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Season Preview: Vancouver Canucks depth chart

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theScore is previewing each team leading up to the 2016-17 season.

Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin are nearing the end of their fantastic careers, and the Vancouver Canucks are doing their best to ensure the twins are given the chance to appear in the Stanley Cup Playoffs at least one more time.

Loui Eriksson is a solid addition to their right, but whether the rest of general manager Jim Benning's roster is up to par remains to be seen.

Forwards

LW C RW
Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Loui Eriksson
Sven Baertschi Brandon Sutter Jake Virtanen
Emerson Etem Bo Horvat Jannik Hansen
Alexandre Burrows Markus Granlund Derek Dorsett
  • Tuomo Ruutu and Jack Skille are attending training camp on professional-tryout offers, while 2012 first-round pick Brendan Gaunce will also be pushing to crack the opening-night roster.

Defense

LD RD
Alexander Edler Chris Tanev
Ben Hutton Erik Gudbranson
Luca Sbisa Philip Larsen
  • Nikita Tryamkin could very well rise above Luca Sbisa on the depth chart, despite the latter sitting as the team's third-highest-paid defenseman.

Goalies

G
Ryan Miller
Jacob Markstrom
  • Ryan Miller is being paid $6 million to tend goal for the Canucks this season, but Jacob Markstrom - who signed a contract extension that kicks in next season - will be given a chance to carry the load at times.

NHL Depth Charts

ANA | ARI | BOS | BUF | CGY
CAR | CHI | COL | CBJ | DAL
DET | EDM | FLA | LA | MIN
MTL | NSH | NJD | NYI | NYR
PHI | PIT | OTT | STL | SJ
TB | TOR | VAN | WSH | WPG

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