The buzz amongst hockey insiders Tuesday afternoon seems to suggest Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»will play host to the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
The Canucks have called a press conference for 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon and rumours circling the Twitterverse suggest everyone’s favourite villain — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman — will be in attendance.
The and have an exciting announcement coming your way tomorrow!
— Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Canucks (@Canucks)
While the 2018 draft is expected to be an off-year, scouts and journalists alike are pointing to the 2019 class as being far deeper than the picks who will be chosen this summer in Dallas.
The club hosted the event twice previously in 2006 and 1990.
Should that announcement materialize, 2019 will be a red-letter year for hockey events in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»that have nothing to do with the Canucks.
The IIHF Under-20 World Junior Championships will be hosted in Victoria and Vancouver, and the expectation there is that medal round games will likely be played in Vancouver.
2019 NHL Draft will be in Vancouver.
— John Shannon (@JSportsnet)
Hearing the Canucks are expected to make the official announcement sometime this week that they will be hosting the 2019 NHL Draft.
— James Cybulski (@JamesCybulski)
Word is Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»will be announced as the host of the 2019 NHL Draft. Which will have the Giants Bowen Byram possibly being a top 5 pick.
— Squire Barnes (@sbarnesglobal)
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