[Shannon] In Vancouver, I’m told Braeden Cootes will be in opening night lineup Thursday vs Calgary.
October 6, 2025
[Shannon] In Vancouver, I’m told Braeden Cootes will be in opening night lineup Thursday vs Calgary.
33 comments
Well fucking deserved. Our boy has had such a strong pre-season, and I’m excited to see what he can bring to this team.
This is awesome news!
Great news, the start of his Calder journey.
I would not have expected our 15th OA to be able to be in the opening line up when we drafted him initially. What a nice surprise to have. It’s our best first round pick since 2018 when we drafted Hughes.
Okay I’ll be honest, I was a little disappointed they didn’t pick Kashawn Aitcheson at 15. I did not see this coming at all, very happy to be wrong.
I mean you almost have to give him real NHL games. He did everything right in preseason not giving him a look sends a bad message to other prospects. Plus all of the fans and I’m sure the organization is dying to know what he will look like in a full NHL setting.
Good for him! He had a tremendous training camp and he looked like a veteran playing those preseason games
😁😁😁
Cootes and Lekk make me more excited than EP40
Well deserved, he looked good in pre-season. The question now is which line he plays on. Fourth line maybe?
The last 18 year old to play for the Canucks was Petr Nedved in 1990. What an accomplish for Cootes
Hell yea
Awesome news.
I just wish we could avoid any posts from John Shannon.
Suck it naysayers
Excited to see this kid play. Obviously there will be growing pains along the way but he’s showed some promise during preseason so far. Even if he only gets 9 games, let him live it up.
i’m so excited for the potential of our young talent lfg boys
In retrospect if we knew our D core would be stacked alongside the acquisition of Mancini in trade, could we have drafted a forward instead in Willander’s year? I know he’ll be great, but if we drafted by position, would it have been smart to look for a forward at that time?
My glorious king
This is going to be a year for the Kids… how they all fare is going to be huge for the team, going forward.
If we can get some good NHL’ers out of this batch of young guys, or even if some of them build up some trade value, we’re going to be looking pretty good at the end of the year.
Coming together a bit like the 2007 Ducks
Does he wear #86 like in junior or stick with #80. Personally think 86 would be sweet.
Didn’t expect to draft a NHL player immediately. What a player.
Full-time 2C next season. Kid is a stud.
He deserves it. I know it was preseason but the young guys like Cootes/Lekk/Raty really proved they need to be on the team. People are talking about 9 games for Cootes but there is a legitimate chance he plays the whole season.
We’ve found our very own 18 old Sam Bennett
Really goes to show, the whole trade picks because at best the player is 2-3 years away thinking is wrong
Is 18 y/o Cootes the next Sam Bennet???
our 15 pick looking like a top 10 pick
I’m a big Cootes hater but this is deseved.
I seem to have a good record of seeing first career goals when I go to a home opener (Petey and Huggy)
Let’s go 3/3!
This will be a historic night!! The last player to do this for the Canucks was Nedved taken 2nd overall, before that it was Linden also at 2nd overall.
15th overall???? Playing in his first season?!?!
The last 15th pick to do this league wide was Danius Zubrus!
Cootes might not have made it if Hoglanger (and Blueger?) got injured. But just like Bains, Karlsson, and Raty, it’s his chance to make it impossible to take him out of the lineup.
33 comments
Well fucking deserved. Our boy has had such a strong pre-season, and I’m excited to see what he can bring to this team.
This is awesome news!
Great news, the start of his Calder journey.
I would not have expected our 15th OA to be able to be in the opening line up when we drafted him initially. What a nice surprise to have. It’s our best first round pick since 2018 when we drafted Hughes.
Okay I’ll be honest, I was a little disappointed they didn’t pick Kashawn Aitcheson at 15. I did not see this coming at all, very happy to be wrong.
I mean you almost have to give him real NHL games. He did everything right in preseason not giving him a look sends a bad message to other prospects. Plus all of the fans and I’m sure the organization is dying to know what he will look like in a full NHL setting.
Good for him! He had a tremendous training camp and he looked like a veteran playing those preseason games
😁😁😁
Cootes and Lekk make me more excited than EP40
Well deserved, he looked good in pre-season. The question now is which line he plays on. Fourth line maybe?
The last 18 year old to play for the Canucks was Petr Nedved in 1990. What an accomplish for Cootes
Hell yea
Awesome news.
I just wish we could avoid any posts from John Shannon.
Suck it naysayers
Excited to see this kid play. Obviously there will be growing pains along the way but he’s showed some promise during preseason so far. Even if he only gets 9 games, let him live it up.
i’m so excited for the potential of our young talent lfg boys
In retrospect if we knew our D core would be stacked alongside the acquisition of Mancini in trade, could we have drafted a forward instead in Willander’s year? I know he’ll be great, but if we drafted by position, would it have been smart to look for a forward at that time?
My glorious king
This is going to be a year for the Kids… how they all fare is going to be huge for the team, going forward.
If we can get some good NHL’ers out of this batch of young guys, or even if some of them build up some trade value, we’re going to be looking pretty good at the end of the year.
Coming together a bit like the 2007 Ducks
Does he wear #86 like in junior or stick with #80. Personally think 86 would be sweet.
Didn’t expect to draft a NHL player immediately. What a player.
Full-time 2C next season. Kid is a stud.
He deserves it. I know it was preseason but the young guys like Cootes/Lekk/Raty really proved they need to be on the team. People are talking about 9 games for Cootes but there is a legitimate chance he plays the whole season.
We’ve found our very own 18 old Sam Bennett
Really goes to show, the whole trade picks because at best the player is 2-3 years away thinking is wrong
Is 18 y/o Cootes the next Sam Bennet???
our 15 pick looking like a top 10 pick
I’m a big Cootes hater but this is deseved.
I seem to have a good record of seeing first career goals when I go to a home opener (Petey and Huggy)
Let’s go 3/3!
This will be a historic night!! The last player to do this for the Canucks was Nedved taken 2nd overall, before that it was Linden also at 2nd overall.
15th overall???? Playing in his first season?!?!
The last 15th pick to do this league wide was Danius Zubrus!
https://preview.redd.it/mtixciy0njtf1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f3dbd4dc30b5100d88f1b4b747f2bffa9d02471
Cootes might not have made it if Hoglanger (and Blueger?) got injured. But just like Bains, Karlsson, and Raty, it’s his chance to make it impossible to take him out of the lineup.