Vancouver Canucks May Have Just Found Their Replacement For Swiss Centerman Pius Suter
Photo credit: Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks may have found their replacement in the bottom-six for Swiss centerman Pius Suter, who left the club as an unrestricted free agent back in July.
There was plenty of changes made to the Vancouver Canucks' roster over the course of the offseason, one of which was Pius Suter leaving the organization as a free agent and signing a two-year contract with the St. Louis Blues.
With Suter's absence, it leaves a pretty big hole down the middle on the third line and it'll be hard to replace the production he brought last season when he set new career-highs in 25 goals and 46 points, but the good news is that the Vancouver Canucks have plenty of depth and someone from that Calder Cup-winning squad is poised to land that spot out of training camp.
Vancouver Canucks may have found their replacement for Pius Suter
During a recent appearance on Canucks Conversation, Dave Hall - who covers prospects for Canucks Army shared that one potential future solution for Vancouver's third line center position could end up being Ty Mueller.
"In terms of Ty Mueller, I mean, I think you kind of have to assume, right he show last year he's a bit of a Swiss army knife and you know, Canucks don't really have a lot of those Swiss army knives. I know they lost one in Pius Suter and I've always thought of Ty Mueller as bit of a Pius Suter 2.0. You know, maybe sure I don't really see him as anything more than a third line center at best, but at the same time, he is that versatile play that can come in, he can kill penalties, he was Abbotsford's best penalty killer last year, which I mean at this point in Vancouver, if you can even slightly kill a penalty, you're instantly getting propped up among the top of the list, right?" Hall said.
While Mueller might end up playing in some games with the Vancouver Canucks this season, it's extremely unlikely that he'll be on the opening night roster, especially given the fact that he's dealing with an injury right now, but there's no question that he will be an option for a full-time roster spot as early as 2026, if this season goes well for him in Abbotsford.
The 22-year-old from Edmonton, Alberta got his first taste of the NHL towards the end of last season, appearing in two games and made his debut on April 12th against the Minnesota Wild before going back down to Abbotsford and helping them win their first-ever Calder Cup championship.
Mueller is expected to return to the ice and start skating again next week, so we'll have to wait and see if he's able to suit up in any of Vancouver's preseason games before training camp concludes.
| POLL | ||
SEPTEMBRE 18|1277 ANSWERS Vancouver Canucks May Have Just Found Their Replacement For Swiss Centerman Pius Suter Who do you think will be in the third line center spot on opening night on October 9th? | ||
| Aatu Raty | 718 | 56.2 % |
| Teddy Blueger | 399 | 31.2 % |
| Ty Mueller | 55 | 4.3 % |
| Linus Karlsson | 105 | 8.2 % |
| List of polls | ||