Makes it through Sunday cuts, leaving Cootes on course to become first 18-year-old to open season with Vancouver since Petr Nedved in 1990-91

Thanks to Braeden Cootes, Petr Nedved’s name keep re-entering chats about the Vancouver Canucks . Article content

Cootes made it one step closer to becoming the first 18-year-old to open the season with the Canucks since Nedved back in 1990-91 when he made it through what looks to be the last batch of cuts before Vancouver has to enter their 23-man opening night roster with the NHL head office Monday at 2 p.m. Article content Article content

Vancouver reassigned defencemen Tom Willander and Victor Mancini to their AHL affiliate in Abbotsford on Sunday afternoon, leaving the big club at 24 players, including left winger Nils Höglander (ankl

See Full Page