After falling from second overall to fifth thanks to the draft lottery, Vancouver Canucks fans obviously weren’t happy. But after getting caught up on all prospects not called Nolan Patrick or Nico Hischier, it doesn’t look too bad after all. Miro Heiskanen, Gabriel Vilardi, Casey Mittelstadt, Cody Glass, Elias Pettersson, Cale Makar — the Canucks will have options.
For the Canucks, however, that doesn’t seem to be enough.
As Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman shared in his ’30 Thoughts,’ the Canucks are seriously interested in moving up to first overall.