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Vancouver Canucks Markus Granlund: Statistically Speaking

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The Vancouver Canucks traded a 20-year-old scorer for a 21-year-old two-way centreman named Markus Granlund. Vancouver will have to wait to see the newest Canuck in action for just a couple of days, as the next game is Thursday against the Ottawa Senators.

So as the majority of the fanbase mourns the loss of prospect favourite Hunter Shinkaruk and I chuckle at Willie Desjardins trying to fit six healthy centremen into the lineup, shouldn’t analytics have a say in all this?

After all, the eye test has had the first say.