After the Vancouver Canucks made an early splash on July 1, signing top-line winger Loui Eriksson, the signings that followed might have gone slightly unnoticed. Vancouver added defensemen Philip Larsen and Chad Billins, as well as forwards Borna Rendulic, Jayson Megna and Micheal Chaput. The five players combine for 261 NHL games, so there is some experience there — but what can they provide for the Canucks?
D Philip Larsen
The biggest news fans had been waiting for is that Vancouver finally got Larsen under contract. Larsen was acquired from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, and was supposed to become the right-handed part of Vancouver’s bottom pairing.