When discussing Vancouver Canucks prospects, there is a select group of names that immediately come to mind. Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Elias Pettersson, Tom Willander, Arshdeep Bains, and Aatu Räty are just a few of the typical suspects who populate the team’s depth chart conversations.
The NHL trade deadline is tomorrow, and the rumours are circulating about the Vancouver Canucks wanting to add a top-six winger. While it was never believed
Vancouver Canucks prospect Jackson Dorrington has won his second consecutive Beanpot Championship. The Beanpot is a highly anticipated ice hockey tournament held annually among the top college hockey teams in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
The 2024 World Juniors have officially concluded in Gothenburg, Sweden. Despite settling for a silver medal after losing to the USA in the gold medal game, the strong performances of Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Elias Pettersson, and Tom Willander during the tournament offer promising glimpses into the Vancouver Canucks’ future.
In pursuit of their first Gold Medal game appearance since 2018, Sweden faced off against Czechia in the World Junior Championship. Eager to overcome back-to-back semi-final exits, Sweden aimed to make a statement, especially with Czechia having knocked them out in last year’s semi-final.
Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin is probably the best person to ask when it comes to figuring out when the club’s top prospects over in Sweden will be making the jump to North America.
After two relatively smooth games for Team Sweden, their first significant test came on Friday against Canada, creating an atmosphere that is hard to replicate.
The 2024 World Junior Championships are just one week away, and today, Team Sweden opened up their Exhibition schedule with a match against the Swiss. As the host team, Sweden is not interested in playing around and brought a team comprised of several skilled 19-year-olds, and is expected to contend for a Gold Medal.
For the first time in a long time, the Vancouver Canucks will have more than one blue-chip prospect playing in the World Junior Championship (WJC). Luckily for Canucks fans, they will be playing for the same team as Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Elias Pettersson and Tom Willander were named to Team Sweden’s final roster for the 2024 WJC on Dec.
When covering prospects, the primary route is typically through short clips, which, by default, tend to drift towards goals and point production. Often, it’s easy to lean towards the offensive aspects of one’s game, because, well, let’s be honest, what’s fun about holding a player to the outside and using effective gap control?
After not dressing in game one of Boston University’s season due to the fact that he played in the Allsvenskan (which is a pro league in Sweden) two years ago, Tom Willander kicked off his NCAA with a bang.
A tale as old as time, and probably enough to make Vancouver Canucks fans sick to their stomachs: the NHL draft ‘what if’s. The Canucks drafted Boston University defenseman Tom Willander 11th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, but it’s the guy who was drafted two picks later that has grabbed all the headlines.
As regular readers of CanucksArmy know, the NHL offseason is typically a great time to talk about prospects, and Corey Pronman over at The Athletic has gotten in on the fun with his list of the top 168 under-23 NHL players and prospects.
For a non-playoff team, the Vancouver Canucks have an underwhelming prospect pool.
We’ve made it all the way down to numero uno. Coming in at the top of our prospect rankings is right-shot defenceman Tom Willander. Willander was selected 11th overall in the most recent NHL Entry Draft.
When the Vancouver Canucks selected Tom Willander with the 11th overall pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, some fans were skeptical if they were drafting based on need rather than the best player available.
If there's a team desperate to turn things around, it's the Vancouver Canucks. After years of being a threat in the Western Conference, British Columbia's team has been plagued with dysfunction and missed out on the postseason seven of the past eight years.
The Vancouver Canucks kicked off day one of their development camp on Sunday morning and though it was mostly battle or skating drills, we saw some things to take away from day one of on-ice workouts.
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