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The veteran Vancouver Canuck just couldn’t hold back in praising where Braeden Cootes ‘ game already is. The rookie continues to impress and it’s not just about the fact he scored a goal on a fortunate bounce off his leg on Friday night at Rogers Arena , helping the home team fight back in a 4-2 exhibition win over the visiting Seattle Kraken. Article content Article content

It was, really, about everything else.

“He’s just so smart,” head coach Adam Foote said, beginning a response to yet another question about Cootes, who still faces an uphill battle to make the club out of his very first training camp, but is nonetheless wowing every one night in, night out.

If he were to make the club as a fresh-faced

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