Canucks: Will there be an unexpected star?
Patrick Johnston notes that Alex Edler was an interesting prospect, drafted in the third round, and wonders who will be the 2020s version of him.
He recalls Patrick Coulombe, a surprise star early in the Vancouver Canucks' 2006-07 campaign, who is now 40 and still playing hockey in the French league.
He has spent more than a decade in the French league, a long way from the heights of his rookie season, when he surprised everyone in Canucks training camp and was an early-season callup, playing seven games for the Canucks that November.
Coulombe made a good long career as a pro, which is worth something, despite not playing in The Show again.
Author's summary: Canucks seek next unexpected star like Alex Edler.