The Athletic shares their ranking of Vancouver's top-ten prospects: Tom Willander lands outside of the top two
The Athletic has shared their ranking of Vancouver's top-ten prospects heading into the 2024-25 season.
As we get closer to the 2024-25 season, different media outlets have begun sharing their prospect rankings for teams around the National Hockey League and this week, Thomas Drance of The Athletic shared his.
Before Drance dove into his rankings, he shared eight honourable mentions from the Canucks organization - Danila Klimovich, Anthony Romani, Vilmer Alriksson, Josh Bloom, Linus Karlsson, Nikita Tolopilo, Kirill Kudryavtsev and Max Sasson.
Let's take a look at Drance's top-ten, starting off with ten and counting down to his number one prospect in the Vancouver Canucks system.
10) Cole McWard (D)
9) Arshdeep Bains (LW)
8) Riley Patterson (RW)
7) Melvin Fernstrom (RW)
6) Sawyer Mynio (D)
5) Aatu Raty (LW/C)
4) Elias Pettersson (D)
3) Tom Willander (D)
He added, "Willander thinks defense first, and that can show up in his reads and on-ice decision making. Usually that's a positive, but to some extent, it also may limit his upside if he doesn't begin to make progress in this area."
2) Arturs Silovs (G)
1) Jonathan Lekkerimaki (RW)
Many of the prospects mentioned in Drance's list will be participating at the upcoming Young Stars Classic in Penticton starting on Friday. The Canucks will face the Edmonton Oilers on Friday, Winnipeg Jets on Sunday, before wrapping things up on Monday against the Calgary Flames.
Who do you think the best prospect in the Vancouver Canucks system is - Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Arturs Silovs or Tom Willander? Let us know what you think in the poll below.
Source: Thomas Drance/The Athletic
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SEPTEMBRE 10 | 131 ANSWERS The Athletic shares their ranking of Vancouver's top-ten prospects: Tom Willander lands outside of the top two Who do you think the best prospect in the Vancouver Canucks system is | ||
| Jonathan Lekkerimaki | 61 | 46.6 % |
| Arturs Silovs | 51 | 38.9 % |
| Tom Willander | 19 | 14.5 % |
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