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Vancouver Canucks: Impact of Professional Tryout Signings

With six of their players competing in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, the Vancouver Canucks needed to stock up their roster. They did that by inviting three players on professional tryout contracts: right wing Tuomo Ruutu, centre James Sheppard and goaltender Kevin Carr. But truth be told, they might have zero chance of making the team.

Ruutu was the ninth-overall selection in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and had a good NHL career, with career highs of 26 goals and 57 points. However, those numbers came in the 2008-09 and 2010-11 seasons, respectively.