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It’s the latest edition of the weekly tracker, where we tally up the efforts of the Vancouver Canucks’ highest-profile prospects:

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Kole Lind

Baby steps for the baby-faced forward.

After a tough start to his professional career in Utica, Lind is starting to show the offensive form that convinced the Canucks to draft him in the second round in 2017.

The 20-year-old had two assists and three shots on net in the Comets’ 5-3 loss to the Syracuse Crunch on Wednesday. How he got them is a testament to the progress he’s made learning the pro game.

Both assists were a result of a hard, heads-up forecheck; just the kind of mindset the Comets’ coaching staff — and the Canucks’ for that matter — are trying to instil in its youngsters.

On the first, Lind used his speed to retrieve the puck in the zone, starting the goal-scoring sequence with a smart pass from the sideboards.