![[Drance] Even as Vancouver publicly downplays its conviction about Cootes, internally, the conversation around him is beginning to shift materially… he’s in the driver’s seat going into the final week of preseason to break camp with the NHL team.](https://www.rawchili.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pK7jvYe_RDf67MmHC5r11op02ewlaAfcldc16upaKFQ-380x220.jpeg)
[Drance] Even as Vancouver publicly downplays its conviction about Cootes, internally, the conversation around him is beginning to shift materially… he’s in the driver’s seat going into the final week of preseason to break camp with the NHL team.
[Drance] Even as Vancouver publicly downplays its conviction about Cootes, internally, the conversation around him is beginning to…
![Rutherford says #Canucks brass will discuss if Cootes getting 9 games is best way forward. @noahstrang_ [X/Twitter]](https://www.rawchili.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/scfn18ncp6sf1-380x220.jpeg)
