Recent ranking confirms it for the Canucks: They have one of the league's top core
As the 2024-2025 season debut approaches, the NHL Network has begun sharing its top 20 players per position.
They first started with the wingers, which saw the Canucks' Brock Boeser falling a few places short. Now with the centermen, there was no way the Canucks weren't going to have representation.
The analyst placed the two Canucks stars, Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller, at their 10th and 11th spot, respectively. Miller and Pettersson combined for over 185 pts for a second straight season, and everybody was there to see it.
Vancouver Native Connor Bedard surprises
After a rookie season that awarded him the Calder Trophy for top rookie in the league, the exceptional Connor Bedard was granted the 13th spot on the list. As an 18-year-old, the Vancouver native scored 22 goals and collected 61 points in his first season with the big boys.
The Canucks Miller and Pettersson: NHL's best centermen duo?
The Canucks, the Oilers and the Devils were the only three teams to feature centermen in the rankings. Pettersson (10th) and Miller (11th) for the Canucks, Connor McDavid (1st) and Leon Draisaitl (4th) for the Oilers, Jack Hughes (9th) and Nico Hischier (20th) for the Devils. Leaving the Canucks with the second-best ranking.
With Elias Pettersson's evergrowing game and his contract negotiations out of the way, will he up his game enough to break into the top 5? It's pretty evident now that the Canucks have one of the most muscular centermen lines in the NHL; now that they've added wingers to better support them, will it be enough to take them to the next level?
Source: NHL Network
NHL Top Players: Top 20 Centers
| POLL | ||
Do you believe the Canucks have one of, if not the best centermen duo in the NHL? | ||
| The best | 22 | 8.6 % |
| Top5 in the league | 185 | 72 % |
| Top10 in the league | 43 | 16.7 % |
| Top20 in the league | 7 | 2.7 % |
| List of polls | ||
