Macklin Celebrini, who many believe will be the first overall pick in 2024, thinks the Vancouver Canucks should be rebuilding.
Top 2024 NHL Draft prospect Macklin Celebrini on the Canucks “Oh, yeah. I’m a big Canucks fan.”
I brought up that the Canucks aren’t rebuilding and won’t likely be in the range to draft him, and he replied “Well, I think they should be in a rebuild phase. I love the team.”Celebrini would be a big help too. And just like Bedard, it’s clear he’d love to play for his hometown team. And that’s even as his dad’s career, and now his own hockey hopes, have taken him far from his home — not unlike Bedard.
Whereas Bedard has chased his NHL dream by playing major junior hockey for the WHL’s Regina Pats, Celebrini followed his dad Rick to the Bay Area, when Rick was hired by the Golden State Warriors to be their director of sports medicine and performance. He played minor hockey in San Jose, then played high school prep hockey in Minnesota at Shattuck St. Mary’s before starring this past season for the Chicago Steel of the USHL. Still only 17, he’s set to play for Boston University next season.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Saturday at the IIHF World U18 Championships in Switzerland, he told Elite Prospects editor in chief J.D. Burke that he remains a big Canucks fan.
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