Putting behind a rather polarizing off-season, the Vancouver Canucks will begin their 2015-16 play with the Young Stars Classic in Penticton, from September 11th to 14th. Though all the spotlight is on the great #97 Connor McDavid, Canucks prospects will look to impress nonetheless. This tournament has yielded a couple pleasant surprises for the Canucks, most notably the likes of center Dane Fox (an undrafted FA signing in 2013 playing with the ECHL Kalamazoo Wings) and Curtis Valk (also an undrafted FA signing in 2014 playing with the ECHL K-Wings).
In this year’s roster, the Canucks have 8 defensemen, 14 forwards, and 2 goalies.