I mean, are we serious?

Let’s just start at what the heck is this lottery process. I swear I was confused the whole time until it was time to pick the deciding ball.

I mean we all saw what happened.

We had 3 WHOLE NUMBERS. And we lost the roll of the dice. I mean losing the 1st pick was one thing but who we lost it to made it so much worse.

THE LEAFS?!?!

They missed the playoffs for the FIRST time in 10 years and just stumbled on a 8.5% chance win. If I was Mats Sundin I’d be headed for the casino. Not to mention they aren’t sure about the future of Auston Matthews. By the way he was the last 1st overall draft pick they got which was 10 years ago. If you did the quick math there that means both times they missed the playoffs they drafted first.

But surely that would be the extent of the pain but no. We are the Canucks, how could you expect anything different?

This one we lost to San Jose. Doesn’t sting as bad but seeing as they drafted first overall last year I don’t think they needed it. Also they only had a 5% chance of winning it, so again if I was Mike Grier im going straight to the casino.  I did appreciate how he remained expressionless when they won it because I thought it was classy. It would have hurt a lot more if he was celebrating it on the camera.

So anyways at least we cant go lower than 3rd. Literally.

There are some great players coming up in the draft and being able to draft this high up tends to pay off. The consensus is that Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg will be gone by the time our pick rolls around but there are other players like Caleb Malhotra, Chase Reid, and Keaton Verhoeff who could all be great picks as well.

When it comes down to it, it is up to our scouts and management to make the best decision possible. Whether we like it or not whoever they pick will be our next player to champion and send positive energy towards.

Whoever they pick will be a Canuck.