{"id":142501,"date":"2025-09-14T03:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T03:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/142501\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T03:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T03:49:07","slug":"canucks-2025-first-rounder-braeden-cootes-exits-prospects-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/142501\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks 2025 first-rounder Braeden Cootes exits prospects game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/vancouver-canucks\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"vancouver-canucks\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> could be without their most recent first-round pick to begin training camp. <\/p>\n<p>Forward Braeden Cootes, who was selected 15th overall by the Canucks at the 2025 NHL Draft, exited the team&#8217;s prospects game against the Seattle Kraken in Everett on Saturday night and will not return. <\/p>\n<p>The centre did not come out with the rest of the team for the third period.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, prospects coach <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThomasDrance\/status\/1967069160598638985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Manny Malhotra said<\/a> that he was removed due to &#8220;precautionary reasons,&#8221; and that the team will &#8220;reevaluate him and see how he feels tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cootes signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Canucks on July 3. The Sherwood Park, Alta., native has spent three seasons with the WHL&#8217;s Seattle Thunderbirds, the most recent of which he was captain. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024-25, Cootes had 63 points (26 goals, 37 assists) in 60 regular-season games and added eight points in six playoff games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Canucks could be without their most recent first-round pick to begin training camp. Forward Braeden Cootes,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-142501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}