Yup and yup.
We won't take Vilardi, and the reason is that these idiots don't understand how offense is generated in this sport and can't evaluate talent.
Skating has become an over-rated skill in some ways. If you're a big guy and you're a horse on the puck and you have the skill and vision to consistently make plays in tight areas with defenders on top of you, you're first step quickness isn't going to matter.
People get dazzled by rush skills, but most offense is from contained possession. So you see MacKinnon stupidly being selected ahead of Barkov and Reinhart ahead of Draisaitl.
I don't think they will take Vilardi either, all things considered. I know there was a report that they had met with him or his agent, but there is more smoke around Glass and Mittelstadt. One of those two will fall to #5 and that will be it. Vilardi will not be the top choice for them, IMO.
In fairness to your comments above, skating is probably Ehlers' greatest asset... and he seems to be outpacing the Ritchies, the Virtanens and even the Nylanders. There's obviously some value in having a plus skater, depending upon the player, but I think Scouting Staff's get tripped up when they think it leads to a faster team -- This does not necessarily follow. That's at the heart of why skating gets overrated, IMO.
For the Canucks this is doubly confusing because the Sedins have been leading this franchise for over 15 years... and they are slow to average skaters. Was the team not fast in 2011? Did it not have one of the best offenses? Was that offense led by players that preferred the "contained possession" you are talking about?
Just look at this team's very own history. You don't need to draft great skaters to have a great team.