Last week, we launched our 2024 midterm Vancouver Canucks prospect rankings, with Cole McWard and Lucas Forsell coming in at 10th and 9th, respectively.
Drafting prospects out of college presents both challenges and advantages for NHL organizations. On one hand, it hands significant power to the player, who can choose to remain in school and ultimately decide their path as an unrestricted free agent.
After putting up two goals and four assists over three games, the 2022 seventh-round pick of the Vancouver Canucks, Kirill Kudryavtsev was named OHL Player of the Week.
In this week’s edition of the Vancouver Canucks prospects report, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Vilmer Alriksson and Hunter Brzustewicz are off to the races in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
Let the battle commence. If you haven’t already, it might be time you redirected your focus to the Ontario Hockey League. The Vancouver Canucks boast two promising prospects who are both vying for a spot among the top-end of defensive point production this year — again.
Defense has been a prevalent issue for the Vancouver Canucks recently, both at the NHL level and within their prospect pool. Canucks general manager (GM) Patrik Allvin and president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford made it his mission to bolster up on defensemen in the 2023 NHL Draft, using four of their seven picks on blueliners.
The Vancouver Canucks only have one defence prospect playing in the Canadian Hockey League and he took off in his draft-plus-one season. Kirill Kudryavtsev was selected in the seventh round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft and then went off to the OHL and had a great season with the Soo Greyhounds.
In this edition of the Vancouver Canucks Prospects Report it’s signing season as Aidan McDonough and Kirill Kudryavtsev both put pen to paper on their entry-level contracts (ELC) this past week.
The Vancouver Canucks have signed defence prospect and 2022 7th round pick Kirill Kudryavtsev to a three-year entry-level contract. General manager Patrik Allvin announced the signing at 12 PM on Friday.
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