Canucks: The odd lottery, the circus and the draft-day miss on Matthew Tkachuk

\u0027I had a meeting with them (Canucks) at the combine and it never seemed like they were that interested\u0027 — Tkachuk on the 2016 NHL draft

I tweeted it out from the media room and ventured out to the floor of Rogers Arena to gauge what I thought would be a raucous reaction of landing a true power forward with a strong family hockey lineage.The Canucks opted for Finnish defenceman Olli Juolevi, who had a strong 42-point season with the Ontario Hockey League champion London Knights.

Tkachuk, who went sixth-overall to Calgary in 2016, has had monster 104-point and 109-point seasons with the Flames and Florida respectfully. Former Canucks general manager Jim Benning compared Juolevi to legendary Nicklas Lidstrom in his pre-draft assessment.

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