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Growing Pains, and The Peril of Game Managers

I was told that the Canucks system sucked. Liked, sucked, a lot. The eliteprospects.com and "draft what ever their name is"'s of the world had them in the deep dark recesses of the 20's. But something funny happened at the start of the season. Rookies that had the talent and just needed to kick the door in, like Jared McCann, and Jake "Big Country" Virtanen, who was going to be given the Horvat treatment this season, took the nine games given to them and played to their strengths. turning their auditions into a recurring roles.