Daily Faceoff releases list of top-ten Vancouver Canucks prospects
Daily Faceoff has released a list of the top-ten Vancouver Canucks prospects heading into the 2024-25 season.
The Vancouver Canucks have a pretty solid prospect pool, with a handful of names that are on the verge of being ready to play in the National Hockey League, potentially as early as some point this season.
On Thursday, Steven Ellis of Daily Faceoff shared his top-ten Vancouver Canucks prospects right now and there aren't too many surprises on his list, which also features a pair of players that the team selected at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
Before getting into his top-ten list, Ellis shared what the Canucks' strengths and weaknesses when it comes to their prospect pool. Ellis says that the Canucks' strength is that their is some good defensive pieces in their prospect pool, which includes Elias Pettersson, Sawyer Mynio, Basil Sansonnens and Kirill Kudryavtsev, among others.
As for their weakness, there isn't a whole lot depth down the middle in the Canucks' prospect pool, with Aatu Raty, who they got in the Bo Horvat trade, and Riley Patterson being the only notable names that will feature in the NHL games in the future.
Let's take a look at Steven Ellis' top-ten Vancouver Canucks prospects list, counting down from 10 to number 1:
10) Melvin Fernstrom (18 y/o, 93rd overall in 2024).
9) Anthony Romani (19 y/o, 162nd overall in 2024).
8) Kirill Kudryavtsev (20 y/o, 208th overall in 2022).
7) Sawyer Mynio (19 y/o, 89th overall in 2023).
6) Arshdeep Bains (23 y/o, signed as a FA in 2022).
5) Aatu Raty (21 y/o, traded to VAN by NYI in 2023).
4) Elias Pettersson (20 y/o, 80th overall in 2022).
3) Arturs Silovs (23 y/o, 156th overall in 2019).
2) Tom Willander (19 y/o, 11th overall in 2023).
1)Jonathan Lekkerimaki (20 y/o, 15th overall in 2022).
Who would you say is the Canucks' top prospect right now - Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Tom Willander, Arturs Silovs or Elias Pettersson? Let us know what you think in the poll below!
| POLL | ||
Who would you say is the Canucks' top prospect? | ||
| Jonathan Lekkerimaki | 94 | 51.4 % |
| Tom Willander | 27 | 14.8 % |
| Arturs Silovs | 53 | 29 % |
| Elias Pettersson | 9 | 4.9 % |
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