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Thomas Drance

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Senior Writer @TheAthleticNHL covering the Vancouver Canucks. Author, hockey writer, former PR guy.
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Canucks offseason depth chart 2.0: Where does Vancouver stand after free agency?

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By Thomas Drance Verified
| The Athletic Verified
It felt like a new day for the rebuilding Vancouver Canucks. In contrast with the damaging, desperate make-the-playoffs-and-anything-can-happen way this club has operated across the past decade and a half, the Canucks genuinely made moves that fit with a discernible long-term strategy. The club traded a pair of veterans in Marcus Pettersson and Nils Höglander, pocketing future assets three or four years down the line in both deals.
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Submit your Vancouver Canucks questions for Thomas Drance’s mailbag

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By Thomas Drance Verified
| The Athletic Verified
Got a question about the Vancouver Canucks now that the NHL Draft has passed and free agency has opened? Submit it here, and Thomas Drance will answer a selection in an upcoming mailbag. • What I’m seeing at Canucks development camp: Braeden Cootes, Adam Novotný and more • Ryan Johnson, Luke Schenn and the winners and losers of Canucks free agency
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What I’m seeing at Canucks development camp: Braeden Cootes, Adam Novotný and more Original

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By Thomas Drance Verified
| The Athletic Verified
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — As you’d expect given that co-presidents Henrik and Daniel Sedin and general manager Ryan Johnson have their managerial roots in player development, Vancouver Canucks development camp had a different look and feel in comparison with years past. It also had a new location, at the Rogers Forum, where the Abbotsford Canucks play. There are downsides, of course, to this approach.
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