Vancouver Canucks Future Star Makes Bold Comments About NHL Chances This Year
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After being one of, if not the biggest standout so far at the 2025-26 training camp and preseason, Vancouver Canucks top prospect and 2025 first-round draft pick Braeden Cootes opens up on potentially making the team out of camp.
With how the preseason is going so far, Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin is going to be forced to making some very tough roster decisions in the next ten days leading up to their first game of the 2025-26 regular season.
Even though tough, it is a positive situation as it means young players and prospects are stepping up to the plate and impressing the organization, making their job harder to choose who should start in the NHL or be sent down to the AHL to begin the regular season.
The biggest standout so far, is 2025 15th overall pick, Braeden Cootes, who is already leaving a strong impression on the team's coaching staff, including Assistant Coach Brett McLean.
"I had the chance to talk to him during one of the drills today and he was just excited, as you'd expect. He also stood out today. He had a really good day. Getting on pucks and he's obviously smart and creative in some of the drills. So he's not just out here excited to be here, he's here to make an impression and he's done that through the first two days." McLean said.
Braeden Cootes opens up on his chances of making the Vancouver Canucks out of training camp and preseason
Already having his stick improved in the eyes of Allvin and the coaching staff, On Friday, Cootes is attempting to become the first Canucks draft pick since Petr Nedved in 1990 to make the team out of training camp as an 18-year-old.
On Friday, he improved his stock once again, scoring Vancouver's opening goal in a 4-2 pre-season victory against the Seattle Kraken.
After the game concluded, Cootes opened up confidently about his chances of making the team out of camp.
Braeden Cootes on potentially making the #Canucks
«My goal is just to show people I can maybe play here. Make the coaches be like 'oh, maybe he's got a shot, make a little noise there.'I'm a competitive person, I'm not just going in there for an experience.»
«My goal is just to show people I can maybe play here. Make the coaches be like 'oh, maybe he's got a shot, make a little noise there.'I'm a competitive person, I'm not just going in there for an experience.»
If you didn't already like him enough, Cootes is even saying all the right things in interviews that indicates he knows where he belongs, and by the looks of it, it is in the NHL with the big club.
Source: Sportsnet
Canucks' Braeden Cootes staying noticeable as season opener nears
Canucks' Braeden Cootes staying noticeable as season opener nears
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