Top 10 Prospect Rankings

The Vancouver Canucks Top 10 Prospect Rankings as of October 2013
1. Bo Horvat, C - 2013 1st Round Pick London OHL
2. Hunter Shinkaruk, LW - 2013 1st Round Pick Medicine Hat WHL
3. Brendan Gaunce, C - 2012 1st Round pick Belleville OHL
4. Niklas Jensen, RW - 2011 1st Round pick Utica AHL
5. Frank Corrado, D - 2011 5th Round pick Utica AHL
6. Joakim Eriksson, G - 2013 Free Agent Signing from Sweden Utica OHL
7. Cole Cassels, C- 2013 3rd Round pick Oshawa OHL
8. Patrick McNally, D - 2010 4th Round pick Harvard University
9. Jordan Subban, D - 2013 4th Round pick Belleville OHL
10. Joseph Labate, C - 2011 4th Round pick University of Wisconsin

Vancouver Canucks First Round Pick Hunter Shinkaruk Scores 2 Goals For Medicine Hat

The Vancouver Canucks First Round Pick left wing Hunter Shinkaruk scored 2 goals in his first game back with his junior team Medicine Hat in a 5-4 overtime loss Friday night.

Vancouver Canucks Actual Opening Night Lineup with Line Combinations

Lineup

Lines:

Chris Higgins, Ryan Kesler, Jannik Hansen
Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Alexandre Burrows
David Booth, Mike Santorelli, Brad Richardson
Tom Sestito, Zac Dalpe, Dale Weise

Defenseman Pairs:

Alex Edler, Jason Garrison
Kevin Bieksa, Dan Hamhuis
Christopher Tanev, Ryan Stanton

Starting Goaltender: Roberto Luongo Backup: Eddie Lack

Scratches: D Yannick Weber, D Andrew Alberts, RW Zack Kassian

Vancouver Canucks Opening Night Roster + Projected Lineup Combinations

The Vancouver Canucks opening day roster has been turned into the league but oddly the line combinations may not be set for some time as Vancouver deep sixed their top prospects and added Zac Dalpe and Ryan Stanton to their roster in the last day or so.

Subject to change especially the 3rd and 4th lines:

Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Alex Burrows
Jannick Hansen, Ryan Kesler, Chris Higgins
Brad Richardson, Zac Dalpe, David Booth
Tom Sestito, Mike Santorelli, Dale Weise

Zack Kassian is on the roster but is suspended for first five games

Defensemen Pairings

Alex Edler, Kevin Bieksa
Dan Hamhuis, Jason Garrison
Yannick Weber, Andrew Alberts/Chris Tanev

8th defenseman Ryan Stanton

Goaltenders will be starter Robert Luongo and Eddie Lack.

Vancouver Canucks Send Hunter Shinkaruk Back to Junior Team

Hunter Shinkaruk who was selected at the 24th overall pick in the first round was sent back to Medicine Hat (WHL), his junior team by the Vancouver Canucks. Shinkaruk impressed the Canucks and was sent down a day later than Vancouver's other first round draft pick Bo Horvat who was also impressive in training camp for the Canucks.

Horvat was sent down to London (OHL) yesterday.

Vancouver Canucks acquire Zac Dalpe and Jeremy Welsh From Carolina Hurricanes

The Vancouver Canucks have traded right wing Kellan Tochkin and a 4th round draft pick in 2014 in the NHL draft to the Carolina Hurricanes for right wing Zac Dalpe and 25 year old center Jeremy Welsh .
Dalpe, who is 23 years old was a 2008 2nd round pick of the Hurricanes.



Zac Dalpe

Jeremy Welsh

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2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle - Shinkaruk vs. McCarron vs. Klimchuk vs. Erne

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Vancouver Canucks make the right selection with Left Wing/Center Hunter Shinkaruk? The Canucks of course traded Goaltender Cory Schneider to the New Jersey Devils for the 9th overall selection which they had used on center Bo Horvat.
The Canucks passed up right wing Michael McCarron and left wings Morgan Klimchuk and Adam Erne who were all on the board at the 24th pick.

More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these four players here for fun to start.
24th Overall Pick Left Wing/Center Hunter Shinkaruk Vancouver Canucks
25th Overall Pick Right Wing Michael McCarron Montreal Canadiens 28th Overall Pick Left Wing Morgan Klimchuk Calgary Flames

33rd Overall Pick Left Wing Adam Erne Tampa Bay Lightning