Younger and 4 different Vancouver Canucks have been reduce from the pre-season roster
The Vancouver Canucks’ goalie improvement conveyor belt stays sturdy.
The NHL workforce introduced Monday they’d signed prospect Ty Younger to a three-year entry stage contract, which gained’t kick in till subsequent 12 months.
Younger was drafted in 2022 and is an enormous mission for Canucks goaltending guru Ian Clark.
The Canucks additionally re-assigned Younger to his junior workforce on Monday, together with 4 different junior-aged prospects
Together with Younger, three 2023 draft picks — defencemen Hunter Brzustewicz (Kitchener Rangers), Sawyer Mynio (Seattle Thunderbirds) and winger Vilmer Alriksson (Guelph) — and one 2022 choose — defenceman Kirill Kudryavtsev (Sault Ste. Marie) — have been despatched residence after enjoying for the Canucks on the Younger Stars Basic after which participating in coaching camp by Sunday in Victoria.
All 5 gamers confirmed nicely sufficient of their stints in Canucks blue and inexperienced, however all nonetheless have an extended method to go to place themselves as something greater than long-shot prospects.
Alriksson is a huge at 6-foot-6. He had an enormous development spurt over the previous 12 months or two and remains to be coming to grips with how you can use his dimension to his benefit. Kudryavtsev is a talented puck mover who wants additional rounding and precision to his recreation.
He signed an entry-level deal final March, however like Younger and Mynio, his contract gained’t kick into motion till he turns professional and even then, it may be slid again a 12 months if he doesn’t play 11 video games within the NHL.