Patrick Johnston: The odds favour the Canucks getting a good player at 10th overall
NHL draft history tells us that there are good players to be found at 10th overall, which is where the Vancouver Canucks will pick when the NHL Entry Draft takes place at Rogers Arena on June 21.
The Canucks have drafted 10th overall six times, landing Rick Blight in 1975, Garth Butcher in 1981, J.J. Daigneault in 1984, Brad Ference in 1997, Luc Bourdon in 2005 and Cody Hodgson in 2008.
Bourdon died tragically in 2008 when his motorcycle collided with a tractor trailer, having played just 36 gam
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