Vancouver Canucks added organizational depth at 2009 NHL Draft

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Things were certainly looking up in Vancouver during the 2008-09 campaign, especially considering the note they ended the 2007-08 season with. After failing to make the playoffs, the Canucks bounced back to secure the third seed in the Western Conference.



An argument supporting the parity within the NHL, a mere 12 points were the difference between finishing 11th in the Western Conference in 2007-08, and finishing third during the 2008-09 season.

They also had encouraging news in the form of seven draft picks for the 2009 NHL Draft. The only shadow you could cast on the number of picks was that they were mostly in the last third of each draft round.… read more



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[BerSTUzzi]

Not a horrible draft but wasn't happy with the Rodin pick at the time. Shredder was by far the BPA and anyone saying we should have drafted O'Reilly are lying.

 

[Luck 6]

Not a horrible draft but wasn't happy with the Rodin pick at the time. Shredder was by far the BPA and anyone saying we should have drafted O'Reilly are lying.

Two NHLers in Connauton and Schroeder, that's not terrible really considering where we were drafting.