It seems certain the Vancouver Canucks will go down to the wire Monday in making their final roster decisions. Article content

As it stands on Saturday afternoon, following the demotion to AHL Abbotsford of checking forward Nils Aman and third-string goalie Nikita Tolopilo, at least three more players will have to be cu. In other words, final decisions remain on Max Sasson, Victor Mancini, Tom Willander, Jonathan Lekkerimäki and Braeden Cootes. Article content Article content

Those are the five players still in camp who don’t need to clear waivers to be reassigned to the minors. (Plus Elias Junior Pettersson, but it’s hard to imagine him not making the big club after a solid pre-season.)

Suddenly this roster has two things going for it: a pretty good top end and a very interesti

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