Less than a week after falling two places to fifth in the NHL draft lottery, the Vancouver Canucks have reportedly received more bad news: NCAA free agent forward Drake Caggiula will not be signing in Vancouver.
That’s according to reports from TSN’s Bob McKenzie and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman on Friday. Not only are the Canucks supposedly out of the running, but so, too, are the Ottawa Senators, according to Friedman.
VAN has been told they are out on college UFA Drake Caggiula (UND). Indications appear he's going to EDM but nothing official just yet.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) May 6, 2016
It was suggested earlier in the day that the Canucks could be front-runners for Caggiula, who played at North Dakota with Vancouver’s 2015 first-round pick Brock Boeser and recent college signing Troy Stecher.
Update:
Drake Caggiula is, in fact, bound for EDM.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) May 7, 2016