In an interview with TSN 1040 on Tuesday, Vancouver Canucks president Trevor Linden seemed confident when asked about the ongoing contract negotiations with 2016 top pick Olli Juolevi. He suggested a timeline of a few weeks and expects Juolevi to play for the OHL London Knights in 2016-17.
Fellow top-10 prospects Clayton Keller and Tyson Jost are committed to NCAA teams and therefore cannot sign professional contracts. However, the other seven are all locked up by their respective teams, and the Canucks are the only ones still waiting to sign their newest blue-chip prospect.
Neither the Canucks nor Juolevi or his agent have given us any information about their talks.