How they looked, Canuck by Canuck, in Friday's home opener vs. Seattle.

The kid, Kiefer Sherwood declared, is going to be a star. Article content

The veteran Vancouver Canuck just couldn’t hold back in praising where Braeden Cootes ‘ game already is. The rookie continues to impress and it’s not just about the fact he scored a goal on a fortunate bounce off his leg on Friday night at Rogers Arena , helping the home team fight back in a 4-2 exhibition win over the visiting Seattle Kraken. Article content Article content

It was, really, about everything else.

“He’s just so smart,” head coach Adam Foote said, beginning a response to yet another question about Cootes, who still faces an uphill battle to make the club out of his very first training camp, but is nonetheless wowing eve

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