An excerpt from the Hockey News (Mark Seidel):
B+, Vancouver Canucks – With the hiring of Mike Gillis as the new Canucks GM, expect different ideas to come out of the Left Coast. After reviewing their draft, I am pretty happy with how things went for them. In Cody Hodgson, the Canucks likely took their future captain, a player who plays a similar game to the recently retired Trevor Linden. Hodgson possesses tremendous character, skill and smarts, just like their former captain. After Hodgson, they were fortunate Yann Sauve slipped to No. 41. It was only 18 months ago that Sauve was considered a top-10 talent. Though his stock fell, the parts are there for him to eventually become a stud. Another kid we really liked was Mats Froshaug, a Norwegian taking advantage of the Swedish Junior League. He has a chance to one day become an NHLer when he comes to North America.
Habster:
Sorry All Habs readers but it’s been a very slow hockey news day!!!!!