spots. Although today will primarily focus on defencemen, let’s take a quick survey of the rest of the pool. Canucks prospects in Europe have gone very quiet in the latter half of this month.