Canucks make the steal of the draft in front of their home crowd!

While no one expected the Vancouver Canucks to select winger Vasili Podkolzin with the tenth overall pick, but GM Jim Benning might have just pulled the steal of the draft, according to many insiders. 

The 6-foot-1 winger didn’t have a great season statistically playing in Russia, but he is quite a feisty and very competitive player.

He led all players at the Hlinka-Gretzky tournament in August with eight goals and 11 points in seven games, while also making Russia’s U-20 team at the World Juniors and picking up three assists in seven games in limited minutes.

While his last name was hard to pronounce, the Canucks are quite happy to have him on board.