With the first month of the 2016-17 hockey season now wrapped up, let's check in on how some of the Vancouver Canucks are trending early in the year.
The Canucks themselves got off to a hot (and unexpected) 4-0 start, but have since fallen back down to reality, and currently sit in a wildcard spot with a 4-4-1 record.
This list will be a recurring feature each month, and will feature Canucks prospects playing in the CHL, NCAA, ECHL, and Europe. The Utica Comets prospects will have a separate post later in the week.
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Rodrigo Abols: A 7th-round pick in the 2016 draft, Rodrigo's season began with a trade that sent him from the WHL's Portland Winterhawks to the QMJHL's Acadie-Bathurst Titan after just two games.