Vancouver Canucks centre Jared McCann was one of the biggest surprises of the summer. McCann, Jake Virtanen and Ben Hutton all made the NHL club out of training camp and stuck with it for the entire season. Unfortunately, McCann’s future is not quite as bright as that of the other two.
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While Hutton profited from Vancouver’s below-average defence, Virtanen and McCann had a tough time establishing themselves in the lineup. Well, the injection of youth was meant to give the team some much-needed depth in form of highly motivated players who simply enjoy every second of ice time.