The amount of elite blueliner prospects in this year’s draft for the Vancouver Canucks to choose from are low. After Bowen Byram, there probably isn’t any top pairing defence left. However, there are a number of potential top four defencemen available after him. One of them is Finnish rearguard Ville Heinola.
Heinola has been on the rise over the last few months. He could potentially go in the 15 to 20 range. So in all likelihood, the Canucks will have to trade a pick or player to acquire another first round pick to select him.