Trevor Linden, the former Canucks captain and team President of Hockey Ops, was on Sportsnet650 last and dropped a bombshell regarding the Canucks draft intentions back then. Linden revealed that Jim Benning's preffered selection wasn't sold in Pettey and that he probably would've chosen a different player.
Now that it's history, we can have a better overlook of the situation and say that the Canucks definitely made the right choice. Elias Pettersson has grown into a very special player and the players that went afterwards never lived up to their full potential. Cody Glass (Vegas), Lias Andersson (New York R), Casey Mittelstadt (Buffalo), Michael Rasmussen (Detroit).
