With the calendar flipping to December, the hockey season enters an exciting segment of the year with the world junior championship at the end of the month in Minnesota.

It’s also a good time to check in with the progress previously drafted players are making as they continue to develop with their club teams around the world.

As part of my ongoing updates on prospects from Canadian NHL teams, here’s a look at how the first players selected by each team last June in Los Angeles have been trending this fall:

Vancouver Canucks

Braeden Cootes: Six feet, 185 pounds, right-shot centre, first round (15th overall)

Cootes trained hard for his first pro camp this fall with the Canucks and impressed Vancouver’s brass enough to break camp with the team at the start of the season.

Cootes appeared

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