The consensus seems to be that Cootes is going to go in the 15-20 range, and the Canucks took him to dinner at the combine. They’d be familiar with his game due to the proximity to Seattle, and their top prospects at the moment are a D (Tom Willander) and a winger (Jonathan Lekkerimäki). I don’t think Lekkerimäki, who has had some ups and downs this year in the AHL, precludes them from taking a winger by any means (I’ve heard they like Eklund and I mocked him there in my last mock), and could see them prioritizing the higher skill level of Justin Carbonneau and Bear over Cootes here because they need talent, but Cootes makes a lot of sense as a projectable middle-six C.
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