2020 could be the year of Quinn Hughes. Plus, what will happen with Jacob Markstrom? imacSportsnet makes some bold predictions for the Canucks in 2020.
in recent years has not been too difficult. The team was bad, rebuilding and wasn’t going to make the National Hockey League playoffs. Simple.
As for these three other bold predictions for 2020, we’re pretty sure you won’t print them at home to stick on your fridge and check for accuracy 12 months from now.Get the best of our NHL coverage and exclusives delivered directly to your inbox!will not only make the Canucks the first organization since the 1969-70 New York Rangers to have a player finish in the top three in Calder Trophy balloting for three straight seasons, he will be part of the closest rookie vote since 2013.
Age should count against Olofsson – but it doesn’t always with the Professional Hockey Writers Association – because he is 24 and prepped for his “rookie” NHL season by spending the last four years in the elite Swedish Hockey League. Makar and Hughes, by contrast, are true freshmen who were still in college hockey this time last season. That doesn’t make for an apples-to-apples comparison.
Canuck Elias Pettersson won the Calder Trophy last season, a year after Vancouver’s Brock Boeser was the runner-up to Matt Barzal of the New York Islanders.
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