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With the Vancouver Canucks prepping for the NHL Entry Draft, and making the 10th overall pick on June 21 at Rogers Arena, we caught with the man who will compile all the team’s knowledge when it comes to the 2019 draft class.

Judd Brackett has been a Canucks scout since 2008-09, Mike Gillis’s first season in charge. Under Jim Benning, he was elevated to director of amateur scouting in 2015. He was in charge of the well-reviewed 2017 and 2018 drafts for the Canucks.

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We caught up to Brackett in Ottawa, who as a busy head scout will watch games this weekend in Drummondvile, Que. and Chicago before flying to Sweden to catch the playoff rounds of the World U-18 Championship:

Question: Now that we all know the Canucks’ draft position, ready to tell us who you’re going to draft?

Answer:(Laughs) Yes we’re going to make that announcement right now. We’re very excited to have a top 10 pick.

We’re talking about the players who will be in that range, getting a feel for who may be there and which of our scouts have strong feelings on a player. We still have world championships and Memorial Cup and a little bit of playoff run left in each CHL league as well as USHL. We’re still out watching games, still making decisions. It’s exciting.