Top 5 Vancouver Canucks draft picks that turned out to be steals

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VANCOUVER, BC – DECEMBER 16: Jannik Hansen #36 of the Vancouver Canucks looks on from the bench during their NHL game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Rogers Arena December 16, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)”n /

5. Jannik Hansen

Jannik Hansen was a ninth-round pick who played in the NHL. That alone should be reason enough for him to be on this list. Taken at 287th overall of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Hansen enjoyed ten seasons as a member of the Canucks before being traded to the San Jose Sharks in 2017.

The Rodovre, Denmark native provided the early 2010’s Canucks teams with the secondary scoring necessary in order to be a real threat in the league. Although a rather quiet player when speaking to the media and in the public eye, Hansen was known to be quite a jokester with his teammates, and could take it right back just as well as he could dish it out.

Just listen to this clip from CBC’s After Hours, where former Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider is asked by Scott Oake to showcase his Hansen impression, which Schneider said the rest of his Canucks teammates absolutely got a kick out of.

Hansen was a player that was popular amongst his teammates, but more importantly, he was an effective player with the team for ten solid years and truly was a diamond in the rough at the draft table.

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