Is there hope for the Canucks prospects pool? If you aren’t aware yet, there is some newfound developments with the future of the Vancouver Canucks. Three players in particular, who play in three different leagues around the globe, are making Canucks fans keep an eye on them. Canucks are ranked in the lower “tier” for their overall group of upcoming players, but this could change if these players keep it up. Arshdeep Bains, Jonathan Lekkerimäki and Hunter Brzustewicz are the ones in the spotlight today.
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Arshdeep Bains currently leads the AHL in scoring, and @DanielGScouting dives into the #Canucks prospect's game for our YouTube channel!
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— Elite Prospects (@eliteprospects) November 3, 2023
A member of the Abbotsford Canucks, sometimes referred to as the “Baby” Canucks is a 22-year-old from Surrey named Arshdeep Bains. Have you heard anything about his start to the season? Bains was actually an undrafted player, who the Canucks management picked up after seeing his dominant 112-point season with the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL in 2021-2022. After getting settled with Abbotsford last season, Bains is tearing it up with 3 goals and 12 assists in 9 games. Will we see Bains on the Canucks later this year?
#Canucks prospect Jonathan Lekkerimaki wastes little time getting on the scoreboard 🚨 pic.twitter.com/5Ua9JxBWCM
— Rick Warman (@statman1956) October 28, 2023
Shifting to Sweden, the Canucks 1st round pick from 2022, Jonathan Lekkerimäki is tearing it up so far in his first full season in the top Swedish hockey league. Canucks sure love to draft those Swedes, eh? After a tough season with some injuries, Lekkerimäki is making the most of this season as he progresses towards a top six role with the Canucks. Will he be the next great Swede for Vancouver?
At the 2023 #NHLDraft, #Canucks drafted Hunter Brzustewicz 75th overall.
A few months later and one month into his OHL season, Brzustewicz is leading the league in points and has been playing at another level.
Hunter Brzustewicz is this month's #BuildingBlue Player Profile!
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) November 2, 2023
There’s a Canadian, a Swede and now to wrap up the trip around the globe is an American, playing in Kitchener, Hunter Brzustewicz. What a name right? How to you even begin to think of how to pronounce that last name properly? Hunter (for lack of easy pronunciation here), is one of the newest Canucks prospects, being drafted in the 3rd round of the 2023 draft. Possible steal of the draft? Here’s a crazy stat for you: so Hunter is a defense right, but get this: he leads all skaters in the Ontario Hockey League in points! 26 points in 14 games as a defense is no small task, so there will be plenty of attention on him as his second season with Kitchener goes on.
Bains, Lekkerimäki and Brzustrewicz, three future starting lineup players for the Canucks? The potential is there for all of them, it’s just a matter of time before we see if they can all keep up their progress towards making the big team!