The team agreed with the free agent Akito Hirose who had been playing at Minnesota State University up until today. Hirose is a left-handed shot, 6'0'', and 170 pounds defenseman. A Calgary native that's quite familiar with the area since he spent 4 years with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in the BCHL:
Hirose collected nothing less than 27 points in 38 games this year, he was Jake Livingstone's d-partner. The reports from Rick Dhaliwal stated that nothing less than 10 teams were after the defenseman and the Canucks were the one to take him home.