u/TheGildedPalaceOfSin

What a tidy sequence from RJ.

Is that what having a good GM feels like?

EDIT: According to PuckPedia, the contract carries a modified no-trade with 12 teams. Very good!

With their 4 picks they selected:

• 3 - Caleb Malholtra
• 24 - Adam Novotny
• 33 - Brooks Rogowski
• 41 - Niklas Aaram-Olsen

I think that's a perfectly good outcome. There's no home run swing in my opinion, but it was the first in (hopefully) at least a couple drafts where the Canucks select near the top and with extra picks.

It's pretty clear that the scouting team prioritized a couple traits such as character, compete, size and skating, with a certain degree of skill. However, I still wonder why they passed on Preston even at 41. Sekeres and Price mentioned he came up as arrogant in interviews (corroborated by more than 1 team), so if that's the case I'm fine. Part of what the Sedins and RJ are trying to do is build a culture, and I'm all for it.

Also, I'm kind of stoked they only picked forwards. We suddenly have a brand new prospect pool.

EDIT: I understand people being skeptical about Rogowski, and I share that sentiment. However, an important thing to consider is that he only committed to hockey 100% a couple years ago. For a good chunk of his life he was splitting his time between hockey and baseball. So my guess is that the scouts believed he could be a late bloomer and there may be more offense there than what meets the eye.