Vancouver Canucks top prospects of week 15: Pettersson, Lind, Gaudette
With the NHL All Star Weekend in the rearview mirror, we can check in on our Canucks prospects. Look for injury updates and the best performances on the week.
Brock Boeser had himself a weekend. He excelled in the accuracy shooting, putting Sidney Crosby and Steven Stamkos to shame. Boeser even broke the NHL’s new light-up targets. Players have learned to think twice when blocking one his shots this season. Although, it’s nice that the rest of the league can see the power of his shot on display.
The Vancouver Canucks rookie put his stamp on the weekend, scoring two goals and an assist en route to a Pacific Division win. Boeser was named MVP, being the first rookie to earn the honour since Mario Lemieux did it in 1985.
To top it all off, Boeser raked in a tonne of cash this weekend. Ryan Biech breaks it down here:
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Congratulations, Brock! His rookie season continues to get better and better and is one of the few bright spots on this roster.
Shifting gears to prospect news, Jonah Gadjovich is back in action after missing time with an undisclosed illness. He played a couple games last week, but did not pick up any points. Brett McKenzie has played with Gadjovich’s linemate, Nick Suzuki in his absence, so it will interesting to see how those two prospects do at the end of the season.
Last, but not least is the AHL All Star game. As mentioned last week, Reid Boucher and Thatcher Demko will represent the Comets. Utica is currently battling for a playoff spot in the North Division and will need all the help they can get. This is why I would advise calling up Demko later in the season because it would hurt their postseason push. Let him play out this season and see if he earns a call up next year when the Canucks’ goaltending bottoms out once again.