Like the Vancouver Canucks, this season got away from us a little bit when it came to the Power Rankings. But we are here to send you into the summer with a definitive ranking of all the Canucks players and where they currently stand within the organization. And, because there are a crap ton of them, we’ve decided to split it into two parts.

This ranking, while clearly subjective, attempts to capture how the players are seen, both by management and the fans, and what impact this season had on their perception.

Here are numbers 32 to 16. 

32. Derrick Pouliot

No one wants to be last, but Pouliot’s awful season left us no choice. After starting the season on the powerplay, it wasn’t long before he was the team’s default healthy scratch. It was a decidedly miserable year for Pouliot and there’s a zero percent chance the restricted free agent is re-signed.

31. Guillaume Brisebois

Eight games and zero points for the 21-year-old who may have been passed this year by other prospects in the team’s system.

30. Josh Teves

Only played one game this year after the Canucks signed him out of Princeton.

29. Tim Schaller

One of the Canucks’ three unrestricted free agent signings in the offseason, Schaller was quickly identified as the odd man out. He only played 47 games in total and spent much of the season in the press box. There’s another year on his contract, but despite a decent finish to the year the Canucks will be looking to get out of that deal through trade. If not, it wouldn’t be a shock to see Schaller in Utica.

28. Nikolay Goldobin

A starring role in the Canucks’ feature film entitled “How to Lose Games and Alienate Prospects”. For awhile, Goldobin was the (infamous) story of the Canucks season, as his exciting playmaking abilities weren’t enough to keep him in the lineup nightly. Like Ben Hutton last year, Goldobin has a big hurdle to leap if he wants to be a consistent contributor for the team next season. He’s one of the team’s more talented forwards, but coach Travis Green insists on defensive accountability from all his players. If we were taking bets, odds would be on Goldy finding a new home before next season.

27. Brandon Sutter

A good soldier, but Sutter was injured for most of the year. And with Adam Gaudette seemingly plugged into the Canucks’ third line centre role, is there a role for Sutter to play going forward?

26. Tyler Motte

He brought hustle to the Canucks lineup, sure. But he had some of the worst underlying numbers on the team. The restricted free agent’s contract is up, and he’ll probably be back but 16 points in 74 games is nothing to write home about.

25. Loui Eriksson

This ranking, as with all assessments of Loui Eriksson is directly tied to the money he’s making this year. It’s just impossible to separate the player from his cap hit. And while Eriksson finished sixth among Canucks in points with 29 in 81 games, it was a rough season for the veteran. He started the season playing with Elias Pettersson until it became painfully apparent that he wasn’t equipped for that role. He was also healthy scratched for the first time as a member of the Canucks. There are questions about whether he’ll be back next year as the possibility of a buyout (even as it would provide no relief to the Canucks) or a demotion looms.

24. Brogan Rafferty

Another rearguard signed out of college, Rafferty only played two games but he earned praise from Green for the way he acquitted himself in the contests. He’s one to watch next year.

23. Markus Granlund

After a 19-goal outlier season two campaigns ago, it would appear that this version of Markus Granlund is who he is: a decent, if unspectacular bottom-six forward who can play on the penalty kill. Another player on an expiring contract, he’ll likely be back next season, though the calls among the fanbase for management to do the opposite are growing.

22. Ashton Sautner

One point in 17 games, but Sautner more or less did what he was supposed to do. In his second season getting games with the big club, Sautner was steady and reliable with the puck and will be in the mix to win a spot in training camp.

21. Zack MacEwen

One of the better stories on the Canucks, the P.E.I. native MacEwen played four games with the team after dominating in Utica. He registered an assist in his first contest and while the rest of his matches were somewhat uninspiring, there’s a definite path for him to become a fan favourite in due time.

20. Jay Beagle

Many questioned the Canucks decision to sign Beagle to a four-year pact in the offseason, and this season basically proved them right. Beagle had the worst Corsi percentage on the team, and while some of that is explained by tough defensive assignments, it’s really hard to wrap one’s head around the fact that the Canucks signed up for three more years of this.

19. Ryan Spooner

Sam Gagner was somewhat inexplicably “done in Vancouver” (even though he played quite well this year), so getting Spooner for what was going to be nothing at the NHL level made sense. He showed some flashes, but was outplayed by another late addition, Tanner Pearson. Four points in 11 games for Spooner with the Canucks isn’t terrible. He might be able to secure a middle-six spot next year.

18. Alex Biega

“Bulldog” played with heart and with pace for the entire season and while he didn’t do anything to shed the perception that he’s a 6-7 blueliner on a competent team, he didn’t embarrass himself playing upwards of 20 minutes a night on the injury ravaged ‘Nucks.

17. Luke Schenn

The Vancouver fanbase has made heroes out of players like Jeff Cowan and Derek Dorsett, so it should be no surprise that it did the same with Luke Schenn. For all his limitations, Schenn has been fun to watch and it’s good to see him taking names in his bid to protect the Canucks’ young stars at all costs.

16. Sven Baertschi

It was a trying season for Baertschi, who started out well but was plagued by a brutal concussion. In the end, he only played in 26 games, scoring 14 points in the process. One has to think he gets another shot at earning his keep as a top-six winger for the Canucks. He can play well with Bo Horvat, but needs to stay healthy. He didn’t look like the same player when he came back from concussion hell.

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