About halfway through the 2017 NHL Draft, I looked at the Vancouver Canucks‘ selections and wasn’t entirely happy. Not because I thought the Canucks made bad picks, but rather because there were players available at 33, 55, 64 and 95 that I would have liked better.
A day later, though, looking at this objectively, simply judging the level of talent the Canucks picked up, there really is no reason to complain.
Here are my grades for the 2017 Vancouver Canucks draft class.
Round 1, 5th overall: C Elias Pettersson
At No. 5, most Canucks fans had WHL Portland Winterhawks centre Cody Glass at the top of their lists.