Jared McCann was one of the Vancouver Canucks’ biggest surprises heading into the 2015-16 season. Along with fellow rookies Jake Virtanen and Ben Hutton, McCann made the team out of training camp and stayed in the NHL for the entire season. However, he might be the odd one out for 2016-17.
If — and this is a big, important “if” — the Canucks’ centres manage to stay healthy next season, the depth chart will look like the following.
Henrik Sedin is the No. 1 no matter what. If both are healthy, Brandon Sutter and Bo Horvat fight for the No.