Prior to being re-assigned, Cootes had played in all three pre-season games for the Canucks, scoring a goal and two assists in that span. He spent the first two pre-season games on Vancouver’s top-line, finding success on a line with forward Arshdeep Bains. In his final pre-season game, Thursday night’s 2-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, he centred the team’s fourth-line with Paul Cotter and Brendan Gallagher on his wings.
