Vancouver Canucks NHL Draft guide: Picks, best fits and analysis
The Canucks are motivated to sell the No. 15 pick in their hunt to find a top-six center capable of bolstering their forward group. If the club can find the right upgrade, the preference is to move this pick outright. Vancouver is prepared, however, to make the selection at 15, and there are several centers that would appear to fit the bill for its needs. However, there are also a couple of blueliners that the Canucks are high on. They would find it difficult to pass them up if they were still on the board with the 15th pick, despite the relative strength of Vancouver's prospect system on the back end. — Thomas Drance
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Vancouver hasn't used a top-two round pick on a center since it took Elias Pettersson in 2017. The Canucks don't have a deep farm system, but center is far and away their biggest organizational need.
In recent mock drafts, Corey Pronman has projected the following picks:
15. Jack Nesbitt, C
47. Semyon Frolov, G
65. Brandon Gorzynski, C
117. Viktor Klingsell, RW
143. Bruno Idzan, LW
175. Lukas Sawchyn, LW
207. Jan Skok, D
(Photo of Canucks GM Patrik Allvin: Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)
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