Vancouver Canucks top prospects of week 20: Stukel, Pettersson, Lind

No. 3 – RW Kole Lind (Kelowna Rockets, WHL)

How good was Kole Lind‘s week? I think Larry David expresses it best. As all you may have already heard, the Canucks signed Lind to an entry-level deal. The kid is on a blistering pace this season, putting up 37 goals and 87 assists.

In this last week alone, Lind scored five goals in three games. He rounded that out with another assist to bring that point total to six on the week. Not bad for a second round pick. Lind earned the first star in a 7-6 loss to the Prince George Cougars, where he scored a hat trick and picked up an assist. Kelowna lost all three games last week, but all in all, still good for Lind.

Because of that upper body injury, Cody Glass had a chance to pass Lind in points. Additionally, Aleksi Heponiemi has been destroying the WHL all season on the deadliest forward line in the league.

Despite the lack of bragging rights available on the highest of ends, Kole Lind is yet another bright spark in another dark Canuck’s season. The GIFs alone are great entertainment on its own, but the way Lind taunts the home crowd on the road is special.

The Canucks do not have agitators in their lineup; not to the same degree as Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows or Max Lapierre. Adam Gaudette has a similar type of attitude and Brendan Leipsic carries the same reputation.

Assuming those three are still with the Canucks in three to five years, I could imagine the kind of chaos those guys would create. Enough daydreaming. Here is the thread for Lind’s hat trick.