Over the last five years, the Vancouver Canucks have had the best draft showings in franchise history.
A big reason for that is Judd Brackett, who was hired by the Canucks in 2008 as a scout before he was promoted to director of amateur scouting in the 2015-16 season. Since taking that position the Canucks have put good use to their first rounds picks using them on Brock Boeser, Olli Juolevi, Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, and most recently Vasili Podkolzin.
Three of those players are currently on the team and have made a big impact so far.